Scorpion Leaves Curling Up Mg Deficiency????

Canes1 · May 15, 2016

I have 3 scorpion peppers that the leaves are starting to curl up,my other peppers, ghost and reapers don't show this,yet.I just started my ferts,simple miracle grow tomato fert at 25%-50% strength about a week ago,had some yellowing on a few plants. My watering schedule isn't the best, hope I didn't over water either.From the info I gathered it looks like Mg deficiencies, but any help here would be great before I kill them as they are my fastest growing plants.

Thanks

http://imgur.com/uOHj2a9

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Chilima · May 15, 2016

Canes1 said:
I have 3 scorpion peppers that the leaves are starting to curl up,my other peppers, ghost and reapers don't show this,yet.I just started my ferts,simple miracle grow tomato fert at 25%-50% strength about a week ago,had some yellowing on a few plants. My watering schedule isn't the best, hope I didn't over water either.From the info I gathered it looks like Mg deficiencies, but any help here would be great before I kill them as they are my fastest growing plants.

Thanks

http://imgur.com/uOHj2a9.jpg

http://imgur.com/gPeDXv3.jpg

http://imgur.com/Im6BOFY.jpg

http://imgur.com/4WYoTDs.jpg

gonna embed your picture here for easier viewing.

How often do you water them, are you leaving the soil to dry off? Watering on schedule is not best idea, unless you can dictate how soon the soil dries up.

Also here is picture that might help you a bit with visual representation for some of the symptoms:

moruga welder · May 15, 2016

how much light are they getting ? :onfire:

CAPCOM · May 15, 2016

Maybe a little on the too much side with fertz. leaves getting crumpley is generally because they are taking on way too much nutrients at one time. back off a little and longer intervals and they will be fine. I dont see any noticeable drainage holes in solos. If they are there you need more and or bigger one. as stated above. less is more when watering.

meinchoh · May 15, 2016

What's the NPK ratio on your MG fert? If I'm not mistaken, 12-4-8 is ideal.

Canes1 · May 15, 2016

CAPCOM, I have 2 drainage holes on each side of the cupos,I might add 2 more each cup.

Meinchoh just looked it up,its 18-18-21,maybe to strong, should I ease up off the throttle on it?I did use it at 25%-50%.

Lights are on from 14-18 hrs a day,T8's daylight strength a few inches above the plants.

I have a feeling over watering it might be the culprit, or at least a good place to start

Any suggestions on a better fert out there that is easy to use?

Canes1 · May 15, 2016

I just realized that I used two different seed starting mixes,miracle grow and jiffy,I wonder if it made a difference.

CAPCOM · May 16, 2016

Canes1 said:
I just realized that I used two different seed starting mixes,miracle grow and jiffy,I wonder if it made a difference.

You betcha, MG has ferts already in it and you added more. As I stated, a little much on the heat. I also noticed you are loosing leaves on some of your plants. This begin after you fed them as well?

Canes1 · May 16, 2016

The one I accidentally forgot to water and it dried out and almost died and cut off the dying leaves,the other I pruned just to experiment.
The pics do not show the new growth to well.