Quote Originally Posted by steezyd
really? the soil was very dry until i gave them a little water today...I fed them last monday(5/11) w/ a pretty low ppm(350) then I watered them the follwing thursday(5/14) w/ just ph'd water...and not again until today...but i barely gave a gallon each time i used just ph'd water...
i was asking about the soil because they look like they need to be fed, but they also look over-watered (also indicated by the color and we know you leached, but if they are dry they can look as if over-wated). i didn't want to add to the problem.

Quote Originally Posted by steezyd
so your analysis is probably spot on...since the overnuting prob, ive barely gave them any nutes...so should I give them water today w/ around 500ppm nutes? and instead of once a week should I go twice aweek?
usually once you flush you feed with a 1/2 strength nutrient solution.

it's tough to recommend a dosage as that feed chart is for hydro. PPMs aren't near as relevant in soil as in hydro. in soil microbes break down the mineral salts (or organic material) so the plant can uptake what it needs. this is not so in hydro, as there is obviously no microbes. soil plants are a lot more forgiving, but slower to react, either negatively or positively.

you might call them and see if they have any soil feeding info.

if you feed a low dosage you can feed twice a week, or you can just up the dosage. start out small, increasing as you go. once you see the plant start to burn on the edge of the serrated part of your leaves, back off just a bit. t

Quote Originally Posted by steezyd
and how do you know they want nutes and are not on a lockout because of the soil PH(5.9-6.0)?...not that im questiong your judgment ...just curious
i can tell they need nutes by their color mostly. the brown spots can also be a lack of something. you also have admitted to not have feeding recently now. lol. you have also flushed a lot, which leaches nutes from the soil. a pH of 5.9-6.0 is not far from the optimum of ~6.3, and looking at a pH chart, not there is not much that can be kept from the plant. phosphorus does fall off sharply close to here, and i believe those brown spots can be from a phosphorus deficiency (don't have my bible in front of me).

hope this helps.


-shake