my clones look sick, can some one help me?

[santacruz_organic]

Here's my set up, outdoor insulated room w/ 2 1k watt HID lights, demensions are 7'5" x 9'4" x 8'6" W x L x H, my ssh clones i recieved last sat. have been looking un healthy. i fed them nutrients at a npk balance of 5:5:5 half of the strength on the bottle, i think it is either heat stress or nutrient burn; please tell me your opinion. bless

santacruz_organic Reviewed by santacruz_organic on 10-05-2006. my clones look sick, can some one help me? Here's my set up, outdoor insulated room w/ 2 1k watt HID lights, demensions are 7'5" x 9'4" x 8'6" W x L x H, my ssh clones i recieved last sat. have been looking un healthy. i fed them nutrients at a npk balance of 5:5:5 half of the strength on the bottle, i think it is either heat stress or nutrient burn; please tell me your opinion. bless Rating: 5

[stinkyattic]

They look hot. What's your temperature get up to?

[santacruz_organic]

it stays in between 75 and 80 average 78

[santacruz_organic]

how far should i keep my lights from the plants? right now they're about 26"

[stinkyattic]

Hm, that's not TERRIBLE for temps, but if your lights are 26" from the plants, at 1000w each, you 're likely to burn them just with the lights too close. And remember a rooted clone needs to get used to HID light. Its little root system might not be ready for that high rate of transpiration yet. I'd get the lights to 4 feet and leave them there for a while. I never would put a HPS1000 closer than 3 feet to my plants when I run one, even for flowering. And make sure that the high temp of 78 degrees is measured right AT the canopy of the plants. Oh, one more thing, you can give them silica blast to make them stand up to high temps better.

[floyd2zapper]

I agree with stinkyattic the lights to intense put about 4 foot away or consider getting some cfl's there cheap and very effective for clones.

Good luck hope they come good,:thumbsup:

[WEED_UK]

Also it doesn`t help feeding nutes to clones,the nutrients will restrict root growth,if you can put the clones in a propergater or humidity dome,go 4 it,if not just spray mist them each day as the cutting cant get water due to lack of roots...so it absorbs water through leaves at first until root system is established.....i lost the first 2 sets of leaves(yellowed) and once the root system grew 4-7 days it picked up again.....good luck...But like they say above the light is to much....it creats dry heat......you need humidity for clones...get a propagator...peace

[Fade]

Don't spray them either under HID's. Mine did something like that when I "misted" them a little under a metal halide.