I have a plant pic below. Plant was wateded 5 days ago and soil is moist I really dont think it is over watering but it could be, I will wait untill soil is bone dry on the top inch. But because the leaves are dry I am thinking it could be underwatering in 1 gal pots I would think I am watering correctly every 7 days or so, or when soil is dry. I am using MG and I added some nutes to maybe fix the problem a few days ago and its almost worst then it was before, I used just a little nutes. The leaves are dark green and I know that could be a nute diffency. Let me know what you guys think.

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update, My ph is ay 7.4 because MG has a PH of 5 so I think the PH should be ok.

i had the same problem a few days ago. im using a dual flor-o and on the ends its a lot warmer than the middle and the ones on the end did the same thing and urs i think u may had ur light a little to close. rule a thumb i have read was "if the top of ur hand gets wamr and hot ur to close hold it there a for a min or see how hot it is if its warm ur proly to close ur hand really shouldn't feel much heat" hopefully this helps. i move my light a lil higher and so far no more dry dead leaves..

~Strey~

p.s. what kinda light is that ur using in the picture? it looks like a incandecent growing flood light? if so those can get pretty warm...

I am using CFLs I am trying what you said, but the CFLs are so cool, that i dont think that is it. I just hope it works out. I havent watered it in over 5 days but that is because the top inch is not near bone dry yet, and I think if I water i will end up over watering, I think I just need to hope I over watered and it will be ok.

I wait until the top 2 or three inches of the soil are dry before watering, but that usually only takes three or four days. Maybe your soil doesn't have good drainage. you do have holes at the bottom of your pot right? try watering with well-airated water if your not doing that now. a lot of people like to add peroxide to there water to increase the oxygen in it. i've done that a few times and havn't had any problems, but i would suggest reading up on it before trying it yourself. If your only using cfl's and your aren't burning your plants then i doubt that it is a heat problem (unless your growroom is just really hot). and if you can feel any moisture in the soil at all then i really doubt its underwatering.

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well the MG soil holds water really well. My holes are the standard holes that came in the bottom of the pot and I am using perlite in the bottom of the pot for air. Now the top soil is not dry but its not wet its in the middle moist. I am just going to hold on until it gets dry because I was not doing that before and now the plant looks like it does. If its under watered I hope it will not die. But I should just wait until it gets dry and its been about 5 - 6 days and its just not bone dry.

I have redish stems too, Im lost with this. I have some books, but i am still lost.

the droopyness is not a big deal. It can easily rebound from that. its probable from heat( to close to light or lack of ventiation. I left the fan off one night, next morning...all droopy. Plants breath so they need fresh air of the right temp. And the red stems I've looked into as mine were red & now they are purple! Its no big deal either. lots of people report red stems but have no problems because of it. It's either natural for the strain you have or somekind of nutrient related thing, but again its common and nbd.

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I have the fan on a timer with the lights that could be the problem now its in a closet and I have a door that has slits in it for the air, but when I am ready for 12/12 i want to seal the door so no light can get in, but will that cause a ventilation issue? If I have fans on in a light prof room will that cause vent issues? I dont think it will, and I know I am suppsed to keep all light from getting in and out. I will have it off at night so nobody will be using lights outside the closet anyway