first time grow. leaves are lookin discolored

[rickandmorty]

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Hi, im growing auto flowers in soil for the first time in 3 gallon buckets of light mix soil.

600 HID light running at 50% power on the ballast 24 inches from plants.
good air circulation temps are around 82.

used a voodoo juice for first week and kept ph at 6.5 throughout.
Its been about two weeks and none of the plants seem to look right...

Any help would be appreciated. THANK YOU!!

1. Are you growing from seed or clones?
Seed

2. How old are your plants?
14 days

3. How tall are your plants?
1-2"

4. What size containers are they planted in?
3 gallon plastic buckets

5. What is your soil mix?
light mix soil and added perilite

6. How often do you water and what type of water do you use?
when soil in the drain holes is dry

7. What is the pH of your water?
6.5 using ph up and down + tester.

8. What kind of fertilizer do you use and what is its NPK ratio?
I used voodoo juice the first week but stopped after the discoloration

9. Do you foliar feed or spray your plants with anything?
No

10. What kind of lights do you use and how many watts combined? (HPS, MH, fluorescent, halogen, incandescent "plant lights")
600w HID at 50% setting on ballast

11. How close are your lights to the plants?
~2ft

12. What size is your grow space in square feet?
grow tent 48"x24"x60"

13. What is the temperature and humidity in your grow space?
77-82F; 35%RH

14. What is the pH of the soil?
i have a meter i stuck in the soil it said 7

15. Have you noticed any insect activity in your grow space?
Not that I have noticed

16. How much experience do you have growing?
first attempt at indoor.

 

[backtracker]

voodoo juice isn't fertilizer you need a balanced NPK fertilizer.

 

[racerboy71]

did you happen to splash any of that vodoo juice on the leaves when you were pouring it on the plants?

 

[rickandmorty]

ok, that is very helpful. . so you think this type of discoloration is due to mal nutrition? any recommendations on a good fertilizer or something i can do in between now and picking some up?

no ive been really careful not to get anything on the leaves when watering.

 

[rickandmorty]

ive got like a bundle of stuff from advanced nutrition voodoo juice, b52, big bud, and overdrive. would any of that help?

 

[backtracker]

ive got like a bundle of stuff from advanced nutrition voodoo juice, b52, big bud, and overdrive. would any of that help?

those are all additives to add to a complete fertilizer wait until you get some. they need food not additives do you have worm castings?.

 

[rickandmorty]

nope. all did was mix this: http://www.biobizz.com/en/products/organic-substrates/light-mix

with some perlite

 

[backtracker]

nope. all did was mix this: http://www.biobizz.com/en/products/organic-substrates/light-mix

with some perlite

Light·Mix® is the ideal substrate for organic growers who want to control their plant growth by applying liquid fertilizers (right from the initial growth). that's your problem this stuff needs you to fertilize from the start there is no food in it.

 

[rickandmorty]

yes...yes.... it would appear this is the problem. i read somewhere preparing this mix with perlite would be sufficient. i guess this is not the case. am i doomed? should i burn down the grow tent and start over? what would u do in my position?

 

[Bubblegum31]

They need magnisum 100% sure.
Try it out..

 

[Bubblegum31]

Dont go in panic!

I get this most of the time the first 2/3 weeks in veg then I know that the ones who get this symptoms is gonna be my monster plants lool

I grow in coco so I see this more often.

Your light mix is for 2 weeks veg max

They just need more magnisum they wanna take off!!

 

[rickandmorty]

Boom! thanks! ok! anything u recommend for magnesium supplement?

 

[Bubblegum31]

1 gram per gallon of epsom salt with nutes start with 1.2 ec and check from there.

You can also foliar feed but the roots is best.

Make sure you deliute ur epson pretty well, if you have wetting agent use it with the nutes mix in very little quantatity just to melt the salts or if u have drip clean use it.

Hope this helps and keep us updated.

Those symptoms should stop and see new normal growth.

One more thing, on such forums you will hear alot of crap answers and alot is not even related (no offense to any body).

Use ur logic and have patience, becouse thats the start of probleems which you will see alot during thier journy.

If everytime you think you burn them and start all over, you aint going no where!


Bubble.

 

[rickandmorty]

Got it. good to know they will be survivors! What basic nutrient mix do u recommend?

 

[Bubblegum31]

Got it. good to know they will be survivors! What basic nutrient mix do u recommend?

I never grow in soil so I dont know honest whats good or not, I have 3 bags of light mix i attend on using soon!

May I know whats your PH in soil? What is the usual ph used with nutes is soil?

When it comes to coco I have used canna / house and garden with great results also bloombastic for flowering

 

[rickandmorty]

Thanks. My runoff is around 6.5 and thats where i've read it should be. I'll start digging into a solution for nutrients in soil.

 

[rickandmorty]

Update. I added a product called Pure Blend Pro as my liquid nutrient, and Cal-Mag Plus as the magnesium supplement per the suggestion. Added a little less than a teaspoon per gallon of water of each and fed. There has been a big noticeable change in growth, but the discoloration continues although more slightly on the new leaves that are growing in. Is it just a matter of waiting it out and continuing the supplements or is it something else maybe?

 

[Bubblegum31]

Whats ir start water ppm?

Whats ur feed ec?

Dont use cal mag and epsom together..

Use just the epsom.

 

[Bubblegum31]

The effected leafs aint gonna recover but thr new growth should ne green.

I can see the the condition got sure better and more greener.

Cheers

 

[rickandmorty]

I have 4 plants. I used epson on two plants, and Cal- Mag on the other two.

Not sure what start water ppm means but i took a gallon jug and put a gram of epsom and teaspoon of feed into one.
in the other i put a teaspoon of cal mag and a teaspoon of feed.

i dont have an EC meter but ill order one.

Def greener and a lot bushier.