Hi all. The last few weeks have been a nightmare. Plants were too overcrowded and spindly. Then I had an infestation of spider mites. I managed to get on top of these problems and then I noticed that the plants were developing really slowly. Tiny yields. One plant gave me a yield of just a bit more than a quarter dry! The leafs told me it was a calmag deficiency so I treated for that. Because I have had the system pretty well dialled in for a while it never occurred to me to check the pH. Finally got round to checking it and it was hovering between 5 and 5.5. ! My calmag def was because the plants were unable to take on the nutirents, even though they were present in the soil, because of the acidity.
Have been treating with dolomite lime and things are now getting back on track. However, I am going to finish off all the plants that I have waiting to go in the flower tent. This will take another few months. Then I am going to have a massive clean out and start again from the beginning. It's a massive learning curve, which is good, but I want it to all go right again.
Have been treating with dolomite lime and things are now getting back on track. However, I am going to finish off all the plants that I have waiting to go in the flower tent. This will take another few months. Then I am going to have a massive clean out and start again from the beginning. It's a massive learning curve, which is good, but I want it to all go right again.
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