Yellowing leaves

MMJ Mademoiselle

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Hey everyone! My clones that I just transplanted into Fox Farm soil the other day are beginning to get a yellowing on some of the leaves. Anyone know what might be causing this and what I could possibly do to get them back to normal/prevent this in the future? Thanks so much and happy growing to all!
 

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MMJ Mademoiselle

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Welcome :) Are you feeding on top of the FF soil, or just watering? And are you checking the Ph of the water you're using?
Just to be clear since I am newer to this, are you asking if I am adding some sort of food to the water for when I am watering them? Also, what is "Ph"? Haha.
 

$bkbbudz$

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Not too be rude but you have been posting on RIU for at least a month and you do not know what PH is? The best advice I can offer is to read, study, learn and grow.

But since you asked PH is a measure of acidity or alkalinity of your water with and without nutrients and your soil. Too high or too low of PH can cause many issues...nutrient lock out, excesses and deficiencies of trace elements etc. If you do not have a PH meter...GET ONE.

As for yellowing of your clones...Which Fox Farms soil are you using? Have you added any nutrients to the water? Did you use a rooting hormone? How much water did you give them? what is your PH level? etc etc. There are a lot of variable answers as to why your clones may not be doing well.

Anyway you have at least 2 issues judging from your pic...Leaves are 'tacoing' that is caused by heat stress in most cases. And I think you also have a nitrogen deficiency, probably due to improper PH...in fact if you are using Fox Farms soil, I am reasonably sure that is the issue. The FF soil is IMHO a top-notch medium so I think there is a ph imbalance going on there. But hey, I could be wrong.

The chart here may help you determine issues. To learn what caused or causes issues you need to follow the original suggestion I offered.

Good Luck and Great Growing
 

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LegalizeNature420

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Your plant(s) will be fine. The pic you showed seems to be a nitrogen deficiency, which is not unusual for cloned plants, as the plant/cutting didn't have access to nutrients (it began to use up it's stored nutrients, hence the yellowing of the leave). But now that you've transplanted into the FF soil, those roots will expand and they'll start getting those nutrients and bounce back strong. Just relax and give em a week or so.

As for PH, you want dolomite lime (not hydrated lime), preferably powder but pelleted form will do, and mix about two tablespoons/gallon of soil before transplanting. This will create the proper PH range for your plants to absorb nutrients. I assume you've not done that, which is not a big problem as FF soil does contain *some* ingredients to balance the PH. Just go to walmart and get a PH test kit they sell for fish tanks (they're relatively cheap). Measure the PH of your tap water and adjust if needed (buy some PH up and maybe PH down too) before watering. A range between 6-7 and you'll be fine, as plants will be able to absorb all the nutes they need.
 
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MMJ Mademoiselle

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Not too be rude but you have been posting on RIU for at least a month and you do not know what PH is? The best advice I can offer is to read, study, learn and grow.

But since you asked PH is a measure of acidity or alkalinity of your water with and without nutrients and your soil. Too high or too low of PH can cause many issues...nutrient lock out, excesses and deficiencies of trace elements etc. If you do not have a PH meter...GET ONE.

As for yellowing of your clones...Which Fox Farms soil are you using? Have you added any nutrients to the water? Did you use a rooting hormone? How much water did you give them? what is your PH level? etc etc. There are a lot of variable answers as to why your clones may not be doing well.

Anyway you have at least 2 issues judging from your pic...Leaves are 'tacoing' that is caused by heat stress in most cases. And I think you also have a nitrogen deficiency, probably due to improper PH...in fact if you are using Fox Farms soil, I am reasonably sure that is the issue. The FF soil is IMHO a top-notch medium so I think there is a ph imbalance going on there. But hey, I could be wrong.

The chart here may help you determine issues. To learn what caused or causes issues you need to follow the original suggestion I offered.

Good Luck and Great Growing
Oh great, thank you for all of the info.! It is MUCH appreciated.That photo you have posted is also great, it will help a lot!! :) Happy growing to you as well:mrgreen::weed::leaf:
 

MMJ Mademoiselle

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Your plant(s) will be fine. The pic you showed seems to be a nitrogen deficiency, which is not unusual for cloned plants, as the plant/cutting didn't have access to nutrients (it began to use up it's stored nutrients, hence the yellowing of the leave). But now that you've transplanted into the FF soil, those roots will expand and they'll start getting those nutrients and bounce back strong. Just relax and give em a week or so.

As for PH, you want dolomite lime (not hydrated lime), preferably powder but pelleted form will do, and mix about two tablespoons/gallon of soil before transplanting. This will create the proper PH range for your plants to absorb nutrients. I assume you've not done that, which is not a big problem as FF soil does contain *some* ingredients to balance the PH. Just go to walmart and get a PH test kit they sell for fish tanks (they're relatively cheap). Measure the PH of your tap water and adjust if needed (buy some PH up and maybe PH down too) before watering. A range between 6-7 and you'll be fine, as plants will be able to absorb all the nutes they need.
Thank you for all the info. It has helped me so much!! Happy growing! :weed:
 
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