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03-10-2010, 12:06 AM #8
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Nute burn?
There's no tip-burn apparent in the pics. It's not a straight nute burn; rather, it looks like you're locking out calcium and/or potassium. Usual reasons for this are soil that is too wet, too cold, or of too-low pH. If you used a peat-based medium to begin with, as most are, and the plants have been in there a while (like more than a couple months) it's quite likely that the lime is used up and the plants have lost their calcium source and the soil has lost its acid-buffering capacity. Check the pH of the runoff. It's likely low.
On the up side, most of the leaves look great. You may just need to re-pot up to a slightly larger container with some fresh soil. If the soil pH tests low, you'd be well advised to flush it back up to 6.8-7 and stabilize it before repotting. If you're going to do that, wait until the soil dries back out pretty well before actually doing the re-pot.
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