Flurry of problems

me and my friend have taken up growing as out new pastime. however both of us have run into numerous problems that we cannot identify. if i cant figure it out it wouldnt be the end of the world i would just like to know whats goin on for future reference. to me troubleshooting plant problems is the hardest thing to do. but anyway on to the plants.about half are in re used ffof n the other half are in the soil that my friend bought (not sure of the brand at the moment.). i use gh flora grow n flora bloom as that is all i have atm. he has only cfl lights while mine r under a 250w hps. as far as i know this is the only identified strain(church kush). at first i thought the leaves were just yellowing bcuz of lower nitrogen but they look a lil different then i remember. the next one is my friends plant which i also thought was a N deficiency but its just getting worse. his other friend said possible a copper deficiency but idk what that looks like.n this one is my friends plant thats been curled forever n even topped itself lol.lastly is my little bush that used to be the best looking out of all of them that is now looking like the worst. i grew this one from seed n it was great up until about a week ago. i was thinking maybe a lockout or something cuz theres a lot of symptoms. anything that could help me in any way is appreciated cuz im not just here for a quick fix i wanna learn what u guys know. i wanna be able to diagnose my own plant problems as well as other ppls.

how often you watering? when was the last time you flushed the soil?

TO MAKE THIS EASY WERE GUNNA CALL THEM STRAINS 1-4. srry for the caps not repeating lol. 1 has not been flushed n has a small spider mite problem for a while. 2 i told my friend to flush but he probably didnt soak that baby enuf.. 3 has never been flushed n 4 i flushed myself a few days ago probably could soak it some more.

oh also i dont water until theyre fairly light n bone dry on top

wow i just gave you a really long diagnosis and it got erased that blows....but...here we go again.like i said in the first novel..lol .i do mainly indoors hydroponic grows but any help is good help and the problems youre having is associated with both types of grows .ill start at the top picture and work my way down...okay here goes,...mainly most of the problems im seeing are associated with nutrients some over feeding causing nutrient burns of under feeding causing those light colored leaves youre seeing. in the first picture thats coming from a lack of nutrients in either youre soil or youre water id goe with the latter ,...star with checking your water ph, and parts per million (ppm) those leaves should be a bit darker....in the seckond set of pictures there some major nitrate or phosper burning going on you wanna check the type of soil youre using...also those plant look really thirsty (notice the leaves drooping like there sad) they are!!! sad beacause there thirsty and no one will feed them...the need better watering its better to water thourougly once maybe twice a week then a lot of times through out the week this will cause them to become root bound ..not good!!.....okay the third set of pictures to the right the tallest plant look all right it just needs to be watered a lot more the plant farthest too the right with the nute diffenciey going on should be the same color as the tall one id use the same soil thats in the tall plants pot...find out what it is...lastly in the last set of pictures youve got some major phorphusus diffenciey going on the girlz are taking a beating!!!...change you soil to the same stuff you have in the large pot get new water buy a ph tester(three bucks at any garden store) get those levels at about 6.0 to 6.5 never over seven...and give some good lighting plenty of water and some luvin...and the should be on their way to stardom...wheew!!!.....hope it helps....

ow yeah a good watering tip is to stick youre finger in the soil if the first three inhes are dry then it time to water if not the youre good .....a lot of my organic friends do this and theri plants look like champs!!!

well i dont have a ppm meter atm n i always wondered if my tap water was real hard but i have no real way of finding out. also strains 2 and 3 or the ones in the middles are watered with bottled water i believe n the other two are watered with tap. also i was wondering what to do about the nitrate burn on 2. do i just flush? number 3 i believe should be repotted cuz theres tons of roots at the bottom that might b why it looks underwatered. n as for 4 i thought it was a P or a K def just wasnt sure which.

if you dont have a reverse osmosis filter id go ghetto and buy some type of warter filter and check the ph afterwards also you gotta get a ppm meter or youll pay for it in the long run....and iin number four if i had to guess from looking id definately say a phosperus def,...are those all the same strains??

ya i know ppm meter is on my list once i get some cash flow. well i gave it a lil blast of koolbloom its says 2 tsp per gallon equals 350ppm so i put 3 tsp. no only one strain is known and thats number one. its called church kush. i believe the rest r bagseed. i actually have 1 more plant that needs a diagnosis but i dont feel like pulling out my cam right now.

You !NEED! to let your plants dry out before you kill them by way of root rot and you had plenty of nutes before you added the kool bloom and not to be an ass just someone with a history of burning with nutes and now all I have is green healthy plants. If you don't want your plants to fall over flush with 3 gallons over the course of an entire day not all at once and let the plant dry out for two days minimum. Just trying to help man cause early burning leads to a half ounce per plant and no one wants to work 3 months for a half an ounce.