New grower. Need help!

This is only my second grow. Its a Bubblegum Auto Fem 17days from dry seed. Edges of leaves are curling up, not yellowing or getting crispy.

FFOF Soil
General hydroponics Nutes
250w Cfl with reflective hood about 6in from top of plant

lighten up on the added ferts. try some plain water for a a bit, your soil is hot

chemphlegm said:

lighten up on the added ferts. try some plain water for a a bit, your soil is hot

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Its just crazy to me bc Ive given it next to no nutes, and my last grow i used mircle grow and the plant was healthy.

chemphlegm said:

lighten up on the added ferts. try some plain water for a a bit, your soil is hot

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Thanks for the advice tho, I appreciate it

You shouldn't need any nutrients at all for a good while, isn't it usual to not add nutrients until flowering with foxfarmoceanforest?

coreywebster said:

You shouldn't need any nutrients at all for a good while, isn't it usual to not add nutrients until flowering with foxfarmoceanforest?

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Yeah recomended is to wait 3 weeks before giving it any nutes.. I gave it next to nothing in terms of nutes probably 2ml/2L of water. Is foxfarm hot right out of the bag?

I honestly thought it was the low humidity.. i live in ohio so the heat is cranked up right now and the RH in the tent is about 25 with the lights on..

Im also growing in soil using general hydro and found even their starter ratio to be too hot for my g13.
I was getting burnt tips an curling when the plant was that size. I guessed that because of the lack of roots, even after a week of straight water there was still plenty of nutrients left in the soil.
Since then i have just been using the nutes when she appears to need something. I am a month into veg and still only feed once every 2 weeks at the general hydro seedling recommended ratio minus some bloom. I am using 1/4tsp micro, 1/4tsp gro, and 1/8 tsp bloom per gallon.

Has anyone seen this happen with low humidity? Like 20% RH?

I think it looks more like a heat issue. Your thermometer says high of 86, probably hotter directly under the light. The baby probably doesnt have enough root growth to move enough water to keep it from drying out. Try backing off the light a bit and see if the new growth looks better. I have no experience with cfl's but 6 inches at 250 watts seems too close.

Boatguy said:

I think it looks more like a heat issue. Your thermometer says high of 86, probably hotter directly under the light. The baby probably doesnt have enough root growth to move enough water to keep it from drying out. Try backing off the light a bit and see if the new growth looks better. I have no experience with cfl's but 6 inches at 250 watts seems too close.

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Thank you! Will move the light higher up.

Heres a pic of my setup. Just put the humidifier in there today and now my humidy is about 10% higher at 30%. I have a small fan and a 250w 6400k cfl. 2x2x4 tent. 2.5 gallon pot

For shits n giggles this is a pic of my first auto fem bubblegum a couple days before i harvested her... it was my first grow and only yeilded about 14g. Small pot with mircle grow no nutrients.

Hey OG JC from Ohio Autos they are getting better. You are getting great advice you learn I grew two last year first time make sure distance from light rule 18in 400 24 600 and 30 1000 curling heat stress go for 75 degrees 20-4 light worked for me Autos are kool but got to get the right kind for quality and quanity like autoheavyweight, mazar, etc I want to try outdoors in May stay in touch OG Columbus