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COCO COIR HELP: Can't diagnose my issues

FishCityFunk

FishCityFunk

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Hey all,
My Shark Shock is about 5 weeks old, started from seed in cycopearl coco. She's been pretty healthy up until the last week and a half. I know I need to pot her up, but I want to figure out her issues first. Temps 70-80, RH is swinging from 90% to 40% since I have a humidifier in the tent that goes on 30mins every 4 hours. Feed/water has been every 3 days; pH water (6.1) with CalMag (4mL/g) twice and half-strength week1 GH trio nutes. Other than calmag I've used Great White.

For the life of me I cannot diagnose the mottling leaf edges and new tip curl. No bugs seen. May have had a Mg deficiency two weeks back but increased CalMag. RH swings? Root issues? TIA for any advice!
 

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When my plant looked similar to that everyone told me it was nute burn, the other thing I would assume is that looking at your plant, I would guess by it's size it is getting pretty root bound. I know you mentioned it needs to be transplanted, she might start looking a little better once you put it in it's new pot and allowing it's roots to spread more. My guess would be there are a lot of extra nutes in that solo cup? Just a thought, I'm sure others will chime in.
 
A bigger pot would likely solve the issue. Root problems can cause a lot of different symptoms. And you might be burning them with nutes since they really have no where to go. Put her in a bigger pot, decrease light intensity so she can get back to growing. Lay off the nutes till it recovers may need to reset itself. My 2cents.
 
Yeah as Chefby, an 1711 said, bigger pots, but you know that, that's probably where your problems started, roots are choking her
 
Agree with pressing need to transplant.
Also, plant is pretty small for its age. It would grow a lot faster with more frequent waterings. Coco with perlite can be watered daily.
I would transplant up to a 5 gallon fabric pot and mix in at least 40% Perlite to the Coco. Then I would recommend watering everyday till run-off. But regardless, I think that transplanting is the most pressing concern.
 
Thanks everyone, I potted her up last night and she looks happier already this morning. Roots were certainly at edge of solo cup, but not circling yet. I'll probably wait a week and put her (and my Alien Rift clone) in their final 7gal smart pots. I'll start a grow journal soon too. Everyone's feedback and input has been super helpful here and I feel I may be getting in a bit over my head with 2 plants.
Thanks again!
 

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You could’ve put it straight into the 7gallon pot, after my first 2 grows I think less transplants are better, you see slow growth on top first but once the roots get going the top growth just explodes, so with that being said get some microbials and a tea to add to the root zone your plant will love you for that
 
Don't want to just be a contrarian, but there are significant benefits to transplanting. Plants grown in appropriately sized containers grow faster and are easier to manage and especially water. This is true for pretty much all plants not specific to cannabis. From seed, I transplant cannabis twice.
 
I also repot twice. I don't know if it benefits them. I've transplanted dozens of plants and I haven't noticed any shock that limited the growth. In fact my last transplant they grew so fast after 1st transplant, they loved their new home. Had to get them in their final containers 10 days later. And they still didn't realize they'd been moved, quickly filled their pots.
 
Deadhead91 Yes, it factors in transplant shock. It is very easy to see the difference if you run two seeds. Even if you are bad at transplanting and shock the plant badly the root development that occurs in smaller containers will benefit the plant and allow it to recover and resume growth quickly.
Transplanting seems riskier than it actually is. When growing small plants in large containers it can be very difficult to control root zone water and O2, which makes it a strategy that requires even more skill and knowledge than transplanting.
As Chefbjy attests, once you do it a few times it is easy to avoid any shock at all and potting up produces a growth spurt instead.
 
Thank you Campesino and Chefbjy I love all the knowledge I get as I’m only into my second grow and maybe I’m having luck with it all cause of the tea and microbe brew and the combo of being in coco but when I do the seedlings my next grow I’ll try transplanting them what’s the best ways to go with that i have 2 7gal geopot what sizes should I get?
 
I like to start mine off in 1 gallon pots move up to 3 then to 7 but solo cup is a way to speed it up a bit.
 
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