First Post! - may need expert help Pls

[Bud-Wiser]

Hi guys, Its my first Post !
I looked at other boards but this one has given me much help since i started growing. I got my first 6 plants at 7 weeks now. I grew them from seed and only lost one - Thay are a mix of White widow and Bubblicious. I ned your guys expert opinion. ..do they seem Ok to you ? . Few things I worry about is
1. about a week ago small lower foilage leaes turned yellow and died.
2 One of the Bubbles has sprouted about 4 heads ..looks like a tree !
3. I am getting some small yellw spots on the tips and middel of leaves.

I took advice from other posts and i backed off nutrient for now and PH is nearly bang on. there are ome pictures attached

Should I stop worrying or what !!

Thanks guys

Bud-Wiser Reviewed by Bud-Wiser on 08-27-2006. First Post! - may need expert help Pls Hi guys, Its my first Post ! I looked at other boards but this one has given me much help since i started growing. I got my first 6 plants at 7 weeks now. I grew them from seed and only lost one :) - Thay are a mix of White widow and Bubblicious. I ned your guys expert opinion. ..do they seem Ok to you ? . Few things I worry about is 1. about a week ago small lower foilage leaes turned yellow and died. 2 One of the Bubbles has sprouted about 4 heads ..looks like a tree ! 3. I am getting Rating: 5

[LIP]

Hi guys, Its my first Post !
I looked at other boards but this one has given me much help since i started growing. I got my first 6 plants at 7 weeks now. I grew them from seed and only lost one - Thay are a mix of White widow and Bubblicious. I ned your guys expert opinion. ..do they seem Ok to you ? . Few things I worry about is
1. about a week ago small lower foilage leaes turned yellow and died.
2 One of the Bubbles has sprouted about 4 heads ..looks like a tree !
3. I am getting some small yellw spots on the tips and middel of leaves.

I took advice from other posts and i backed off nutrient for now and PH is nearly bang on. there are ome pictures attached

Should I stop worrying or what !!

Thanks guys

The lower leaves will die off, because they are not being used by the plant to make energy. Dont cut them off though, let them die off. If you cut them you'll shock the plants and they'll take a week or 2 to repair the damage.

It's normal to have a few colas. Normally people pinch the plant to do this on prupose. You want as many colas as you can, more cola's x right amounts of light = very nice large buds.

If your getting very small yellow spots all over the plant it could be spider mites. The yellow spots are where they have sucked the plants juice out.
They normally thrive in very dry conditions, so if it is turn up the humiity.

Saying that, it could still be nutes.

[Nochowderforyou]

It's the nutes, and that is clearly overfeeding. Lower leaves shouldn't be dying off already. That commonly happens to an over-vegged plant and a plant that hits flowering. When they are that young, they shouldn't be losing any leaves yet.

Ease up on the nutes, and only feed 1/2 strength once a week, but for the time being, water with clean water until the burning/yellowing has stopped, then start feeding again.

[mscaboo]

agre with nochowder,cut back on the nutes.also did you add dolomite lime to your soil?

[kush07]

Once the small foliage looks like it is just about died off cut it off at the base cause it isn't helping your plant at all. Dolomite lime is used to lower the Ph of soil so I doubt it has a serious effect upon your current problem. Another thing, I highly doubt the yellowing is from spider mites. Spider Mites cause small holes in the plants not yellowing. I believe that your yellowing is most likely caused by a Nitrogen defecency. A nitrogen defecency is normal during flowering. Let me ask a couple questions.

1) Have you been using any nutes and if so did you switch recently?
2) What light cycle have you been using and have you changed it recently?
3) Did you top (cut the growing shoot off) or pinch you plant to give it its four tops?

Happy Toking :rasta:

[LIP]

It's the nutes, and that is clearly overfeeding. Lower leaves shouldn't be dying off already. That commonly happens to an over-vegged plant and a plant that hits flowering. When they are that young, they shouldn't be losing any leaves yet.

Ease up on the nutes, and only feed 1/2 strength once a week, but for the time being, water with clean water until the burning/yellowing has stopped, then start feeding again.

I disagree. The lower leaves, such as the cotyledons and first 2 serated fingers normally die off at the stage the plants in question are at, so i'd say THAT is normal, not a problem. Altohugh, as with the large yellow spots [I've now looked at the plants, and its not really small] i'd say it is nutes.

[LIP]

Another thing, I highly doubt the yellowing is from spider mites. Spider Mites cause small holes in the plants not yellowing.

Actually, the holes happen AFTER the small yellow spots, where the spider mites have eaten and sucked the liquid out of the plant. When i read the first post he said small yellow spots all over the leaves, and i didnt look at the pictures so it sounded like the start of a spider mite problem, but now i have looked im pretty sure its nutes.

[DonSmokin]

I just want to reply to the statement that Lip left
Shut the fuck up lip you dont know what your talkin about you stupid wanker

[DonSmokin]

sorry lip, i take that back i tought you were talkin to people in here,
i didnt know you were on about the 5-0, i agree wit you my friend

[Bud-Wiser]

Well to answer a few questions
1. Its soil grow from seed using all-mix

2. Ionic nutrient..but i was using the recommended from 4 weeks old, i think i should have been using weaker as they were too young, but backed off now for 3 weeks and only just started feeding with half stregnth

3. tap water is slightly cidic here for some reason, so i ph down...might have used too much in barrel and now have ph of 5.00

4. done a nutrient test using liquid and all seemed to be near the right setting

its a closet setup i made myself

fully lined with mylar
dual lamp for seedlings and plants

i got ecolight 250, halide 250 and HPS for flowering (but not used yet)

i have door intake fan and ceiling mounted carbon phat-filter

i even have 2 inside fans linked to a thermostatic switch

temperatire is approx 28-30, and humidity is around 40%

I have to water every day in dark period

and they are on a 20-4 cycle

i love my babies..i hope they will love me back !


ps. some of these numbers for bulbs might be wrong as i am not dressed and can't be bothered to check

thanks for all your help