Nutrient lockout

So I am new to growing and I have a problem. I am growing six hydro lowryder 2s. I am about three weeks in and my plants are showing the lower leaves spotting rust and curling down. I just changed the water and nutrient mix with less nutrients than before. I had some white on my grow medium but not on the plants (Salt build up maybe). I should have some pic soon just wondering how long I should wait and see if that fixes it?
 

DownOnWax

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Probably a good idea to just flush it for a couple of days with ph'd water if you are worried about it.

Then start up again with light nutes :)
 
Probably a good idea to just flush it for a couple of days with ph'd water if you are worried about it.

Then start up again with light nutes :)
So im running the nutes directly to the rockwool the plants are in with a pump, should i just run phed water for a day or so? I am using distelled water that has a ph right at 6.25 and my nutes are ph balenced so I should not have a ph prob right? Every time I check the ph its perfect.
 

DownOnWax

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I would change out the water and keep using the same distilled but lay off the nutes for 2 days.

And I probably would not feed them str8 onto the rockwool, can't you just run it through your resevoir?

It could be a ph problem, and/ or a combination nitrogen problem. How dar are the leaves and are you also foliar feeding?
 
Well the smaller 2 of the six are pretty dark but the big ones with most of the rust spots are normal just burn spots. so to me thats overfeeding right? thats why yesterday i put new water and nutes in with about 3/4 less than before. should I use alot less because they are lowryders?
 

DownOnWax

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Could be, I have never grown any lowryders so I am not the person to ask. But usually the rust spots are due to a problem with the nitrogen.

I would think that you could use a flowering nute all the way through on a dwarf plant. I guess they don't stay in veg too long and in turn don't need as much N as standard plants.

What nutrients are you using by the way?
 
Could be, I have never grown any lowryders so I am not the person to ask. But usually the rust spots are due to a problem with the nitrogen.

I would think that you could use a flowering nute all the way through on a dwarf plant. I guess they don't stay in veg too long and in turn don't need as much N as standard plants.

What nutrients are you using by the way?
A ph'd balenced pack from stelth hydro. was using a grow of 10-5-14 but only 1/4 the bag for the first two weeks then put in another 1/4. After I flushed it I put in a 1/4 bag of Bloom that is 5-15-14. and always the same amount of their micro bag. not sure whats in it.
 
So I started to folie water them no nutes. Found two bugs and killed them the day after they did there deed. They look sad and drooping a little should I run water only for a day or so?? then add a light nute (about half what was in there before)?? The new pix are DAY 28 They look a little short to me they are Lowryder 2 but still. The one in the front middle is a female for sure and the one on the front right is a male for sure, I will be pulling him in about two days. ANYONE with help please do so. Will running water only for two days hurt them or fix the drooping leaves??
 

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