SOIL need help

[nextpablo420]

Need help with 25 days old auto
I used soil with cow dung manure
Then didn't used any nutrition for 20 days
Then i used urea for nitrogen
2 gm concentrated urea in 1 letre water
And feed them

Now one of my plant is doing well
While other have some brown leaves
Only 2 leaves have this brown leaves
Other leaves are green
Pls help

 

[nextpablo420]

This pic is taken in evening
In evening leaves fall down and looks sick
While in the morning all the leaves get to much active
And they look perfect in morning and afternoon
But in evening leaves looks like they are sick

 

[Canuck147]

Depending on the strain I think - but having the droopy leaves in the afternoon is quite normal.

Overall your plants look real good - they are trying hard to grow. Everytime you post your pots look real dry - does your medium absorb real fast? How often do you water?

 

[SoOrbudgal]

It looks like compacted muddy cow manure and dirt nothing new here

 

[nextpablo420]

Yes my medium absorb water and hold it
I water like once in 2,3 days
If i water little then i water next day
I see soil under 2 inch
It it is moist then i don't water
If it is dry and hard then i water

 

[Daskahn]

To be honest I’m familiar with India.. most natural soils in India are high in clay.. and to me this looks like soil from outside your house which probably is high in clay.. which doesn’t hold water well and compacts easy.. your issue is probably moister content can’t really do much now but maybe must your plants in the morning with water

 

[duckman]

that soil will cause numerous headaches. as Daskahn said it looks to be mostly clay.

 

[Canuck147]

Do you water until it runs from the bottom?

 

[JDU]

I agree. But don't despair- the very best soil to grow almost anything is sandy loam & clay dirt is a vital component. Mix that shit with some sand & organic matter- manure, fireplace coals, leaf litter etc concentrating on the nutrients needed for the crop.

 

[Daskahn]

If you can find an old rotting fallen tree then you could scrape off the soft crumbly bark and that stuff is great for mending soil

 

[nextpablo420]

No
My water doesn't run from the bottom

 

[nextpablo420]

My soil is high in clay
It gets hard while dry

 

[JDU]

nextpablo420 that's what the sand & organic material is for... to break up that hard clumping mud & provide nutrients.

 

[Cali]

you should have a 1:1 ratio atleast specially with that dirt. If you can’t get anything besides that soil. Make sure you add for example fill one pot with pucmice/lava rock 1/4 inch size preferably and one pot dirt to keep the soil well aerated and hopefully from getting to compact. Try putting some type of mulch (cover) on top of the dirt so it doesn’t dry up too quick. Some earth worms would help. And if you can add some type of cover crop that will help with keeping the soil from getting to compact with all those tiny roots in there. Look up living mulch or cover crop for living soil.

 

[Daskahn]

Moss would work great in your situation.. it’s a low cover plant won’t take up light from your plant