What Stress Could This Be?

420BongRips

420BongRips

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To give you a quick summary of what's going on. I am using advanced nutrients line GMB and they're other line (b52, big bud etc) Piranha, voodoo juice, bud candy, super thrive, and some good soil bacteria additives. My ppm runs around between 700-1100 usually in the 800s range, my pH is 7, the plants are enclosed in a 4x5 closet with 1100 true watts of lights, the lights are fairly close (within 8-12" of the top of the plants). Temperatures steadily between 75-88 throughout the day and night. Just used neem oil recently to kill off fungus gnats as I found them multiplying and flying around non stop. What is your take from these pictures ?
P.s. my soil never gets wet, it has "wet feet" where the water runs through it no matter what so I thought this reservoir idea would be a great help with that instead of wasting a lot of money on Nutrient water that doesn't soak in had I not had a reservoir. Thanks for all the help!
 

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Buba Blend

Buba Blend

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It's a little confusing. The pic you added asking the opinion looks like bug damage but looks like it is not with the plants in the 1st post as they show no bug damage. In the 1st post the pic with multiple small plants around the base of the plant also makes it hard to read the big plant in the middle.
You say the soil has wet feet but I don't see if you said what brand of soil it is or what type of mix you made.
It sound like water runs right through the pot as though it is super dry, yet fungus nats only thrive in soil that is kept to wet.
Also I know someone is going to want details on how often you water, how often you use nutes, and in what quantities.
 
jensenbeach1

jensenbeach1

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420BongRips said:
To give you a quick summary of what's going on. I am using advanced nutrients line GMB and they're other line (b52, big bud etc) Piranha, voodoo juice, bud candy, super thrive, and some good soil bacteria additives. My ppm runs around between 700-1100 usually in the 800s range, my pH is 7, the plants are enclosed in a 4x5 closet with 1100 true watts of lights, the lights are fairly close (within 8-12" of the top of the plants). Temperatures steadily between 75-88 throughout the day and night. Just used neem oil recently to kill off fungus gnats as I found them multiplying and flying around non stop. What is your take from these pictures ?
P.s. my soil never gets wet, it has "wet feet" where the water runs through it no matter what so I thought this reservoir idea would be a great help with that instead of wasting a lot of money on Nutrient water that doesn't soak in had I not had a reservoir. Thanks for all the help!
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Wet feet? Are you trying to wick water from the bottom up through the soil in just a pool of water?
 
420BongRips

420BongRips

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I water a times a week as soon as they start drying out but every time I water, the water just runs right through so I bought a reservoir to soak them in to help soak the soil (and to make the watering process faster), I use ecoscraps organic compost and manure, vermiculite and tons of perlite. I use nutrients once a week 1/2 to 1x strength. I've always had the problem with wet feet in the past no matter what soil I use, the only way to combat it is by keeping the soil always moist and not letting it get dry, or watering it slowly forever. I use additives to my soils as well like azomite, espomas Nutrient organic lines, lime. I'm thinking maybe the vermiculite is causing the wet feet problem?
 
JohnDoeTho

JohnDoeTho

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Some times less is more. Your using quite a few additives. Aside from bugs looks like nutrient problems?

Edit: it's really hard to tell what's color from the lights and what's the color of the different leafs.
 
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