First time grower. Is my clone going to last!?

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I recently received a clone and I am not even sure how old it was. However the clone is an AK and one of two plants that my buddy stopped watering with the intent to throwing them out. First and foremost they were both in coco fibers. Before taking them out of the fibers the plant started to make me nervous. It was obviously not watered enough but it was not that dry definitely revivable.

To begin I have a 2x2x48in tell tent accompanied with a 600 watt led but the actual output is 134 wats. I ordered a new tent a 2x4x5 ft tall as I thought my light was burning the plant. I definitely did have the light way to close the first night probably within a foot!

However I noticed small yellow spots/ discoloration under the led light which was hard to notice And a few leaves were dropping but not all. I thought I was making out fine considering the shape of the plant when I got it. 2-3 days ago now I translated into soil and the plant is definitely going through shock as many of the leaves r dropping . It was a bad transplant but no root damage.

My one buddy says it looks like ph burn damage not light damage and I have the ph down to a science now. I’m going to attach pictures . Can someone give me any advice? Do you Will my plant live (it started in poor condition worse then this I would say ) Should I cut off bad spots on the pertaining leaves where the burn is bad ? And how long will I know until my plant will last or not / how can I give it better conditions.

finally I’m upgrading to a 2x4x5ft high with the 600 watt led (output 134) is this not strong enough and what led should I get if not?
 
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What type of medium did you transplant them into? The plants look like they are suffering from transplant shock, but they should recover if that is the only problem. If the soil is pre-loaded with nutrients, then they higher level of nutrients could possibly be too strong for the plant, or the roots could be shocked by the higher level of nutrients. In most cases, it will recover although the roots might not develop as much if the soil is full of nutrients initially... the roots don't need to grow as much to find the nutrients... sort of what they do if given a lot of water... there is no need to grow roots as quickly if water is plentiful.
Clawing is a sign of nutrient overload, but your leaves appear to be drooping more than clawing, which leads me to believe it is mostly just transplant shock and they should recover within a few days
 
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That would be a stress off if it is just transplant shock. My buddy gave me this soil Called magic something he explained it was very expensive and in most scenarios you would even need to ph the water for this. However I am going to regardless.

he also said that the soil is very very nutrient rich. Hopefully it is just transplant shock should I hold off on watering ? What do you suspect those little burns could be from? My buddy mixed me up a gallon of ph’d water with veg bloom in it. I am almost out and am ordering veg bloom on amazon tonight. That’s the only nuts she’s getting
 
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Germination said:
That would be a stress off if it is just transplant shock. My buddy gave me this soil Called magic something he explained it was very expensive and in most scenarios you would even need to ph the water for this. However I am going to regardless.

he also said that the soil is very very nutrient rich. Hopefully it is just transplant shock should I hold off on watering ? What do you suspect those little burns could be from? My buddy mixed me up a gallon of ph’d water with veg bloom in it. I am almost out and am ordering veg bloom on amazon tonight. That’s the only nuts she’s getting
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It sounds like a fortified soil mix. Adding nutes on top of what is in there already might be too much. I wouldn't worry too much about the few marks on the leaves as they appear to be older. If they keep growing, then you might be seeing nutrient burn or possibly lockot. Lockout can be caused by imbalances in the nutrient ratios or from Ph issues... both make it more difficult to figure out the real culprit. That is the main reason I grow with a minimum of nutrients in Promix. I only need to feed about every 2 weeks and excess nutes aren't a problem.
A PPM meter would be useful to see how much nutes are in the soil by measuring any outflow from your plants. That way you could treat according to what the meter tells you and can eliminate nute lock that is caused by incorrect NPK ratios.
 
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What pH are you using now? You said you went from coco to soil, did you keep the pH the same or switch to higher? For coco you want around 5.8-6.3 for soil you want 6.8-7.3. Depending. But that's the usual threshold. Probably just transplant shock but make sure you're following proper pH procedures for soil if you're no longer growing in coco. Will take a few days for the plant to adjust.
 
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Germination said:
That would be a stress off if it is just transplant shock. My buddy gave me this soil Called magic something he explained it was very expensive and in most scenarios you would even need to ph the water for this. However I am going to regardless.

he also said that the soil is very very nutrient rich. Hopefully it is just transplant shock should I hold off on watering ? What do you suspect those little burns could be from? My buddy mixed me up a gallon of ph’d water with veg bloom in it. I am almost out and am ordering veg bloom on amazon tonight. That’s the only nuts she’s getting
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Bro my soil mix is a 7.99 bag I got from a gardening shop it was all they had live in a small town, a starting pot mix from dollar general and some vermiculite, I didn’t germinate just pot it in soil, covered it, in a week had that sprout n been growing ever since. Dnt Rey that hard dude n I think the burn come from water con leaves. A dude told me when that happens the water acts as a magnifying glass to the leave, just hit the soil and I started aerating once ever two weeks n water 3 times a week. But check n prune the whole time make sure it can breath. Trust me bro dnt try hard n read some of those books, it will help
 
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