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Medium: fox farms ocean forest soil
I’ve also been using a 24 hour light cycle
Temps 70-74
Humidity 45-60%
Three weeks ago I started seeing problems with my grow. I started using emerald harvest 3 part professional nutrients, which was recommended by my hydroponics store, and It absolutely ruined my grow. I watered every one to two days. At the time I thought I was allowing the plants to dry out but I wasn’t. I also wasn’t checking my ph run off or ppms at the time. I was strictly going by 75% of the nutrients listed and a ph adjusted between 6.0-6.4, the recommendation of the store. (Doing more research I learned that you can balance the ph of your plant by water at the high end of 6.0-7.0 some waters and watering at low end of 6.0-7.0 some waters) My plants ended up mutated within the 3rd water crazy holes were popping up and the older leaves were getting massive, dark green, hard, and curled downward. I called them the green goblins Lol. (I’ll include pics) So I instantly called emerald harvest got linked with a guy that basically told me i didn’t need to use emerald harvest yet. There was still nutrients in the soil, the store worker told me to use it for the entire duration even after I told him i was using ocean forest and what stage I was in. Emerald harvest also suggested I flushed my plants. Start taking the ph of the soil run off and start checking my ppms so I know when I need to start adding nutrients and when there’s too much nutrients. So I put a halt to using emerald harvest, flushed my plants, then noticed my ph was A 5.2 and I had a PPM OF 1000. Emerald harvest also said the ppm could be 1000 because of the food in the ocean forest that is unreleased. I continued to flush my plants, at the time I didn’t know that flushing with a higher end ph would be more efficient in raising ph so I continued to flush with a 6.0-6.4 ph’d water and the run off never raised. I put them back in tent did more research and learned about watering with higher ph. By the next water the plants are droop not wilt but extremely droopy and heavy. I will include pictures. I begin to think it was root rot from overwatering so the next watering i watered with just a higher ph water and hydro guard recommended by the hydroponics store. My plants started to look a little better. I continued to use water and make sure when I watered the plants were fully dry. My plants then started to become like colored and one plants was almost yellow. The next feed I use about 50% of the of the nutrients of emerald harvest the plants started gaining color back but now I water yesterday they are still droopy, leaves are small, and plant is extremely bushy. They been in soil since September the 10th. I’ll include pics. Please critique in the most straightforward way. I’m here to gain more knowledge please help. I will not cry about any response and I will try to answer questions in the most detailed way. So I can get to a healthy grow.
Thank You
Pictures show progression of problems to current day
I’ve also been using a 24 hour light cycle
Temps 70-74
Humidity 45-60%
Three weeks ago I started seeing problems with my grow. I started using emerald harvest 3 part professional nutrients, which was recommended by my hydroponics store, and It absolutely ruined my grow. I watered every one to two days. At the time I thought I was allowing the plants to dry out but I wasn’t. I also wasn’t checking my ph run off or ppms at the time. I was strictly going by 75% of the nutrients listed and a ph adjusted between 6.0-6.4, the recommendation of the store. (Doing more research I learned that you can balance the ph of your plant by water at the high end of 6.0-7.0 some waters and watering at low end of 6.0-7.0 some waters) My plants ended up mutated within the 3rd water crazy holes were popping up and the older leaves were getting massive, dark green, hard, and curled downward. I called them the green goblins Lol. (I’ll include pics) So I instantly called emerald harvest got linked with a guy that basically told me i didn’t need to use emerald harvest yet. There was still nutrients in the soil, the store worker told me to use it for the entire duration even after I told him i was using ocean forest and what stage I was in. Emerald harvest also suggested I flushed my plants. Start taking the ph of the soil run off and start checking my ppms so I know when I need to start adding nutrients and when there’s too much nutrients. So I put a halt to using emerald harvest, flushed my plants, then noticed my ph was A 5.2 and I had a PPM OF 1000. Emerald harvest also said the ppm could be 1000 because of the food in the ocean forest that is unreleased. I continued to flush my plants, at the time I didn’t know that flushing with a higher end ph would be more efficient in raising ph so I continued to flush with a 6.0-6.4 ph’d water and the run off never raised. I put them back in tent did more research and learned about watering with higher ph. By the next water the plants are droop not wilt but extremely droopy and heavy. I will include pictures. I begin to think it was root rot from overwatering so the next watering i watered with just a higher ph water and hydro guard recommended by the hydroponics store. My plants started to look a little better. I continued to use water and make sure when I watered the plants were fully dry. My plants then started to become like colored and one plants was almost yellow. The next feed I use about 50% of the of the nutrients of emerald harvest the plants started gaining color back but now I water yesterday they are still droopy, leaves are small, and plant is extremely bushy. They been in soil since September the 10th. I’ll include pics. Please critique in the most straightforward way. I’m here to gain more knowledge please help. I will not cry about any response and I will try to answer questions in the most detailed way. So I can get to a healthy grow.
Thank You
Pictures show progression of problems to current day