Outdoor Issues (Pic Included)

Hey all, first post and would greatly appreciate some advice :)

Recently some of my plants have had their bottom leaves starting to go yellow.. I have read around that this does occasionally happen although i thought i would share some photos to confirm that this is all that is happening. I am using a high quality potting mix mixed with 10-15% peat moss.

I have recently given them a small dose of seasol as they are around that age 2 months old. (probably..maybe 3) lost track of time lol. They are being transferred to the great outdoors in around a week but would love to fix any problems if any before i get less time to be checking on them..
Thanks all!! :)

Ohh and anyone would like to give reccomendations as to the mixture i will be mixing with the earth it would be appreciated. Atm im looking to mix the plain ground with potting soil and blood and bone. :thumbsup:

It may be slight hunger, Nitrogen most likely, but it would help to have more information. Fill out the troubleshooting form and I bet more answers shall follow. They look pretty good over all.

It is quite normal for plants to shed leaves at this stage. If it is just the odd leaf, I would not worry about it. They look pretty heatlhy!

For my outside plants I mixed a good quality pro mix, from Home depot if that is what you have there, sheep manure, marine compost, and some cow manure. I also added a handful of bone meal, (about a 1/4 c per gallon soil) some FF American pride, and some dolimite lime to buffer the soil, and raise the ph. Peat moss when it breaks down can be very acidic and it is hard to correct that once the plants are in the ground.

Hope that helps you.

peace
Life,
J-angel
greenpassion.org

Next time, coco coir instead of the peat and add a little dolomite. To green them up now, I'd suggest fish emulsion. 1/2 recommended strength + 1/2 strength seasol, every second watering until you plant out.

For the first dose, just give 1/4 fish emulsion, no seasol.

You'll need to keep them out of the rain for these products to be effective. Rain will wash them out of the pots and your plants will spend too much time with cold, soggy roots and no nutes.

For planting out -

Blood and bone might seem like a good choice, but unfortunately it attracts all the meat eaters (domestic dogs, dingoes, feral cats and foxes). They will dig with gusto to find the meat cache they think is buried there.

Dynamic Lifter has a lower blood based, nitrogen component and doesn't fool the carnivore nose as much. They will eat it if you sprinkle over the surface of the ground, but they wont dig your plant out looking for a hunk of stinky meat. Either dig it through the soil or mix it with potting mix you intend to use to back fill your holes. Don't leave a thick layer on the surface.

Dolomite lime to buffer the pH and supply calcium and magnesium. I also use baled sugar cane waste to mulch the soil surface around the plant, extending a little past the plant's drip line.

The pics are of a clone (Thai cross) planted out in early December 2007 in ground prepared as above and watered weekly. It would have been about the same size as your smallest plant when it went out.

The first pic is from March 2008 before applying a single soaking with Manutec's Flower and Fruit boost + seasol (full strength).

Second pic is 6 weeks later, taken from the other side and 3 weeks before harvest.

All the best with your grow,

sara lou :hippy:

Thanks all for the great and SPEEDY! advice :)
I really appreciate people going out of their way to help a new grower :)

Have a great day and ill be posting pics of my grow so it can be followed. :rastasmoke: