recoclipri
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I'm a first time grower and I'm trying to tackle an issue with one and possibly more of my plants and I'd appreciate any help you could offer.
Here are some quick details:
My main concern is show in the pictures of "oldplant3" (I have the pictures labeled). For a while I had issues with ph and nutrients that caused the plant to stop growing almost completely and the leaves turned very yellow. After changing the water, ph balancing at 6.0, and adding nutrients (before nutrients were very minimal) as specified before, that problem seems to have been resolved resolve.
Currently this issue is this: the plant is growing (possibly slower than normal), new leaves appear fine but may be slightly lighter green that ideal. Older leaves get dark colored spots that slowly take over the entire leaf and are moving upwards. The leaves start out fine but eventually they all get it. Some of the oldest leaves are dry and brittle. This doesn't seem to be effecting all of the plants. This is most visible on "oldplant3"
"Oldplant2" is doing better but some of the leaves are a darker green than the others and I still wonder if they are getting enough nutrients.
"Oldplant1" was quite stunted by the yellowing issue but is doing a bit better now
I have checked for root rot and the roots appear a normal white color. The roots are also growing into my recirculation system.
I have looked at some of the guides and pictures floating around to help diagnose plant issues and my best guess is either "over-watering" (meaning I need more bubbles?) or calcium and magnesium deficiency.
Instead of continuing to guess, I am hoping someone here with more experience than I will be able to point me in the right direction.
Here are some quick details:
- Indoor grow
- DWC with constant water recirculating from reservoir, I was tried to also have the same water dripping at the base of the plants but I have turned that off to eliminate over-watering if that is the issue
- Lighting is a fixed 12 x 32w florescent lights running 18 hours on/6 hours off
- Constant ventilation with temperatures from 66 to 79 degrees F and humidity from 30 to 48% depending on time of day
- "Old plants" are started from seed in rockwool surrounded by hydroton with no prior germination but were then moved to Sure-to-grow to eliminate hydroton mess and ph issues
- "New plants" were started in RapidRooters directly in the sure-to-grow
- Water is tap water that starts at about 7.8ph and 90-100ppm and is then ph balanced.
- Nutrients are GH Flora Bloom, Micro, and Grow in equal parts. 5 tbsp (15 tsp) of each per approx. 15 gallons of total water in system
- Current ppm is about 510 and ph is 5.8
- There does appear to be some growth inside my hoses but it doesn't seem to be affecting the plants.
- "Old plants" are auto-flowering Blue Dream and are about 2 months old
- "New plants" are feminized White Widow and are about 2-3 weeks old
My main concern is show in the pictures of "oldplant3" (I have the pictures labeled). For a while I had issues with ph and nutrients that caused the plant to stop growing almost completely and the leaves turned very yellow. After changing the water, ph balancing at 6.0, and adding nutrients (before nutrients were very minimal) as specified before, that problem seems to have been resolved resolve.
Currently this issue is this: the plant is growing (possibly slower than normal), new leaves appear fine but may be slightly lighter green that ideal. Older leaves get dark colored spots that slowly take over the entire leaf and are moving upwards. The leaves start out fine but eventually they all get it. Some of the oldest leaves are dry and brittle. This doesn't seem to be effecting all of the plants. This is most visible on "oldplant3"
"Oldplant2" is doing better but some of the leaves are a darker green than the others and I still wonder if they are getting enough nutrients.
"Oldplant1" was quite stunted by the yellowing issue but is doing a bit better now
I have checked for root rot and the roots appear a normal white color. The roots are also growing into my recirculation system.
I have looked at some of the guides and pictures floating around to help diagnose plant issues and my best guess is either "over-watering" (meaning I need more bubbles?) or calcium and magnesium deficiency.
Instead of continuing to guess, I am hoping someone here with more experience than I will be able to point me in the right direction.
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