The Plant Tank

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Brown patches in stargrass and baby tears

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  • Iron:
  • Dosing: 25 mL Excel, 10 mL Flourish, 7.5 ppm NO3, 0.8 ppm PO4, 5 ppm Flourish K, (3.75 ppm NO3 yesterday, approx 2.4 ppm K)
  • NO3:PO4 Cumulative Dosing Ratio: 30:3.6 = 8.3

Notes:
Starting yesterday, I noticed brown patches on the stargrass and baby tear leaves. It's amazing how quickly a defiency can show up. I had dosed less N/P during the water change, but there were no brown patches on the java fern that develop with too low N, so perhaps there is a shortage of potassium. Yesterday, I added extra KNO3 (3.75 ppm NO3), and today, I added 5 ppm Flourish K (along with the usual scheduled KNO3) to see if that helps.

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