Crap! She’s trying to claw me!

[Robear]

Well it looks like the noob mistake of planting her in Miracle Gro (Mackerel Grool) has finally started to bite me in the butt. And right on schedule at 7 weeks into bloom like it happened to BillBates. I just noticed the clawing this afternoon when I went to check on her before the end of her day. i was hoping the long veg might have depleted the soil enough to minimize nitro toxicity but nope. I wish I was far enough along to harvest a bit early, but she seems to be a long blooming strain. She was a bagseed my darling daughter planted and gave to me.

I dont know what what else to do besides give her a thorough flushing in the morning with ph’d RO water. If anyone has any other suggestions I’m all ears.

[BillBates]

It's gotta run out of nutrient eventually, right? Thankfully, mine isn't in mg soil. Mine's in this stuff called Black Gold that I got at the Ace Hardware store. So at least I was able to quit the nutes just in time. Someone will weigh in who knows more than I. Since I had already scheduled my flush, it turned out not so bad. I'd say pHed water & water with molasses every 3rd watering. That's what I'm running to when I'm in trouble for now.

[Robear]

I like that idea, Bill. I was thinking about adding molasses to her feedings and I will once I get her flushed.

[Campesino]

It looks really minor so far, so hopefully it can be managed. I would recommend a flushing agent. I am not sure that it will really knock out the heat of the MG soil, but it should be more effective than plain RO water. Sledgehammer or Florakleen.

[BillBates]

There you go Robear.... you come to THIS forum with a problem & by god you'll get a solution. Flushing agent.... I'd have never guessed there was such a thing

[Robear]

Isn’t that the truth, Bill. Gotta love this forum.

Thanks for the suggestion, Camp. My daughter is coming out for a visit tomorrow and I think I’ll send her over to the Hydro store to pick some up.

[D.A.A.S.69]

Hey Robear, I've seen nitrogen toxicity, the claw a whole lot worse than that.
Where it was dark, dark green. And every leaf tip ,looked just like a fish hook., lol
Thats about all you can do is try to flush it out, good luck with that. Lol
I forget the name of that stuff, that you buy, that helps clean lots better than just water ,when flushing, but water will help. I sure hope you get it fixed.

[Campesino]

One more thing!
Sledgehammer can be used just as a surficant. It is really pretty cool stuff - Yucca extract
To use as a surficant only, it is just 2 drops per gallon. A truly tiny amount (25 drops = 1ml). I would start doing this right away (whether or not you decide to do a flush, which is 10ml/gallon) and continue throughout the grow in all water. It will help the plant overcome the MG soil. Just two drops!

[Robear]

That really sounds useful. I’m glad the daughter is bringing some out tomorrow. BTW is it good for coco as well?

[Campesino]

Yes, You can use it as the flush with Coco, absolutely.

I will recommend that you use SM-90 as the surficant in coco though, especially if you are doing auto-drip. But if not using SM-90 you could use it that way as well - even with GH nutes - no problem.

A fun little article on the benefits of Yucca (this is what Sledgehammer is) https://www.maximumyield.com/yucca-e...-desert/2/1236

[Robear]

That article was very interesting. I just bookmarked the website. Tonight’s reading material.

I’ll be setting my drip system up in a couple of weeks and SM-90 is def on the shopping list. 👍🏻