Please help now!!! URGENT!!!

Everything was great until yesterday morning when I noticed these little specks on the 3 fingered leaves that looked like glitter then through out the night and starting today all leaves are showing these spots new and old and there are like shiny silver specks and patches on the leaves. It was just 2 plants when it started now its on all of them and there is brown rust spots coming along now I don't understand whats going on and I need some major help. Here is every last detail of what I am doing...
Individual DWC 5 gal buckets, 70L/min active air pumps, black air lines, hydroton medium, botanicare pbp grow, calmag, aquashield, liquid karma, r/o water.... Strain is serious seeds white russian. rh has been between 39.5 and 60%, bottled co2 injection, temps have been between 82 and 69.5 (day and night) and I have 4 fans blowing everything around so airflow is great. Light is 1000w mh with hortilux blue bulb approx 2 1/2 to 3 feet above plants. Plants are also 20 and 21 days old from sticking their heads above the a-ok starter plugs.

I have fed these 2 times already which were both spot on first feeding was 1/4 strength everything besides pbpg and 150 ppm of pbp grow @.7. Second feeding was 3 1/2 gal of water with 35ml aquashield, 17ml calmag, 20ml pbp grow (300 ppm @.7), and 35ml liquid karma all buckets ph'd to 5.5-5.6. Buckets have been getting changed every 7 days. Like I said up until now I have had no nute burn, extremely vigorous growth, nice white roots with lots of feeder hairs and its just been a smooth ride but these last 2 days got me going crazy with these silver patches and spots. They are showing up everywhere and I just cant figure it out. It cant be an environment problem because the sentinel chhc4 has been taking care of that, hoods are air cooled by a vortex 8", there is also an 8000 btu a/c that enables me to keep my hand around 1" from the glass before it starts to get uncomfortable and thats on a 1000w hortilux blue! I am in the middle of changing buckets right now as I type this and this round I used 3 gal of water (2" below netpots) and am using full strength week 2 veg on lk, as, calmag and 1/2 strength on pbp grow, I also added in 15ml of store bought 3% h2o2 per bucket on this round and have made a cleaner bucket that is filled with like 4 gal of tap water and 30ml h2o2 that I am cleaning off the gunk on the airstones and lines with before they go in the new buckets. Growth is still going on strong but these spots got me trippin out. I am going to post some pics in one second. Please help if you can. Also there is like a purple/brown going up the middle of the fan leaf stems and the rest is all green and solid I can't figure it out. Ill either be back shortly with a video, pics or both.
 

Babs34

Well-Known Member
I'm thinking you may have a problem with thrips...sorry, all I can offer right now.
 

Dameon

Well-Known Member
Using your pH solution the wrong way can lead to nutrient lockout. I just read a post by glixxerboy that details cal mag lockout when using pH up the wrong way can lead to lockout of mag or calcium depending on your application. Read the post a page or two down the line. Hope I could help. Good luck broseph.
 

BeginnersLuck

Active Member
Pics would help...

How old are they?
What strains?
What Nutes?
What kinda water?
PH range?
Ph Tester?
PPM range?
PPM Tester?

Less is more and perhaps they are overfed?
 
How old are they? 20-21 days old from sprouting
What strains? White Russian from Serious Seeds
What Nutes? Botanicare Pure Blend Pro... The whole system including all the optionals
What kinda water? RO
PH range? 5.4 to 5.8
Ph Tester? Digital ph/tds pen
PPM range? 800-900 all together... 400 of pure blend pro grow as of today prior to this 300
PPM Tester? answered above...

Pics are on the way as soon as the iphone gets done charging
 
ok I havent taken a pic of the damage yet but here is a few of their journey so far in no particular order so you can see why I am freaking out right now I had to adjust the exposure on them so you could see details because that 1000w mh makes them look like a green blob on camera lol here you go though 13.jpg24.jpg10.jpg28.jpg31.jpg8.jpg33.jpg36.jpg16.jpg17.jpg27.jpg32.jpg18.jpg22.jpg9.jpg26.jpg12.jpg7.jpg35.jpg11.jpg21.jpg30.jpg6.jpg23.jpg34.jpg20.jpg15.jpg5.jpg29.jpg1.jpg2.jpg4.jpg19.jpg14.jpg3.jpg25.jpg
 
quick update... if it was thrips those fuckers are probably dead now... I sprayed the shit out of all my babies and the hydroton and the whole floor and all the corners with the insecticide soap... I am hoping it is just a def because I am on my last bucket now... how long does it usually take for a def to clear up? Pics of the damage coming shortly
 

fourrings

Well-Known Member
You need to use cal mag plus when using RO water. I learned the hard way. If you have a heat problem it will be because of your black buckets and lids. That black will suck the heat right in. Krylon makes a plastic specific spray paint, white would be nice. just a thought
 
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