I'm running an experiment with a nutrient mix in coco as described here: http://thehotpepper.com/topic/64864-home-made-nutrient-solution/ It's a pretty standard recipe with the addition of extra Fe and Si.
All plants are doing quite well, apart from two Habanero Caribbean Red that have just started flowering. Some of the older leaves are getting brown spots and some are turning yellow from the edges, following the veins. Newer leaves are deformed and hard/brittle to the touch. I'm feeding at EC 1.4 at the moment. At first I thought it could be Mg deficiency so I've sprayed and flushed with EC 1.0 epsom salt. This didn't help, so yesterday I also tried flushing with CalMag dilluted at 1:1000. CalMag also includes iron, so if this is iron toxicity I guess it doesn't help at all.
The plants are in 2l pots, and they dry out enough to water every 2 days. I'm just about to make a new concentrate of my nutrients, and I would greatly appreciate any comments so I can take the advice into account.
Young leaves:
This is a leaf that fell off:
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All plants are doing quite well, apart from two Habanero Caribbean Red that have just started flowering. Some of the older leaves are getting brown spots and some are turning yellow from the edges, following the veins. Newer leaves are deformed and hard/brittle to the touch. I'm feeding at EC 1.4 at the moment. At first I thought it could be Mg deficiency so I've sprayed and flushed with EC 1.0 epsom salt. This didn't help, so yesterday I also tried flushing with CalMag dilluted at 1:1000. CalMag also includes iron, so if this is iron toxicity I guess it doesn't help at all.
The plants are in 2l pots, and they dry out enough to water every 2 days. I'm just about to make a new concentrate of my nutrients, and I would greatly appreciate any comments so I can take the advice into account.
Young leaves:
This is a leaf that fell off:
upload photo websites