I'm growing Master Kush in DWC and they are in their 2nd week of flower. For the past few days I've been running into issues with spots on all of my fan leaves (new and old). The situation went like this:
About a week ago the new growth started to look a little too yellow and my stems were turning more purple than usual. I decided on the next water change to add more bloom nutrients. I've been using GH Flora series (with added MagiCal)
On Saturday, I checked the PH when I changed my buckets and the PH was down to about 4.5 (I know that's really low, but the plants for some reason weren't minding it aside from some reddish stems).
I gave them more nutrients than usual thinking I've been underfeeding them. The PH was at about 5.2 and I repeatedly added enough General Hydroponics PH UP until it reached 5.8.
For the past few days since that change the plants have developed slightly necrotic lesions on the lower growth (Mg deficiency) and necrotic dots on all of the fan leaves on the plant. I need help identifying what these are. There are NO bugs, it isn't a pest problem.
My thoughts are as follows:
1. I changed the PH from 4.8 to 5.8 and so created some sort of shock to the roots.
2. I somehow locked up nutrients using too much PH UP.
3. The plant has been growing so fast (it's DWC and 2nd week of flowering) that I haven't been giving them enough micronutrients.
4. It is an Iron deficiency (I have been using MagiCal which contains some iron in addition to micronutrients)
Any ideas would be appreciated greatly.
About a week ago the new growth started to look a little too yellow and my stems were turning more purple than usual. I decided on the next water change to add more bloom nutrients. I've been using GH Flora series (with added MagiCal)
On Saturday, I checked the PH when I changed my buckets and the PH was down to about 4.5 (I know that's really low, but the plants for some reason weren't minding it aside from some reddish stems).
I gave them more nutrients than usual thinking I've been underfeeding them. The PH was at about 5.2 and I repeatedly added enough General Hydroponics PH UP until it reached 5.8.
For the past few days since that change the plants have developed slightly necrotic lesions on the lower growth (Mg deficiency) and necrotic dots on all of the fan leaves on the plant. I need help identifying what these are. There are NO bugs, it isn't a pest problem.
My thoughts are as follows:
1. I changed the PH from 4.8 to 5.8 and so created some sort of shock to the roots.
2. I somehow locked up nutrients using too much PH UP.
3. The plant has been growing so fast (it's DWC and 2nd week of flowering) that I haven't been giving them enough micronutrients.
4. It is an Iron deficiency (I have been using MagiCal which contains some iron in addition to micronutrients)
Any ideas would be appreciated greatly.