Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I ended up transplanting the remaining two girls in 5 gal buckets with almost 80-90% perlite. I noticed that in the medium I had that I may have put too much vermiculite. The medium seemed like it was holding too much water. Maybe the vermiculite is holding too many salts as GroweroftheDank has said. The plant that died felt pretty waterlogged. I didn't really notice any root rot or bad odor so I don't know. The root ball really wasn't that large either, so maybe the plant may not have been taking up the nutes properly. I know my water strait from the tap has a lot of calcium and minerals because you can see it accumulate in the dishwasher. I have used my city tap water in soil for years with no problems but I guess with the hempys it's different. I may have to start using RO water from now on. I know its better to start in hempys instead of soil but for some reason I had a lot of casualties. I found it easier to start with a 50% mix of perlite and peat then transfer them into the hempy mix when they're about 2-3 weeks old. |