RhyGuy717
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Hi all,
I am a new grower and I am on my first grow of Northern Lights feminized and am having what I believe is a calcium deficiency but may be more.
1. Are you growing from seed or clones? seed
2. How old are your plants? 34 days
3. How tall are your plants? 12 -15 inches
4. What type of hydro system are you using? 5 gallon DWC buckets
5. What brand/type of nutrients are you using? Started with Fox Farm (Grow Big and Big Bloom) / Switched to Advanced Nutrients pH Perfect Micro, Grow, and Bloom
6. What is the Ph of your nutrient solution? 5.4-6.4
7. What is the PPM/EC of your tap water? 400
8. What is the PPM/EC of your nutrient solution? 1250-1300
9. What is the temperature of your nutrient solution? 64-68 degrees F
10. Does your PPM/EC show a rise or fall when you do your daily PPM check? slight fall
11. Does your pH show a rise or fall when you do your daily check? rise
12. Do you foliar feed or spray your plants with anything? no
13. What kind of lights do you use and how many watts combined? (HPS, MH, fluorescent, halogen, incandescent "plant lights") (1) 1500 watt LED Cobb light, T5 for seedlings
14. How close are your lights to the plants? Visible in pictures
15. What size is your grow space in square feet? Grow Tent 108"X48"X80"
16. What is the temperature and humidity in your grow space? Lights on 74-77 degrees F lights on and 69 - 71 lights off.
17. Have you noticed any insect activity in your grow space? no
18. How much experience do you have growing? This is my first grow.
Also,
1150 Gph air pump and circle style air diffuser (plenty of bubbles).
Multiple fans and exhaust fan, Using tap water pH'ed to 5.5 (natural pH is 8 by itself).
I have not given them full strength nutes yet either so maybe that is my problem? I am in the middle of week 3 (day 34) of veg after spending two weeks in the propagator and what started as a small problem last week got real serious by the end of the week. I started week 1 of veg with Fox Farm nutrients Grow Big and Big Bloom at half strength. Then at the end of the week 2 when the problem began I realized I used the soil version of Grow Big instead of the hydro version. So I changed out the water (4 days ago) and switched to Advanced Nutrients pH Perfect Micro, Grow, and Bloom that I also had purchased (Fox Farm's Big Bloom left sludge in the buckets), but also used half strength (38ml per gal instead of 76 ml). I also added recommended level of Cal/Mag and Hydroguard at this time. I have been trying to play it safe by using half nutes.
I currently still have what I think is a deficiency and my plants growth is slow, drooping, and there are not many roots at all for what I think there should be. First Grow - Nutrient Deficiency or something else?
My main stem on the plants also look strange, weak (1 plant cannot stand on its own and bent at some point), and look woody. My pH also keeps rising, yesterday I adjusted it to 5.4 and today it is already 6.4. Are the plants causing this? Nothing was added.
I believe I need to go full strength nutes, but should I do it now or wait two more days to be on schedule? Should I do anything else? What about the stems? Should I re-bury the plant? Any advice is much appreciated. Pics below giving a timeline and showing the issues..
Thank you all very much!
P.S. I also moved my air tubes from a hole in the top of the bucket (my first placement) to the bucket lid and covered the original hole and new hole with electrical tape because I may have had a light leak from it.
I am a new grower and I am on my first grow of Northern Lights feminized and am having what I believe is a calcium deficiency but may be more.
1. Are you growing from seed or clones? seed
2. How old are your plants? 34 days
3. How tall are your plants? 12 -15 inches
4. What type of hydro system are you using? 5 gallon DWC buckets
5. What brand/type of nutrients are you using? Started with Fox Farm (Grow Big and Big Bloom) / Switched to Advanced Nutrients pH Perfect Micro, Grow, and Bloom
6. What is the Ph of your nutrient solution? 5.4-6.4
7. What is the PPM/EC of your tap water? 400
8. What is the PPM/EC of your nutrient solution? 1250-1300
9. What is the temperature of your nutrient solution? 64-68 degrees F
10. Does your PPM/EC show a rise or fall when you do your daily PPM check? slight fall
11. Does your pH show a rise or fall when you do your daily check? rise
12. Do you foliar feed or spray your plants with anything? no
13. What kind of lights do you use and how many watts combined? (HPS, MH, fluorescent, halogen, incandescent "plant lights") (1) 1500 watt LED Cobb light, T5 for seedlings
14. How close are your lights to the plants? Visible in pictures
15. What size is your grow space in square feet? Grow Tent 108"X48"X80"
16. What is the temperature and humidity in your grow space? Lights on 74-77 degrees F lights on and 69 - 71 lights off.
17. Have you noticed any insect activity in your grow space? no
18. How much experience do you have growing? This is my first grow.
Also,
1150 Gph air pump and circle style air diffuser (plenty of bubbles).
Multiple fans and exhaust fan, Using tap water pH'ed to 5.5 (natural pH is 8 by itself).
I have not given them full strength nutes yet either so maybe that is my problem? I am in the middle of week 3 (day 34) of veg after spending two weeks in the propagator and what started as a small problem last week got real serious by the end of the week. I started week 1 of veg with Fox Farm nutrients Grow Big and Big Bloom at half strength. Then at the end of the week 2 when the problem began I realized I used the soil version of Grow Big instead of the hydro version. So I changed out the water (4 days ago) and switched to Advanced Nutrients pH Perfect Micro, Grow, and Bloom that I also had purchased (Fox Farm's Big Bloom left sludge in the buckets), but also used half strength (38ml per gal instead of 76 ml). I also added recommended level of Cal/Mag and Hydroguard at this time. I have been trying to play it safe by using half nutes.
I currently still have what I think is a deficiency and my plants growth is slow, drooping, and there are not many roots at all for what I think there should be. First Grow - Nutrient Deficiency or something else?
My main stem on the plants also look strange, weak (1 plant cannot stand on its own and bent at some point), and look woody. My pH also keeps rising, yesterday I adjusted it to 5.4 and today it is already 6.4. Are the plants causing this? Nothing was added.
I believe I need to go full strength nutes, but should I do it now or wait two more days to be on schedule? Should I do anything else? What about the stems? Should I re-bury the plant? Any advice is much appreciated. Pics below giving a timeline and showing the issues..
Thank you all very much!
P.S. I also moved my air tubes from a hole in the top of the bucket (my first placement) to the bucket lid and covered the original hole and new hole with electrical tape because I may have had a light leak from it.