Ebb and Flow overwatering or underwatering?

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mmaaddmmaann

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Hey guys, I have a few babies that I got from a buddy, been in my system for 4 days. I have my water at ph 5.9 rez temp 68F air temp at leaves 90F PPM of General Hydroponics 260ppm. I have my watering cycle set up for every four hours 24 7. 18 hours of light a day with an air cooled 1000w HPS light about 24 inches away from the plants. My pots are 1 gallon pots with the babies in clay pellets, and a grow puck in the middle. Here are some pics, I was wondering if you guys think I'm overwatering or under-watering. Slightly droopy leaves on all my plants. I have two master Kush and the rest are purple Kush, all kinda wilting but more so the master Kush. here are some pics. Cheers in advance
 

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mmaaddmmaann said:
Hey guys, I have a few babies that I got from a buddy, been in my system for 4 days. I have my water at ph 5.9 rez temp 68F air temp at leaves 90F PPM of General Hydroponics 260ppm. I have my watering cycle set up for every four hours 24 7. 18 hours of light a day with an air cooled 1000w HPS light about 24 inches away from the plants. My pots are 1 gallon pots with the babies in clay pellets, and a grow puck in the middle. Here are some pics, I was wondering if you guys think I'm overwatering or under-watering. Slightly droopy leaves on all my plants. I have two master Kush and the rest are purple Kush, all kinda wilting but more so the master Kush. here are some pics. Cheers in advance
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First off get your temp. down into the 70's if your not using co2. once you do that your plants may perk right up.
 
jsesh

jsesh

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hey man they dont look to bad .. maybe a lil over watering but give it time looks good .. good luck

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GrowingfortheGold

GrowingfortheGold

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I run ebb and flow buckets. I go 15 min fill ever 6 hours during day cycle. So 4 fills a day...3 and 6 am/pm off at 10pm on at 2 am ( I gotta sleep...fans are loud). I've grown in coco chips and coco peat. I've used this schedule both times...Actually no 30 min fill for the 48 one(lotta buckets) First go 48 3 gallon buckets. Second go 4 5 gal buckets.

Also cut the heat lol you wont have a chance to drown them if you incinerate them first...
 
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mmaaddmmaann

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Hey guys, thanks for the quick help, I moved my light further away and brought in a bigger fan to blow the air around a bit more. Hopefully that helps bring the temperature down. I think i'll go get a window shaker tomorrow to help keep things in check as I turn more lights on. I'll keep posting and let you know how it goes. Cheers, MMAADDMMAANN
 
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mmaaddmmaann

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Hey guys, thanks for the help so far. Look like it's gotten worse over the course of the day. I think it's heat stress like I was advised, but I'm posting some more pics just in case. I moved my light further away and threw in another fan till tomorrow, now the air temp around the plants is 70F. hopefully this helps it out. If you guys have anything else you think it might be, or if you think that is heat stress for sure, let me know. cheers in advance.
 

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Neutron

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Are you misting them with water? Foliar feeding, or ????
I noticed the water droplets on the leaflets.
The edges are curling up which shows that its transpiring water (use less). If it is regular water, you will flush the mobile nutrients out of the plant, and advise you to stop. IF it is treated with nutrients, from what I've read, the plant will stop paying attention to establishing roots and start sucking in food from the leaves. If you know what is up, cool, if not, good luck.

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hey thanks for the hint. I actually put a few more clay pellets in all the pots and there was some transfer from the wet clay pellets to the leaves on the plants. I'm not actually foliar feeding them. However, I'll turn down my watering frequency a bit and hopefully I'm getting an AC unit today to help level out my temperatures. I'll post back later to show progress. Cheers.
 
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