Yup I empty the bags right into tough totes filled with RO ph’d at 5.8 then scoop them with a strainer and shake them out. Ph is better now but still comes back a bit high. Thinking maybe submerging each pot at least partially? Do you Think that’s a option?
Ya ou know I have always had some issue with it getting tired of it too lol. I’m thinking They might have had the beginning stages of root rot and that’s when they got sad. There was a lot of algae buildup on the top of the perlite, I have been trying to keep it under control but it was resilient so I cleaned the entire system top to bottom, which took me about six hours.
It’s recirculating, night just switch back to hydroton after this run idk but the plants are looking very good but initially it was just half the room that drooped out while the others where just fine, then the droopy half picked up and the other half is starting to look like they are going to droop lol oddly enough it doesn’t seem like they have stopped growing but like they grow in spurts or sudden boosts.
Are you noting the time of day of the droop? Some strains will droop at the end of lights on.
Bacillus Thurgenesis and Spinosad. Both available from Monterey brand nationwide.
If they arent hiding in the pot alcohol and water worked wonders for spider mites. I can only assume they would work well here.
Awesome man thanks, I will try anything at this point. They are not too bad at this point from what I read at different stages, the larvae will eat differently only when the are nearing later growth do they eat the actual plant matter and thats only a few leaves here and there. I dug out the top layer of perlite and found quite a bit of dead little bugs, thinking fungus gnat larvae because I could only find them in the top.
Mine did the same thing, I’m not 100% on exactly why but I believe it’s general dehydration. You may need to water a bit more, it could be salt buildup also causing the plant to not uptake any water. Too much nutes, salt buildup and, like coldsmoke said, ph. I would check ph first, do a large flush and then go back to nutes. My issue could have been the fungus gnats all along because that’s essentially what happens when not taken care of. Also would mention I think these lights bieing quite powerful accelerates symptoms more so than lower light conditions. I have been seeing plants reacting to water schedule ppm strengths much differently, like the margins for error is allot narrower.
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I’m going to guess here.
Nice, sounds like a killer setup, how you growing? Welcome and thanks for the kind words.
