I have started a indoor grow of grape sunk in a 3x5 space. I have 8 plants in 1- gal pots growing in sunshine mix 4 and a 400w hps light. They have just started thier 12/12 flowering phase (about a week in) I have also started them on a regiment of Fox Farm Big Bloom. The only problem is I am getting some purplish/reddish color in some leaves and some tiny yellow spotting on some of the leaves too. What should I do? Any suggestions on how to better my room for cheap would be much appreciated I am just starting.

A good cheap way to add light is with CFL's. Just plug one of these bad boys into a lamp and set it in your room, close to the girls. SeeMoreBuds has a book called "Buds for Less" that talks about growing with these. You could search for CFL's in this forum and get tons of info too.

As for the coloration in the leaves, the purple/red in the leaves doesn't sound like a bad think if you are growing "Grape Skunk," as I would imaging this is one of the Purple strains. The yellow could be either not enough light or nutrients, or it could be the
natural life cycle of the plant. If it is the lower fan leaves (the big ones that come out the side) then it is probably the life cycle. This will slowly happen as the plant progresses through the flowering stage.

Mr. Fox Farm,

picture please..

are you pHing your water?

pH Water - See More Buds

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Do you have a fan on them? Be careful, tiny yellow dots can be indicative of spider mites.

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Check the underside of your leaves with a strong microscope, look for spider mites, yellow spots on leaves can be an infestation

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Yes I have a fan on them and a 6 inch exhaust fan with a charcoal filter, as well as a intake. I never thought about CFL's any suggestion as to how many to use or what wattage or color? I am about to check them soon so I'll let you know about the mite thing. thanks a lot.

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OH and yes I am Ph ing my water and it says it is at about 7.

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checked my leaves tonight. Still have the coloring purplish/reddish on the stem. and the yellow was still there, but they don't look that bad. No spidermites, I checked the underside of the leaves. I watered with just plain ol water tonight too. Any other suggestions for my room?

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why the hell you wanna use cfls when you have the best light for flowering man?

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