madhat7998
Active Member
I'm using a Hydro system: Waterfarm buckets with 24/7 continuous drip. This is my 3rd grow with this system and I have never noticed these symptoms before. Leaves are "droopy", curling down. Plants have been in vegetative growth for over a month, and yet plants are small. Stunted growth?
See Pics below: first 3 pics are how my plants look now - which I believe are suffering from Over Watering. The plants are temporarily under CFL lights... The back story on this is listed below. The following pictures were how my plants looked before my HPS ballast died.
The leaves on the bottom of the plants are brownish in color because of nute burn I had earlier in the grow due to splash up from my the drip rings onto the plants leaves. You'll notice I used Mylar to cover the drip rings to prevent further splash up.
However, this week my ballast died for my 400 watt HPS lighting system
I RMA'd it back to HTG Supply (who were very helpful, thank you!)
It could take a week before I receive my replacement ballast, and I did not want my plants to be without light so I bought a CFL system as a temporary measure. Each lamp reflector has 2 - 100 watt CFL bulbs ( 6500k ) for a total of 200 watts over each plant.
Since using the new lighting system, my plants leaves have been getting "droopy." Is it possible that the CFLs are not "hot" enough to evaporate the water from the continuous drip system? As stated earlier, I have never noticed these symptoms when they were under my HPS lights. You can see the before and after pictures of my plants in the 2 different lighting systems.
As a temporary measure: I currently have the drip rings disconnected from my air pumps as the plugs are very moist to the touch.
As always, I appreciate the very helpful RollitUp community in taking a look at my problem. Thank you!
See Pics below: first 3 pics are how my plants look now - which I believe are suffering from Over Watering. The plants are temporarily under CFL lights... The back story on this is listed below. The following pictures were how my plants looked before my HPS ballast died.
The leaves on the bottom of the plants are brownish in color because of nute burn I had earlier in the grow due to splash up from my the drip rings onto the plants leaves. You'll notice I used Mylar to cover the drip rings to prevent further splash up.
However, this week my ballast died for my 400 watt HPS lighting system
I RMA'd it back to HTG Supply (who were very helpful, thank you!)It could take a week before I receive my replacement ballast, and I did not want my plants to be without light so I bought a CFL system as a temporary measure. Each lamp reflector has 2 - 100 watt CFL bulbs ( 6500k ) for a total of 200 watts over each plant.
Since using the new lighting system, my plants leaves have been getting "droopy." Is it possible that the CFLs are not "hot" enough to evaporate the water from the continuous drip system? As stated earlier, I have never noticed these symptoms when they were under my HPS lights. You can see the before and after pictures of my plants in the 2 different lighting systems.
As a temporary measure: I currently have the drip rings disconnected from my air pumps as the plugs are very moist to the touch.
As always, I appreciate the very helpful RollitUp community in taking a look at my problem. Thank you!
