Leaf Spots???

vivalaboss

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Aight ive got a PC grow that i just started for fun a while back...my plant is now in the third week of budding right now and looking pretty good other than the fact that ive started getting little brownish or reddish spots popping up on some of the older fan leaves, the tips are curling down slightly and the tips are burnt lookin....i thought it may have been either a calcium or a magnesium deficiency....i doubt its calcium cause the new growth looks fine, so im not sure....once i flipped it into budding i fertilized it with my Alaska Morbloom 0-10-10 and used Alaska 5-1-1 during veg....plus ive been using Grandmas unsulphured molasses....heres some pics hopefully someone can help me out...i think its a magnesium or phosphorous deficiency, but i want to get a second opinion so thanx.....
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Medi 1

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thats rust disease..treat with safers deffender

also what is that medium, only a deff plant will get a disease so there is something else also going on to make it not happy to get sick. same goes for getting bugs in most caes..a healthy plant willtake care of itself
 

Medi 1

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neem is for bugs not a disease, calcium will also fix this. calcium builds cells and when we get sick plants its the cells that are breaking down,
 

vivalaboss

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im pretty sure it says on the neem oil that it takes care of rust, powdery mildew, etc.... but if i added some calcium that would help as well?? should i crush up some egg shells and let them soak in a gallon of water over night to get a boost of calcium?
 

Medi 1

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wont do anything in that short a time. anything like that will take weeks to break down.

what is the meidum there.
 

vivalaboss

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im using jungle growth potting mix....its the first time ive ever used this soil, and its the first time ive ever had spots like this...what would you recommend i use to get rid of the rust....i have some Ortho Multi-Purpose Fungicide DACONIL 2787....i know its not very organic, but i definately dont want this rust screwing my babys up, so is that Ortho safe to use or what should i do??
 

Medi 1

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ok sure you can use a fungicide as thats what this is. whats the pH yoiu been using to feed n water with
 

vivalaboss

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to be honest im not to sure....i have a filter on my fridges water on the door, so i fill two liter bottles up with the filtered water....i need to get a PH tester tomorrow cause mine broke last grow....whats the best way to use this fungicide...should i mix it and spray it on the leaves.....
 

Medi 1

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use it as the bottle says to. foliar of course and light soff. wait a hour after light off to allow them to cool a bit
and the reason its sick is no pH then.
 

vivalaboss

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thanx alot Medi....uve been a huge help...the lights actually just went off about 30 minutes ago, so i may go on in there and spray the leaves and try and get this shit under control...so should i not be using that filtered water or whats the deal with the ph??
 

Medi 1

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well use it but it needs to be pH`d to get the optimum uptake of foods and this is hwy it got sick. i bet the medium is out of whack now for the ph as well. not much you can do with no pen to adjust it
the only thing that water is doing using like that is maybe...maybe removing the chlorine if they use it in your werea for the water, most use chloramines and needs a better system to get rid of that.
 

vivalaboss

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aight so i just need to treat it with this fungicide and get a PH tester and get this ph under control....thanx alot Medi....im gonna be goin to Lowes in the morning and from now on every thing is getting tested before it gets added to the plants.....i lose a ph tester for one grow and look what happens!!! lol....thanx again though Medi u really helped me out and kind of opened my eyes to some things i need to focus on more than i have been.....
 

Medi 1

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pH is the next most important item othger than a good dialed in room. when you get the pen first thing to do is check the run off for pH. i bet its low
 

vivalaboss

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goin to get a PH tester today....can u suggest a good one i should get...i'll probobly be goin to lowes or home depot....
 

Medi 1

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um you wont find anything good there. need to get one from a hydro shop or online. all those stores have is the crappy liquid ones. if thats all you have axcess to then its better than nothing, bit arent accurate at all and with coloured food is even further out.
 

vivalaboss

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aight its been a while since ive been able to get on..., but heres whats been goin on...havent been able to get a good PH tester yet, so i went ahead and crushed some eggshells up real good and added those to the soil...(i have a feeling its a slight calcium problem)...i also crushed more egg shells up and added those to gallons of water...i flushed the soil really well with water i had tested with a little ph tester my brother had from school...after about 4 days i watered the plants with the egg shell water , and so far they seem to be responding pretty well...the hairs have stopped wilting and are growing thicker and looking helthier...no more new spots on any new leaves, so thats a good sign, so hopefully things are turning around and it will put out some nice nuggies for me...ive been keepin a journal in excel so im gonna post that on here tomorrow with some pics and all to get this thing updated...too late tonight though im goin to burn one and pass out!!!:bigjoint:
 

Medi 1

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get the pen as soon as you can. the eggs shels do nothing. any organic items takes weeks to break down. was more likely the frsh water at the closer ph that helped it...but good it helped.
 
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