Toke2Choke's first ever DWC grow & Journal

Is the 1/4 Table Spoon per gallon FULL STRENGTH? If so, then you want to provide only 1/4 of that dose per gallon to make up a 1/4 strength solution. After nute burn you want to run straight PH Water for about a week until they recover, then start the 1/4 strength feeding and move up slowly from there.

Good luck with your grow.

Im using general hydroponics flora series and it says to use 1/4 tablespoonper gallon for pre veg which is what I gave. Should I have done 1/16 tablespoon instead? Im new to hydroponics and this is my trial and error run lol. I gave them both almost a week to recover and the yellow was pretty much gone. I gave them VERY light nutes yesterday. 1ml of each nute for the entire 3-4 gallons thats in there. I figured since this is way under the recommended dose it wouldnt do any harm.

Yea I am using the GH FloraMicro and FloraBloom with the Lucas Mix. Since mine are only under CFL's right now, Full Strength is 5ml of Micro and 10ml of Bloom, so I take those numbers and Figure out what a 1/4 of each one is,, and that is what I mix. Right now its a very little amount

So I woke up this morning and noticed the brainstorm was getting these weird spots. I thought I noticed them last night but they were really small and I wasnt sure if my eyes were playing tricks. Well this morning the small spots were a tad bigger and I noticed some tanning on the edge of 1 leaf. Anyone know whats the cause of this? I have been researching online and not finding an answer. Im reading it could be anything from lack of calcium, plant needs more nutes altogether, overwatering, or heat damage. Anyone know?

EDIT: Dont worry about they big yellow spot on the round leaf. Thats from nuteburn which has since been fixed.


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First thing to check is your PH. We will need to know what that is before you do anything else. Most problems tend to be caused by PH being out of whack and locking out your nutes. Once we know the PH is dialed in, then we work on your feed schedule in order to make sure that they are getting what they need.

Start there and get back to us.

I just checked it and it was 6.3. I guess im going to have to check it every morning when I wake up from now on. It was at 5.8 when I checked it last night before bed. The spots were slightly there and barely noticeable on 1 leaf and that was it, but when I woke up this morning 1 leaf has a slight tan edge while the other leaf has noticable spots. The PPM is between 240-260 after I brought the PH down to 5.8

Yea, that is why I am ditching the DWC, cause you have to monitor constantly. I check it in the morning and the afternoon, just to make sure nothing is going south on me. If you are drifting up, then PH the water down to 5.5 and let it drift up over the next day or so. This way you cover the spectrum of nute uptake. You will need to do this for the next few days in order to see if it has solved your problem. Hopefully the spots will stop getting worse, and the new growth will be healthy, but that's about all you can do for now.

You will also need to stay very aware of your water temp and dont let it get above 72 degrees for the happiest roots.

I have recently switched to Hempy Buckets. That's what the girls I posted earlier are sitting in, and so far, really seem to be happy. I am only watering them every other day, and being in Solo Cups right now, they don't even take that much feeding. I only have to check PH and PPM on watering days, and dont have to monitor water temps.

Well looks like my updates may slow down some. My wife wasn't paying attention and spilled sauce all over my computer. I can post from my phone but don't know if ill be able to add pictures.