Alright...so to begin i had two clones i picked up about a month ago....I have had multiple issues along the way including pH issues (tried using that damn soil tester junk of a device from home depot...it told me the ph was an 8 so i pHed down to about a 6 or so.. when really the pH was a 6.5 meaning I really pH downed to like a 4) .. yellowing leaves...and more recently a thrips infestation. I am an week 2 of thrips recovery - using Neem II once a week for that.
After i figured out it was thrips I thought...great! that explains the slowed grown and the dying leaves near the bottom half of the plant. Well now the leaves are doing something else. I looks like a nut def but i am giving nutes every other watering cycle... and to try and solve the problem i started foliar feeding about 2 weeks ago every 3 days with diluted nutes. Now I'm seeing this weird white "skin" type on the base of the stem nearest the soil. i rubbed my nail across it and it came right off...the stem is sturdy as ever and hard so..im wondering if there is an underlying issue I'm not seeing thats causing the leaves to turn the golden yellow. - attached are some photos and ANY help or suggestions are greatly appreciated
4 200w CFL
Roots Organics Soil
Nutes - Roots Organic: Buddha Grow
After i figured out it was thrips I thought...great! that explains the slowed grown and the dying leaves near the bottom half of the plant. Well now the leaves are doing something else. I looks like a nut def but i am giving nutes every other watering cycle... and to try and solve the problem i started foliar feeding about 2 weeks ago every 3 days with diluted nutes. Now I'm seeing this weird white "skin" type on the base of the stem nearest the soil. i rubbed my nail across it and it came right off...the stem is sturdy as ever and hard so..im wondering if there is an underlying issue I'm not seeing thats causing the leaves to turn the golden yellow. - attached are some photos and ANY help or suggestions are greatly appreciated
4 200w CFL
Roots Organics Soil
Nutes - Roots Organic: Buddha Grow