Two Scoops
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Hi All, looking for some advice.
I have 2 young plants in large storage containers, large holes drilled in the bottom for drainage. They are growing in soil which consists mainly of various composts (chicken manure, cow manure, mushroom), perlite, coco, peat moss. I've added in some gypsum, biochar, potash etc. I just checked the ph, its somewhere between 7 and 7.5. I have only been using straight tap water. no nutrients. Generally because the container is so large and the plants so small, i leave it about a week between waterings.
I noticed the yellowing leaves earlier on, and i figured magnesium deficiency, and so i had been doing the odd foliar spray with epsom salts. But things weren't correcting, so i recently grabbed some cal mag and did another foliar spray according to the directions on the bottle, and a light watering. Its probably been about 2 weeks since i did the first epsom salt spray, and only a few days since i sprayed with cal mag. I know its a short time, but they seem to have gotten worse since regardless
I want to get a handle on it before it gets much worse. If there is something wrong with my soil mix i am willing to transplant them. Though its odd, i have one small plant outside in the exact same soil mix and it has no problems whatsoever. And all it gets is water. Though its in a much smaller pot and dries out more between waterings which makes me wonder if i am over watering the indoor plants.
I don't know whether this is cal mag, as i see yellowing on the newer leaves.
Any assistance is appreciated
I have 2 young plants in large storage containers, large holes drilled in the bottom for drainage. They are growing in soil which consists mainly of various composts (chicken manure, cow manure, mushroom), perlite, coco, peat moss. I've added in some gypsum, biochar, potash etc. I just checked the ph, its somewhere between 7 and 7.5. I have only been using straight tap water. no nutrients. Generally because the container is so large and the plants so small, i leave it about a week between waterings.
I noticed the yellowing leaves earlier on, and i figured magnesium deficiency, and so i had been doing the odd foliar spray with epsom salts. But things weren't correcting, so i recently grabbed some cal mag and did another foliar spray according to the directions on the bottle, and a light watering. Its probably been about 2 weeks since i did the first epsom salt spray, and only a few days since i sprayed with cal mag. I know its a short time, but they seem to have gotten worse since regardless
I want to get a handle on it before it gets much worse. If there is something wrong with my soil mix i am willing to transplant them. Though its odd, i have one small plant outside in the exact same soil mix and it has no problems whatsoever. And all it gets is water. Though its in a much smaller pot and dries out more between waterings which makes me wonder if i am over watering the indoor plants.
I don't know whether this is cal mag, as i see yellowing on the newer leaves.
Any assistance is appreciated