Help Needed

[Earthbound]

These ladies are in soil just the standard black plastic pot, they have been flowering for a few weeks now, but I'm getting rapid yellowing also up to the top now, have been feeding half stength Manacore bloom booster about every 5 days , also flushing 2 per week, I dont have a ph tester--maybe add something with a bit more N in it???

Since this is only my second indoor grow, I must say I'm impressed with summer, you can grow your seedings outside for 6 weeks, then inside to 12/12, while your next seedlings start by that time the first lot are finished.

Also the stems and the trunk of the plant have red/purple lines etc

Edited January 28, 2007 by Earthbound

[rex]

i would say that you have flushed the nuits out' if your doing that twice a week thats the idea of flushing. i would use manutec bloom booster as directed once a week then when you are ready to pull them stop 2 weeks before and then start flushing hopes this helps some people might say that as the plants buds all leaves will turn yellow but i find only the bottom leaves turn . and the red and purple lines could be sign of a fert shortage might all so be the strain that your growing good luck and keep on growing here is apic of my purple plant i know this is not a shortage but the strain as 3 mates are growing this with the same colour and results useing differnt methods

[WantDaChronic]

my guess would be that they are rootbound, but it could also be that they need more nutes or your ph is out of range imo the best course of action would be to put the plants in bigger pots and by yourself a liquid ph tester from a pet store for like $3.50

[Earthbound]

Thanks for the replies. I will stop flushing and also cut back on Bloom Booster--see how they go

[smoke p]

lime takes the acid ph lvl down

[SukonmiSkunk]

they are looking good... just starting to pale.. id say its an all round deficiency... obviously its lacking Nitrogen... maybe just sprinkle a little osmocote for bloom... it should have everything you need... and just water with a flowering hydroponic nutrient....

 

I would say the different types of nutrients you have been using have caused a slight imbalance at one stage.. and by flushing you've depleted the soil of nutrients...

 

depending on how far they are away from being finished .. you may need to re pot them again.. in a flowering potting mix.... 20 20 10... or 10 10 5

 

flowering plants take half the nitrogen than a growing plant.. its still a major part of the nutrient mix... the yellowing of the leaves from the bottom up is a classic case of a lack in nitrogen... osmocote is a slow release fert and should fix it over a few days... you could also try to ass a little fish emulsion.. or liquid nitrosol to your watering cycle to help with the nitrogen dif. but only use this the once.. maybe twice.. dont over do it... once should be enough

[Earthbound]

I did apply 1/2 strenght Nitrosol today-thanks for telling me only do it once. Might water in some lime also, I think the ph is more than likley off

[Stoney]

hey there earthbound

 

when i grow in soil i only flush twice in veg and twice in flower so thats about every 3 weeks or so and always works well for me also about a week befor i flower i start the plants on extra nitrogen either hydro nutes or urea and then once in flower i feed with hydro nutes pretty much the whole way through

 

cheerz :Dj:

[Earthbound]

Thanks Stoney- maybe a bit of overkill with the flushing- Learning all the time am I.