1st Timer - Plants Suffering - White Russian Auto (Sagamartha) PC Grow

hi all, love the forum. got lots of helpful hints but this is my first time posting. right now, i have a pc grow going with an autoflower white russian from sagamartha. things started off okay but now, after about 2 weeks, leaves are starting to have brown spots. initially thought i was underwatering...(about 250mL of water every 2-3 days, no nutes just drinking water) as I have the plants in relatively small pots and the drainage is pretty good. Before i water each time, i also dig through about two inches down and seems pretty dry. just watered again today...last time was three days ago and leaves are starting to droop after just an hour. another complication...theres a lot of remodeling going on in my building right now so it gets pretty damn dusty here. also, the plant is tipping over and not growing straight.

In my PC box right now I have two 24 watt CFL day lights. Was going to pump it up to three 24 watt CLF soft lights next week once flowering begins. I have it running on 20.5 hours on/3.5 hours off. Have fans installed but don't have them running cuz its quite cold in my apartment and the temp inside should be about 70-75 degrees fahrenheit inside the box without it. i leave the door open a crack for ventilation.

im going out of town for about six days. told my friend to come by and water the plant in a few days however if im overwatering, then should i just let them be until get back? pictures attached....PLEASE HELP!

what kinda of soil are you using? i hope i didnt read over that

Those brown spots sound like a deficiency of a micro nute like copper. you said you only water so try feeding it, the plant will probably take off in terms of growth. Btw cfls suck so get a bunch more of them or buy a high intensity discharge (HID) light I suggest a high pressurized sodium (HPS) light

hes vegging..MH is better than HPS if youre gonna be using a HID light

wannaquickee said:

hes vegging..MH is better than HPS if youre gonna be using a HID light

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I agree mh is better for veg, but come flower time, which counts the most and usually is much longer, he's really gonna want HPS for better buds

Thanks all for your responses. Yeah I wanted to do an HPS grow but couldn't find the equipment and wanted to maintain some stealth as well. Don't think I will be able to upgrade because its a little difficult to find HPS where I am living right now. Unfortunately, I have been relocated to a country where the gardening hobby isn't very developed. With regards to soil, its just the only one I found at the hardware store that they had on hand. For nutes, I think they only carry the generic kind with the three numbers on there. I got one with a high first number which is for vegging I've heard and also one with a high middle number which is for flowering. Think I should give those a shot in very diluted doses? Any thoughts would be much appreciated! Also, you guys have any advice for watering times and amount?

vcpenny said:

hi all, love the forum. got lots of helpful hints but this is my first time posting. right now, i have a pc grow going with an autoflower white russian from sagamartha. things started off okay but now, after about 2 weeks, leaves are starting to have brown spots. initially thought i was underwatering...(about 250mL of water every 2-3 days, no nutes just drinking water) as I have the plants in relatively small pots and the drainage is pretty good. Before i water each time, i also dig through about two inches down and seems pretty dry. just watered again today...last time was three days ago and leaves are starting to droop after just an hour. another complication...theres a lot of remodeling going on in my building right now so it gets pretty damn dusty here. also, the plant is tipping over and not growing straight.

In my PC box right now I have two 24 watt CFL day lights. Was going to pump it up to three 24 watt CLF soft lights next week once flowering begins. I have it running on 20.5 hours on/3.5 hours off. Have fans installed but don't have them running cuz its quite cold in my apartment and the temp inside should be about 70-75 degrees fahrenheit inside the box without it. i leave the door open a crack for ventilation.

im going out of town for about six days. told my friend to come by and water the plant in a few days however if im overwatering, then should i just let them be until get back? pictures attached....PLEASE HELP!View attachment 1327460View attachment 1327458View attachment 1327459

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what is that coco peat? no probs saturate it just before u leave, under fluros this will be ok.Trynot to have friends buddys girlfr etc tend to your plants because if it gets sick u cant be sure what went down.

haha no idea. the dude at the store said they only carry two types of soil...one for growing from seedlings and another for transferring to larger pots. the one i got was the seedling kind as they said this one was looser and wouldn't cause the roots to get stuck. i think as compared to something more specialized from the U.S such as fox farms or something along those lines, this one probably doesn't have as many nutrients. didn't know growing would be so tough here or else probably wouldn't have spent so much on seeds haha. anyways, hope my plant recovers and i can still get a little something out of it.