stevejones
Member
Hello all,
I've done a few soil grows before I switched to hempy, my soil grows always turned out pretty good, nothing spectacular, but provided me with enough to be happy. Now that I've switched to hempy it seems I've got nothing but problems, all the time.
I pH my water, I've tried RO and I am now using rainwater (my tap water reads at about 8.2 and takes way too much ph down to get it where it needs to be)
I pH to 5.2-5.4 consistantly, and I have been seeing the following problems in all of my buckets (some are worse then others, but all are bad)
I use the advanced nutrients Jungle Juice product (3part) and follow directions on the package for the veg, during bloom I use the lucas formula (no grow, just bloom/micro)
Seedlings/youngin's - purpleish red stems and veins on dark green leaves, growth is terrible on some, others that have less of the red/purpling are lime greenish leaves and are taller, bushier
Mature plants in 12/12 yellowing all over, turning from lime green to light green, to yellow and then to white, crumble up and die usually before turning completely white, ends up effecting the entire plant, bud production is severly stunted.
I will take pictures to illustrate what I am explaining.
Youth lights - 100w veg growth LED light (temps @ 74F)
Flowering light - 400w HPS (Temps @ 76F)
I've done a few soil grows before I switched to hempy, my soil grows always turned out pretty good, nothing spectacular, but provided me with enough to be happy. Now that I've switched to hempy it seems I've got nothing but problems, all the time.
I pH my water, I've tried RO and I am now using rainwater (my tap water reads at about 8.2 and takes way too much ph down to get it where it needs to be)
I pH to 5.2-5.4 consistantly, and I have been seeing the following problems in all of my buckets (some are worse then others, but all are bad)
I use the advanced nutrients Jungle Juice product (3part) and follow directions on the package for the veg, during bloom I use the lucas formula (no grow, just bloom/micro)
Seedlings/youngin's - purpleish red stems and veins on dark green leaves, growth is terrible on some, others that have less of the red/purpling are lime greenish leaves and are taller, bushier
Mature plants in 12/12 yellowing all over, turning from lime green to light green, to yellow and then to white, crumble up and die usually before turning completely white, ends up effecting the entire plant, bud production is severly stunted.
I will take pictures to illustrate what I am explaining.
Youth lights - 100w veg growth LED light (temps @ 74F)
Flowering light - 400w HPS (Temps @ 76F)