Will Sensi-Grow A and B from advanced nutrients go well with Happy Frog Soil? Also Rhino Skin in non hydroponic situation? I hear mixed reviews (of course) about using these products in happy frog soil. Any changes or amendments to my solution I should be using? My first light was an agro brite high output T5 24W 6400k light for seedlings. Sprouts kept stretching into the light (to touching the light). Heat off the light is almost nothing, so I let it happen. Is this pic a nutrient deficiency (haven’t added nutes yet), a pH issue or physical burn from being against the lamp.
Yeah that looks like light burn.
You can use those nutrients in soil, but one thing to consider is how much calcium you are using since happy frog is buffered with lime. I’m not familiar with your nutes, but some hydro nutes have extra calcium. Check out their website for all the info you need regarding how to use your nutrients.
Since your growing in soil, treat it like soil and not hydro/coco and you’ll be fine. Keep an eye on soil pH and ppm numbers so you don’t fall off a cliff.
Also think about some extra aeration(perlite) in happy frog. Plants look a little over watered as that’s what that leaf twisting can mean or other root stress like ph or salt buildup. Nutrients will work in any medium. Hard to say if light burned it or ph issue. Heat isn’t the only thing to burn leaves, intense light will do it as well but usually creates a lightened yellow to go with the crispy brown, that’s why im suggesting root stress.
Thanks all! I did have some over watering issues early on so that’s a great observation!. I think it was physical light burn (temp at bulb). I will be checking my soil PH as well. Also was using ‘softened’ water up to this point, none of the other plants seem to be affected YET, but I know that softened water can cause nutrient uptake issues. On R/O water now. Mixed nutes last night and fed the plants.
Watering: I get that with a fully rooted plant a full soil saturation makes sense as the roots can get to all the water and suck up the nutrients etc. But what about when you have a veg transplant (small plant – large container). Are you only fully saturating the small area around the plant? This seems to be more ‘feel’ than science, but I’m curious your thoughts.
Whatever amount you were watering before transplant, you can safely water in the new pot for the first week. If you pre-moisten the new soil at transplant, you can water just around the old soil a little to sort of fuse it with the new soil…if that makes sense. You’re right, it is a feeling thing.