Advice Needed. Nutrient lockout/ deficiency?

Nnerb

New Member
Hi all, new here and I figured I would take advantage of the widespread knowledge. So here's what I got:

-started in turf king potting soil (hadn't planned on growing so i threw a few seeds in for the fun of it, but they started growing. bagseeds unfortunately)
-from then on I figured I would make it a deal and purchased an indoor grow setup simply because i Always wanted to do it.
-5x5x7.5 growlab tent
-8in air-cooled hood
-1000 watt HPS (hortilux)
-6in inline (used reducers on the hood)
-temps sit right around 77 during the day(lights on), drop down to low sixties at night(lights off)

I have four plants, 1 b-52, 3 super dog (i believe). They sat outside through pretty cold temps ranging down into the low fifties at night(cold!), mid 60's to 70 during the day for about a week or two. I didnt feed it much, just some light fish fertilizer for the fun of it. I finally got them inside into the growtent (crazy transition) and noticed they still maintained their "unhappy look" they had outside. Put them on 12/12 btw because i saw a few white hairs. I thought they may need some nutes. I purchased the fox-farm line (big bloom, tiger bloom, grow big, cha-ching, and open seasame) and followed their feeding guideline. Thought it may be a little hot for a plant that hasnt been fed much. First i thought they may be rootbound and in some shitty soil. so i transplanted from 1.5 gallons to 3 gallons and began feeding using pH adjusted water (adjusted after nutes were in). transplanted them into fox-farm's "ocean forest", but didnt want to risk destroying some root mass so i simply broke off what i could of extra dirt and put it into the Ocean Forest soil. Gave it a few days and noticed nothing changed, so I figured i had a pH problem and flushed the plants with about 9 gallons of pH adjusted water each (about 6.0-6.5). I didnt pH the runoff however. last gallon I fed had 1/4 strength nutes. Its been 2 days and 2 of them seem to be doing better. None of them, however have that reaching "perky look" that im used to (grew an outdoor plant - always reached).
I know pictures do justice. i see possible manganese deficiency (brown/rust spots), zinc deficiency (bright green new growth).
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PH in the 6 range is closer to hydro. Ocean Forest you can use 7.0 and its also a soil with alot of nutes already in it. From this point I would stick with plain water. You can veg and get pretty much all the way through flower in Ocean Forest without adding nutes. My .02
 
Im thinking it has to do with too much wind...the fans are robbing the leaves of moisture possibly...that or my humidity is too low? i had two fans going, blowing directly on the plants. I turned one off and pointed the other towards the wall on low acting to circulate the air. my exhaust fan is rated at 270cfm, and my grow space is only 188 cf, meaning the air in the tent is exchanged 1.4 times every minute. Shouldn't have any stagnant air issues. any thoughts?
 
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