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I don't see why light would turn perlite any color Perlite is inert, so nothing grows on it, but when you put it on soil + get it wet, this creates a good home for many microorganisms. It's probably a fungus or bacteria of some sort.. nothing to worry about either way.

I'm into botany/plants in general, and was growing a number of other plants before I came across a few seeds in a bag of weed I got. Planted them, they sprouted, and I made an account here. I'm not taking them as seriously as I should. No pH meter, etc.. I'm treating them like I'd treat most...

By 'too green' do you mean that bright green on top of the plants? I was thinking it might be nute burn but the thing is that I haven't fed them any nutes since transplanting, and my other plants (not pot) repotted just fine (I also didn't give them nutes) so I don't think the soil has excess...

The yellowing of bottom leaves sounds like your plants are root bound. The leaves will fall off and this would move up the plant until it's all dead. But that should stop shortly after repotting. I recently had the same problem. The yellowing stopped after I repotted but growth seems...

Platypusmann: Is your reflector insulated? It'll get pretty hot right under the bulb, but otherwise it's not much of a problem if you have a fan circulating air or blowing near the light (maybe between the light and the plants). Might only be a concern if the grow area is too small, otherwise...

These have been in veg for over a month. Recently repotted from Dixie cups, growth seems to be very slow, maybe stunted and some of the edges look like they're burning. I was giving them nutes in the dixie cup and they were doing fine, but have not given them any nutes since repotting a week...

My two plants were doing good before being repotted, but they were in dixie cups and soon growth stunted. I figured this was due to being root bound and transplanted them into 2 gal pots. Growth resumed after about two days but now it's very slow (been 5 days since repotting). Some of the...

Destroy them immediately, or replace with tomatoes or something else - this is better because if the feds come knocking, they won't question why you have all the gardening equipment. I highly suggest doing it pronto. Take it as a lesson that your grow room should of been locked, or that your...

My plants were rootbound for about two weeks (yeah, yikes!) I transplanted it to fresh soil two days ago and watered them good. The plant is no longer wilting and the leaves aren't pointing up anymore.. but there's no new growth and some leaves are yellowing/dying at the tip. Although I think...

Go for it. It's not soil, it's compost (edit, I thought it was Miracle Grow Moisture Control soil at first). Only prob with that is it probably has too many nutes. Compost is basically broken down horse and chicken manure (among other things) and is rich in nutrients. It's excellent stuff for...

OK, I'm pretty sure they were rootbound.. Absolutely no growth AT ALL for at least two weeks, lower leaves yellowing and dying off, and plant constantly looks like it needs water. I just transplanted them to 1.5 gallon pots. The roots did extend down to the end of the cups. I didn't see them...

So the problem is that they're root bound? They seem too small to be root bound at this point I think, but I'll do as you suggested.

Here are some pics. Last pic is of the leaves that fell off the bottom of the first plant. After taking the pics, I watered (a little) with some Epsom Salt.

Well. You might be right. I let it cool and then plugged it back in, worked fine.. But I notice a burning smell coming from the reflector/bulb (not ballast). It smells vaguely like burning rubber. There's no smoke and nothing visibly wrong in or around the reflector or bulb. I've always had the...

I'll upload pics soon. They aren't flowering yet.. a few weeks in veg still.