Originally Posted by
ggotch
i only do autos in soil and also as organic as i can get .bear in mind i know very little of salt based grows so might be up wrong tree.
tbh im still unsure after reading all this wether you have been watering and getting lots of runoff,in order to measure runoff.
it appears you have been flushing all the good stuff out of the soil for some reason we dont know about.?,then measuring stuff and ph'ing etc etc.then feeding nutes again,the patches of yellow showing like a sawn trees rings show what was happening at any particular date(i know what i mean anyway)
i only ever water till i dribble from bottom(so i know its reached bottom),theres never enough to "measure" ,measuring runoff from your soil is meaningless,other mediums probably is a thing but all thats really happening in soil is you are washing out everything alive thats been forming in the soil,basically turning the soil inert,the various patches of different hues that we see on the plant will be pockets of goodness being found by the roots,or not.
yellowing is normal during bloom,just the plant pulling what it needs from a closer point than the roots,ie needs it "right now/cant wait/theres none in the soil",however normal discolouration normally happens down low climbing up as time goes on,it all looks too patchy for that to me,seems more likely a result of the watering to lots of runoff which is much the same as flushing if done daily.
seems a case of take something simple and make it complicated to me,no flushing,no ph'ing,plenty of light,fresh air,a sorted enviroment and only light strength feeds,soil isnt a dead medium,it doesnt need forcing or clever tricks or even measuring stuff apart from nutes.
not much help now i realise,but in soil keep it simple,keep it regular keep it minimal is my motto and for me this works fine.
atb n good luck chap,its not end of the world just part of learning.
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