Weirdest thing Ive ever seen

[westsacgrower]

Check this out i cant figure out whats going on. my pistils are turning black and amber almost like it think they need to be harvested but its obvious to see they are not. lemme know if youve seen this before or know how to change it its kinda gettin me worried.

Growing in soil
two 600 watt hps bulbs
no nutrients so far
12/12 light cycle
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westsacgrower Reviewed by westsacgrower on 05-31-2011. Weirdest thing Ive ever seen Check this out i cant figure out whats going on. my pistils are turning black and amber almost like it think they need to be harvested but its obvious to see they are not. lemme know if youve seen this before or know how to change it its kinda gettin me worried. Growing in soil two 600 watt hps bulbs no nutrients so far 12/12 light cycle 275925 Rating: 5

[westsacgrower]

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[pushit]

Nice cabinet! How are your temps in that?

[westsacgrower]

Hott! I'm putting in a thermometer today because that was one of my theories behind the weird pistils. IDE say in the 90's and I don't want to admit it but its almost uncomfortably hot in there to stand so the plants have to be hating it . Also I'm picking up a nice exhaust fan today to pump out some serious hot air.

[pushit]

They have a thermometer/hygrometer at walmart for around 13 bucks and they are great. So how are you gonna run the exhaust? Any ingoing feed or just exhausting? Dont mean to pry but i just like to see how eveyone else is setting up and reasons behind it. Im always changing things in my room. Seems endless sometimes. haha.

[westsacgrower]

yeah i think ill go see them tomorrow i drove to target and stuff and they had one but it was online only so it was pretty lame. here are a few pics of how the exhaust set up is. i went and got that fan i found a guy selling it on clist for 50 bucks so i couldnt pass it up. especially cause it cranks our 440 cfm. Attachment 275943Attachment 275946Attachment 275945Attachment 275947Attachment 275944

[westsacgrower]

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[westsacgrower]

Alright so I've been all around the Internet searching for what I've got and it looks like a combination of heat stress mixed with a zinc deficiency or lockout due to a possible imbalance of ph. I'm goig to get a ph meter today I found one at a local hydro store for about 12 bucks and I'm going to test both the tap water and the run off water because I'm going to flush the he'll out of them today and test the water that comes out the bottom. Then from there I'll report back to let you know the findings.

Lemme know if you got any ideas or if I'm on the right path.

[pushit]

IMO get the digital ph pen and stay away from the cheap probes. Just out of curiousity, How do you water? Tap or distilled? My tap water runs about 8.3 most of the time so a good pen really helped me out (milwaukee 600 on ebay for 20 bucks). If you are using distilled you should add a little calmag from what ive read. I never used distilled so im just telling you what ive read and not from experience. I think those babies are gonna perk up after you get the ph and the heat problem solved. What kind of soil are you using?

[westsacgrower]

I'm using the miracle grow 3 month feed soil mixes with a 3/1 ratio of perlite. With out the perlite last time my plants never ran Into a problem. Granted it was much cooler but a ph problem was nowhere to be found. I water with tap water and I made sure I would use the same spout I used for the other plants. For superstition reasons of course. The other thing I just thought is that I would water soon after filling the jug. Now I store the water In a bigger container for several days. I'm going to flush with fresh water today for sure. .