Hello new friends

Just found this board and seems a great place....

This is my 1st grow and would welcome some advice.

The story begins when a friend gave me a single White Rhino clone. I didn't plan on growing seriously but just thought i'd see how i got on with it.

It grew in clay pebbles under 4 cf's (18w each from local supermarket) for around 5 weeeks. Growth was pretty good and soon outgrew my small cupboard. I didnt have anywhere else indoors i could keep it at the time, so decided to take my own clones from it and then chuck it in a pot in the garden.

All went pretty well, clones grew and mother survived (just... damned miracle grow). [mother-plant.jpg]


I started to get the buzz for it so went out and bought some kit.

NFT tray
250W HPS
250W MH (retro fit for HPS ballast)
125W Blue Spectrum Envirolite
Small Osc fan
Mylar
PH meter
Canna A+B Vega
Oxy Plus

I now have a mini grow room for clones running under the envirolite. [clone_room.jpg]


Once they outgrew this room i put them into my larger grow room and ran them under the MH for about 2 weeks. [grow_room.jpg]


All was great until a few days ago when i noticed the leaves were slightly wilting and had a somewhat shrivelled look to the newer growth leaves.

A little worried i went out a bought a nutra-wand as this was something i felt might help diagnose the prob. Turns out my EC reading was 2.9. Higher than expected but this must have been down to nutes remaining in the tank and mat when changing the water.

I flushed the plants and ran water for only 36 hours and got the EC down to 0.6. I remade some solution with EC of 1.4 to ease it back into the nutrients.

PH levels have always been around 5.75-5.9, something i check daily.
Temps have been up and down and have been pretty hot (upto 33c during the heat we've had recently). Ironicly, since my grow room has returned to 24/25 C the problems have occured (coincidence)?

Although harder to see in the photo (check leaves in front) you'll see the drooping and shrivelled look i'm worried about. [problem.jpg]

As i've corrected the EC and its been a few days now i'm wondering if the plants are getting too much water. I run my pump 24/7. I thinking of maybe switching the pump to 15on/15 off...

Sorry about the essay but didnt just wanna say "help my plants are getting sick"

Appreciate any help.

Cheers, Dazzle

P.S Today was the planned date to put them into flower.
dazzle Reviewed by dazzle on . 1st post, 1st grow, 1st question :) Hello new friends :) Just found this board and seems a great place.... This is my 1st grow and would welcome some advice. The story begins when a friend gave me a single White Rhino clone. I didn't plan on growing seriously but just thought i'd see how i got on with it. It grew in clay pebbles under 4 cf's (18w each from local supermarket) for around 5 weeeks. Growth was pretty good and soon outgrew my small cupboard. I didnt have anywhere else indoors i could keep it at the time, Rating: 5