Help my girls...please

[hillydirtfarmer]

juts some bag seeds.Cheap ass potting soil,rain water as needed,Ph unknown..some cfls and blue/white fluro tubes.All germ. at same time,notice the 1gals are much bigger.Botton leaves are spotty and yellow. any help would be appreciated.Closet grow w contant fan. more pics and info if needed please help..thanks

 

[hillydirtfarmer]

just to add..overall color and health is fair considering what crap im working with here..as the funds improve I'll move the cupped ones into bigger pots also....I plan on going outside with them as the temps allow????

 

[rockbud]

looks like burn..or ph problem!

 

[frmrboi]

looks like burn..or ph problem!

I'm going with ph is off as most likely.
hopefully you can get them in better soil as they won't grow much in that condition.

 

[hillydirtfarmer]

appreciate it fellers...ive used Very limited nutes,Ph more likely huh?..im useing rain water also,I thought that ph was about neutral? Invaluable input! thanks

 

[frmrboi]

appreciate it fellers...ive used Very limited nutes,Ph more likely huh?..im useing rain water also,I thought that ph was about neutral? Invaluable input! thanks

rainwater SHOULD be neautral but if the soil has high peat moss content and no lime it will be off very quickly.

 

[hillydirtfarmer]

ok thanks,im heading for a meter now,should i check the run off,raw water,both?

 

[frmrboi]

ok thanks,im heading for a meter now,should i check the run off,raw water,both?

meter readouts are free so do both. If you can afford a meter why are you growing in crap soil ?

 

[hillydirtfarmer]

well,it started out as a hobby and turned into a passion....you can understand that right?

 

[BurlingtonDanks]

Hey hilly, yeah some similar problems indeed. I had a friend look at mine and say that yellowish-greening is most likely a nitrogen deficiency and can be easily fixed with a nitrogen rich fertilizer supplement. (be careful though about ratios, its better to do about half of the recommended dose, which is typically very small. fertilizers will have a ratio on the front usually ex, 10-10-10, which is the relative content of Nitrogen-Phosphorous-Potassium so look for one higher in nitrogen ratios. Your lights can be almost touching the tops but with a little room to grow. That, and a transplanting into some larger pots with nice soil will def help you out. What lights are you using btw?(wattage/lumens?)

FRMRBOI, could you check my girls out and see what you think please?