Week 4 Flowering, Big Problems. Brown Spots! URGENT! (Pics) + Rep

they should still finish
its not that bad to be honest kinda normal
for them to get crunchy towards the end

Wash done - return to lower nute feeding and add Cal or CaliMagic as with alot of auto's it looked Cal def. (the brown necrosis spotting). Yup just looked at new pics and #8 = Cal deficient.
Your over thinking the wash too....just add wash till it BEGINS to run from pot bottom and stop for that day, repeat next day, done,, use a wash product like "final Flush" the growtech wash (unflavored) or GH florakleen. If you add nutes to the wash you're just defeating the wash efficiency...
Finish wash = 5 to 7 days, 2 weeks of wash is overkill and you'll lose some of the best "bulking" time.

Ph-ing run off is the Ph of the run off, NOT the overall soil Ph!

Remember what I said earlier about Ph in soil? Unless your water is like less then 5.5 or over 8.2 going in, you should be ok in the SOIL Ph as I would venture it hovers around 6.5

HINT; RO water tends to run around 6.0 ...perfect for hydro and for dirt as the soil will balance it's self.

Be calm! Not Rocket science! It will be ok and they will finish out.

Thanks for the rep.........wasn't necessary

First things First drop the auto's next time , 12/12 from seed will do better @ higher thc levels too..........unless your room is too cold, then I understand

Wow 5 ph!! why?, what the hell is in your mix??? good use of the lime then........suggest you get a good soil ph meter for the future

Your new pics^^^show girls that will finish fine, maybe with slight reduction in yield. Personally I would just finish off with water and maybe some "sweetener" like the grower said above. The clawing suggests nothing but water till the end IMO ...............good luck grower

Idk about that 5.0ph, it scared me. it was just straight FFOF with perlite, no nutes or anything at that point. I have an oakton ph 2 meter. I will update today...

quick question... my rh has been really high lately, from 60-72 %. we have had a ton of rain lately. I have three fans in my area, moving a good bit of air, and a few damp rid cans. these Skunks seem to be sativa dominant, do you think I will need to buy a dehumidifier before I harvest them? I'm pretty sure I will get one when the NL's start putting on weight since I'm sure they will be denser. hopefully the rh will come down some, I'm not seeing any mold yet though. so do you think I should go ahead and buy a dehumidifier today or do you think I can harvest the Skunks and then get one for the NL's bloom phase?

and yeah, I'm going back to photoperiods after these, don't like not having control of them.

Just got my new dehumidifier, 25 pints/day. About to go set it up and give it a test run and will report back with an update and some pics. Today I am going to water heavily, not like last time, probably a gallon or so on each one to finish off this wash. I am going to be adding a little big bloom and CalMag into the mix and then next week begin back with half strength nutes.. After checking yesterday, the newest tiny leaves up at the top did not have any spots on them, but some of the lower fan leaves seem to have gotten worse, but they were already damaged... Hopefully today will show no new growth having spots, will update shortly. Thanks for all of the help guys, I really appreciate it!

Okay guys, another update today....

The leaves that were previously affected seem to have gotten worse, but the problem does not seem like it is spreading anymore, that I can tell. The few new leaves, only like 3 or 4 on each plant do not seem to have any spots on them, however I am not sure if it takes a little time for them to show up... I just finished my second "rinse" today, used 1 gallon of distilled, 6.3pH water on each girl, and then gave them some distilled water with 5mL/gal CalMag, 1Tbsp FF Big Bloom, and 5mL/gal of AN's Nirvana. I wanted to slowly introduce in organic nutes, so I could really get rid of the salt build up that I am experiencing. I plan on doing it to the NL's at some point in the near future as well, to try to avoid this problem late in flower. The buds don't really seem to be getting much bigger but they seem to be getting fatter and getting some density. I got my dehumidifier today and ran it for a while and it dropped the humidity from 70% to 60% in two hours and filled the bucket, however it raised my room temperature up to 86 in that time, from 81. Not sure if I am going to be able to use it during lights on, probably will just have to be with lights off, I have a ton of fans and air moving around though, so hopefully it doesn't cause any issues. I am trying to figure out how to get the dehumidifier to run just when lights off, for 6 hours a day, but the "24 hr on/off timer" seems to mean that once it is on, you pick how long it should run and then it just shuts off.... So I am trying to figure that one out.... Anyways, here are some new pics fellas... Let me know what you guys think and let me know if there is anything else I need to be doing, or if your diagnosis has changed...










