6 plants in 15 gal. 3000 watts

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Dankstankfromdownstairs

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Alright so I have 6 lemon jefferys going right now. They are three weeks in flower. My nutrient line is hydroponic research and I have 3 1000 watt lights. Over the past few weeks they have been clawing bug time and growing three leaves and some one leafers.

They arent getting over fed as I have been growing the same strain three grows in a row and I actually used less nutrients this time around. Temp and humidity are all in check. Any help would be appreciated.20181030_181939.jpg 20181030_181948.jpg 20181030_181956.jpg 20181030_182008.jpg
 
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CannaCountry

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More information is certainly needed, however, just from the pics one can see whatever your issue, it's affecting your entire grow. Have you checked your plants for pests? What type of grow are you doing? Are you sure your pH is where it should be based on your grow method? I think if you can provide more details there are enough folks here to help you out.
 
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Dankstankfromdownstairs

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My medium is ocean forest. I water every three days sometimes two if they are dry enough. And pH is right on.

Now last night after I posted this I noticed white specs on the leaves. And small black spider mites crawling around. So I bought some green cleaner and did the first drench. They haven't made it all over the plants just a few leaves on the bottom of some of them.
 
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CannaCountry

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The plants look way over fed / too much N, which would exasperate the foliage growth and behavior you're seeing, especially in flower. However, you've noted, that you've run this strain several times, and this run you're feeding even less, so aside from feeding even less, it's hard to say. I'm assuming you're using the Veg+Bloom Dirty from Hydro. Research? What is the NPK on that? Do you feed with every watering?
 
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Dankstankfromdownstairs

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Yes it is the dirty formula. I'll have to look at npk when i get home. And no I feed once every week. And over fertilizing was my first thought. But there's no way. I even cut back and haven't fed in over a week and the only thing that did was make my new growth lime green.
 
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pulpoinspace

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my guess:
to me it looks like your room is hot, lights are close to your plants coupled with low humidity. too hot and dry. too high VPD. makes sense there would be mites too as this is the conditions they love. also the conditions for plants to use up a bunch of water and leave nutrient salts behind in the soil giving the appearance of a plant being over fed. light green and canoeing with spots from the bug bites.

raise your lights a bit.
raise your humidity if you can. check out a vpd chart. idk your temps but for 80F you want about 70% humidity. my guess is you're not even close.
if you cant raise humidity, lower temps.
increase your air circulation.
lower your EC (i wouldn't flush just use less nutes till VPD is back down, plain tap water and then nutrients 1/4 recommended dosage, new growth lime green is okay). when hot and dry, plants use more water than food. just like we do.
 
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Dankstankfromdownstairs

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pulpoinspace said:
my guess:
to me it looks like your room is hot, lights are close to your plants coupled with low humidity. too hot and dry. too high VPD. makes sense there would be mites too as this is the conditions they love. also the conditions for plants to use up a bunch of water and leave nutrient salts behind in the soil giving the appearance of a plant being over fed. light green and canoeing with spots from the bug bites.

raise your lights a bit.
raise your humidity if you can. check out a vpd chart. idk your temps but for 80F you want about 70% humidity. my guess is you're not even close.
if you cant raise humidity, lower temps.
increase your air circulation.
lower your EC (i wouldn't flush just use less nutes till VPD is back down, plain tap water and then nutrients 1/4 recommended dosage, new growth lime green is okay). when hot and dry, plants use more water than food. just like we do.
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My temps stay around 72 when the light are on and dip down to about 68 when the lights are off. My humidity is 45 percent. I'll raise my lights and see if that helps. They are a little over a foot away right now.
 
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pulpoinspace

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Dankstankfromdownstairs said:
My temps stay around 72 when the light are on and dip down to about 68 when the lights are off. My humidity is 45 percent. I'll raise my lights and see if that helps. They are a little over a foot away right now.
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hmm sounds like my guess is wrong then.

still raising the light wont hurt in times of stress.
 
larrypizzimp93

larrypizzimp93

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I'm not an expert but there's deff excess N. if your environment is good deff something with your feeding. and ocean forest is strong if fresh. use only water for couple weeks
 
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