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MrFatGangster
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Hello my name is Mike and I’ve ran back into another spotting issue!
Here’s my rundown of everything:
Growing Auto - Zkittles from seed
These plants are 5-1/2 weeks old
Measly 7 inches tall…
Coco coir - top feeding nutrient solution with 20%-30% runoff from the bottom.
Using Bontanicare Cal-Mag+ and GH flora trio (Lucas formula cutting out gro and compensating with more micro and bloom) 3ml CalMag-3ml Micro-6ml Bloom/gal in that order.
Feeding once a day, however the bottoms of the fabric pots have been staying wet even when elevated from the floor with a grate to help with airflow underneath. Is this from lack of roots in the bottom zone to uptake? These poor plants had okay-ish roots on the transplant, but definitely on the skimpier side
Ph at around 5.8-5.9
Using RO water with less than 5ppm
Nutrient solution is up to 470ppm
Nutrient solution is mixed at room temperature 76F
The runoff measures about 80ppm less than what goes in. 470 IN 390 OUT.
Runoff Ph has been around 6.4-6.5 however going in is at 5.8-5.9 so a difference of about .6
Only foliar sprayed a couple times experimentally prior to transplanting from unbuffered coco coir to double buffered coco coir.
I’m now using a quantum board full spectrum LED light that I purchased from Amazon, I upgraded from a blurple led from Amazon. This is the exact description from Amazon-
Abriselux A1500 LED Grow Light Dimmable with 4x4ft Coverage and Upgraded Larger Board, Full Spectrum Grow Lamps for Indoor Hydroponic Growing Light with High PPFD (Actual Power 150Watt)
The light is 24 inches from the top of the plants. Ppfd measured by upgraded version of Photone app is at 250ppfd-200ppfd higher to lower area.
I’m growing 4 - 5gal fabric pots inside a 4ftx4ftx8ft tent.
The temperature ranges from 78F - 71F and the humidity is set to 80rh running on auto and reads from 50rh to 80rh.
Have seen a couple mosquitoes here and there but they’re inescapable in my area this time of year (monsoon season)
I am a beginner and still on my first grow!
These plants started off in bad shape because the first 4 weeks they were in unbuffered coco coir. I wasn’t aware of the issues of not buffering would cause at the time. I made a newbie first time grower infirmary post a couple weeks ago trying to figure out what was wrong. I couldn’t really get a great assessment based off the kind of lights I had and the containers they were in (cheap plastic cups with several holes drilled) and the fact that I didn’t buffer the coco.
Based off my literal hundreds of hours of research since starting I’ve concluded they were suffering from K abundance as well as a Cal-Mag deficiency from planting in unbuffered coco coir. Any Cal Mag I was adding was being exchanged to potassium.
Finally had enough of these poor girls suffering and transferred them into fabric pots with washed and double buffered coco. I washed theirs roots bare naked with the nutrient solution at the dose at the time 2ml CalMag 2ml Micro 4ml Gro at 370ppm. Inserted them gently into the saturated coco and left them alone for 2 days.
The horrible rusting stopped spreading on the new growth after transferring to buffered coco, until just today.
Small dark brown spots on the new growth both on top and on lower branches are appearing. I take a photo every day since planting and notice such small differences on the day to day basis.
These spots are small so you’ll have to zoom in!
I’ve also noticed some reddening on the stem and branches.
I’m wondering if I need to just up the Cal-Mag with my nutrient solution or if anyone thinks these spots may be something else?
I appreciate anyone who tries to help out!
Here’s my rundown of everything:
Growing Auto - Zkittles from seed
These plants are 5-1/2 weeks old
Measly 7 inches tall…
Coco coir - top feeding nutrient solution with 20%-30% runoff from the bottom.
Using Bontanicare Cal-Mag+ and GH flora trio (Lucas formula cutting out gro and compensating with more micro and bloom) 3ml CalMag-3ml Micro-6ml Bloom/gal in that order.
Feeding once a day, however the bottoms of the fabric pots have been staying wet even when elevated from the floor with a grate to help with airflow underneath. Is this from lack of roots in the bottom zone to uptake? These poor plants had okay-ish roots on the transplant, but definitely on the skimpier side
Ph at around 5.8-5.9
Using RO water with less than 5ppm
Nutrient solution is up to 470ppm
Nutrient solution is mixed at room temperature 76F
The runoff measures about 80ppm less than what goes in. 470 IN 390 OUT.
Runoff Ph has been around 6.4-6.5 however going in is at 5.8-5.9 so a difference of about .6
Only foliar sprayed a couple times experimentally prior to transplanting from unbuffered coco coir to double buffered coco coir.
I’m now using a quantum board full spectrum LED light that I purchased from Amazon, I upgraded from a blurple led from Amazon. This is the exact description from Amazon-
Abriselux A1500 LED Grow Light Dimmable with 4x4ft Coverage and Upgraded Larger Board, Full Spectrum Grow Lamps for Indoor Hydroponic Growing Light with High PPFD (Actual Power 150Watt)
The light is 24 inches from the top of the plants. Ppfd measured by upgraded version of Photone app is at 250ppfd-200ppfd higher to lower area.
I’m growing 4 - 5gal fabric pots inside a 4ftx4ftx8ft tent.
The temperature ranges from 78F - 71F and the humidity is set to 80rh running on auto and reads from 50rh to 80rh.
Have seen a couple mosquitoes here and there but they’re inescapable in my area this time of year (monsoon season)
I am a beginner and still on my first grow!
These plants started off in bad shape because the first 4 weeks they were in unbuffered coco coir. I wasn’t aware of the issues of not buffering would cause at the time. I made a newbie first time grower infirmary post a couple weeks ago trying to figure out what was wrong. I couldn’t really get a great assessment based off the kind of lights I had and the containers they were in (cheap plastic cups with several holes drilled) and the fact that I didn’t buffer the coco.
Based off my literal hundreds of hours of research since starting I’ve concluded they were suffering from K abundance as well as a Cal-Mag deficiency from planting in unbuffered coco coir. Any Cal Mag I was adding was being exchanged to potassium.
Finally had enough of these poor girls suffering and transferred them into fabric pots with washed and double buffered coco. I washed theirs roots bare naked with the nutrient solution at the dose at the time 2ml CalMag 2ml Micro 4ml Gro at 370ppm. Inserted them gently into the saturated coco and left them alone for 2 days.
The horrible rusting stopped spreading on the new growth after transferring to buffered coco, until just today.
Small dark brown spots on the new growth both on top and on lower branches are appearing. I take a photo every day since planting and notice such small differences on the day to day basis.
These spots are small so you’ll have to zoom in!
I’ve also noticed some reddening on the stem and branches.
I’m wondering if I need to just up the Cal-Mag with my nutrient solution or if anyone thinks these spots may be something else?
I appreciate anyone who tries to help out!
