NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-with dodgy pics!

[James666]

Hi guys.
Been growing in soil nlxbig bud. It's my first grow and everything was going fine until the last few days.
My babies are well into flowering. I came to take a look at them the other day and the tops of one or two had started to get yellow spots on them (just the leaves). Things have been getting worse as the last few days have gone on. The small leaves coming out of the buds have started to shrivel and die.
This is starting to spread down the plant.
I've checked for pests and can't see anything.
Anyhow I've attached a few pics.....Sorry about the quality....camera phone and all that.
Any help or advice would be gratefully received
Thanks
James

 

[sproutco]

Check your ph. If you are using soilless mix like bark or peatmoss, aim for 5.8
If you are growing using soil in the ground outside, 5.8 to 6.5 If you are hydroponic, 6.0 to 6.5 I could not tell by the pictures what the plants were growing in. I think your plants have calcium deficiency. You would have to tell us more about your soil, nutrient solution, and lime additions if any to get a better answer and help you.

 

[James666]

Right well I'm a bit new to this so bare with me.
I'm growing in soil....The pots are quite small.....I thought this might have sommit to do with it but it's just effecting the two plants out of the 6 I've got growing.
Nutrients I've been a bit shit on since day one to tell the truth. I started with sweet fa but had lots of early problems so I started using this high nitrogen solution. This seemed to do the job until flowering where I switched to this organic tomato stuff. I was advised it was high in phos and this would help. Anyhow all was fine until a few days back when things started going tits up.
I might have give them a little too much nutrients....could this be effecting them.???
Sorry I'm not great with the info but I'm luring as I go.
cheers guys!
James

 

[James666]

here's a couple of pics of the good plants.
Gives you kinda a idea of my set up.

 

[sproutco]

High phosphorus will not make bigger flowers unless it was deficient to begin with. You may try 1/3 teaspoon potassium nitrate + 1/4 teaspoon calcium nitrate per gallon (3.8L) of water as a rescue fertilization. It is kinda a cureall for damaged plants. In the future, you will want an all purpose quality fertilizer like peters or masterblend 20-10-20 soilless/peatlite. You can get a bag off the internet for $20. These are high in nitrate nitrogen not ammonia/urea like what you are probably using now. Check your fert. label...it should not be more than 40% urea or ammonia. Ph testing of your nutrient solution and adjusting is the most critical thing you can do to have success. Make sure your soil has dolomite lime added to buffer the ph and supply calcium and magnesium ulesss you plan on adding them by water. If you used too much nutrient solution, it would show up like a burn on the edges of the leaves rather rapidly. You may want to flush with plain water if you think this is the problem. Hope this helped.

 

[superjoint]

just use water till you see some recovery, had sim problem and think it was over fert with blooming nutes, even thou i was not using that much at all, certain strains handle nutes differently, what type were you using brand name ect?

 

[MynameStitch]

you are burning your plants with high phosphrus

phosphorus burning your plants

how often are you using your fert and what brand is it and how much are you using?

im talking about the pictures that you first posted
also what soil mixture are you using? and do you know the ph?

is there anyway you can take a few better .. cleaer pics?

 

[James666]

No luck with better pics as where skint and can't get a cam.
I've knocked the nutes on the head for abit until thay start to look better.....I'm not to sure about the ph levels but I'll try to get a tester or sommit.
Thanks for the help guy's!

 

[bluebublelove]

hey man, you need to feed them only water from now on, just clean water, boil it on the stove and then cool it down in the fridge and then water your plants, water till you see run off at the roots this will flush those nasty nutes out of your plants...... tomato plant food is never a good idea to feed weed. good luck with it.....if thats not the problem (all though I can almost be sure it is) try transplanting them, they may be root bound and thats why the leaves are spotty.

 

[James666]

just transplanted last night.........and I'm gonna knock the ferts on the head for a while. Thanks for the help....I'll post a few better picks in a few days.

 

[Haps]

That's the devil, coming for his share james.