Help My Baby Looks Ill!

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Pecas

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I am a first time grower and have been in veg for 6 weeks. I am definitly not sure what im doing but my plant it about 2 feet tall grown indoors. There are a few leaves with white spots and there are also some dime sized brown spots on the leaves that look dead. I was using a 5-1-1 firtilizer which i now know wasnt the best but like I said I'm "new". I have been doing 24hr lighting and dont know if I have a female or male yet...though I think i see pistals so hopefully its a girl. Any help is appreciated.:sad:
 
shylas

shylas

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really looks like heat stress more than nute burn. What kind of lights and how close also what is room temp?
 
Purplekrunchie

Purplekrunchie

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5-1-1 is that alaska? Theres nothing wrong with those numbers for vegging. Are your plants getting micro nutrients?
 
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Pecas

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I have the lights about a 20inches from the plant....the room temp is 75-80 degrees F......should i move the light higher??
 
shylas

shylas

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Thats ok for most lights, must be your nute mix. Get some good stuff shultz, foxfarm (what I use & love), canna (expensive), Bio Bizz (not my fav.)
 
Purplekrunchie

Purplekrunchie

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Pecas said:
what are micro nutrients?
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Calcium, magnesium, Sulfur, Boron, Copper , iron , manganese, Molybdenum, Zinc, Cobalt. In soil most of these are available, but in bad soil maybe not, or if ph is off in soil these wont become available. Theres is an amazing product called greensand made by epsoma that has most of these in there, you wont regret adding this if you ever start growing larger gardens.
 
werndogg

werndogg

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what kind of light are you using? how many watts? how often do you feed with your fertilizer and how much? are there any tiny black specs under your leafs that you can barely see?
 
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Pecas

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ok so i just checked the ph and its 7.8 .....too high i know but how do i bring it down?? Peed moss?? I feel like an idiot cuz I know nothing about this stuff.
 
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Pecas

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i have 2 90watt flood lights in the room. I have been feeding the 5-1-1 fish fertilizer to her about once every 2 weeks....i read about overfertilizing so tying to not do too much. she is in miricle grow soil and just tested the ph at 7.8 which i know is too high. No black spots from what i can see. I did have a lot of nats befor but i had sprayd her with dish soap and water then with plain water after 30minuts and now have fly tap and dont see many nats at all. They didnt have white legs so i dont think they were white flys.
 
werndogg

werndogg

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for the ph adjustment you can go to a garden store and get ph down, i've even used the stuff you use for your fish tank and it had worked ok, only thing is the ph stayed down until the soil dried up again then came back up a bit. was just wondering about light intensity because ive seen instances where just by spraying your plants with water under a powerful light could make white spots from the water acting as a magnifyer for the light burning spots into the leaf. ive had thrips before and they will make white dots on the leaf from sucking out the chlorophyll. they are little tiny black dots you can barely see even if you are looking for them and hard to get rid of.
 
Green Cross

Green Cross

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Alaska Fish has all you need, but too high PH will lock out micronutrients.

In most cases, the pH can be lowered simply by using fertilizers containing Ammonium sulfate and sulfur-coated urea are two of the best choices for acidifying soils. Most specialty fertilizers for "acid-loving" plants contain ammonium sulfate or sulfur-coated urea. These are popular sources of nitrogen for azaleas and blueberries. I would switch to a fertilizer for acid loving plants.

That being said I think the spot lights you're using caused some wilt, and you over watered. Let the soil dryout before doing anything. 20" doesn't seem to close for 90w spots, but I would expect a little leef curl trying to use incandescent spots.

GL
 
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