whats wrong? leaves curled downwards

jimihendrix1

jimihendrix1

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
My soil runs hydrophobic until I get it in the 7 gallons... IDK why that make a difference, more volume I guess?.. But I still have one plant in the main room that half of the pot is still hydrophobic. I can poke and stir, and slow water it... it's like water off a ducks back. On all of my plants, I can start feeding with a shower head wand, and make 6 slow circles around it (about 2.25 gallons), and after a couple of minutes, I'll see runoff start coming out the bottom. But that one plant, as soon as I apply the feed, it goes right out the bottom on one side. The other side is fine. I poked holes, slow soaked it, but it just won't absorb feed. I think I might try that Yucca on the next round just to try it out.
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PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
My soil runs hydrophobic until I get it in the 7 gallons... IDK why that make a difference, more volume I guess?.. But I still have one plant in the main room that half of the pot is still hydrophobic. I can poke and stir, and slow water it... it's like water off a ducks back. On all of my plants, I can start feeding with a shower head wand, and make 6 slow circles around it (about 2.25 gallons), and after a couple of minutes, I'll see runoff start coming out the bottom. But that one plant, as soon as I apply the feed, it goes right out the bottom on one side. The other side is fine. I poked holes, slow soaked it, but it just won't absorb feed. I think I might try that Yucca on the next round just to try it out.
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Hell ya man yucca for the win.
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
My soil runs hydrophobic until I get it in the 7 gallons... IDK why that make a difference, more volume I guess?.. But I still have one plant in the main room that half of the pot is still hydrophobic. I can poke and stir, and slow water it... it's like water off a ducks back. On all of my plants, I can start feeding with a shower head wand, and make 6 slow circles around it (about 2.25 gallons), and after a couple of minutes, I'll see runoff start coming out the bottom. But that one plant, as soon as I apply the feed, it goes right out the bottom on one side. The other side is fine. I poked holes, slow soaked it, but it just won't absorb feed. I think I might try that Yucca on the next round just to try it out.
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Definitely use yucca. It breaks the surface tension of water. I.e. it makes the water molecules not want to stick to each other as easily.I use it every watering. It helps condition the soil, also use a wand sprayer. It waters the soil more evenly.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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Hollatchaboy said:
Definitely use yucca. It breaks the surface tension of water. I.e. it makes the water molecules not want to stick to each other as easily.I use it every watering. It helps condition the soil, also use a wand sprayer. It waters the soil more evenly.
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I do use a wand sprayer with a shower head on low pressure. I just got in some Earth Juice that @PadawanWarrior recommended, but after reading the label, there's a link to the amount of heavy metals in it. Hesitant to use it on flowering plants. We're very close to harvest, and I can't fail labs with heavy metals.... it'll be worthless. I'd have to pay the State to come pick it up if it fails. I mainly have trouble when I transplant clones into 5.5 inch pots. I would feel safe using it early on like that, but not once we transplant into 7 gallons and go into the main room, that would make me nervous. May look into the pure Yucca to see if it has any heavy metals in it's ingredients.
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
I do use a wand sprayer with a shower head on low pressure. I just got in some Earth Juice that @PadawanWarrior recommended, but after reading the label, there's a link to the amount of heavy metals in it. Hesitant to use it on flowering plants. We're very close to harvest, and I can't fail labs with heavy metals.... it'll be worthless. I'd have to pay the State to come pick it up if it fails. I mainly have trouble when I transplant clones into 5.5 inch pots. I would feel safe using it early on like that, but not once we transplant into 7 gallons and go into the main room, that would make me nervous. May look into the pure Yucca to see if it has any heavy metals in it's ingredients.
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Look into Jay plantspeaker quillaja saponaria extract.
 
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