First Hydro Grow
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FeFiFoFUM
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That looks like a calcium deficiency to me, IM no expert so someone else with more experience chime in please.
Weedler
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Weedler
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Well he was also rocking 1400 PPM! So he could have sever nutrient lockout no telling. I'd flush them for 24 hours and then start them on a low dose I would never go past 650 in veg and 950-1000 in flower. I think your just asking for trouble especially in a DWC. Maybe you can get away with it in a run to waste? But I'm no expert either.
mikmike
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well i think it is a block up i think Sensi Grow part A and B has calcium in it but i can check, and it might be the lock up, i just flushed the water and no running 900PPM. so i will see if that fixes it, those are the only 2 leaves with it, on the entire plant. so yea we will see. the other plant that was also rocking at 1400PPM no signs of anything but i also knocked it down to 900PPM if no sign of improvement i will flush for 1 day and then give it about 800 PPM and see how it does. i mean the root growth for that plant is not that big either it is quite small actually.
FeFiFoFUM
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makes sense, I of course didnt read all of the post before I made mine so I didnt know he was rocking 1400ppm, thats a little much
My heaviest feeder during veg never went above 650 either, and now that Im in flower Im only rocking 700, Ill maybe hit 900 or 1000 but I wouldnt go much higher than that unless they were showing signs of being underfed.
FeFiFoFUM
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How did you check to know it has calcium? read the bottle or do you have some sort of calcium test kit or whatnot ?
This is all academic anyway as youre running 1400 in veg is more than likely the culprit, however, what kind of water do you use? tap or R/O youve probably already said, but I didnt start at page one. only reason I asked is I had a cal def in my system, like you not all of them were affected, and on the ones that were, it was only a couple of leaves, started with the olders bigger leaves first.
My nutes have calcium in them as well, Im rocking the gh 3part Once I added Calmag to the res it cleared it right up.
anyway, best of luck man !
mikmike
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it says on the label 2.5% so yea i am going to lower it slowly. To about 650 and i am using R/O water. since i heard it is the best to use. and well i will watch it but if i see it not getting any better i will try that CalMag stuff or something similar. Thankfully i have my PH right on dot 5.6-5.8. Thanx for advice man yea, i am making those 2 plants my mothers . Its going to take some time. Since ia m using CFLS but i think they are looking fairly good for being 1 month and 1 week old.
Weedler
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There's your issues: High PPM (which you've solved) and R/O which I read a lot of people needing to add Cal/Mag to their solution I do not know the dosage but I'd suggest picking some of that up.
I just checked on my ladies. My WW is 920 PPM and the AK48 is 850-875. The AK48 is drinking 3X the amount of water that the WW is. Granted she is slightly larger but I am also thinking because the PPM was too high for them even at 950. I will try and maintain PPM's at 900 and below from now on for optimal growth & nutrient uptake.
I just checked on my ladies. My WW is 920 PPM and the AK48 is 850-875. The AK48 is drinking 3X the amount of water that the WW is. Granted she is slightly larger but I am also thinking because the PPM was too high for them even at 950. I will try and maintain PPM's at 900 and below from now on for optimal growth & nutrient uptake.
Juicy Fruit
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Folgers coffee haha, now that is some "coffee" I could wake up to lmao...
BeaverHuntr
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If your plants are drinking that much water in veg growth than you might have a PH problem your PH might be too high or too low and you are locking out nutrients and they are drinking all water and no nutes..
mikmike
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well the PH is 5.6-5.8 and well one of my plants as odd as this sounds it fell into the water and well snapped the branch so, i cut it and put cloning gel on ti and stuck it in, and well it looks like it will survive lol but the plant back right drinks alot but it is a tiny container so might seem like i am going threw alot. i go threw i think about a gallon of water in 3 days
mikmike
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Well I have upgraded and going to be doing alot more upgrades, somehow my plants are flowering even though they are on a 24/7 light schedule. so well forced to start making clones. So same time i was like man i need to upgrade my lights, so i went out and bought a BadBoy 4ft 4 lamp with blue bulbs and red bulbs (4 of each). So this is the first time i cloned and well got the cloning gel so dunked them in that after cutting 45 degree and shaving the edges a bit, then stuck them in with the tips just touching the water. Hope that works. and loving the T%s over what i had, So much more light LOVING IT. So are the plants 
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PurpleRhinoceros
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Legit. Get some clamp lamps and place some CFLs on the sides! Or not wicked set up +rep
mikmike
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Thanx man just got it the lamp and all today, i am going to be doing alot more to come, lol building the rest of my set up and then in 2 weeks when clones should be ready, you will see i am going to take up the entire desk, and will have LEDs all on the side of it
