red/purple veins

[sjacobs713]

GK-
only nutes that i have been giving them are the FoxFarms " GrowBig ", and i was giving them 1/2 tspn for 2 qts of water...
each plant got their own 2 qts, and they've each been watered twice since last saturday w/ the stuff...
i just flushed that plant, but the damn water wouldnt come running out the pot.. i drilled and cut at least 20 extra holes in the pot to allow the water to run out alot, and i had to let it sit over a sink and drain out slowly...

***i have 7 plants that look like they will make it to flowering, and out of the 7, 5 of them have this purple stems and branches, and yellowin up from the bottom up..... and like 2 of those 5, the new growth is very lightly spotting w/ yellow....
temps in the room are no higher than 82 and no lower than 77 throughout the day...
i bought one of those ph test kits for your water, and the guy at the grow shop told me that " my type of plants " like the ph results at a " piss yellow " color.. that's a ph of about 6.0...
i didnt make it super yellow, but just dropped it from a green, to a yellowish..

the ph meters i got to test the soil itself are CRAP! u can see both of them in the pics..

[Garden Knowm]

HEY JACOB...

that water ph tester is perfect... every grower has a few of those laying around his house.. that should become your best friend...

You plants do look very good..obviously there is a problem but your growth and leaf size are GREAT...

I would stop giving them nutrients for a couple waterings...

Can you transplant them?
How big are those pots?
Can you transplant them into the next biggest size container?
Is the new growth still GOOD.. and better than previous growth? Each new set of FAN leaves should be more impressive than the previous set... this is a sign of a healthy plant...

iloveyou

[sjacobs713]

so my new growth is always better and bigger, and alot of it, but like i said the yellowing is SLOWLY spreading to some of the new growth..
what i have been noticing is that the branches that are solid purple are the ones that are yellowing and dying, the branches are still greenish/white are the healthy leaf's...
now my concern is that i have some branches that are going purple and i dont want for that growth to mess up on me..
that is why i want to try and find a solution for the purpling stem/branches...
today was my day to water the plants so i gave them all just plain water.. phed at about a 7...

i can always transplant, but the one plant that i have posted on here is a plant that was doing real bad in it's early stages so i had already transplanted from a 3 gallon to a 5 gallon, so it would be diffucult to tranplant that...
by the way that's the plant i attempted to flush today..

GK - just want to say thanks for you interest and advice..

[sjacobs713]

oh , the pics are exactly a week apart... left pic was taken last sunday, and right pic i just took...

[sjacobs713]

was reading around in the grow FAQ's about different types of nutrients issues, and it reccomends that for some type of issues ( where their example pics look kinda like my plants ) you foliar feed?
any ideas or thoughts on doing this? pro's / con's ?

[gsxxer]

try supernatural brand green stay... you mix a teaspoon in a water bottle and spray just the leaves...

i was having this problem and it helped it out...the next day everything was more lush and green, they should give you a sample at your hydro store

[s12fever]

damn sj loving your plants, look so plump
yea i'm starting to notice reddish purplish veins on my plants, and they're tiny - only like 2" tall and are sorta bushy...hummm

[Jdog7000]

You need to foliar feed.
Either you have nutrient lock out.
Or you are under feeding.
Thats whats going on here.
Use your ph meter.
Make your water around 6.5 and use some organic veg nutes.
To spray your leaves everyday for a few days.
You will see the yellow turn green in a matter of days.
Believe me I know this from experience.
Don't foliar feed once you begin flowering.

[sjacobs713]

i'm going to go and get bottle tomorrow..
we'll see what happens?

[Garden Knowm]

Jacob,
your growth is tremendous.. just the way it should be.. in one week you grew some beauties...

I feel you on the transplant issue... 3 gallon is big for a small garden...

All the red stem issues I have ever encounteres were either a PH problem or a nitrogen issue...

I will be curious how the foilar feeding goes for you... I am not a fan of foilar feeding but I am a JDOG fan...

: )