What´s Wrong? :(

alponto

Member
Hi guys,

My first post here.
My plant is a think different Auto. And has 26 days of life. I use a Waterfarm with an extra pump with an airstone. Grow tent 1x1x2m.
I control once a day my water ph. I ph down until 5.5. 5.6 and when a i came in the next day the ph normally raises to 6.7 7.0.
I´m doing the flora series schedule and i applied week 4 ,three days ago.
I use an 250 HPS a phytoled 130W LED and my EC water level is around 1.1 and 1.2. Temp normally around 80 85F and 50 60% humidity. And i use Co2 pills. I have a timer to do the drips four times a day, 15 min of watering.
I use Mineral water (ph 5.5), since my tap water has 0.3 EC, its not recommended to use, but since i don't have PH up, sometimes i use it to raise PH.
Almost everyday i spray it with destilled water.

My plant is growing many leaves but not growing so tall. TD is a bushier plant but i compare with other famous grows in the internet and a think its smaller than normal for her age.
Now i noticing some yellow and white tips appearing, crispy leaves and many curling. Alot of the roots are already feeding in the nutrient solution bucket and they seem very healty, (very white and with hairs :))
Can you guys help me to diagnose the problem? Here are some Screens! Thanks!

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AMCHEESIER

Active Member
the burnt tips suggest your over feeding. the plant is rather droopy which is usualy overwatering. but the fan leaves curling in the last 3 pics looks like excessive heat or a ph problem. try mixing feed in a bigger res or container the ph wont fluctuate as much the constant up and down of ph could be causing you your issues but it could be a number of other things.
 

alponto

Member
the burnt tips suggest your over feeding. the plant is rather droopy which is usualy overwatering. but the fan leaves curling in the last 3 pics looks like excessive heat or a ph problem. try mixing feed in a bigger res or container the ph wont fluctuate as much the constant up and down of ph could be causing you your issues but it could be a number of other things.
Thank you very much for your feedback AMCHEESIER. I need all the help i can get. This is my first grow.
Thank you
 

AMCHEESIER

Active Member
no worrys pal, it will take you a few grows to iron out your issues and to realy start understanding whats going on. we all get problems from time to time. id water less frequently to start and back off on the feed less is more sometimes!!. wit the leaf curling id guess at ph as u stated ur temps are fairly consistant, so like i said mix in a bigger batch and the ph shouldnt flucuate as much.
 

MrGhettoGrower

Well-Known Member
What's the e.c. of your nutes you're getting to much of something, it's took me 5 years and many grows to get my current grow of my dreams in my journal my best advice is use ffof and advance nutes I HIGHLY recommend them!
 

alponto

Member
Hi MrGhettoGrower,

I´m doing the fourth week of the GHE flora series nutrients.
EC 1.2 The values are for a 10L bucket.

15ml floragro, 10ml flora micro, and 5ml florabloom, 30ml Biobud, 20ml diamond nectar, and 4g mineral magic

Thanks for the reply!
 

alponto

Member
no worrys pal, it will take you a few grows to iron out your issues and to realy start understanding whats going on. we all get problems from time to time. id water less frequently to start and back off on the feed less is more sometimes!!. wit the leaf curling id guess at ph as u stated ur temps are fairly consistant, so like i said mix in a bigger batch and the ph shouldnt flucuate as much.
Thank you! My plant is better, i will post some pics very soon :)
 

alponto

Member
Hi guys,

Here´s my new photos from my baby girl :) She´s better!

I´ve listen to your advice's and i´m only watering 2 times a day 15min. The EC now is only 0.9.
I got ride of the led, because of the heat (hps 250w its doing the job alone) and i don't ph down everyday, if she´s with 6.3 6.4 i let her stay that way for at least two/three days max, until i ph down again.
I got alooot of roots invading the nutrient solution already. (today it doubled the number of roots from the photo) They are pure white and with allot of hairs.
The only persistent problem is the curling...i don't think there's allot of heat to justify this... what you guys think?

I would like to ask you guys if i should do some pruning in this girl. It could be useful?
She´s a little bit late, but i´m doing the 5th week from the FloraSeries Hydro schedule. She´s doing a month old today :)
Enjoy the pics.
Thanks again!

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AMCHEESIER

Active Member
its looking better no doubt about it, the leaf curling this time does look like excessive heat but the temps dont seem abnormally high. it might just be a sensitive pheno or strain, do u have an exhaust fan hooked up?
 
Hi guys,

My first post here.
My plant is a think different Auto. And has 26 days of life. I use a Waterfarm with an extra pump with an airstone. Grow tent 1x1x2m.
I control once a day my water ph. I ph down until 5.5. 5.6 and when a i came in the next day the ph normally raises to 6.7 7.0.
I´m doing the flora series schedule and i applied week 4 ,three days ago.
I use an 250 HPS a phytoled 130W LED and my EC water level is around 1.1 and 1.2. Temp normally around 80 85F and 50 60% humidity. And i use Co2 pills. I have a timer to do the drips four times a day, 15 min of watering.
I use Mineral water (ph 5.5), since my tap water has 0.3 EC, its not recommended to use, but since i don't have PH up, sometimes i use it to raise PH.
Almost everyday i spray it with destilled water.

My plant is growing many leaves but not growing so tall. TD is a bushier plant but i compare with other famous grows in the internet and a think its smaller than normal for her age.
Now i noticing some yellow and white tips appearing, crispy leaves and many curling. Alot of the roots are already feeding in the nutrient solution bucket and they seem very healty, (very white and with hairs :))
Can you guys help me to diagnose the problem? Here are some Screens! Thanks!

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Are you sure the mineral water is 5.5ph? I have checked many mineral water brands and they are all 7ph neutral. You maybe should check ph metre.
 

alponto

Member
Are you sure the mineral water is 5.5ph? I have checked many mineral water brands and they are all 7ph neutral. You maybe should check ph metre.
Hi Boomer2010,

Yes, it is. Water Ph is on the paper around the bottle, i always confirm it. This way i always know my PH meter is calibrated :)
I´m now using a different mineral water. This one is 1.3 CA. The other one was 5.4 CA, not recommended for my Flora nutrients. This one has 6.0 ph.

its looking better no doubt about it, the leaf curling this time does look like excessive heat but the temps dont seem abnormally high. it might just be a sensitive pheno or strain, do u have an exhaust fan hooked up?
Thank you AMCHEESIER that was your work too :) !

I leave my tent half open, the plant doesn´t smell strong yet, so, to have less heat, i maintain it half open. I´m planting Auto-flower "Think Different".
Yesterday i´ve done a nutrient solution in a 16L bucket but with 10L solution. I left the PH at 5.6 yesterday, today the PH was 7.4! :/ This is extreme! I ph down to 5.6 again in hope that the ph stabilizes again.
I make the solution and immediately transfer directly into the waterfarm nutrient bucket (i don't pass it through the clay either)..do i have to wait a bit? Am i doing this wrong? Here´s some more pics. She woke up a few minutes ago, that´s why she´s a little bit droopy i think.
Thanks for helping! :hug:

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