Hola mi amigos!
Decided to give my first Grow Dots run in Coco Perlite. These are a little under a week old…..I shoulda asked the DGC here about Grow Dots and Cal-Mag Instead of only relying on the DGC discord. I will say I have battled a little bit of humidity issues, whether it has been not enough or way too much for a few hours. Just the way it happened. I have just been using pH adjusted tap water, Monosalicic Acid, and Microbes. In a 70/30 coco perlite from Mother Earth……but everything seems to be on par now. I have been trying not to over water but what is everyone’s opinion a little Cal-Mag or something with temp or humidity?
Thanks in advance.
They look terrible because of too much perlite, calcium and water. Cut out the cal-mag and get them in some pots. The biggest issue here is over-watering by the looks of em.
whats the mother plant looking like? those stems started turning purple before the cuts were taken.
Agree with Mystro. Looks like an overwatering issue and a pH issue possibly. Do you have a way to check to pH of the media? Also you should not have to add any nutrients this young. We usually don’t even hit them with recharge until about week 2 of veg around day 15 or so from seed or rooted clone. How much are you watering? Amount and frequency. Plants this size should be drinking about 10-15oz of water every 2 to 3 days depending on pheno. Let the cups gets very light before watering again
The updated formulation should have enough calcium to cover any needs of the coco. I got a large bag of the original formula (back in February) which had less than 1/3 of the current formulation so I do have to supplement with additional cal for now.
But in your case you do not need the cal mag. Would maybe be justified if you were using RO. But at this stage the dots will cover them fine. How much did you dose them with? I could potentially see an issue if you gave them too much as well, but these plants look angry to me because of root issues, whether it be from watering practices or too much EC throwing off your pH.
whats the mother plant looking like? those stems started turning purple before the cuts were taken.
the over waterings probably the result of slow root growth which is probably a sign the mother plannts in trouble.
roots slowly so pots stay wet. ph starts to go out of the safe zone because theres a longer time between watering. locking out nutes causeing all kinds of deficiencys stopping growth completly.
sad mums more than likely the cause.
Stop overwatering and call me in the morning
They finally started drinking water…..they needed a normal Dose of Cal Mag….just a heads up…
They’ll cheer up though…..im going to have to top em and figure out when to ease up on Cal Mag. But they are looking greener.
I’m about to move them to 5 gallons
I am using Botanicare Cal Mag.