Heat or Light Stress

Temperature was above 29 degrees and a few leafs were burned. A breaker had gone off and the fan was out. New growth now looks like in the picture.
- Soil
- 3 weeks old Feminized White widow
- Advanced Nutrients pH Perfect
- RH = inbetween 50 and 60

I raised the 125watt CFL a bit to about 6" above the plant...

Is this really heat or light stress or does it look like something different?

Thats nute burn your ph might be balanced but it looks like the leaves gobbled the water up quick. My advice lay off the nutes, use water for a week then reintroduce. The biggest issue people have is using nutes just cus they have them if it aint broke dont fix it. Dirt and water and light once that is perfected then experiment.

Yea what ^he said. Not heat cause you dont have the claw. Also make sure you are still checking ph. I have advance nutes 3 part ph perfect line up and ph still screws up sometimes. I dont use it any more tho. Im a ALL ORGANIC GUY NOW. Dont trust that ph perfect shit for a second. Btw Are you getting a nice supply of Cal/Mag? Can you show pic of the whole plant?

LoRd MeGaTR0N31 said:

Yea what ^he said. Not heat cause you dont have the claw. Also make sure you are still checking ph. I have advance nutes 3 part ph perfect line up and ph still screws up sometimes. I dont use it any more tho. Im a ALL ORGANIC GUY NOW. Dont trust that ph perfect shit for a second. Btw Are you getting a nice supply of Cal/Mag? Can you show pic of the whole plant?

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Thanks for your help.

What would you recommend for getting a nice supply of Cal/Mag? I also have Adv. Nut. Micro here that contains Calcium and Magnesium.

Here are 2 pics of the whole plant. You can see the tips burned from the fan being out for 8 hours and the temperature getting too hot.

when I was using AN 3 part GROW,MICRO,BLOOM ph perfect i was using Camg+

http://www.ebay.com/itm/General-Organics-CaMg-1-Quart-32oz-organic-ca-mg-plus-qt-calcium-cal-mag-/121105098138?pt=US_Hydroponics&hash=item1c326d259a

Prohet said:

Thanks for your help.

What would you recommend for getting a nice supply of Cal/Mag? I also have Adv. Nut. Micro here that contains Calcium and Magnesium.

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LoRd MeGaTR0N31 said:

when I was using AN 3 part GROW,MICRO,BLOOM ph perfect i was using Camg+

http://www.ebay.com/itm/General-Organics-CaMg-1-Quart-32oz-organic-ca-mg-plus-qt-calcium-cal-mag-/121105098138?pt=US_Hydroponics&hash=item1c326d259a

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Thanks... I just edited my previous post with two pics.

you do have some light burn. Did you get another fan?

Prohet said:

Thanks... I just edited my previous post with two pics.

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LoRd MeGaTR0N31 said:

you do have some light burn. Did you get another fan?

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I have a small 12" fan running on it now until I can get to the city to buy a new fan. I hope that is good enough and I will be monitoring the temperatures every hour just in case.

You should be good with that fan.

Prohet said:

I have a small 12" fan running on it now until I can get to the city to buy a new fan. I hope that is good enough and I will be monitoring the temperatures every hour just in case.

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LoRd MeGaTR0N31 said:

You should be good with that fan.

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Many thanks for your help, I really appreciate it.

What is the Ph and PPM of runoff?

I only have a pH digital meter so I can only measure that; I'll do that after the next watering.

I am sure, that this is a nutrients burn. But there is a slight chance of deficiency. Either way, solution is the same. You just need to flush it with water(Ph 6.6) 3 times the amount of the pot as soon as possible! That should neutralize your grow medium. Than water it with the nutrient mix(1/4 of the recommended dose). Again make sure the Ph of your nutrient mix is 6.6, if not you than you need some Ph up and Ph down solutions.
I would buy PPM meter, they are very affordable!

By the way, I wouldn't wait until your next watering, than it may be too late!

Thanks, I just did all of this and placed the plant back under the lights. I will try Amazon for a PPM meter.

Ok, good, you should see signs of recovery with in a couple of days. Watch for the progression of leafs damage.
I would put some small fan directly on the plants, to make soil dry faster.
Let your soil dry for a week before watering
Next watering make nutrient solution at 1/2 ratio, always slowly adjust feeding from 1/4 to 3/4. (growth = 1/4, Bloom = 1/2, boost = 3/4).
Let me know if you notice any changes.

Thanks again for your help. The plant has recovered. I am running one 125w CFL (the monster size one) for now, and there is also a 2' 4 Bulb T5HO in the tent above seedlings.


I transplanted from the 1 gallon smartpot to the 5 gallon smartpot as well, watered thoroughly with just water.
Tomorrow I will feed with 1/2 strength pH Perfect growth and add some micro for the cal/mag.

~Cheers!

One week later, seems to have recovered quite well. I have gone to 3/4 strength pH Perfect growth, B-52 and pH Micro.

How does she look?? 1 Feminized White Widow, in a 5 gallon Smart pot, soil.

CFL actual wattage: 1x 125w (6400K), 1x 42w (6500K), 1x 42w (2700K) = total lumens 14,000. I have a 4' T5HO standing by which outputs another 20,000 lumens. That together should be enough for one plant I guess...

Any suggestions?

Here is an update, one month later, and on day 17 of switching to 12/12. What is your opinion...?

White Widow, feminized, soil grown, in 5 gallon SMART pot.

Thanks!