Brownish leave spots

Hello all, I am on my first grow and my plants have started to develop brown spots on the leaves. I took a few pictures, they are kind of blurry. My camera battery is dead and I cant find my charger. If the pictures can't help ill try to get new ones. With that said,

I am growing in an aeroponic unit, the plants themselves are in their third week of growing. The Ph of the water is at 6.5-7 and my nutrient ppm is at 860. I used an organic mix the first week but it clogged my system up something fierce, so I switched to general hydroponic synthetic nutes. I am using city water, but I make sure to let it sit for 4-7 days at a minimum before I use it. I also change my water out every week. I am also using LED lighting and I have the light about 5 inches from my plants, So there is no heat on them.







any idea's would be greatly appreciated.
 

seanzway

Member
Well if your growing aeroponice then your ph needs to be around 5.7. Your ph is way to high for a soiless system. Also as far as sitting your water out for a few days does it lower your ppm? My city uses chloramine. If your city uses chloramine then it doesn't do you any good to let your water sit. I know some people who use organic nutes for hydroponics but their honestly only recommend when your using soil.Your correct as far as led lights putting off less heat. However it depends on your type of led lights you have in order to know how close you can set your lights. I use led lights and the manufacturer says to keep the lights 18 to 24 inches away from the plants. Hope this helps. Good luck and welcome to the cannabis growing world.
 
no the ppm on my water is always really really low I think even with city water its almost at distilled water levels. So if the ppm does change I can't notice it. My light says 12-26 inches, but I also read that you should keep LED's a little closer because they aren't as intense as other lights.
 

lordjin

Well-Known Member
It's a combination of nutrient burn and high ph.

Lower your ppm to 150-250ppm and get your ph down do 5.5 - 6.5.
 

MrGhettoGrower

Well-Known Member
Yo it's yo ppms/ph~
Yo wanna ph to 5.8......6.0
PPM is a little more tricky
Nothing the first week
200 ppm 2nd week
400 ppm 3rd week
and so on~
 
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