Chapter 13
!PROBLEM SOLVER!
Got a problem that you need to identify? If
common sense does not solve it then it sounds
like you have a feeding problem and want to
know how to sort it out. Well this is what this
chapter is all about.
PLANT NUTRIENT / CHEMICAL PROBLEMS
AND HOW TO SOLVE THEM.
Before we begin we should tell you what a
chemical burn is. A chemical burn is what the
plant suffers because of over-feeding. A
chemical burn can be compared to a half-smoked
joint. At the tip of the joint you have this
shrivelled grey ash, in the middle you have the
burn creeping towards new paper which leaves a
pattern behind it, and then you have the part
you have not smoked yet. A plant burn looks
like this almost. The plant sucks up the water
and the food. It distributes these elements to
the leaves at the bottom first and then works
it way up the plant. This process takes days to
work as you know FROM WATERING and WHEN TO
WATER! The damage starts at the tips of the
leaf and slowly moves to the centre of the
leaf, leaving behind it some crispy matter that
