Is everyone sure this is normal?

green_machine_two9er

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I’ve seen this with certain strains. I always thought it was the slightest iron def. what’s your water source? Soil can have a hard time keeping up with minerals at first if your water is low mineral content. (City?,filtered?).
Either way too dress with ewc, keep soil healthy.
Plants look decent. Don’t stress to hard I’m sure it’s fine
 

waterproof808

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sometimes if you switch light sources i.e. going from a t5 indoor to sunlight outdoor the leaf colors will look lighter but the plant is otherwise fine.
When I used to veg under t5's indoor, they would often get a dark green, almost blue-green color and the new growth would look a lot lighter when I placed them out in the sunlight.
 
sometimes if you switch light sources i.e. going from a t5 indoor to sunlight outdoor the leaf colors will look lighter but the plant is otherwise fine.
When I used to veg under t5's indoor, they would often get a dark green, almost blue-green color and the new growth would look a lot lighter when I placed them out in the sunlight.
there is a lot of red in the spectrum I'm using, that could be to blame. Cheap Giixer from Amazon with "veg and bloom modes" but you use half the power if you only use one side. It says "1000 watt" but it pulls like 100W from wall lol.
 

Johiem

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Ok was just worried for you. Looks very similar to the pic.
I'm all for foliar feeding but residues bug me.
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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the question is does the new growth darken up as it ages? if it does, it's not a big problem, if it stays that light as it ages thats definitely a deficiency of some kind, more than likely iron, but it's hard to say from the pics you posted. iron deficiency is usually caused by high soil ph, which is easier to rectify than most people make it out to be. IF that's what it turns out to be, just drop the ph of your water by about half a point, water till you get good run off, then wait and see what happens in a week or so.
do not expect your soil ph to be constant, it never is, but it should be in a certain range, somewhere close to 6.0. it rises and falls as you add nutrients and the plant uses them up, but it should be staying between 5.5 and 6.5 all the time. if it's consistently high or low, you need to adjust your feed accordingly to bring it back into that range
 
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