Setup:
-4x4x6.5 tent
-600W HPS + (4*23W CFL)
-#5 (4.2 gal) potting buckets
-8 plants (4 AK-47 XTRM, 4 unknown lemon strain)
-soil: 75% Pro Mix BX, 25% perlite
-Nutes: Earth Juice Grow, Bloom, Microblast, Catalyst + PH Up
-All plants were seeded directly in the soil on April 24th.
-Flowering induced at 5 weeks for all plants
-Watering every 48 hours with mild run-off each time (tap water as base, 7.0 ph)
-Temperatures ranged 72-76 during much of the vegetative stage, 76-82 during flowering at canopy
This is my second grow (the first didn’t produce smokeable buds). The plants are doing much better this time, although lots of mistakes were made again. The biggest mistake was not using PH Up with the Earth Juice during the entire vegetative cycle, it was only added to the process at about week 7. During that time, I noticed that the plants would have trouble after feeding, and I erroneously believed it was due to overfeeding. Thus, I dropped the feeding ratios well below the “mild” amount on the bottle during vegetative for the Earth Juice Grow solution. The problems were probably due to the incredibly acidic feeding solution.
The PH issues have since been corrected. I’ve tested the run-off and it is between 6.5-7.0 for all the plants (I’ll be careful not to over-correct). However, the plants still seem to be having a lot of trouble. The lighting is 12/12 but I’m considering changing it to 11/13. Growth of the buds seems to be quite slow and the new leaves are still developing these reddish-brown splotches. Worse, the plants are definitely yellowing at an alarming rate, especially the bottommost leaves. There has been a lot of death in the lower regions of the plants, which is starting to creep into the middle areas in some of the plants. I didn’t do any cropping of the plants.
With the PH issues corrected, I’m at a loss for how to proceed. Is it a nitrogen deficiency? Magnesium deficiency? Too cramped, not enough CO2? I don’t have a regular feeding schedule since everything was thrown off kilter and I don’t know what the present problems are. I’m still using ratios lower than the “mild” amount for the Earth Juice. I’ve included pictures to help aid the diagnosis. Let me know if more information is needed. Please advise, thank you.
-4x4x6.5 tent
-600W HPS + (4*23W CFL)
-#5 (4.2 gal) potting buckets
-8 plants (4 AK-47 XTRM, 4 unknown lemon strain)
-soil: 75% Pro Mix BX, 25% perlite
-Nutes: Earth Juice Grow, Bloom, Microblast, Catalyst + PH Up
-All plants were seeded directly in the soil on April 24th.
-Flowering induced at 5 weeks for all plants
-Watering every 48 hours with mild run-off each time (tap water as base, 7.0 ph)
-Temperatures ranged 72-76 during much of the vegetative stage, 76-82 during flowering at canopy
This is my second grow (the first didn’t produce smokeable buds). The plants are doing much better this time, although lots of mistakes were made again. The biggest mistake was not using PH Up with the Earth Juice during the entire vegetative cycle, it was only added to the process at about week 7. During that time, I noticed that the plants would have trouble after feeding, and I erroneously believed it was due to overfeeding. Thus, I dropped the feeding ratios well below the “mild” amount on the bottle during vegetative for the Earth Juice Grow solution. The problems were probably due to the incredibly acidic feeding solution.
The PH issues have since been corrected. I’ve tested the run-off and it is between 6.5-7.0 for all the plants (I’ll be careful not to over-correct). However, the plants still seem to be having a lot of trouble. The lighting is 12/12 but I’m considering changing it to 11/13. Growth of the buds seems to be quite slow and the new leaves are still developing these reddish-brown splotches. Worse, the plants are definitely yellowing at an alarming rate, especially the bottommost leaves. There has been a lot of death in the lower regions of the plants, which is starting to creep into the middle areas in some of the plants. I didn’t do any cropping of the plants.
With the PH issues corrected, I’m at a loss for how to proceed. Is it a nitrogen deficiency? Magnesium deficiency? Too cramped, not enough CO2? I don’t have a regular feeding schedule since everything was thrown off kilter and I don’t know what the present problems are. I’m still using ratios lower than the “mild” amount for the Earth Juice. I’ve included pictures to help aid the diagnosis. Let me know if more information is needed. Please advise, thank you.
