HypnoticX10
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This is my first grow. I am using coco coir and General Hydroponics nutrients (Gro, Micro, Bloom). So, I've made some changes recently and these pictures are from a week ago. I have two fluorescent bulb fixtures (like in offices and schools) holding two bulbs each. Each bulb emits 2700 lumens at 5000 Kelvin. Until the day after I took these pictures, they were hanging about six inches above the plants. There are two rows of pots, and I have a light fixture over each row. Now, the lamps are sitting about a foot and a half above the plants. At about a week and a half into the grow, the first adult leaves of three of the plants began to yellow between the veins, and claw, so I went from half strength nutrients to full strength. The day after I took these pictures, I ran two gallons (pH about 6) of water through the plants (there's five), and started using half strength nutrients again. I don't know how soil pH works in hydroponics, or how to adjust it. I have a soil pH meter, and when I stick it straight into the soil it reads 7, all around. I use a pH test kit to test the water my nutrients are in, and get it to about 6 before watering them. At the time I took this picture I was watering them with nutrients every day, but now I'm doing it every two to three days.
There's yellowing between the veins on the older leaves, and they claw. Strangely, the tips remain dark green. New growth has looked great this entire time, and layers just keep popping out. It's just that the older leaves are gradually yellowing. I think it's been slowed since I adjusted the lights and cut back the nutrients, but, it's still happening.
There's yellowing between the veins on the older leaves, and they claw. Strangely, the tips remain dark green. New growth has looked great this entire time, and layers just keep popping out. It's just that the older leaves are gradually yellowing. I think it's been slowed since I adjusted the lights and cut back the nutrients, but, it's still happening.