Can anyone diagnose these problems? (New to indoor growing)

What is your experience level? novice-experienced

Your Equipment:
.1) Type and wattage of lights.
fluorescents (around 300w t12 and t8; 4 2bulb fixtures 48")

2) Distance from tops?
around 1.5"-5" depending on size of plant

.3) Reflector type?
48" 2 bulb-white
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4) Is there a consistent fresh air supply?
-not always. In 9x9'x8'h basement. -Door opened to outside 1 per day
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5) Do you have an exhaust fan and a circulation fan?
I have circulation fan underneath the scrog screen, plants are sitting on top of scrog screen

.6) What are the bulb wattages, kelvin ratings, and schedule?
1 daylight (6000 k), 1 Plant/Aquarium (4000k ?), 4@ 3000k

Your medium:
.7) Specific brand and type of soil
Kellog-natural garden soil; added 1/3 perlite, 1/4 peat moss
.8) Size of container
Bubba-10"dx11"h Others:5"dx6"h
.9) Did you use peat pucks (or similar) to root clones or germinate seedlings?
Bubba-rockwool, others-pearlite/peat moss mix

Your nutrients and water:
10) Source of water?
tap-ph=6.8-7 before adj
11) Method of checking water ph
test strips

12) Method of adjusting water ph.
with nutrients

13) Specific brand and N-P-K ratio for each bottle. List dosages (quantity per gallon) and current feeding schedule.
Fox Farm Grow Big (6-4-4) 1-1.5 tsp/gal, Fish emulsion(mainly nitrogen) 4 drops per gallon, Sperthrive 3 drops/gal, Grandma's molasses 1 tsp/gal. Every 3-4 waterings: B-1 1 tbsp/gal, 1/8 tsp/gal Epsom Salts

14) How often are you watering between feedings, and how much per watering?
1 time between feedings, about 1/3 plant's container capacity.

15) Any additives or tea's?
Molasses and Superthrive (amounts stated above)

16) Are your ph levels stable, or do they fluctuate?
Seem to remain stable.

17) What is your ingoing water's ph? ...your runoff ph?
Ingoing is around 6.-7-6.8 with nutrients, 6.9-7 without nutrients. Never checked runoff

18) Do you foliar feed? If so, with what, how often, and at what time do you spray?
No
However I have had to make an alcohol/peroxide/garlic/dish soap (about 1-3% total solution) to spray for mites. Mite problem seems to have abated, but this could be causing some probs? I used this solution before, and it did not damage the plants. I am growing same strains, except for the platinum bubba.

Your growroom:
19) Indoors or outdoors?
indoor
20) What size of closet, room or hut?
Scrog grow, 8'x9'x8'h room, Scrog setup 4'x2' rectangle
21) What are the temps and humidity levels while lights are on? ...With lights off?
lights on temp=68 hum=+or- 70%
22) Have you seen signs of insects in the growroom?
yes
spider mites (what solution was for), some types of flies (not white flies. looked more like nats or fruit flies).

Your strain:
23) What strain are you growing? (Indica dominate or Sativa dom?)
Indica Dom Platinum Bubba (larger containers), Indica Dom GDP (smaller containers), Sativa Dom Blue Dream (smaller container)

24) From seeds or clones?
Bubba=clones that i have not seen a proven final product form, gdp and blue dream that I cultivated last year and were both healthy/hearty producers.

25) Is this an autoflower strain? no

Bubba Fan Leaf


Green Crack Three fingered lower leaf
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb370/goat67400/IMG-20110414-00127.jpg

GDP burnt leaf tips
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb370/goat67400/IMG-20110414-00132.jpg

The three fingered leaf thing is kinda weird too. Not sure what that means, but they generally will start growing five fingered leaves after the plant matures a bit.
 

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Stomata

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I'd let them dry out and watch how your previous flush effected them. If you still see problems, I'd run about twice what you'd normally water with through the plants (RO water) and then hit them with a 1/4 to 1/2 dose of a good organic veg fert. Also a good douse with some organic foliar feed wouldn't hurt either. FWIW I use Blue Mountian Organic nutes and they're great.

Never heard of Kellog soil but if I had to guess, that's probably where most of your problems are coming from. In the future I'd get some dirt that's more aimed at dope growing like FFOF.
 
Thanks for all the info, Guys. I am hoping that the good flush will help a lot. And, yes, the soil I started these in was kinda crappy. Last grow I used some premium soil that I amended with some perlite and vermiculite and that worked awesome. I am about to transplant these little ladies (once the problems clear up, that is) and I will be using some good soil. It is definitely not worth saving a couple bucks to have a harvest potentially ruined. Thanks again
 

cruzer101

Well-Known Member
Looks to me like you have a high concentration of nitrogen and the salt build up has locked out the other nutrients. You are on the right track with the flushing then new soil.
 
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