Trying to figure out what's wrong with my babies!

[Miss.smokealot]

Okay, thank you for your reply polishpollack! Just making sure, but you recommend I go buy the fox farms or the happy frog, or both? And when I do purchase those I only need to put those in a new & larger pot along with my plant? With no nutes what so ever? Thank you again, I've gone thru a lot of problems and it seems like each time I ask for help and try to fix the issue, something else even worse happens lol. Thank you again, and if you by any chance have kik, I'd love it if you messaged me! Kik- meloddawn

[Miss.smokealot]

Also, I'm interested in figuring out what type of planters I need to invest in. Mine are currently the small Walmart ones with the planter pot & the plate for the bottom to catch the water. I've read in a few places how bad it is for the plants to be in a pot that has a plate underneath, because it causes root rot. So I'm really interested in finding some pots that are both better long term & will not give the plants root rot. Any help is really appreciated, thanks fellow Mary Jane enthusiasts. ❤


& for some info on my plants. Last night I flushed them with water and replanted them in plain soil. I'm planning on going to buy happy frog & fox farms tonight so hopefully I will have some success in the next few days..

[polishpollack]

Instead of buying both fox farm, which is the company name, the soil name is ocean forest, and happy frog, just get the ocean forest and a box of fox farm's fruit and flower box of fertilizer. you can get the frog soil if you want, but usually what I tell people to do is get the ocean forest and a box of fruit and flower fertilizer in the yellow box, and mix one full cup of fert into a 5 gallon bucket of ocean forest. Pour about two gallons of soil into the bucket and pour one half the fert cup in, then mix and wear a glove or plastic bag over your hand to prevent slivers. Then pour in the rest of the soil followed by the remaining cup of fert and mix that in. It's okay to use pot with a dish at the bottom, but you probably should dump any water that collects in it. You want the soil to dry out some before watering again. When you say you planted in plain soil, does that mean plain potting soil or dirt from outside?

[Miss.smokealot]

Okay that sounds pretty easy! And I currently am using plain potting soil! I purchased it from my local nursery, it's all organic and they actually make the soil themselves. It contains cocofibers and a few other things. Thanks again for your speedy reply! My hydro shop isn't open on Sundays unfortunately, but ill be there first thing tomorrow to buy all my new supplies. My sativa plants are just now beginning to yellow at the bottoms like my purple kush indica plants were, so I'm hoping I can salvage them all with this new soil mixture. Ill definitely be watching the video tonight that you posted also. Thanks again, if my plants manage to survive this- it's all because of you & your advice!

[polishpollack]

If you're using potting soil already and don't need to buy any more, you could just get a box of the fertilizer and larger buckets. There are other options, like sticking with that soil you have and getting a small bottle of dynagro fert at the hydro shop. It has pretty much everything plants need to grow right. One half teaspoon in a gallon of water is all you need of the fert. If you can't find the pint sized bottle you'd have no choice but to get the bigger one, which is kind of expensive. Chances are good you won't used all of it because you need so little to get the job done. You don't need to spend much money, just enough to get things done. For alot of people getting the box of fert I mentioned earlier is better cuz then you just add water. Don't get talked into anything else cuz it's not necessary.

[polishpollack]

It's Friday now, do you have any update on your plants?

[loquat]

Too much fertilizer? thanks for the info polishpollack