Is this a boron deficiency?

[bullSnot]

Chloramine won't evaporate. Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid will remove both.

ok Bill Nie - Mono-Chloramine itself will not evaporate, but it breaks down to ammonia and that dissipates....but none of this helps Mo9000

 

[shrxhky420]

Mo,
Did you start from seed or clone? If clone, is it in rockwool?
SH420

 

[Mo9000]

Mo,
Did you start from seed or clone? If clone, is it in rockwool?
SH420

I started from a bag seed of what was apparently blue cheese. The genetics seem to be not the most stable though, a friend of mine is currently growing a plant from the same bag seed, and he has aslo had some strange twisted growth and very thick droopy looking leaves like my plant has, but he never had any browning or anything resembling what ive shown in the pics.

 

[Mo9000]

And ye im a little confused now on whether letting my water sit will do anything, but ill do it anyway, sure it cant hurt. And ill keep the ph at 5.8 like jypsy dog said, thanks so much for the help guys.

 

[shrxhky420]

From what we discussed I'm still leaning toward boron deficiency . Found this image and looks like your girls


SH420

 

[Jypsy Dog]

ok Bill Nie - Mono-Chloramine itself will not evaporate, but it breaks down to ammonia and that dissipates....but none of this helps Mo9000

It's a NON issue with the use of Sodium Ascorbate. "Beaker"

 

[Mo9000]

From what we discussed I'm still leaning toward boron deficiency . Found this image and looks like your girls
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SH420

Yeah for sure, looks very similar to me. And from what i was reading in that link you sent me earlier, the plant was showing some common early signs of a boron deficiency such as lightly coloured spotting on leaves and thick bushy growth.

 

[Jypsy Dog]

"IF" it's Boron, lowering your pH will allow the plant to uptake it. pH is like a "fork" for the plant, when it's off the plant can't "eat." Don't go throwing anything in the mix yet. It's probably there, just not with-in reach. 6.0 and greater pushes it out.

 

[Gumdrawp]

It looks a lot like a boron deficiency but thats just so rare, literally dont think ive ever run across it once where it wasnt cause by bugs, fucked up roots, or bad environments.

Reading this thread also made me appreciate that my tap water is pretty awesome. Detroit's city water doesnt have chloramine as far as the last time i checked, and i usually stay between 90-110 ppm 6.9-7.5ph. I literally used to water my plants with a hose for at least a year and a half when i first started, never bothered to ph or check anything back then, never realized how lucky i was.

 

[OldMedUser]

Good old 20 Mule Team Borax will supply boron. Just a tsp in a gallon of water once should fix it if it is boron deficiency.

 

[Buba Blend]

Google:
Borax, also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate, is an important boron compound, a mineral, and a salt of boric acid. Powdered borax is white, consisting of soft colorless crystals that dissolve easily in water.

Damn! More big words to puzzle my brain.

 

[Jypsy Dog]

It looks a lot like a boron deficiency but thats just so rare, literally dont think ive ever run across it once where it wasnt cause by bugs, fucked up roots, or bad environments.

Reading this thread also made me appreciate that my tap water is pretty awesome. Detroit's city water doesnt have chloramine as far as the last time i checked, and i usually stay between 90-110 ppm 6.9-7.5ph. I literally used to water my plants with a hose for at least a year and a half when i first started, never bothered to ph or check anything back then, never realized how lucky i was.

Your VERY lucky. I'm in AZ, we chew our water here. They switch to ground water during the summer here. They clean the canals. I check my tap the first of the month. Oct 1st = 598ppm. When we hit the mid 400's, were back to Reservoir.

 

[OldMedUser]

Our tap water comes out of our dugout around 400ppm and pH 8 so we buy RO water for drinking and that's all my plants get too.

Gets rid of so many possible problems and makes it easier to figure out what the problem is when you don't have to factor in pH and mineral content of your water.

 

[Jypsy Dog]

Our tap water comes out of our dugout around 400ppm and pH 8 so we buy RO water for drinking and that's all my plants get too.

Gets rid of so many possible problems and makes it easier to figure out what the problem is when you don't have to factor in pH and mineral content of your water.

Amen