Plant Problems! Help!

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Sam McFarmerman

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Hi!
As you can see im having some issues with my plants. I keep the ph at about 6-6.1
temps are always about 70-72
humidity is low, around 30% :(
and Ive been using about 5 tsp of big bloom and 1-1.5 of the grow big because i was thinking it was a nitrogen deficiency, but after doing this for about a week i think it could be too high of nutrients or maybe the humidity is too low. well anyways the lower parts of my lil plants are dying and the worst little runt looks like the top leaves are dying from too many nutes. some are obviously growing faster than others but ALL of my new seedlings look pale and have dying lower leaves. Most of the larger ones do not have any burns higher up on the leaves, just look paleish and the lowest like first spikey leaves after the little round ones are dying/dead. Any help would be awesome!! :)
 

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Sam McFarmerman said:
Hi!
As you can see im having some issues with my plants. I keep the ph at about 6-6.1
temps are always about 70-72
humidity is low, around 30% :(
and Ive been using about 5 tsp of big bloom and 1-1.5 of the grow big because i was thinking it was a nitrogen deficiency, but after doing this for about a week i think it could be too high of nutrients or maybe the humidity is too low. well anyways the lower parts of my lil plants are dying and the worst little runt looks like the top leaves are dying from too many nutes. some are obviously growing faster than others but ALL of my new seedlings look pale and have dying lower leaves. Most of the larger ones do not have any burns higher up on the leaves, just look paleish and the lowest like first spikey leaves after the little round ones are dying/dead. Any help would be awesome!! :)
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You have some healthy looking plants behind the little ones. What did you do different this time compared to those other plants when they were small?
 
Tupapa

Tupapa

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Sam McFarmerman said:
Hi!
As you can see im having some issues with my plants. I keep the ph at about 6-6.1
temps are always about 70-72
humidity is low, around 30% :(
and Ive been using about 5 tsp of big bloom and 1-1.5 of the grow big because i was thinking it was a nitrogen deficiency, but after doing this for about a week i think it could be too high of nutrients or maybe the humidity is too low. well anyways the lower parts of my lil plants are dying and the worst little runt looks like the top leaves are dying from too many nutes. some are obviously growing faster than others but ALL of my new seedlings look pale and have dying lower leaves. Most of the larger ones do not have any burns higher up on the leaves, just look paleish and the lowest like first spikey leaves after the little round ones are dying/dead. Any help would be awesome!! :)
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What kind of soil is that? Also how often u feed? How old are those seedlings? It looks like u dont have aeration in that soil, also., Are u feeding veg and flowering nuts? If so don't feed flowering nuts to seedlings use the KISS approach., Also get that humidity to 60-70% at least., What lights are you using? Only feed seedlings after first 2 weeks of life and every 14 days at 1/4 strength., I will repot those seedlings to fresh potting soil..
 
Tupapa

Tupapa

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Perhaps i think his problem is the amount of nuts given, how often and too early in plants life
 
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Tupapa

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South Sierra Dude said:
He described an over feeding in the op. The soil looks soaked the plants are yellow. The combo of over water and yellow is making me second guess that it could be a ph issue. I now see the op does not address ph. Also with a plant that young I think any feeding is over feeding.
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Can u read? This was in op initial post he DOES check ph. . I keep the ph at about 6-6.1
 
Tupapa

Tupapa

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South Sierra Dude said:
I can and all without lashing out at people. My mistake. Any way to the op. Have you ph tested your runoff water?
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Sorry if it came out that way for u., Im not lashing at u., All i say is that there is a lot of people wanting to play mr.doctor without knowing the background on that grow., like what have been done since day one., Its like going to the doctors office and without me saying anything he hand me a prescription., I will say how the hell., Do u follow me? Nothing personal dude!! Toke on ===~~
 
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Sam McFarmerman

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Wow.. didnt realize i would get so many responces so quick! I think the soil is part of the problem, i bought bad quality soil from abuchons becuase they talked me into it saying it was very similar, which it was not. Im transplanting them into larger pots tonight with the regular fox farm stuff that I like using. I havent tested the runoff ph but I will also do that in a day or two after they are transplanted tonight. I am also planning on starting to feed with a little higher ph level, maybe like 6.2-6.3. lights are 24 hr t5. those pictures were right after i watered, its not overwatering trust me. i didnt give any nutes the first 1-2 weeks of life and started slowly introducing them in week 3ish. thats about how old they are now, 3-4 weeks max. and I am only doing less than the recomended veging nutes that i have pictures of and stated in my original post. I have been feeding all my plants the same way, but this is only my 3rd cycle of new seedlings, growing indoors. I have 4 budding plants looking great and harvested about 3 oz off of one plant about a month ago, which was my first grow indoors ever. The buds were fluffy because I let it get too hot, but sooooo sticky and crystally. I havent been changing anything except the shitty soil, but I will fix as much of that as i can tonight. I am going to have to purchase a humidifier because i have tried just putting cups of water in the closet which has barely had an effect on the humidity, but its also in a closet so its probably almost impossible to get 80% humidity. Im also going to head to walmart this weekend to try find a clear bin i can put the light on and trap the humity in. Would you suggest feeding with jst regular ph water for a few days to see if they heal?? I just dont want to do that if people believe its nutrient deficiency. But it could have also been that the ph is off in the soil, so the plants cant get the nutrients they need, even though im sure there is plenty in the soil.

^ (please read the whole thing before just giving random suggestions :) ) thanks
 
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Sam McFarmerman

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Before this grow, ive never had any problems with nute burn/ph so any suggestions would be awesome! My main ideas for the problem is either the soil is awful (which i can hopefully fix with a transplant into good soil), bad ph levels, or nutrient overload/deficiency
 
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also, those are the three worst plants. and the worst of the worst has been a runt from the beginning which i will probably get rid of regardless, but i just want to fix before it gets worst in the other guys!
 
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Sam McFarmerman

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yeah i know, but i have limited growing space, maybe ill put it out near a window and see what happens, but otherwise id rather clone and bud from the faster growing of the plants
 
Tupapa

Tupapa

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Maybe u ph pen needs to be calibrated, also if u transplant to ffof do water only like for 3 weeks because that soil is hot., Also get some calmag and micros. GL
 
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Sam McFarmerman

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Tupapa said:
Maybe u ph pen needs to be calibrated, also if u transplant to ffof do water only like for 3 weeks because that soil is hot., Also get some calmag and micros. GL
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okay, i believe its the happy frog mix but ill be sure to just use water for a while and see if they green back up. will the cal-mag lower the ph? and what are micros?
 
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