Can anyone help identify what’s going on here and should I just chop?

[Trich99]

So this is my first grow. Everything has been good until these last few weeks of flower. I’m not sure if I transplanted into 5 gal too early or what but my coco has been drying within a few hours. So during the night cycle by lights on its bone dry. My ph runoff is very low, around 5.2 I have read I don’t need to check that but it’s odd it was where it should have been all through veg and early flower. Even when I flush with 5 gals it’s still low. Ec is probably .2 higher than what I put in after the flush. Before it was like .8 so kinda helped in that regard. My temps have also been high almost hitting 90f some days and plant grew pretty close to the light on top of it. So I wasn’t sure if it was light/heat stress. Given all these factors and probably making it difficult to identify a single problem, I’m a bit into week 9 of a 10-12 week strain. Do I chop, try to fix, or ride it out? I was gonna ride it out but it does seem to be getting worse. Thanks for the help

 

[Trich99]

I will add I have fixed my temps and suppercropped the tallest colas, doesn’t seem to be helping so far

 

[BearWater]

I ran into something similar towards the end of a few of my grows. They were in soil. I dont have any experience growing in coco but if it’s dry why not water it? The drying out cant be good for things

too me and based off what mine looked like. Im with you on letting them go for a little longer.

 

[Trich99]

I ran into something similar towards the end of a few of my grows. They were in soil. I dont have any experience growing in coco but if it’s dry why not water it? The drying out cant be good for things

too me and based off what mine looked like. Im with you on letting them go for a little longer.

Thanks for the opinion, I lowered the light intensity too a bit in case it’s light burn. I read it not good for the plant to sit in damp substrate during lights off cause it can lead to root rot. is it possible the 5 gal fabric big enough for my long veg and flower time? It’s pretty dense with roots

 

[JIMKSI64]

I do not run coco but I read a lot.
Do not let your coco dry out. That's soil growers.
You have some very green plants. I recommend multiple fertigations daily but reduce the nutes to maintain or possibly even reduce the nitrogen load. As always check pH and EC in non organic coco.
Not checking pH is an organic soil thing and and that goes for water only. Once you put things in the water you def need to PH even soil grows.
Biggest problem in the Internet for advise is conflation of grow mediums and types. Advise that is spot on for a soil grow throws ya in a ditch in a coco grow and vis/vrs.

 

[Trich99]

I do not run coco but I read a lot.
Do not let your coco dry out. That's soil growers.
You have some very green plants. I recommend multiple fertigations daily but reduce the nutes to maintain or possibly even reduce the nitrogen load. As always check pH and EC in non organic coco.
Not checking pH is an organic soil thing and and that goes for water only. Once you put things in the water you def need to PH even soil grows.
Biggest problem in the Internet for advise is conflation of grow mediums and types. Advise that is spot on for a soil grow throws ya in a ditch in a coco grow and vis/vrs.

Okay thanks, I’ll try and keep it wet even if I gotta water lights off. Could this be causing my low ph runoff issue?

 

[JIMKSI64]

It causes many things. Reduced oxygen to roots as coco is inert and will not store ions for exchange like soil. Reduced oxygen at root level effects pH.

 

[Trich99]

Thanks for the input guys. Driving my nuts tryna figure out what’s going on

 

[Week4Bytch]

So this is my first grow. Everything has been good until these last few weeks of flower. I’m not sure if I transplanted into 5 gal too early or what but my coco has been drying within a few hours. So during the night cycle by lights on its bone dry. My ph runoff is very low, around 5.2 I have read I don’t need to check that but it’s odd it was where it should have been all through veg and early flower. Even when I flush with 5 gals it’s still low. Ec is probably .2 higher than what I put in after the flush. Before it was like .8 so kinda helped in that regard. My temps have also been high almost hitting 90f some days and plant grew pretty close to the light on top of it. So I wasn’t sure if it was light/heat stress. Given all these factors and probably making it difficult to identify a single problem, I’m a bit into week 9 of a 10-12 week strain. Do I chop, try to fix, or ride it out? I was gonna ride it out but it does seem to be getting worse. Thanks for the help

Like whats said already here... dry when the lights go on...WATER IT. And from what you described,, light burn, easy fix. Raise the lights. Sounds like your plants are feeding like crazy right now. That's a good thing. If your plants are looking good, and they are (minus the light burn). I wouldn't sweat it.