I've recently switched my lights from one 27w (CFL) 6500k light under an aluminum dome per plant to a two 27w (CFLs) 6500k light over each plant with reflectors above them.
The lights are a bit closer than they were before, but no closer than 1" to the plants.
The main issue is with what used to be my best looking plant. It has now started browning on the edges of the upper leaves and the lower leaves are slightly wilted (very slightly).
Before this started, I FIM'd all of the plants. A couple of days after that, my package of worm castings came in, so I made up new 2 gallon pots with a mixture of soil (80%), perlite (5%), worm castings (15%) and lime (3 Tspn). I then poured about 1/2 gallon of water in each pot and let them drain. Once they had drained for a few minutes, I moved the plants from the old pots to the new ones, using some of the soil mix from the old pots.
About a day after that, I started to notice slight browning on my best plant and the other ones looked a droopy, but nothing too bad.
Yesterday, I added a mix of water (4 oz.), Neptune's Harvest 2-3-1 (1/8 Tspn), and some worm castings (1 tspn) to each plant. (~16 oz. total)
I can't tell if it's helping or not. I don't know if the FIM'ing before transplanting is causing it or if it was somehow caused by adding the lime and worm castings to the soil mixture. I read that lime doesn't really have much immediate nutrient affect, but it does buffer the pH quickly. I should probably get a pH tester, since I hear that certain pH levels will block out nutrients.
I also didn't think that wormcastings would burn the plant like that, especially with such a small amount in the mix.
I have seen no significant growth on any of the plants since transplanting. This could be from FIM'ing, which I hear causes the growth to slow for a few days.
Any ideas as to what's causing this would be very appreciated.
Thank you.
(I have included pictures of all of the plants and a couple of the browning plant especially.)
The lights are a bit closer than they were before, but no closer than 1" to the plants.
The main issue is with what used to be my best looking plant. It has now started browning on the edges of the upper leaves and the lower leaves are slightly wilted (very slightly).
Before this started, I FIM'd all of the plants. A couple of days after that, my package of worm castings came in, so I made up new 2 gallon pots with a mixture of soil (80%), perlite (5%), worm castings (15%) and lime (3 Tspn). I then poured about 1/2 gallon of water in each pot and let them drain. Once they had drained for a few minutes, I moved the plants from the old pots to the new ones, using some of the soil mix from the old pots.
About a day after that, I started to notice slight browning on my best plant and the other ones looked a droopy, but nothing too bad.
Yesterday, I added a mix of water (4 oz.), Neptune's Harvest 2-3-1 (1/8 Tspn), and some worm castings (1 tspn) to each plant. (~16 oz. total)
I can't tell if it's helping or not. I don't know if the FIM'ing before transplanting is causing it or if it was somehow caused by adding the lime and worm castings to the soil mixture. I read that lime doesn't really have much immediate nutrient affect, but it does buffer the pH quickly. I should probably get a pH tester, since I hear that certain pH levels will block out nutrients.
I also didn't think that wormcastings would burn the plant like that, especially with such a small amount in the mix.
I have seen no significant growth on any of the plants since transplanting. This could be from FIM'ing, which I hear causes the growth to slow for a few days.
Any ideas as to what's causing this would be very appreciated.
Thank you.
(I have included pictures of all of the plants and a couple of the browning plant especially.)
