I'm here tonight to provide an update of my first grow, and to try to dip into the collective knowledge of the more grizzled veterans for some advice on my plants. Forgive the funky formatting of this post - for some reason on IE the "Enter" button isn't working. So, you'll have text, pic, text - wall-o-text - just bad formatting. So please forgive me. First I'll start off with two pictures: first, of the canopy in the tent, and then one of the tops of one of the plants. From these pics, all looks good and on schedule. Monday will complete 5 weeks of 12/12.
From here I'll get into some of the pictures that give me questions. Now, looking at the first two pictures you can see that the leaves at the top of the canopy are not yellowing, drooping, or generally look like they are on their way out. So, next is a picture of the lower portion of one of the four plants. Generally, every day I am removing about a handful of yellowing, weak, droopy, "soggy" leaves. Some have detached, others detach at the slightest pull or tough. Those that don't fall or remove at the slightest touch, I leave on there.
In the first picture, you can also see how some of the lower leaves are "clawing" as they yellow up and die off. It also gives you an idea of how much vegetation I have lost so far. The next series of pictures are of some deficiencies or nute burn. As it is my first grow, I don't know. I do tend to think I have a CalMag deficiency, in general. But...not sure about these pictures. A week or so ago I was having a nitrogen deficiency, and so I did a couple of feedings with the Fox Farm Grow Big, in addition to the Big Bloom and Tiger Bloom. This greened up the plants nicely, especially at the tops. Maybe I need to up the Grow Big for the bottoms that continue to lighten up and fall off, but I don't know. I also know that some of this just happens as you get farther into flower. Being my first grow...I have no idea, so that's why I am turning to the experts. The next pictures are some pictures of the deficiencies or nutrient burn - don't know which one. Please help!
This last picture is towards the bottom of the plant, and is generally how they will look before the lighten up a bit more and fall off. The final picture is just a cola picture, for fun and pr0nz, but also to give another perspective of the plants.
So, this is my update. Looking for any tips, advice, feedback, etc., to try and fix what's happening.
I will say that I do have a PH problem. My local water system has hard water, at about 250ppm, and with a PH of right at 9. I'm growing in FFOF, 25% perlite. I read that the FF nutes lower the PH a bit - but from what I've read not into the 6 range from where I'm at. I recently discovered the PH problem, and will be doing better going forward, adjusting PH after mixing up the nutes. I'm hoping that the soil has buffered enough so far to prevent lockout - but who knows. So, at the end of the day, this is the story of my plants as they are now. I really need all the help I can get. I'm going to try to format better on my phone...so if you're reading and the formatting isn't all jacked up...I fixed it
In the meantime...hope all are having a great Friday night! This thread is inspiring to me and seeing all of the great grows by experienced people really motivates me.
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