First time grower - need a little help - pics and troubleshooting guide included!

[Weedhound]

Don't give up on them quite yet.....you'd be surprised.....they call it a weed for a reason

Blink, lol.

Don't use Britta water....use regular tap water and make sure it's ph'd between 6.2-6.8. Then pray. The Britta filters take out the GOOD minerals etc that you WANT for your plants amongst besides adding too much sodium as well.

Did I mention pray?

Weedhound Reviewed by Weedhound on 06-30-2008. First time grower - need a little help - pics and troubleshooting guide included! Greetings, all. I have three plants growing (I think the strain is blueberry), and I'm running into a bit of a problem with them. I have answered to best of my ability the troubleshooting guide. Please help! My plants are about 40 days old, and approximately 10 days ago, I started getting the syptoms. Prior to that, they were looking great! H=Answer if you grow hydro or aero C=Answer if you grow coco S=Answer if you grow traditional soil L=Answer if you grow soilless other than coco Rating: 5

[phatsesh101]

im going to second weed hounds first post good soil number one stop the britta and there is no reason to ph down tap unless its over 7.5 i let mine sit out for a day or two to evape some chloros man other than that

its not nute burn 40 days in a cup any nutes are probly long gone i flower in cups and have to nute every 6 days.

and to back up my theory the light green is from n def.and the leaves are curling in like theyre praying youll give them some sort of Mg. and ther are other syptoms of def. but im tired of typing not to mention u dont seem like the type to take advice anyway

[stinkyattic]

Seeing symptoms like that, you are locked out by overfert and poor soil sonditions (pH and rootbound).
You'd have wanted to flush those plants well with plain tap water, then transplant them to better soil after the flush, and then feed immediately with 1/4 strength grow fertilizer with micronutes in it and work up to full strength fert gradually.

[whonotme]

Seeing symptoms like that, you are locked out by overfert and poor soil sonditions (pH and rootbound).
You'd have wanted to flush those plants well with plain tap water, then transplant them to better soil after the flush, and then feed immediately with 1/4 strength grow fertilizer with micronutes in it and work up to full strength fert gradually.

Great! I did flush them thoroughly (with bottled water) a few days ago, and I repotted them in quality soil (Ocean Forest). Just doing those two steps, I am already seeing some improvement on the new growth, which is rapidly ocurring now that there is room to grow.

So I'm not quite ready to give up! :thumbsup: My feed is 18-18-21 with some Mg, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn. I will start with 1/4 strength and build up from there immediately.


I have learned a ton so far from reading on this site, and thanks to everyone who has responded.

[blink_inc]

For veg stage I don't think you have the proper nutrients.

You will want something with the first number higher than the rest. If you read in the plant problems section, there anre numerous "yellowing" plants. Although not all for a deficency, a nitrogen deficiency is quite common and can result from not using the right nutrients.

For flowering you will want the second number higher.

You will be amazed at how they can bounce back...