From good to bad in an hour (hydro)

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crypies00

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• Nov 15, 2008

• #1

My first grow and my first major problem.

Moved under a 400w HPS (makeshift street lamp) about 3 days ago. I've been hand dipping the pot into the nute solution that is 1/2 strength, h202 and ph'd to 5.8. small rockwool cube and clay pellets only in the pot. Temps fluxuate between 83-89f.

My ebb and flow is not setup yet. I let the pot sit in the solution for 3-4 minutes on top of an air stone 4-5 times a day. Then let it drain as well as possible. I've also been pouring a small amount of the solution around the far edge of the pot. I cleaned my res and remixed the solution after finding this, don't know if that's going to help.

Am I overwatering? Underwatering? At a loss, it was so pretty before

 

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crypies00

Active Member

• Nov 15, 2008

• #2

wilting even more a couple hours later.. I suppose I'm just going to let it sit there and hope for the best and stop checking on it every 5 minutes

 

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vanbuilder2

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• Nov 15, 2008

• #3

stop the nutes, they don't need the for atleast 3 or 4 weeks

 

smokeybandit22

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• Nov 15, 2008

• #4

agreed. nute blasted. drain that res and no nutes-

 

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crypies00

Active Member

• Nov 15, 2008

• #5

will try that, looking really bad, think it might croak.. will only use ph'd water if it makes it through the night

 

smokeybandit22

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• Nov 15, 2008

• #6

nah, the 1st and 2nd pic look like they will be fine. dont know about thrid pic or if same plant,lol. either way doesnt look like too much damage done.
hey what ph have you been running b/c it could be something else

 

yuri orlov

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• Nov 15, 2008

• #7

yuuuup wut they said

 

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crypies00

Active Member

• Nov 16, 2008

• #8

smokeybandit22 said:

hey what ph have you been running b/c it could be something else

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5.8-5.9. the two main fan leaves and a couple smaller ones dried up over night, but there is still some growth, looks pretty sad. I trimmed the dead leaves off so more light could get to the small growth underneath..

switching to no nuts did seem to help though. Looks like she (hopefully) will make it (hopefully), just set her back a couple weeks.

 

smokeybandit22

Well-Known Member

• Nov 16, 2008

• #9

cool. and days not weeks. just keep your eye for the new growth and the color of the leaves, viens and tips.

 

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crypies00

Active Member

• Nov 20, 2008

• #10

Well it's been 4 days and I'm seeing very SLOW growth. This plant is now technically 5 weeks old and it's growing slower than the seeds I germ'd a week ago! There is also some yellowing on the tips of the leaves and the leaves are not dark green.

Could it be the light? It's a 400w HPS, but the bulb is a random generic that isn't specifically a grow bulb. It's bright though!

 

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nczeroballer187

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• Nov 20, 2008

• #11

Another problem I see is your temps. Get the temp down to no higher than 76 F. The Photosynthetic rate drops 10 percent per degree after 76....

 

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crypies00

Active Member

• Nov 20, 2008

• #12

wow! how did I over look that, amazing after all the reading I've done I over look some of the more minor things

 

smokeybandit22

Well-Known Member

• Nov 20, 2008

• #13

and start the nutes again. 1/4 strength. is your ebb and flow system set up yet or r u still hand dipping? if hand dipping alternate between nutes and plain h20. and maintain that ph 5.7-5.8. if you can add an airstone to your res that would help alot if not one already in there

 

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crypies00

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• Nov 20, 2008

• #14

Still hand dipping, I will alternate between the two. I have a airstone in my nute res. Thanks for all the advice guys, wouldn't be as far as I am without it!