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S= Soil
Genetics= White Rhino
CMS= Mircal Grow African Violet
Light cycle = 18/6
Age= 2 weeks 2 days
Grow Type= CFL BOX GROW
Vent= 3 fans for intake, Outtake, and Air Movement
nutrients= None Applyed yet
so here are some pics of my issue. i tried the plant problems guide but could figure it out. so here are some pics and hopefully i gave enough info.
and one more. hope i got good enough angles. thanks for the help
So no nutes so i assume it could be a deficiency.
Magnesium deficiency will exhibit a yellowing (which may turn brown) and interveinal chlorosis beginning in the older leaves. The older leaves will be the first to develop interveinal chlorosis. Starting at leaf margin or tip and progressing inward between the veins.
Now don't take this as being right wait until someone with more experience chimes in, it just a guess.:hippy::stoned:
I don't have an anser, but it looks like they don't have enough N... I say that because even tho babies, the leaves seem too pale.
the leaves are droopy/curling like they have either too much water, or maybe a ph problem. how dry are you allowing them to get before watering? with babies, its a fine balance.
if they were mine, here's what I'd do:
PH test your water and adjust accordingly.
The soild doesnt look too wet in those pix so I'd water with (worm) compost tea, or other very mild N solution.
IF you have overwatered, I'd recommend holding the compost tea until next watering and water with an H2O2 solution -- 1 Tblsp to gallon water of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide. the extra oxygen will support the roots until the soil dries a bit more. seems counter intuitive, but it does help.
add 1/2 tsp dissolved epsom salts (magnesium) per gallon water for the extra mag, or use cal-mag.
(I sprinkle a litle epsom salts on the top of my soil to leach in with every watering)
I hope this helps.
I'm watering every 3 days unless it's completely dry. For water I'm using bottled water called Ctystal Geyser and the ph of that is 6.0. So I'm not gonna mix that untill I have a almost solid answer but thanks for the mix and advice much apprecaited. But any more help would be awsome.
spotting like that, usually indicates over-watering, but your watering description sounds OK ... another cause, is lack of calcium, try adding Cal-Mag+, anywhere from 5ml-10ml per gallon ... if I'm not mistaken, 'African Violet' soil is highly acidic, another reason for more calcium ... avoid African Violet products in the future, and transplant into better soil ASAP ... any good potting soil, (the less peat, the better, also acidic) ... add perlite to a 30% ratio ... good luck :smokin:
Were cano get cal+mag or what home made mix is good for it?
I've seen calmag in garden deparments and garden shops. you can also buy online.Quote:
Originally Posted by camoxnhx
with the exception of what I told you about epsom salts for magnesium, buy the cal-mag. until you understand your plant better, go with recommended commercial products.
the calcium will buffer the acidic soil youre in.
thanks im going to go to my local garden store tomorrow. now can you flush your plant to reduce high ph?
I have also read lemon juice will help lower ph. Now what would the mesurements be fore that?
so i flushed my little one since today was watering. what ever it is its tearing my little one apart. more and more damage developing by the hours. heres some pics from this morning hopefully everything can be fixed. i tested the ph of my run off and it was at 7.8 which is bad. so i dropped it down to 6.4. so hopefully this was my problem. but let me know what you think asap! thanks so much!!!
If it was the PH and you now have 6.4 run off i reckon you need to give them some time to recover, but the damaged leaves wont its possible they will die off its the new growth that should be right.Quote:
Originally Posted by camoxnhx
Ths is just my opinion.:hippy::stoned:
Yea there's nothing on the newgrowth just the old. Now I am still gonna pick up some cal-mag today. But it's nerve racking watching it. But I hope that solved my problem. Thanks for the input. More is always better :)
So today I looked at my little one and those black/brown spots are moving up my growth. Now should I clip the dying leaves?