TaoRich
Well-Known Member
Greets,
So I live at the bottom tip of Africa - where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Indian Ocean - and the clash of those two mighty ocean weather climates gives us the name of The Cape of Storms.
The wind has been howling for a week now - gusty blustery non-stop - shaking my 6 week old plants around like a rag doll.
Although I've got no breakages, or snaps ... my leaves are showing definite signs of wind burn.
It's not nute burn, or a nutrient deficiency.
From what I can see and what I've researched and comparisons I've made:
The perpetual wind is stripping water out of the leaf cells faster than the plant can replenish.
This is what is causing the leaf damage.
I'm going to give half of them a little extra water today ... with some of the fermented kelp tea to give them access to helpful trace elements ...
... that's going to be my control group ... and I'll observe closely for changes in the next few days.
So here's my actual question:
Are there any foliar teas I can spray the leaf surfaces with to help with rehydration of the leaves themselves ?
- - -
For those diligent folks who may read my recent post history, you'll no doubt see that I did a chilli & garlic & tabasco foliar spray to nuke spider mites a few days back.
That has worked. Spider mites well on the retreat towards extinction ( for now at least ).
Once again, I have taken this into account - it's not leaf damage or dehydration from the spray - it's not leaf damage from the bastard mites
... from the tallest first ... most rapdly
... down to the smallest ... more slowly
It's the same symptoms across the chilli sprayed ...
... and non chilli sprayed
It's the same across the spider girls ...
... and non infested
Thanks for listening.
Now please shower me with your collective wisdom.
So I live at the bottom tip of Africa - where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Indian Ocean - and the clash of those two mighty ocean weather climates gives us the name of The Cape of Storms.
The wind has been howling for a week now - gusty blustery non-stop - shaking my 6 week old plants around like a rag doll.
Although I've got no breakages, or snaps ... my leaves are showing definite signs of wind burn.
- Top newest sets of leaves are folding upwards from the centre like an open book
- A little bit of downward clawing at the leaf tips
- A little bit of yellowing at the leaf tips
It's not nute burn, or a nutrient deficiency.
- I have 20 plants in 1 gallon planter bags
- they are in a straight potting soil + aged nursery compost mix
- I have 4 confirmed females transplanted a week ago into 6 gallon pots
- they are in a potting soil + nursery compost + rich organic living soil
- fermented fresh kelp tea
- worm bin vermicompost tea
- compost tea with very mild rabbit poo and horse manure soaking supplements
- some plants have deep emerald green leaves throughout
- other plants have lime green leaves
- and a range of green between those ends of the spectrum
- most of the indicas are more emerald
- most of the sativas are more lime
From what I can see and what I've researched and comparisons I've made:
The perpetual wind is stripping water out of the leaf cells faster than the plant can replenish.
This is what is causing the leaf damage.
I'm going to give half of them a little extra water today ... with some of the fermented kelp tea to give them access to helpful trace elements ...
... that's going to be my control group ... and I'll observe closely for changes in the next few days.
So here's my actual question:
Are there any foliar teas I can spray the leaf surfaces with to help with rehydration of the leaves themselves ?
- - -
For those diligent folks who may read my recent post history, you'll no doubt see that I did a chilli & garlic & tabasco foliar spray to nuke spider mites a few days back.
That has worked. Spider mites well on the retreat towards extinction ( for now at least ).
Once again, I have taken this into account - it's not leaf damage or dehydration from the spray - it's not leaf damage from the bastard mites
- I applied the spray to a section of my plants ... not all
- I had spider mites on a few of the plants - not all
... from the tallest first ... most rapdly
... down to the smallest ... more slowly
It's the same symptoms across the chilli sprayed ...
... and non chilli sprayed
It's the same across the spider girls ...
... and non infested
Thanks for listening.
Now please shower me with your collective wisdom.
