Newbie needs opinions. Nute burn??

wheelerman420 · May 22, 2008

First of all Im a newbie to plants, period. I have done a large amount of homework on the issue at hand.

I have 12 plants. They are midway thru their 3rd week, indoors, 18/6 flourescent lights(8 4', 6 2'). I used plain old miracle grow soil after starting them in jiffy pots. I havent used ANY nutes so far, but i think the miracle grow has some in it. The end of a couple of leaves on 2 separate plants are burning away, and 1 other one has one leaf with yellowish spots. I have checkd my ph, and it is just a lil high.

Here is my question, am i correct on the nute burn, or could the 6.2 ph cause this. Also none of the other plants show any of these symptons. As far as im concerned i believe they look healthy. And i have 6 plants in one big rubbermaid tote, and other 6 in another. Thats why the singling out of plants has me confused. Please, any help or critizism is appreciated. (just dont hit me too hard) Thanks

kermit2692 · May 29, 2008

miracle grow is the problem....too strong for seedling which dont need added nutes til they are a bit taller.....my guess is you have hot spots just let them grow a while and see how it goes water heavily once or twice a week to dilute the miracle grow maybe that will help....you can always repot in a couple weeks if they arent looking better

bleezyg420 · May 29, 2008

never use prefert'd soil

Mr.Buds · May 30, 2008

what about using organic soil, with a tad of perlite to start the plants off when they're babies?

ceestyle · May 30, 2008

Mr.Buds said:
what about using organic soil, with a tad of perlite to start the plants off when they're babies?

yeah but more than a tad is better, esp. with seedlings. it's easy to overwater when they're much too small for the pot, as is the case when they're tiny.

FrostickZero · May 30, 2008

MG doesn't cause nute burn in seedlings , I've done over 50 seeds and not 1 has gotten nute burn ahd I've used MG with nutes in it

FrostickZero · May 30, 2008

Diffrent room temps and water PH Level and if your taking water right from the tap that could be causing the problum

ceestyle · May 30, 2008

yeah lots of variables. diff strains may also be more nute-tolerant.

wheelerman420 · May 30, 2008

Here's an update..

Ok i have figured out what has caused this burn to some of my plants. When first started the seeds they were in jiffy pots, I had to leave for a few days before they broke ground. One of my kids got a mg plant food spike and put pieces of it in every pot. Dammit! well not all are suffering. Out of 13 only like 3 or 4 are showing signs, 1 died. Now they r bigger i have been feeding ones without, phd water with reg mg nutes at 1/4 recommended. And none to plants with visible burning(which has slowed to damn near a halt right now) When those leaves fall off those plants, i plan on feeding them 1/4 nutes also. Hopefully get them all caught up together.

Right now i have a row suffering from not enuff light. I'm waiting for my hps to arrive. should b any day....
Thanks for all you guys info and advice. I have learned so much from the growfaq, and eveyones posts in the last 2 weeks. Thanks

FrostickZero · May 30, 2008

ceestyle said:
yeah lots of variables. diff strains may also be more nute-tolerant.

MillionDollar , BC Mango , White Widow are the strains that I have and haven't gotten nute burn

FrostickZero · May 30, 2008

wheelerman420 said:
Here's an update..

Ok i have figured out what has caused this burn to some of my plants. When first started the seeds they were in jiffy pots, I had to leave for a few days before they broke ground. One of my kids got a mg plant food spike and put pieces of it in every pot. Dammit! well not all are suffering. Out of 13 only like 3 or 4 are showing signs, 1 died. Now they r bigger i have been feeding ones without, phd water with reg mg nutes at 1/4 recommended. And none to plants with visible burning(which has slowed to damn near a halt right now) When those leaves fall off those plants, i plan on feeding them 1/4 nutes also. Hopefully get them all caught up together.

Right now i have a row suffering from not enuff light. I'm waiting for my hps to arrive. should b any day....
Thanks for all you guys info and advice. I have learned so much from the growfaq, and eveyones posts in the last 2 weeks. Thanks

I recommend that you and every one else does not use Jiffy Pots because alot of people have had problums with it , use Jiffy pucks insted :leaf:

wheelerman420 · May 30, 2008

I guess they were jify pots, u add water to each little puck style thing then it expands, then u pot ur seed, like i said by the time i got back damage had been done, and i had stretched seedlings(too little light). But i know next time

FrostickZero · May 30, 2008

wheelerman420 said:
I guess they were jify pots, u add water to each little puck style thing then it expands, then u pot ur seed, like i said by the time i got back damage had been done, and i had stretched seedlings(too little light). But i know next time

I belive thoes are 2 diffrent things , jiffy pots are pots made from other stuff and kinda look like a pot , pucks look like a net sack with soil in it

wheelerman420 · May 30, 2008

thats the ones i had, with the netting, also i am having problems looking at thread and post, something bout mysql and maxhealth or something, any ideas? gettin to be a pain in the ass.

FrostickZero · May 30, 2008

wheelerman420 said:
thats the ones i had, with the netting, also i am having problems looking at thread and post, something bout mysql and maxhealth or something, any ideas? gettin to be a pain in the ass.

yea I've been getting that to , i gess there's alot of people online right now or something , yea then you should call them peat or jiffy pucks insted of jiffy pots

wheelerman420 · May 30, 2008

FrostickZero said:
yea I've been getting that to , i gess there's alot of people online right now or something , yea then you should call them peat or jiffy pucks insted of jiffy pots

Cool, ok then they were jiffy pucks, lol I think i have the burn under control. Just waiting on my new lite...
Thanx for all the help.

FrostickZero · Jun 1, 2008

wheelerman420 said:
Cool, ok then they were jiffy pucks, lol I think i have the burn under control. Just waiting on my new lite...
Thanx for all the help.

np ^.^ oh and if the burn is abit bad just cut a bit of the burned part off , I find that if I cut off the old bigger leafs a bit every feeding (every watering with B-1 Thrive) I find that my plants grow more

wheelerman420 · Jun 1, 2008

So should i go ahead and trim back some of the burnt leaves, or just start trimming back the lower fan leaves in general to promote the undergrowth? Do u need some pics?

FrostickZero · Jun 1, 2008

wheelerman420 said:
So should i go ahead and trim back some of the burnt leaves, or just start trimming back the lower fan leaves in general to promote the undergrowth? Do u need some pics?

updated pics would be awsome thanks

wheelerman420 · Jun 1, 2008

FrostickZero said:
updated pics would be awsome thanks

Alright, hangon itl take me sec.

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