Spots on leafs

sm315

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If I'm reading that meter correctly it looks like you could stand to make your water or soil slightly more acidic.
 
i have soil i had them in 3 gallon pots because thats what the guys at the shop told me to do but those clones werent drying out so i put them in 1 gallon pot so i can step them up to the 3 gallon i think they might have just been too wet all the time and been molding or somethign
 

sm315

Active Member
your problem then is more than likely with the soil itself, what kind are you using? is it well drained?
 

hillbillybobb

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what kind of soil r u in? if it is not a complete soil that could be your problem. my first guess would be the ph is off and locking out a nutrient(s). those soil probe meters arent as accurate as testing liquid. i would check your runoff, that would be a good place to start. if thats ok i would lean towards a deficency and try to id that.
 

realmaple1

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well its not calcium problem because calcium produces red spotted dots when eatting the plant. and most problems happen when ph level is off. that looks like a Mg problem or heat stressed / hot spots.

or your plant needs nutrients. nitrogen can be another key and running that much ph i would try to lower it by .5 for safety
 

Snow Crash

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well its not calcium problem because calcium produces red spotted dots when eatting the plant. and most problems happen when ph level is off. that looks like a Mg problem or heat stressed / hot spots.

or your plant needs nutrients. nitrogen can be another key and running that much ph i would try to lower it by .5 for safety
Well, that's completely wrong. You've just been added to the list of poor advice givers that belong asking questions, not answering them.
Did you even bother to look at the pictures. The spotting is clearly dark colored. He's moved past the rust spotting. The leaves are clearly losing their green lushness. There are nutrients required for the verde other than Nitrogen; Magnesium being the most crucial element to the chlorophyll.

The problem is absolutely, 100% related to Calcium. Other deficiencies that could be included are magnesium, nitrogen, and phosphorus. All of this damage could be the result of unbalanced pH levels, or toxic levels of potassium, heat/humidity or just genetics. Spider mites will also cause damage that looks a little similar to what you are seeing, but if you're sure they are clean then I guess this has to be nutrient related.

Dolomite lime will help buffer your pH. Use a good organic nutrient system. Ride it out. They don't look that bad. Get that pH stable at 6.5. Don't do anything drastic. It could be that the needs for Calcium have come and gone, slamming it with Ca+2 now might only lock out Mg+2 and K+1. Take it slow, concentrate on slowing the problem and keeping new growth healthy and happy.

I find my skunk related strains need extra Magnesium in week 3 and they run heavy on calcium until the 1st week of flowering. Maybe this is similar.
 
all i have gave them is roots organics oregonism root shit and tap water so far its my second week of this grow and my first time thanks guys whats a good nutrient ??
 
im useing roots organic greenfields potting soil in the camo bag and i just started this grow a week ago and i have only been using tap water and i used some roots organics oregonism root shit 1 time
 

NewbGrower^.^

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im useing roots organic greenfields potting soil in the camo bag and i just started this grow a week ago and i have only been using tap water and i used some roots organics oregonism root shit 1 time
Greenfields is amazing!!! I use it and I like it as much as Fox farm ocean forest. If you cannot measure your ph do not use just straight tap.... Distilled would be better to play it safe.

As for the problem with the plants in this thread. Give them a foliar feed and soil drench of 100 ppm cal/mag mix and it will be sorted out in no time. I myself use molasses and it will pull a plant out of a cal/mag deficiency in days.
 
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