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  1. The guys from Marijuana SA sent in a sample of the Freedom Farms Classic for testing a few years ago, there's a Youtube video on it. But most interesting from the results was the low calcium levels in relation to other elements, not that there wasn't calcium present, but just not very balanced. I've been following a few of your threads about your use of BioBizz and Freedom Farms, as you seem to have that down. I might pop you a DM if you don't mind, you seem to be nailing it. Feels the same from my side. It's almost as though regular feeding is creating an additional imbalance where some elements are being uptaken while others are locked out. Picked up some new bags recently, so will see if anything is different. I don't want to rule out human error on my side though and throw full blame on FF - it just feels different to work with, and not behaving like I'm used to after all these years.
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  2. Been experiencing exactly the same with my last batch of FF premium. Magnesium deficiency/overfed look. I thought i overfed, but after taking some clones and sticking them in more of the same batch... Been 6 weeks, i havent fed once and they are looking borderline overfed. I think this was just a hot batch of soil. My grows have been consistent for the last 5 years. In fact i have been reusing my old soil, just reamending with elemental blend. Nothing has changed, except for the new soil i bought.
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  3. And just as a ADDON: pH is mend to 'float'. Depending what grow medium you use, 5.5-6.5 or 6-7 is your range. Sticking to 6.0 and thinking all is fine is plain wrong you need to float from 6 to 7 or 5.5 to 6.5 and cover the pH range to have maximum intake of nutrients.. you want max potency.. you need perfect feeding to start with, but is just one factor to reach high numbers.
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  4. Check your pH.. if you always run into Calcium issues I would bet my left arm you run a pH below 6.2.. that is to low to absorb calcium in soil. Raise it and you should have zero issues. I grew over 1500 plants in freedom farm premium classic with no issues at all. The adding of CalMag most likely just raised your pH to make things work again.
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  5. So I have a similar issue with Freedom Farm Classic, except with Calcium. There is little to no calcium in their mix and if I don't use a calmag supplement, my plants suddenly have calcium deficiencies. I've experienced this with pretty much every grow I've done, I now just account for it.
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  6. Is usually the low range giving you issues in soil. Below pH 5.8 the roots will have issues absorbing Mg, same if you are in the 7.x and + range. I would guess there is your issue.. as you go chemical anyhow, can't go biological when you use chlorinated water, the chlorine kills your microbes. You might want to try coco or hydro with chemical.. is easier to debug. Right now, your pH does weird stuff because your micro organisms are dead. Can also try to add Environoc 401 to get those microbes back.. You might want to get a water filter for your tap water thou ^^ as you kill the Environoc 401 microbes with the chlorinated water too If you fear the soil is bad.. add a table spoon Epsom to the mix, you know there is no lack of Mg after. You never can exclude a bad batch of soil.. but I would more point to the soil and tap water use.. that bites a bit. Filter or rain water for soil. If you can't get that, Coco or hydro and fully chemical feeding... hydro in any case chemical or it will smell a bit ^^ And aim for a pH range of 6-7 in soil...
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  7. Getting thiccc, frosty and stinky! RH has been high, hovering around 80%, there has also been some rain and wind, so making sure the lower sections are nicely defoliated. Pineapple Chunk and Jillybean will be done first as I'm just starting to see some trichomes turn amber, usually around this time I would stop feeding and start "flushing" with rainwater and molasses, usually for two weeks, and then just plain rainwater for a few days before harvest. Since I'm using salt based ferts, I'm not sure if it's a good idea to introduce molasses, I know some nutrients will be available immediately, but I have no idea what the soil microbe life is like.
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