Starhawk
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I know there's other threads out there about brown spots on leaves, but none of the photos of those plants look like mine, and nobody seems to have a definitive or conclusive answer as to what is causing the spots.
I don't have a decent camera that works right now, so I can't provide a good photo of the spots, but they're basically tiny little brown speckles or splotches that are appearing randomly on otherwise healthy-looking green leaves. The leaves don't appear to be dry or curling or whithering. The stems also look nice and healthy, although there is a slight purple tinge to the stems.
I'm only about 12 days into the grow, so I've been going light on the nutes. Started from day one with 1 AG starter/seedling nute packet in distilled water with pH steady between 5.5 and 5.9, and the 2 PPP seedlings looked nice and healthy. Drained res after week 1 and replenished with quarter-strength Fox Farm Grow Big and Big Bloom, premixed into 1 gallon of distilled water with a post-mix corrected pH of 5.8, and a PPM of only 160. Been checking pH and PPM at least twice daily, and pH and PPM have dropped gradually this week down to 5.5 and 145 this morning. Added 2 drops of pH Up to the res this morning before I left for work.
Not sure if I should add more nutes--thinking maybe the brown spots are from undernourishment, but not sure, since the plants look otherwise healthy and the brown spots so far have only appeared on one plant. That plant is closest to my home-made CO2 fermenter jug and the fan is about 2 feet away blowing gently on the plant-- just enough to make the plant jiggle slightly.
The res temps have stayed in the 75 to 85 degree range, staying pretty consistently around 80 degrees lately. I have a 24 inch flexible airstone curled around the bottom of the res, providing even and continuous water circulation and oxygenation in conjunction with the built-in AG pump.
Any ideas on the most likely culprit for the brown spots? They just appeared in the past 2 days on the one plant.
I don't have a decent camera that works right now, so I can't provide a good photo of the spots, but they're basically tiny little brown speckles or splotches that are appearing randomly on otherwise healthy-looking green leaves. The leaves don't appear to be dry or curling or whithering. The stems also look nice and healthy, although there is a slight purple tinge to the stems.
I'm only about 12 days into the grow, so I've been going light on the nutes. Started from day one with 1 AG starter/seedling nute packet in distilled water with pH steady between 5.5 and 5.9, and the 2 PPP seedlings looked nice and healthy. Drained res after week 1 and replenished with quarter-strength Fox Farm Grow Big and Big Bloom, premixed into 1 gallon of distilled water with a post-mix corrected pH of 5.8, and a PPM of only 160. Been checking pH and PPM at least twice daily, and pH and PPM have dropped gradually this week down to 5.5 and 145 this morning. Added 2 drops of pH Up to the res this morning before I left for work.
Not sure if I should add more nutes--thinking maybe the brown spots are from undernourishment, but not sure, since the plants look otherwise healthy and the brown spots so far have only appeared on one plant. That plant is closest to my home-made CO2 fermenter jug and the fan is about 2 feet away blowing gently on the plant-- just enough to make the plant jiggle slightly.
The res temps have stayed in the 75 to 85 degree range, staying pretty consistently around 80 degrees lately. I have a 24 inch flexible airstone curled around the bottom of the res, providing even and continuous water circulation and oxygenation in conjunction with the built-in AG pump.
Any ideas on the most likely culprit for the brown spots? They just appeared in the past 2 days on the one plant.