No Idea.. plants little over a month old... on second week of foxfarm nute schedule

[marcaka]

hey all I am using fox farm OF soil.. 400W HPS... 18/6 water ph is 6.8-6.9 nute ph is 6.3-6.5 seems to me like I am having a lot of problems with lower leaves.. also some bleached looking spots on the top of one plants leaves can anyone help me out?? I am using the foxfarm trio but also have calmag+... when should I be using the calmag+?

first couple pics are from one that has lots of green growth at the middle and top but looking bad at the bottom as wiht the 3rd and 4th pics...
the 5th pic is of one that has huge fan leaves but looks to be growing more wide than tall... soil is very dry but everyone says that the droopy leaves are bc of overwatering... can anyone help!

marcaka Reviewed by marcaka on 03-01-2010. No Idea.. plants little over a month old... on second week of foxfarm nute schedule hey all I am using fox farm OF soil.. 400W HPS... 18/6 water ph is 6.8-6.9 nute ph is 6.3-6.5 seems to me like I am having a lot of problems with lower leaves.. also some bleached looking spots on the top of one plants leaves can anyone help me out?? I am using the foxfarm trio but also have calmag+... when should I be using the calmag+? first couple pics are from one that has lots of green growth at the middle and top but looking bad at the bottom as wiht the 3rd and Rating: 5

[irydyum]

Did you plant seeds directly in those containers? If so it may be time to transplant. If you are bordering on rootbound no amount of watering schedule adjustment is going to correct it. How long have they been in that container? You say they are a little over a month old, I have gotten rootbound in a gallon in 2 weeks before.

I'd say from reading your other thread your best bet may be to transplant to a larger container with some new soil. Most of your issues will probably clear up within the first week of new soil and root space.

As for the calmag, you need to know the ppm of your source water if you want to use it effectively. If you already have an abundance of Ca and Mg in your water, adding CalMag could cause a toxicity.

DONT TREAT IF YOU ARENT SURE.

If you keep changing all of your variables at once, it will be impossible to isolate the problems from the benefits.

Fill out a troubleshooting form.

[jtsik330]

Bump to everything ^ said. Transplant, becarful with the cal mag and don't hit the plant with to much at once. It'll make things cooonnnfffuuussssiinngggg

[Jonesy2010]

Plants look healthy except for the last pic; Ive been reading alot since this is my second grow. Dropping leaves usually mean over watering, but im so new dont trust my opinion. I like the idea of switching to bigger buckets as those plants will probably have roots that are still tryin to grow.

hopefully some more experiences guy jump in here.

good luck.

J

[jtsik330]

If the soil is dry three inches deep and has good drainage then the plant is really dry and I would take a look at the roots for them being that droopy with dry soil I wouldn't think its an overwater. Sometimes the droopy comes from underwatering which I prefer more then overwatering. However BOTH unacceptable to me haha

[cigarettes42]

Last time I was using ffof soil and watered with a ph of 6.3-6.5 in veg stage I had lots of problems. After a month I dropped my ph wayyy down making it very acidic. You should test the soil run-off. I have mothers in ffof and water with 6.8 and is doi g great. Also transplant wouldn't hurt. But the guy to ask more about this is rustytrichrome. He is a ff guru

[marcaka]

i have transplanted most into 2 gallon buckets where i will be able to keep track of their feeding watering better.... i flushed one plant last night bc it was just looking not so hot... so we will see how it does.... There must be a fine line between over and under watering I have to find it! lol

[MEDEDCANNABIS]

[quote=Jonesy2010]Plants look healthy except for the last pic; Ive been reading alot since this is my second grow. Dropping leaves usually mean over watering, but im so new dont trust my opinion. I like the idea of switching to bigger buckets as those plants will probably have roots that are still tryin to grow.

hopefully some more experiences guy jump in here.

good luck.


J[/QUOTE

that was def underwatering. leaves are just laying there. if over watered they tend to curl inwards.

[marcaka]

medical-- thanks that def is a helpful reminder... they have no inward curl, just big and droopy. what do you think about not feeding nutes until around week 4 when i start to flower?? it really looks like i am having some burn at the bottom.. but lots of growth in the middles...

[jtsik330]

that was def underwatering. leaves are just laying there. if over watered they tend to curl inwards.

Overwatering makes the leaves droopy. Actually I'm under the impression that there are alot of factors the make plants droopy. I just think that many more people overwater causing droopiness the underwater.