Leaves are curling and turning brown
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Light hydrafarm t5 4-6400 been about 3" above the plant .(moved up about 16" above)
Temp 74 humidity 35 . Not sure the ph . Meter is broke have one coming in the morning. Just watered with spring water last night . Air flow is good. Late yesterday I had used some fert I had left in a half gallon of water for 4 days . Not sure if that was a bad idea .
Temp 74 humidity 35 . Not sure the ph . Meter is broke have one coming in the morning. Just watered with spring water last night . Air flow is good. Late yesterday I had used some fert I had left in a half gallon of water for 4 days . Not sure if that was a bad idea .
Testing the water my wife fed .(every other feed I just feed water ) she used regular tap water and the ph was 8.9 . So I fed with fert and good water . I hope this takes care of the issue. Should I feed with ferts everytime I give water or is every other ok ? Thanks for your input .
JoeBlow5823
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What kind of dirt are you growing in? PH your water AFTER adding nutrients. Tap water contains chlorine which is bad for basically all living organisms so learn about de-chlorination. If you start with good dirt, you really shouldnt need to add nutrients until you get into flower. Grow stores make their living off selling you bottles of snake oil and bags of magic pixy dust. I personally grow with just good soil and a top dressing at the start and middle of flower. And I run a 1100w double ended bulb in a 5x5 which most would say is the max amount of light you want to throw at a plant.
Fox farm soil . I'm 6 weeks in ww. Lights is t5 hydrafarm 4 6400k. Tap water was an accident . So if I just stay with the water at ph 6.5 until I go to flower I should be ok ? My RJ was 10 it is now back up to 35.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
What is RJ
Rh sorry typo
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
A friend grows at RH 10-20.
Not a dealbreaker
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
must say: looks good
JoeBlow5823
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Fox Farm Ocean Forest?
This is what fox farm says about ocean forest "Our most popular potting soil, Ocean Forest® is a powerhouse blend of aged forest products, sphagnum peat moss, earthworm castings, bat guano, fish emulsion, and crab meal. " Sounds to me like it already has everything it needs to grow weed.
Personally I would just feed them clear water ph to 6.5-6.8 until flower and then top dress with dry top dressing amendment. Something labeled "bloom" and a composition close to 2-8-4.
I'm concerned about the discolor of the leaves . A few were very dry and crumbled on the ends .
Thanks a bunch . So it should bounce back and recover ? Fingers crossed .
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I ran Happy Frog, supposedly a little softer than Ocean Forest. In that soil, I experienced a sudden loss of nutes after 8 weeks.
Saved the grow by treating it as soilless hydro with GH Flora.
Not sure how long FFOF goes before the ~clang~ of depletion.
JoeBlow5823
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He is at week 6 now. I would be expecting him to flip to flower by week 8 or 9 and at that point he can top dress with a good bloom nutrient.... Pot size has a bit to do with how long it takes to use up the precharge nutes. A 3 gallon pot will run out almost twice as fast as a 5 gallon....
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Good point. I was in 5-gal Smart Pots.
JoeBlow5823
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I believe it will. Thats a rich dirt, it should have the electrolytes the plants crave.
annnd the electrolytes part is a joke. Its from the movie Idiocracy.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
what they ccrraavvee
