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Yo slim!
I am a certified HVAC Tech.I am a sheet metal mechanic as well! So let me tell you this.The freon charge on your AC unit is low.Have someone come check it out! Make sure they check the super heat.It's an HVAC term the tech man will know will know by the gauges reading! He'll let you know if you need freon or not.Before you call someone,look and see if your lineset is frozen,accually will have ice on the line due to lack of insulation.could be a fix you could do without calling anyone!pull the black coating back together and duct tape the seem if it splitm or is torn.I still say you need a charge on it.You seem to have a refrigerant leak!I have 2 400 watt HPS lights and 1 265 cfm hydrofarm fan it will change the room temp in 5 minutes and drop th temp by 6 or so degrees.The size of your room makes alot of difference too.
Holla!
Ga Grown
what kind of soil are you using?
how big is your grow room?
hey whats going on ?
first of all i would just like to say thanks to everyone...
all of my plants each have a different type ( brand name ) of soil... none of them are miracle grow...
when i bought them i did buy them w/ N > P > K theory, thinking that is what was good for seedlings....
the first 10 pots i did not mix in any perlite, but the bags did come w/ very small amounts..
i've got 3 different PH meters, 2 that work, and none of them are digital, all made for soil... all of my PH levels are between 6.0 and 7.1, none are any higher or lower...
i dont think that overwatering them is an issue, as i heard all newbs have a tendency to overwater, so i made sure i dont.. wait about 4 days AT THE LEAST.. normally 6 or 7 days between watering..
everytime i have given them 1-2 qts of water w/ 2-3 drops of superthrive.. ( maybe too much superthrive )
a couple of waterings back i did give them fish emulsion, not too much, but too much for the first time..
and then 2 waterings ago gave them more water, ST, and half the amount of fish emulsion that i gave them the last time... same 2 qts...
and now this last time ( a week ago ), I gave them water, ST, and epsom salt, just sprinkles..
the a/c unit that is in my house is old, but i just had the guy come out about 3 weeks ago to recharge it, and it is blowing cold, has been...
the grow room is a small walk in closet is about 6.5 ft wide x 4 ft deep x 9 ft tall... the closet is in my room, but the a/c vent for my room is no where near the closet, about 20 ft away..
the lamp is about the half way mark up the wall, so 4.5 ft.... i've got dryer ducting hooked onto the hood of the lamp, and then running up and through the ceiling where it connects to the 300 cfm fan i bought at home depot.. ( i order one that is 425 cfm, it's a real squirrel cage fan )...
i've got a 12 inch fan about 1 ft away from the hole in the hood where it's sucking out air, and the 12 inch is pointed there pushing in all the heat from lamp..
another 12 inch oscilating fan at the foot of the door, blowing air ontop of plants... all fans and lights on 24 hrs a day...
anyways, i hope i answered all questions, and someone can help make them happier..
thanks again!
slim
just 1 more...
they're growing, but they are yellowing too....some of the yellowing is burning the leaf's off it seems like..
could that be some kind of bug doing that?
what iam looking at , those burn spots are coming from you watering with nutes. when watering try not to get any of the water on the leaves, this has happened to me all the time with my lower leaves. before i installed an a/c unit in my box , i would sweat up there with all that heat and sweat on the leaves and that made some of my leaves have yellow spots on them as well. so the yellow spots are from watering with nutes. now if the entire leaf if yellow thats has to do with over nute.
If you had been charged then ya got a small leak somewhere.A factory charged unit needs to have some added at times and that would be due to the length the lineset is and what size. Whether it's a split system or a package unit,Heat pump or whatever it is! It's got a leak! You gotta trace it or run the dye pack! Oh boy! Whatta service charge.He must be your friend?
Ga Grown
alright, so SOME of the plants are growing, and some of them are just trying to hang on for dear life it seems like.. the ones that seem to be just hanging on, are still extremely small, and like a pale green/yellow..
the ones that are all growing, have nice big green leaf's on top ( some of which seem to be burning ), but all the plants that are growing w/ new top growth, have all bottom leaf's burning away.. the new little leaf's on those big ones that are coming in on the bottom are just burning as they come in..
it's now going on 3.5 weeks since i FIRST watered them w/ the fish emulsion and caused them to turn yellow, and about 2.5 weeks since the last watering of fish emulsion..
since that very last watering of fish emulsion they have been watered 2 times, w/ water , superthrive, and epsom salts..
now i watered them all yesterday w/ just plain water, and sprinkles of epsom salt...
i've got the temp of the room down in the 90 area now, so it's gone down, and staying down...
i dont think that the plants are being burned from the light b/c i dont feel the heat no where near them...
if you look at pic number five that is my newest plant out of the entire 12...
now that soil was mixed in w/ about 30% perlite.... i have never fed that plant anything other than water and superthrive, and just about 2 days ago started to notice the yellow coming in on the middle leaf's.. today i looked after yesterdays watering where i gave it a little epsom salt, and still yellow.. seems to be spreading across that plant too... ( this is why i think i may have some disease in there that is spreading...)
should i maybe give them extremely small amounts of that fish emulsion crap? could they be needing some nitrogen?
i really dont think that 's the issue b/c out in mother natures land, marijuana plants are not fed nitrogen, they are able to make it on their own..
I really need to get these ladies back on track and feeling good, or i am afraid i will lose my entire garden.. i honestly see no progress w/ this yellowing of the leaf's on my plants, just new growth on some...
PLEASE help me..
I've already transplanted 2 of them, and they are not doing any better either.!
anyways, once again i greatly appreciate everything..
PEACE!!!
slim
pic1 of all 12 plants as sunday morning
pic2 one of the plants that was transplanted.
pic3 is of one of the bigger ladies on top, but below it's dying
pic4 is a plant that was real small and started to grow decently about 3 days ago, and now that i watered yesterday this is what it looks like...
pic5 my newest plant, the youngest... has never been fed any nutes other than sprinkles of epsomm salt...
pic6 one of my bigger ladies that is also dying at the bottom...
number6
whoops, wrong pic...