I Cant Figure This Out!! why is it doing this!!

this is my second time posting this ... i posted this last week (47 views and not 1 reply) so i am posting again...


tops of my plant is doing fine... but the bottom foilage is really having trouble...

this is a mother i have grown out and is my strongest from 6 seeds, almost 2 months old (God Bud strain)

-she is on a drip system waters for 5 minutes 3 times a day (2 2gph drippers on the plant)
-ppm is around 1000 and ph 5.9-6.1
-Botanicare vegging nutes and Cal Mag
-mh light on 24/7 with the tents air being refreshed twice a minute
-temp right now is @ 69 with the water the same temp

Well, you haven't gotten a response yet again. I can't speak for everybody, but I can tell you why I haven't yet.

It's not obvious to me. The pics don't show a severe condition from what I can see. Present, but not severe. I could say from two different pics that it might be a toxicity or deficiency. It's just not clear, and I don't like guessing at advice, so I didn't reply. The fact that you're getting views means ppl are trying. It might become more obvious if it worsens, but hopefully somebody here can diagnose it for you before it gets to that.

lol ya i hope someone can help me out... my plant is slowly falling apart and all i can do is watch because i have no idea what is going on.... been almost 2 weeks and not getting any better..

hmm ok so what i see is retared growth and a lil yellowing is that correct? or is like the leaves just shrivel up? and about what % of the bottom is fucked up? the only thing i could thnik of is some strains dont like 24/7 lights to much or maybe she just got to tall for the light and the bottom is paying for it

acidbox420 said:

hmm ok so what i see is retared growth and a lil yellowing is that correct? or is like the leaves just shrivel up? and about what % of the bottom is fucked up? the only thing i could thnik of is some strains dont like 24/7 lights to much or maybe she just got to tall for the light and the bottom is paying for it

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i would say about 5% of the plant is damaged at the bottom, and getting worse(slowly)

i dont really see any retarded growth, a few weeks ago she didnt get water for almost 2 days and wilted over, but it made a very good recovery from that, no real retarded growth .. just shriveling up


funny you say that about the lights being on 24/7 because they are...... only reason was because it got to cold when the lights went off... but i moved my plant upstairs about a week ago and i have not tried dropping it down to 18 hours of light

i think everything looks fine .... some leaves will do that

https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=588

check this forum out
you may have more then one problem but it kinda looks like a phosphorus and possibly potassium you may have a root block causing nutrient deficiency

is there any way that too much Cal-Mag (bottanicare) could be causing it??? i might have gone over board with it last rez change

it never hurts to flush ya plants m8, why not flush em through then wen medium dry again start a new feed regime. also ya ph is gd yeah?

kabona said:

is there any way that too much Cal-Mag (bottanicare) could be causing it??? i might have gone over board with it last rez change

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Like how overboard??? There's some N in cal-mag . . . . Also, too much cal-mag can lock everything else out.

Still, things don't look that bad, especially since it's just a mother.

shnkrmn said:

Like how overboard??? There's some N in cal-mag . . . . Also, too much cal-mag can lock everything else out.

Still, things don't look that bad, especially since it's just a mother.

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welll... whatever it is killing my plant leaf by leaf so i do consider it quite bad.

re-calibrated my ph meter and ph is at 5.9... so i shouldnt be having nute lock out right? ... ppm still at a steady 1000 still

took some more before and after pics when i was trimming today... the first 2 pics you kind of have to look deep into the plant to see what is going on... second pic you can see some of the leaves have just crumbled away but yet the other have of the leaf is fine


have to wait a couple days to try and flush it ... been using a brita to get distilled water.. that gave out... going to get an r/o system

the grw faq speaks out quite strongly against brita filtered water can cause lockouts apparently???? read up on it m8 cud be ya answer

sweetsmoker said:

the grw faq speaks out quite strongly against brita filtered water can cause lockouts apparently???? read up on it m8 cud be ya answer

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just goggled it and looked around for a bit .. cant find anything negative on using a brita


it should be ok to use tap water if i adjust the ph and ppm right?until i get an r/o system

tap water is wat i use m8.. jus let it sit for 12 hrs or so first ... will find the post for ya and put link up

Thatnks a bunch... Filled up another Rez I had laying around with tap water ... Gonna let it sit till the morning to let most of the chlorine evaporate.... I will report the progress back

Looks like low humidity

do you mist her while she is still under the lights? thats the only thing i can think of. good luck man shes beautiful

tomatogrowop said:

Looks like low humidity

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really? don't be ridicules If it was humidity they whole plant would be suffering , if you don't know don t post .

to the man with the plant problem, you see how the leafs start to turn color :from the tip, then the outside edges first. that is a sign of over fertilization or as people here like to call it here nute-burn, or salt build up
The fix:
Flush you plant. Just replace your rez with fresh water for a day or 2
add your nutes, less than last time, just because your book say it needs to be 1000ppm it's not always true. It is really dependent on the plant and species .

keep it real. said:

do you mist her while she is still under the lights? thats the only thing i can think of. good luck man shes beautiful

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if that was the case the upper leafs would be worse becaus ethey are closer to the light, but these are the bottom leafs falling off