my pineapple sorbet clones are looking sickly. im growing in a 32x32x60 tent in 7 gal pots of coast of Maine stonington blend. They started looking funky around the time i upgraded to two hlg 288 rspec boards driven by an mean well hlg-240H-C1750A with the dimmer turned all the way up. not sure if i should just start over and pop the 10 pack of arise that i was going to run next or see if they bounce back.
Multiple deficiency are clearly happening. Why? Soil too wet, ph issues, nutes and hormones too high are my first thoughts. You can recover if your roots are not rotting. So, Pull your plant out and make sure roots are heathy. You need to repot anyway. Make sure they are white and dissease free. Then go to following paragraph. I would restart if your roots are diseased.
Raise lights and keep humidity high. Repot in a smaller pot (1 gal smart pot or equivalent-since you are using fabric pots). Start a new simple nutrient regimen slowing increasing nutes as plant responds. Your super soil is too rich for your clones trying to get used to it’s new environment. Use a seeding potting mix. When your plants are vegging strong-then switch to that supper soil. Make sure you go through a wet and dry soil cycle. Making sure not to over water. I did research the mix you are using – it’s hot and filled with hormones. Ease into that mix. Maybe use a mixture of a small amount of super soil and a seeding mix.
Final thoughts and summary
My best guess is your pot is too big – moisture and nutrients too high, clones not ready for super soil.
Foliar spray may help. Your foliage is badly damage and likely will not recover and dye. Your plant will only recover from new healthy growth. Be patient it’s going to take awhile.
Good luck and keep on growing.
i did notice when i transplanted them from 2 gal to 7 gal that they were over watered. thanks and ill check on those roots appreciate the help.
Before you go and dig them up, let them dry out, and water in some microbes, recharge. If you are using Coast of Maine Stonington Blend, and you just transplanted would it being a little hot. Meaning too much nutrient not any deficiency. Give t a few weeks before you make drastic changes. Don’t feed nutes, that soil has everything.
yeah i started them in rapid rooters then they went into solo cups filled with light warrior then 2 gal pots of coast of Maine then into the 7 gals. they were
doing great in the two gals had them up to 6 nodes so i topped them to the 3rd node. When i upgraded the lightis when they started looking funky but they were deffinitly over watered. I have only been giving them water and recharge. i have since let them dry out. The color has yet to come back but they are already starting to pray. thanks for all the tips they are deffinitly looking better.
Coast of Maine is not a super soil, it’s just an organic living soil. I’ve been staring my seeds in Rapid Rooters too then into Solo cups filled with Coast of Maine’s Stonington Blend, then right into larger pots again with only the Stonington Blend. I’ve never had an issue with seedlings going right into the Stonington Blend. That’s just me, I’m not saying that the other reply’s are wrong, just my experience with Coast of Maine’s products
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Agree with CouchKushn. The Stonington blend is not a super soil. It is a well balanced organic, living soil that is meant to provide a heatlhy growing environment for the plant. I have seen people grow in it from seed and have never experienced a burn. The fact that it was growing healthy in the 2 gallon is evidence that is is not the soil’s nutrition that is the problem. I am also very familiar with Coast of Maine products.
It was deffinitly the light. I switched from a Amazon blurple to the quantum boards. After raising the light, dimming it down, and letting the soil dry out they’re looking 100 times better. As soon as I water them in again with some recharge ill bet they’ll start to green back up. Thanks for all the help guys greatly appreciated.