What am I doing wrong?(PICS) 3weeks old form seeds

[kingucci]

Im growing these indoors. In soiless medium. First time growing.(indoors) Using Cutting Edge Solutions Nutes. Water them once a day.. 10ml grow, 5ml micro, 5ml bloom. per gallon. Vegetative stage. Their about 3weeks old from seeds. Have them for 18on 6off. Under t5 lights. Lights are about 10in. from the tops. Temp. stay at 65f.-70f. during on hours, and 60f. during off hours. Humidity stays around 50%. I use distilled water to mist them(foliage). I also mix the nutes with the distilled water and i get a pH of around 6.5. Im using the drops/color to test the pH. I havent bought a ppm meter cuz i cant afford one right now. I think this is all the info. They are about 5in. tall. Some of them i think they got nute burned cuz the tips of the leaves look brown. Also, the leaves started to get a little yellowish. On the other plant the leaves started to twist and some leaves have the tips pointed up. I would really appreciate any help from the pros and also thanx for reading.

kingucci Reviewed by kingucci on 12-08-2010. What am I doing wrong?(PICS) 3weeks old form seeds Im growing these indoors. In soiless medium. First time growing.(indoors) Using Cutting Edge Solutions Nutes. Water them once a day.. 10ml grow, 5ml micro, 5ml bloom. per gallon. Vegetative stage. Their about 3weeks old from seeds. Have them for 18on 6off. Under t5 lights. Lights are about 10in. from the tops. Temp. stay at 65f.-70f. during on hours, and 60f. during off hours. Humidity stays around 50%. I use distilled water to mist them(foliage). I also mix the nutes with the distilled water Rating: 5

[purpleskunk777]

Im growing these indoors. In soiless medium. First time growing.(indoors) Using Cutting Edge Solutions Nutes. Water them once a day.. 10ml grow, 5ml micro, 5ml bloom. per gallon. Vegetative stage. Their about 3weeks old from seeds. Have them for 18on 6off. Under t5 lights. Lights are about 10in. from the tops. Temp. stay at 65f.-70f. during on hours, and 60f. during off hours. Humidity stays around 50%. I use distilled water to mist them(foliage). I also mix the nutes with the distilled water and i get a pH of around 6.5. Im using the drops/color to test the pH. I havent bought a ppm meter cuz i cant afford one right now. I think this is all the info. They are about 5in. tall. Some of them i think they got nute burned cuz the tips of the leaves look brown. Also, the leaves started to get a little yellowish. On the other plant the leaves started to twist and some leaves have the tips pointed up. I would really appreciate any help from the pros and also thanx for reading.

Lower those lights man! T5's can be 2-3 inches from the top. I use them myself for vegging and keep them at this height from the canopy myself. Any higher and you're wasting useful energy. This is most likely the cause of leaf tips pointing upwards.

I would lighten up a tad on the nutes because the plants do look slightly burned to me (in the 1st two pics). Not arbitrary, but generally your schedule should be feed-water-water (then repeat).

Also, why do you mist? Droplets on the leaves (when the lights are on) act similarly to a magnifying glass and can/will burn your leaves!

Wrinkling in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th pics is most likely due to pH fluctuations. The curling up (also called canoe-ing or taco-ing) of the leaf edges is characteristic of this. However, these wrinkles/tacoeing appear in lower leaves ONLY. Since older/lower leaves reflect the past and newer leaves reflect current conditions, it appears that you're doing alright now but at some point earlier in the grow your pH fluctuated a bit.

Otherwise, looks good! Keep us posted and good luck to you!

[ZZTops]

To many Nutes in the Pool, I would cut in half at this early stage...

Strange stuff that Cutting Edge where you have to use all three thru the entire grow, just change the amounts at the different stages. Sounds like a good way to sell a lot of Nutes, you got to buy 3qt's instead of 1gt just to get started...

Might watch the salt build-up as well and flush if needed...

Good Luck and Keep Us Posted...

[WashougalWonder]

Find the troubleshooting form for hydro, the one on my tag is for soil based. Fill it out and post it here in this thread.

Then folks can get a true grasp of what is going on. Sorry, can't help with hydro.

[kingucci]

To many Nutes in the Pool, I would cut in half at this early stage...

Strange stuff that Cutting Edge where you have to use all three thru the entire grow, just change the amounts at the different stages. Sounds like a good way to sell a lot of Nutes, you got to buy 3qt's instead of 1gt just to get started...

Might watch the salt build-up as well and flush if needed...

Good Luck and Keep Us Posted...

Yea I noticed it was too much nutes so ima cut it in half now. Im also gonna do a flush jus one last time before I start using the nutes again. Is ok to flush at this stage of the plant? N also what nutes are good? the store owner said those were good nutes so i just got em. Im also going to bring down the lights, dont wanna waste energy n ima lay off the misting during on hours. Thanx for the replys hopefully it will bring ma "ladies" back on track.

[ZZTops]

I can't talk to the quality of CE Nutes as I have never used them, just an odd & expensive way to go about it IMHO.

I use Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Grow during Veg and Pro Bloom during Bloom, there a stand alone Nute and gives every thing the plant needs. I do add Hydroplex as an additive during bloom to bump up the P&K...

I like the Keep It Simple, Remember we are growing a weed...:thumbsup:

Edited to add... I run the Botanicare at half strength as well the entire grow...

[kingucci]

Lower those lights man! T5's can be 2-3 inches from the top. I use them myself for vegging and keep them at this height from the canopy myself. Any higher and you're wasting useful energy. This is most likely the cause of leaf tips pointing upwards.

I would lighten up a tad on the nutes because the plants do look slightly burned to me (in the 1st two pics). Not arbitrary, but generally your schedule should be feed-water-water (then repeat).

Also, why do you mist? Droplets on the leaves (when the lights are on) act similarly to a magnifying glass and can/will burn your leaves!

Wrinkling in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th pics is most likely due to pH fluctuations. The curling up (also called canoe-ing or taco-ing) of the leaf edges is characteristic of this. However, these wrinkles/tacoeing appear in lower leaves ONLY. Since older/lower leaves reflect the past and newer leaves reflect current conditions, it appears that you're doing alright now but at some point earlier in the grow your pH fluctuated a bit.

Otherwise, looks good! Keep us posted and good luck to you!

Yea ur right my pH did fluctuate in the beginning. I just got a pH adjuster and hopefully that wont happen again. The pH was like 7.5 in the beginning when I was misting them and my nutes were 6.2 when I watered them. I know now to keep the same pH at all times and not to mist when the lights are on. thanx guys.

[polishpollack]

Water once a day isn't enough. This is hydro, yes? Dump a cup of water/nute mix down the plant's base several times a day if you can, especially if you're cutting back on the NPK amount.