my apologise for no pics I took a lot but I cannot find the damn cord to hook to comp. I have searched forums and read advice and I think I am on the right track but if someone could help would be well appreciated.

I have 2 plants that are 17 days old in miracle grow soil, ph 6.2 with plenty of NPK or so my soil testers say. 7 days ago I started to notice yellow creeping from the tips somewhat down the leaves but only between the veins, also a couple of the old leaves twisted and curled a bit. So I added a 2 8 4 mixture with Iron Zinc and Maganese(yesterday). The day before I added the nitreints I put on the 400 metal halide conversion light hps ballast. Temps ranging from 75 -86 at 18 and a drop of about 10 during the 6. Humidity between 30 and 50, its hard to keep it up, I am using an evaporator and it sprinkles a very light ammount of water on the leaves while it is on half the 18. off on sorta thing, whenever i refill water... One of my plants became droopy in the stem so I added water and it seemed to help(11 days into growth.) The same day I added nutes I noticed that the tips of a couple top leaves look slightly burnt and curled upward so I moved light from 1 foot to 2 feet away. and bought 2 more fans now i have 3. (this is in a closet with door slightly open. Also that same day I noticed little light collored bugs crawling around the soil. Now today the burning looks slightly worse and I havent moved the light but I moved the ballast out and I think its dropped about 5 degrees since.

SUMMARY OF SYMPTOMS
every leaf exept the bottom 2 have that yellowish look to it, the middle leaves are coloured yellow along the tips on the outside of the leaves and the yellow sortof fades in to the centre of the leafs but no yellow on veins. The knew leaves are lime green.( I thought iron zinc and maganese but its been a day and they havent really changed any.)

top couple of leaves (I noticed about 6 leaves that have that crisp look right at the very tip. One tip is even curling straight verticly up at the very tip, like 5mm.)at the very tips have a burnt look that can crack easily and is really dry. also the top leaves are convex toward the light. I assume heat stress, or do you think my LIGHT is STILL TO CLOSE?????

One of my plants is still droopy so I put somethin in to hold it more verticle. I think it has grown on an angle for to long and doesnt want to change it.

The bugs what can I do about the bugs, cigarette but water poored into soil??

And thanks for any advise esspecially quick advise about the light mabey its still to close temp is stayin around 84

It might help if you didn't try to stick a tube down the little guys throat and force nutes down there. Its not big enough to need any. If these aren't clones you are trying root, stop with the water. And no nutes. You probably need to flush out whatever you have added. Without pictures its impossible to help you. You have a lot of reading to do. VV

looked today there is a couple more burnt spots and a couple leaves were bent downwards, it was 85 ferenheight in there. I should mention my pot is 1 foot square. And I have been adding minimal water.

here a crappyh pic from diff camera

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I had/have a similar problem, and after recieving some advice, i think it came down to using 'miricle grow potting soil'.
waaaay to many nutes :/ mije are about 12 days after popping up. i now have three almost dead PPP fems, and 2 getting the same symptoms as you.
good luck with your grow mate, and hope your babys dont end up like mine! =]

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woops, haha i just checked the date of the last posts.

Dam, they need to refresh these posts sometime

lol thats a post from 2007...you know it died then got smoked for the light bowl he had...lmfao...poor lil guy...