What's new
  • As of today ICMag has his own Discord server. In this Discord server you can chat, talk with eachother, listen to music, share stories and pictures...and much more. Join now and let's grow together! Join ICMag Discord here! More details in this thread here: here.

im cluless, nute problem

OHR MAKIF

New member
not sure whats going on ive never seen this happen before
SOIL:
What STRAIN are you growing?---- Master kush, OG kush, super silver haze, pot of gold, LA confidential, API (another purple indica)
What was the establishing technique? (seed or clone?) -----Clone
What is the age of your plants?----clones are @ day 8, veg are 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks and flowering are 2, 4, and 7 weeks.
How Tall are the plants?---- veg plants range from 10 in to 18 in , flowering plants range from 15in to 25in
What PHASE (seedling, vegetative or flower) are the plants in?---- veg and flower
What Technique are you using? (SOG, SCROG etc)----flatland in pots
What size pots are you using? (Include how many subjects to pot)----3 gal 1 in each
What substrate/medium are you using? What brand of soil mixture are you using?(percentage of perlite, vermiculite...etc?)---Royal gold basement mix soil-less coco, ( contains- coco fiber, coco chips, perlite, lava rock, mushroom compost,(which contains rice hulls, straw, manure, grape pomace and coco hulls), composted turkey manure, fish bone meal, bat guano, seabird guano, kelp meal, silica, alfalfa meal, humic acid derived from leonardite.)
What Nutrient's are you using?How much of each with how much water? How Often? *Knowing the brand is very helpful*— botanicare pure blend pro, cal-mag, liquid karma, hydroguard, sweet, clearex, ----- I use pro gro , cal-mag, liquid karma, hydroguard, humboldt roots, for veg and only after the first 30 days cuz the soil I use is loaded with stuff. I use a 50% dilution from the recomended dosage. For flowering I use pure blend pro bloom, cal-mag, liqued karma, sweet, hdroguard, bud swell, scorpion juice,and in the last 3 weeks I add overdrive, again at a 50% dilution from the recomended dosage. I follow the botanicare soil container garden formula.
What is the TDS/EC/PPM of your nutrients used?----well it varys depending on witch week im in, my vegi range from 400 ppm to 800 ppm and my flowering ranges from 800 ppm all the way up to 1500 ppm towards the end.
What is the pH of the "RUN-OFF"?---- my run off comes out alittle low , between 3 and 2.6 usually.
What method of pH test was administered? Using Strips? pH pen?— hanna 3 in 1 pen
How often are you watering?well cuz I have fungus knats I tend to let it dry out between waterings, so about every 4 to 5 days.
When was your last feeding and how often are you feeding?— 2 days ago both veg and flower, every watering in flowering, only once in veg after 30 days.
What size bulb are you using?—T5 florecent for veg, 1000watt HPS for flower
What is the distance to the canopy?— veg is 8-10 in and flowering is 24 in.
What is your RH Factor? (Relative Humidity)–humidity ranges from 37% to 42% for flowering, and between 60 and 65% for veg
What is the canopy temperature?—flowering ranges from 67 to 72 degrees fahrenheit with light on and 60 to 65 degrees with light off, veg is 72 to 78 degrees 24 hr light cycle.
What is the current Air Flow? (cfm etc.)I use a 4x4 habitat with an 8in vortex fan connected directly to the light which also acts as my out take through a carbon filter
Is the fan blowing directly at plants?– I have 3 6 in rotating fans on the walls
Is the grow substrate constantly wet or moist?– I tend to let it dry out btween nwaterings
Is your water HARD or SOFT?– kinda soft
What water are you using? Reverse Osmosis (RO)? Tap? Bottled? Well water? Distilled? Mineral Water?----I use tap water run through a small boy 5 micron particulit filter and a 5 micron carbon filter.
Has plant been recently pruned, cloned or pinched?---- some have some havent
Have any pest chemicals been used? If so what and when?—bio neem soap, 3 days ago, and every 3 days for the past 2 weeks.
Are plant's infected with pest's?—mild case of mites and a mild case of fungus knats.

hey it wont let me add pics need help....
 

mjcuresall

Active member
Until you can post pics, give us a hint to what the problem is. Twisted leaves? Leaf spotting, curling, yellowing... Give us a head start, if possible.
 

OHR MAKIF

New member
ok

ok

k theres alot of things happinin the first thing i noticed was the leaf tips toward the top were burning, then it progressed to eagle clawing and then to twisting to yellowing to eventual death of the leaf.i put pics in my gallery of the the problom i just cant post them.
 

wygram

Member
What is the pH of the "RUN-OFF"?---- my run off comes out alittle low , between 3 and 2.6 usually.

Wow. That's not a little low, that's a hell of a lot below. You're using coco, with additives, but I'm pretty sure you should still be around 5.8 run-off. You are off by 2.8 to 3.2 points. That is your main reason for why your plants are dying.

Second you say you let your coco dry out between waterings every 4-5 day. Never do this. Coco has to be wet, as it is a soil-less medium, you should not let things dry out. Especially with so many nutrient rich additives, drying out must be making a mess of your root zone environment.
 

OHR MAKIF

New member
OK thanx for your input , i didnt know that about coco, this is my first time using it, so would you have any recomendations on how to get my ph up in my run off. i balance all my nutes to 5.8 to 6.0, should i add lime to my coco mix.
 

MynameStitch

Dr. Doolittle
Mentor
Veteran
Do not add too much ilime, but yes your whole problem is from low pH, I see many things getting locked out there.

You want your run off to test 5.5 to 6.3
 

Latest posts

Latest posts

Top