fortphoenix
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i flood and drain in rapid rooters/hydroton/1gal buckets. 400w A/C on 24/7, flood every 6 hours, 5.9PH 850ppm, RH 35-60% 72-78 degrees. nirvana ak48 are the bigger plants, sensi Northern Lights are the smaller ones
i made a lot of beginner mistakes when the plants were younger that stunted growth but theyre almost 2 months old (AK are about 2 weeks older than NL, NL went in the tray last week) and growth is still very slow and i been battling non-stop deficiency issues (thought i was calcium or nitrogen) Ive tried using maxigro in different strengths with and without calmag and with and without r.o water and now Im trying 5 parts flora micro with 4 parts flora bloom with 1/2 gram/gal epsom, making a perfect 3-1-2 ratio with r.o (121-40-81 with 122 calcium and 27 magnesium to be exact plus and extra like 13ppm from epsom) i know the NL and AK should be in separate trays but i dont have that option right now
the problem is the fan leafs keep dying from the bottom and theyre showing spotting. the only fan leaves left on the AKs are the fan leaves at the top 3 nodes, Ive also noticed the lower fan leaves are all really dry, especially on the northern lights the leaves are curling and crumbly with brown spots and Ive also noticed the petioles are purple but Ive seen people say AK48 just does that naturally but the NL have the purple too, also the new growth on the AK has yellow tips and the very newest growth has a brownish/red tint to it which has had me worried for a while
i also topped the all the plants exactly 9 days ago (tried to FIM lol) and i put a lighter next to the node where they were topped so you can see how much (how little) theyve grown in the past 9 days (keep in mind i topped them again today so you couldnt see the half inch of growth i took off the nodes i just topped)
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i made a lot of beginner mistakes when the plants were younger that stunted growth but theyre almost 2 months old (AK are about 2 weeks older than NL, NL went in the tray last week) and growth is still very slow and i been battling non-stop deficiency issues (thought i was calcium or nitrogen) Ive tried using maxigro in different strengths with and without calmag and with and without r.o water and now Im trying 5 parts flora micro with 4 parts flora bloom with 1/2 gram/gal epsom, making a perfect 3-1-2 ratio with r.o (121-40-81 with 122 calcium and 27 magnesium to be exact plus and extra like 13ppm from epsom) i know the NL and AK should be in separate trays but i dont have that option right now
the problem is the fan leafs keep dying from the bottom and theyre showing spotting. the only fan leaves left on the AKs are the fan leaves at the top 3 nodes, Ive also noticed the lower fan leaves are all really dry, especially on the northern lights the leaves are curling and crumbly with brown spots and Ive also noticed the petioles are purple but Ive seen people say AK48 just does that naturally but the NL have the purple too, also the new growth on the AK has yellow tips and the very newest growth has a brownish/red tint to it which has had me worried for a while
i also topped the all the plants exactly 9 days ago (tried to FIM lol) and i put a lighter next to the node where they were topped so you can see how much (how little) theyve grown in the past 9 days (keep in mind i topped them again today so you couldnt see the half inch of growth i took off the nodes i just topped)
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