Another clawing problem- can someone help

**heathmalc** · 10-18-2012, 02:16 PM

All four of my plants are in a soil mixture consisting of: 1/2 Peat Moss; 1/4 Top Soil; 1/4 Pearlite.

I Use GH Grow/Micro/Bloom.
PH is approximately 6.0 (Use liquid tester).
I water approximately every three days
Nute-water/plain water/nute-water/plain water,etc.
Temperature ranges from 68F-74F
Have large double-fan intake and large exhaust fan.
3 Gallon pots
Not sure what ppm is.

Use 1 400W HPS
Use 1 20W (Equiv 100W) CFL (Support light)
Use 4 23W LED (Support light)

Plants almost look like they are under watered, but that isn't the case... they were watered this morning @7am (regular schedule) - 1 hour before the lights came on at 8am. These pictures were taken at 2:30pm (6 1/2 hours after lights came on and 7.5 hours after watering).

Here are the pictures I took a few minutes ago:

**scroglodyte** · 10-18-2012, 02:18 PM

they look root-bound and over-watered to me. what size pot?

**superstoner1** · 10-18-2012, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by scroglodyte

they look root-bound and over-watered to me. what size pot?

what???????

**superstoner1** · 10-18-2012, 02:22 PM

dude, you said the problem, you have no idea what the ppm is. those plants are showing the most traditional sign of too much nutes as it gets. i dont do soil but i believe you want the ph higher, around 6.5 or so. you are frying them.

**scroglodyte** · 10-18-2012, 02:27 PM

ppm in soil?
3gal pot..........5ft plant. flaccid CURLED leaves. not clawed. i do soil. he's got some N abundance......i'm sure. very dark green.

**kwilli** · 10-18-2012, 02:32 PM

I think it looks over watered as well. Possibly too strong of nutrients also, but watering every 3 days seems a bit much to me. Make sure you let your soil dry out between waterings.

**heathmalc** · 10-18-2012, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by scroglodyte

ppm in soil?
3gal pot..........5ft plant. flaccid CURLED leaves. not clawed. i do soil. he's got some N abundance......i'm sure. very dark green.

So, what do I do to fix the "N" abundance? Raise PH? Cut back nutes? (I use a regular schedule, as given by GH)

(For everyone who thinks it's too much water: I have heard this from a few other people on other sites also, but most say that I should have spots/yellowing - either way, I'll let the soil dry out completely - Unless "Scroglodyte" knows the exact remedy, and it doesn't include drying everything out.

**kwilli** · 10-18-2012, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by heathmalc

So, what do I do to fix the "N" abundance? Raise PH? Cut back nutes? (I use a regular schedule, as given by GH)

(For everyone who thinks it's too much water: I have heard this from a few other people on other sites also, but most say that I should have spots/yellowing - either way, I'll let the soil dry out completely - Unless "Scroglodyte" knows the exact remedy, and it doesn't include drying everything out.

Definitely let your soil dry out between watering. You don't want your roots sitting in water all the time, that leads to root rot and other bacteria, and also starves the roots for oxygen.