Pale Green Plants ;( Please Diagnosis
have these plants which are Armageddon Sativa ā?? supposedly with a 7 week flowering time. They are outdoors in soil in 18 gallon plastic containers (not yet budding), a 15 gallon garden pot and a 10 gallon smart watering pot (both budding<forced>). I am using a moisture meter to find out how often to water. Currently I am watering the ā??sickā? ones 2-3 gallons per week since the plants seem to be not growing properly. I am watering the healthy ones 5-7 gallons per week. I have been using fish emulsion & bat guano for fertilizer. They have been outside for 2 months and are about 5' tall.
The problem is that the plants that are in the 18 gallon plastic containers are looking ā??pale greenā? and leaves are turning yellow (middle ā?? closet to main stem, mostly), and the growth is not impressive right now. The other plants in the other containers are looking a healthy green. Attached is a picture with a healthy plant next to the pale green/yellow plant, and some pictures of the individual sick plants.
I really think the problem is from the potting soil mixture I used. It was a cheap soil and I only added ā??Happy Frogā? wood chips(?). The soil seems to be dense and sandy, - not ideal. I have checked the ph and its at 7.0. The plants also get plenty of light. Just in the last 3 days I put a lot of 1 Ā½ā? holes on the sides of the 18 gallon plastic containers to help get air to the rootsā?¦.
Does anyone have any idea what REALLY could be the problem? Do the plants look like they are lacking nutes? If so, what kind? Orā?¦ if it is the poor quality soil, is there anything I can do to fix that
Copy & Paste Troubleshooting Form below:
What is your experience level? novice
Your Equipment:
.1) Outdoors
Your medium:
.7) Specific brand and type of soil, (coco, peat based soilless...) and anything you've added to it. (vermiculite, perlite, worm castings...) Cheap soil from walmart - soil seems dense and sandy - added Happy Frog wood chippings
.8) Size of container. 18 gallon
.9) Did you use peat pucks (or similar) to root clones or germinate seedlings? Yes, rockwool
Your nutrients and water:
10) Source of water? tap What's it's ph before adjusting? not sure
11) Method of checking water ph. none
12) Method of adjusting water ph. n/a
13) Specific brand and N-P-K ratio for each bottle. List dosages (quantity per gallon) and current feeding schedule. Fish emulsion 2-0-0 - bat guano not sure of NPK right now
14) How often are you watering between feedings, and how much per watering? 2- days - 1-2 gallons
15) Any additives or tea's? (Superthrive, CalMag, molasses, Mother's Earth...) NO
16) Are your ph levels stable, or do they fluctuate? Stable
17) What is your ingoing water's ph? ...your runoff ph? not sure
18) Do you foliar feed? NO
Your growroom:
19) Indoors or outdoors? Outdoors
20) n/a
21) What are the temps and humidity levels while sun is out? 40 % 65-85 degrees
22) Have you seen signs of insects? Yes but not bad, just some.
Your strain:
23) What strain are you growing? Sativa dom
24) From seeds or clones? Clones
25) Is this an autoflower strain? WTF?
