Why are my leaves droopy and bright greenish yellow?

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Dangelo96!

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Yea I definitely think I may have perhaps did to much lst and would the watering really explain the rust spots because I really felt like I didn’t water that much and if anything didn’t water her enough, also deficiencies aside..how do my buds looks for being day 40?
 

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Jjgrow420 said:
bro that light is pulling 83w.
i wouldnt even use that as side lighting.
you need a better light. 100%
if youre looking for cheaper decent leds look up aglex or phlizon. its not what id recommend usually but if youre looking for a decent cheap light then....ya
cheap lights use cheap drivers and cheap leds that dont produce strong enough light in proper spectrum and very low penetration eg par drops out fast. dont beleive a word led companies say like 1000w equivalent.
the numbers generally beside the name of the light are just bs numbers used for model numbers. not wattage equiv.
the light you have is likley the equivalent of a 100w hid. if that.
instead. look up lights that use reputable drivers (meanwell) and good leds. (samsung, bridgelux, epistar,) look for an led that runs at a lower % then what its rated for. eg. a 3watt led running at 3w is running 100% power making the light hotter than it should be and in turn itll burn out fast. look for an led like 10w running at like 6w each.
eg dual leds @10w running 60% power 6w each so 12w per led. instead of your 1led running 100% @ 3w. dig it?
theres alot of misinformation about leds. and many people dont understand the diff between a 1000 dollar led vs a 50 dollar led. trust me. theres a diff.
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I feel you but I don’t think the light is the problem if anything I had to lift the light because it causing light stress, I believe what I have is a phosphorus issue.
 

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if you have a lockout you can add as much nutes as you want and the plant wont be able to uptake it.
youre light is part of the issue.
youre light may be strong close and directly underneath but wont be from a few inches higher and the footprint will be 1x1 tops
youll see in the end
 
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Jjgrow420 said:
if you have a lockout you can add as much nutes as you want and the plant wont be able to uptake it.
youre light is part of the issue.
youre light may be strong close and directly underneath but wont be from a few inches higher and the footprint will be 1x1 tops
youll see in the end
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Your right That’s prolly exactly what the foot print is for this light for 1 plant which is all I need right now. Cmon you think I could’ve gotten it to what it is now if the light was the issue? I do need to upgrade to something tht would cover a larger spread so that I can fit 3-4 3 gallon pots instead of the one 5 gallon pot I’m using. It’s a 24in”x 24”x 36” tent so I’m not working with much space to start but that’s a whole other topic ha. For my first grow ever though if I get anything over an O I’ll be pleased. I am bummed this has happened as I really tried to dial everything in for my grow going organic. But I truly feel the main issue has to do with a lack of micro nutes due to the distilled water ive been using more so then anything but will definitely consider and look into what has been discussed it’s greatly appreciated. I’ve ordered some cal mag and in the mean time will next water with tap water left out for 24 hours in hopes the chlorine could evaporate and I can get some beneficial minerals in the soil for the first time. I’ll update, thank you.
Wutchyu think I can harvest based on what I have going so far?Bubble gum autoflower 9 week strain seed planted February 15th marking today day 40. I feel like it’s not to shabby so far I just def need to get whatever the issue is fixed ASAP.
 

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Dangelo96! said:
I’m using 75% fox farm 25% happy frog and some perlite, I’ve been using the earth dust top dressing for food and watering sometimes with molasses mixed in using purified water gallon waters which I’ve tested and has a ph around 6.5 I was thinking maybe it’s because it’s not getting any micro nutrients because of my water but purified water still has some minerals in it i thought.
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Happy frog is fox farm
 
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Dank Bongula said:
How long have you been top dressing? OF mixed with HF should last at least a month as far as nutes...if you have been top dressing as well during these last 30 days, then you may need to take a break from the nutes and just do your normal pH'd water with 15-20% run off for the next two or three times.
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Yea that’s what I meant oc mixed with happy frog, I noticed all of a sudden my plant kinda stinks and not in a good way, it smells like sewer water and I don’t think it’s the soil. It’s smell like it’s the plant, I’m not sure if it supposed to smell like that
 
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Dangelo96! said:
Yea that’s what I meant oc mixed with happy frog, I noticed all of a sudden my plant kinda stinks and not in a good way, it smells like sewer water and I don’t think it’s the soil. It’s smell like it’s the plant, I’m not sure if it supposed to smell like that
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I get that you mixed the two, that's no big deal, but you also said you have been top dressing with Earth Dust...I am asking how long you have been top dressing with earth dust...because you can cause lockout with all those nutes going in...

Sewer smell is not good...What were your watering practices like prior to day 35 when you started this thread?

I think you may have a lockout and possibly a root rot problem
 
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Right I took that into factor. on day 30 I gave it less then half of the base (veg food) recommended dose because I know the fox farm has plenty of nitrogen and veg supplements already. But then about a week later I gave it half the recommended dose of bloom boost powder as it had started to noticeably flower and needed it. I thought I went light enough to avoid these type of lockout issues but I may have perhaps over did it I can’t rule it out. I forgot to mention I was away and she didn’t have water for about 5 days. I gave her a good amount of water about a gallon and a half when I got back. A few days later I did a heavy pruning that I know is not advised on an auto-flower especially for a novice grower like my self but I felt like it was necessary due to how bushy it became. My plant is very stressed to say the least. I just want to get these rust spots under control and hope this tap water and the cal mag I ordered don’t back fire on me by killing all the microbial life I have in my live organic soil.
 
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I grew a couple of photo plants, and I killed one of them by just over watering and not making enough drainage holes in the pot it was growing in, and it smelled bad like you're experiencing now.
Try and feel the soil through the drainage holes and smell it to make sure the roots are not rottining.
Also stop giving it any nutes until you resolve the issues.

I've been growing for over seven years and I'm still a noob and trying to learn, but I learn more from my mistakes than reading a book.

Wish you all the best.
 
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Nixs said:
I grew a couple of photo plants, and I killed one of them by just over watering and not making enough drainage holes in the pot it was growing in, and it smelled bad like you're experiencing now.
Try and feel the soil through the drainage holes and smell it to make sure the roots are not rottining.
Also stop giving it any nutes until you resolve the issues.

I've been growing for over seven years and I'm still a noob and trying to learn, but I learn more from my mistakes than reading a book.

Wish you all the best.
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There was a little run off but was soaked back in within 30 minutes I’m using a 5 gallon fabric pot, thx for that I am definitely being more cautious and trying to find the sweet spot as this is organic for the most part until I get this cal mag so I thought I should keep it moist so the microbes stay active.
 
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I've ran quite a few auto runs and in my opinion they are very finicky and don't handle stress like photos do. I'd avoid defoliation on them. Their end quality of potency gets impacted by stress during flower. I've had runs where getting fungus gnats led to beautiful looking smoke that had trash potency.
 
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