red/purple veins

[sjacobs713]

i have read, so please do not tell me to go and read..

i just want to know what some of the other growers thought red veins was caused from, and how to cure? b/c i've got them!!

sjacobs713 Reviewed by sjacobs713 on 06-23-2006. red/purple veins i have read, so please do not tell me to go and read.. i just want to know what some of the other growers thought red veins was caused from, and how to cure? b/c i've got them!! Rating: 5

[Garden Knowm]

hi jacob... do you mean red purple stems?

have you been monitoring you PH of your water?

is new growth slow an stunted?

what medium are you growing in?

is there plenty of nitrogen available for your plants?

are you vegging or flowering?

how old are your plants?


I would guess you are having a ph issue along with nitrogen deficiency. is this problem is not remedied soon, you branches will become red, hard and woody and will be very dificult to reverse..

pictures?

iloveyou

[sjacobs713]

alright here is the history on my plant...

they are 5 1/2 weeks old..
when they were vegging at a real young stage , i messed up and gave them too much fish emulsion which burnt them up badly and messed some things up, and my temps were in the very high 90's.. so they were seriously stressed .........

last week i made it up to the grow shop , i got some great advice..
i solved my temperature problem, it stays at 80 and gets lower to about 77-78...
i got them some foxfarms nutes which the guy told me had all the nutes they would need... giving them the veg nutes right now..
i also got one of those small water testing ph kits.. where you put the drops and changes color, in the minature test tube...
so my ph of my water was a little high, and i got it down.. also gave them 35% peroxide, to cure things, and remove knats..( dont really have any knats though.. )
they are in soil, and getting watered as needed...
they are still spreading the yellow/burning but at a very slow rate..
the top growth and all new small growth is coming in lovely.. just these past couple of days, i have started to LST to get more light to the center of the stem's , and that is going great.. middle of plants are filling in nice...
just the bottom of the plant and stems changing color...
i've got this ph meter that test the soil, actually 3 of them, but neither of them are really accurate... i can put it in one part of the dirt and it'll read X, and then put it in another part and it'll read Y.. nothing mathces up, so i dont really trust it..

it's happenin to a couple of my plants, but the pics are just of one plant...

thanks, PEACE!

[s12fever]

just out of curiosity, what is that yellow stuff sprinkled on top of your soil?

[sjacobs713]

that's the perlite after being watered and watered.. i guess the dirt turns it that color..

[Pothead4204life]

yes i had red viens on the leaves of my plant as well...it just went away..didnt know what caused them..

[HARDDON]

Its the main stem of the plant you want to watch. It should turn white at the base and then work its way up.

While you haave some leave damage, new growth looks healthy and nice. You dont have any real problems.

Easy on the nutes though. They dont need as much as people think.

[Jdog7000]

Well purplish stems on the fan leaves are normal.
It means that leaf cdan not take anymore nutes.
It is full and not taking anymore food up.
If your stem is purple and it isn't because it's purple strain.
Then you got a nute deficency or a ph problem like KNowm said.

[sjacobs713]

any idea's?
should i flush? should i quit feeding nutes? should i just leave it be, and see where it goes? ( that's what i've been doing and it's been getting SLOWLY worse )
what should i do? i just want some good refer..

slim

[Garden Knowm]

Hi JACOBS...

I agree... easy on the nuts.... and if your PH was a bit HIGH.. then you should start watering with it being a bit LOW.. maybe at 6.0 for a couple waterings.. then stabilize at 6.8...


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