Let me know what you guys think! I really appreciate all of the help that you guys have provided, it really means a lot to have such support. Thanks again guys, looking forward to sharing a harvest / smoke report with you guys, then will have the NL's following a few weeks behind the Skunks, one of the NL's began showing some trich development today!

^^^^OK ...........ARE YOU 100% SURE THAT YOU'VE CHECKED FOR PESTS!!!!and found zero eggs with a magnifying glass???

Do you live in california??? I ask cause broad mites are a serious issue there http://pogenetics.com/?page_id=389 your clawing and twisted leaves without major nute burn has me guessing this way again......

I just want to make sure that we can rule out pests before continuing.........Your girls are looking worse IMO

Yes, I've checked pretty good. Not with a magnifying glass, where should I look for eggs? The flush seemed to have helped on two of them, no new spots or anything, but the one bigger one still seems to be worsening, although the buds are definitely fattening up some now. One of the NL's that is flowering now has shown a similar issue on three or so leaves about 3/4 of the way up. The newest growth looks fine though, and the other two NL's look good too. I also gave them a spray of azamax last week. I will post new pics in a few minutes. Heat here in FL has been crazy

I may just have to ride it out with that one, pistils are starting to get orange, and i will probably start the final flush soon

Here are the latest pics, most recent pictures.....


This is the largest, NL right now. There are tons of bud sites all over this girl, should pull a nice harvest from this one.


One of the Skunks that is doing better after the flush, no new spots, a little too much N. Just feeding Bud Candy and a 1/4 strength of Overdrive.


The biggest Skunk with the most damage from whatever is causing this, the bottom half of the plant seems largely unaffected. New growth still showing dots. Maturing nicely, though.


Here is a pic of the entire plant, same plant as above. Buds are starting to fatten up. Getting close...


This is the shortest, stockiest NL. Super short internode gaps, very bushy. A few leaves about mid way up showed some spots today, newest growth looks good though...


Main cola of the largest Skunk, fattening up from last week.


Another pic of the main cola of the same plant. Please hold on another two and half weeks for me girl!


Here is the entire area, the two NL's closest are not really visible. Main colas are starting to lean from weight on two of them...

I really do not know what else I can do to help alleviate the issues on the one largest one, it just seems to be spreading, pretty slowly but still spreading. I am pretty sure it will make it to harvest, don't know how many leaves will be left, but it should make it...

Anyone have any other suggestions for me to try in the mean time? I will probably begin the final flush in about a week and a half and flush from 7-10 days, so I can free up some room for the NL's.

the leaves wont repair and the spots will get bigger as the plant grows
if its not spreading i wouldnt worry about it
the fans are about to fall off anyway they almost always do if your feeding them right

word of advice
STOP CLIPPING LEAVES
even though they looked trashed everything green on that leaf is stored energy
let the plant decide if it wants it there or not
do what you want buddy
but it will shed almost if not all of those fans in the next week or so
but only after its done with it

they appear to be swelling still i would just use ph'd water and learn from the
experience they will finish still and it will be killer smoke from the looks of it

you've looked into the curing process?

https://www.rollitup.org/auto-flowering-strains/703400-first-time-autos-needing-fresh.html
this guy has some pretty buds but look at the fans there crunchy crunchy
its perfectly normal
just next go around add a bit of cal-mag to the feedings
i use a small amount and a small amount of b1 thrive alive red to every watering

the fans yellow and/or fall off
then about 2 weeks later its chop time
fans yellow i start flushing
you probably could of got more
auto specific help in the autoflower section