ANYONE PLEASE HELP!!!

[toker4life]

ok,

so I followed the growing procedure here from the front page on cannabis.com. I started my plants off in a peat pellet solution and it grew terrific. Then I transfered it into a hydroponic medium. I have my plant under a 400W HPS (my MH bnulb busted). I am using distilled H2O. I am using GH line of nutes. 3 gallon bucket with airstone on bottom and water ring on top.

The problem is that my plant is now stunted in growth. It also seems that the top leaves are drooping and turning yellow. WHENEVER I so much as even add the SMALLEST amount of nute solution (I've enven just done 1/8 teaspoon TOTAL of each nute per 3 gallons) to my hydro solution it shows signs of burn. The leaves curl up and things get ugly.

My plant is about 5 inches tall. Nirvana White Widow.

What am I doing wrong? I can't loose this one.

toker4life Reviewed by toker4life on 06-09-2006. ANYONE PLEASE HELP!!! ok, so I followed the growing procedure here from the front page on cannabis.com. I started my plants off in a peat pellet solution and it grew terrific. Then I transfered it into a hydroponic medium. I have my plant under a 400W HPS (my MH bnulb busted). I am using distilled H2O. I am using GH line of nutes. 3 gallon bucket with airstone on bottom and water ring on top. The problem is that my plant is now stunted in growth. It also seems that the top leaves are drooping and Rating: 5

[LOC NAR1958]

White Widow is a pretty hardy strain it clones well. 5 inches should be able to take light nutes. Strange. You can veg under a HPS but get another MH when you can. Light not too close ? The big question is your medium and did you gently wash off all the peat pot ? If the peat was not washed off it will be all in your system, cloged lines and worse. TOO wet at the rootball, I think damping off it's called. The roots that hang down can stay in water all the time but not the rootball it like air. One more thing, Do you have calmag+ to add back to the water. That can be a lack of magnesium. Cause nute lockout. And how's your PH, it can cause problems and lockout too ? Pictures help, if you can you will get much more help. A pic is worth a thousand words.

[Aaron385]

I had the same problem when temps were too high.. plants were trying to soak up water to beat the heat and nutes were killing them.. even at 1/4 strength. I brought the rig into the A/C and they have done fine ever since, infact they just went to full strength nutes 3 days ago with no signs of stress!! how are your temps?

[LOC NAR1958]

Good call I forgot about temps.

[toker4life]

well its been under the same exact temsp for a long time. it was litteraly a matter of 1 hour and the leaves curled. It hadn't curled before. Just when I addded the nutes. its freaking weird.

Yes I washed out all the peat. There is no more brown water or anything coming off it. Its completely clean.

Should I just go to 12/12? its about 6 inches now.

I have a fan blowing across the plant and the light. its not that hot in there. Its hotter outside!

[Aaron385]

how hot at the plants exactly? > 95F?

[toker4life]

less. prolly 85

[Aaron385]

if its hot the plants can keep up with water alone but they take up water at such a rate that when you add the slightest amt of nutes you get that curl up real bad.. I had to move plants inside and dial down my centeral A/C to keep temps below 80F.. then and only then did they start responding with just a little curl up @ 1/6 strength nutes.. a week later I went 1/2.. same response.. but leaves got better in a couple days.. a week later I went full strenth and I havent seen any signs of added stress yet.. although just when I thought I was the hydroponic master I was folar wattering today and noticed creepy crawlies all over the leaves.. not sure what they are yet but fuckin hell.. can I get a break already? jeez

get a thermometer and find out exactly.. that temp is too close to guess.. since it could be whats causing a problem

oh and humidity.. if its super dry.. bad.. thats the other thing that turned mine around.. a cheap ass humidifier to keep the air moist.. that means less water used by the plant

[toker4life]

ok, well I have a closet setup. isn't the humidifier going to cause mold in there and water damage?

won't the fan just blow away the mist?

[toker4life]

this is a closet setup. about a 2x2 area