Websluef

I need help with my grow. I am growing 1 Snow white to make it easy. My first grow was a disaster and I just ripped it down and started over with a new room. I am using T5 lighting. 2 gallon bucket. Please look at my pics and give me any info you can. I germinated on 9/10,she is about 5" tall now.

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This is the problem I am having now. Spots on the leafs. Does anyonw have a clue on how to fix it. This is the same thing I had on my very first grow.

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This is the problem I am having now. Spots on the leafs. Does anyonw have a clue on how to fix it. This is the same thing I had on my very first grow.

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pH and low humidity are doing it.

Thanks Roseman. This is what I uncovered. When I first bought a bubbletronic system it came with a ph kit(from GH) the chart read as low as 4.0. I was running out and had to buy a new one. So I went to a aquarium store and bought a new one. The thing that I did not realize is the lowest reading on that chart was 6.0. So for about 2 weeks I'm taking readings and it was showing my ph as 6.0.So for shits and giggles I use my old tester(I had a few drops in it and it showed a bright red reading 4.0 or lower. So now I am confused and being a new grower I dont know what the hell to do. So I take the new kit I bought, I put a 1/8 of a tsp of down in the water, test it and it still is showing 6.0(yellow) I do it again,another 1/8 of a tsp of down and still it is showing 6.0.WOW. I must of put 2 Tablespoons of ph down in a 16 oz cup and it never went lower than 6-0. Now either the chemical is bad or the kit is made specifically for a fish tank and doesn't go any lower than 6.0. Have you ever experienced that? So I got the ph correct, added a tsp of cal mag and bought a humidifier to get the humidity up. During the time of my ph problem my humidity was going down on a daily basis and the last day it was 29%. In one day it looks like the damage hasn't got any worse and I will have a plant to clone.

You can not grow hydro without a good pH meter, or TEst Strips. They ahve pH test strips at Aquarium supply and swimming pool suply places.

To raise Humidity, I put lots of 12 ounce styrafoam cups full of water all around my plants. I roll up soaking wet face cloths, like a cigar and lay them between my plants. I hang soaking wet bath towels on a cloths hanger dripping into a pan and bucket, near my plants. I give them a good daily misting too, with plain water in a spray bottle, daily.
My humidy stays at 50% to 55% doing that.

Good Luck.


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Just did a water change. Feeding with Fox farm Big Grow. PPm 500. Ph is around 6.0 - 6.5. When I check it at night it is around 7.5 -8. water temp around 76-78. Humidty has been a challenge. My grow room is off the boiler room(I go in my boiler room to get to my grow room). I changed the the light schedule about 2 weeks ago from 18/6 to 24/7. I will take off the damaged leaves tonight. They are more dead than alive and I think taking energy from the rest of the plant. The height is around 7". I dont know about the roots. Before I did the water change they were more white, I am concerned about the color now. It seems the ph and humidty damage to the leaves has stopped now. I think I might change the res from a 2 gallon to a 5 gallon. If anyone has any input I am open.

My roots seem to be getting darker now and clumped together. I think maybe the reason is the basket is sitting in the water about a 1/4 to 1/2" and some hydroton dust is getting in the water. Not sure if I can do anything about that. It seems that I have this problem every other water change. Or maybe it is the Nutes I am using.

Hydroton Dust is not beneficial to a grow, and it needs to be rinsed out completely.

and you needed bigger buckets. It will go better for you now.

Roseman, not much I can do about it now, I dont think I can change the hydroton at this point with all the roots through it correct?. Ill just have to change the water more often if I see it starting again.

My plant drank about a 1/2 gallon of water today.Water is clear. I switched the air stone from the standard sand one to a ceramic and the thing works great. I wont have to worry about the granules getting into the water and the stone itself getting algea on it. I have been drenching the leaves with a spray of clear 6.0 water. I heard about spraying the leaves with nutes but I do not know how much I would put in the bottle and the plant looks so wonderful I dont want to ruin it. It has recovered well from the ph and humidity damage that I dont want to take that chance. I have begun using water straight out of the tap and not letting the water sit for 3 days. Water temps have been 74-78 and I have been using 2 tsp of 3% hydrogen peroxide everyday. ph was about 8 when I checked it tonight, I got it down to 6.5 and started playing the ph game trying to get it to 6.0 but I caught myself. I will upgrade to a 5 gallon bucket this weekend and I decided to flower this one but before I do I am going to make 1 clone out of it. A family memeber suggested I start out with 1 plant, get to know it then graduate to larger grows meaning 5 or six plants. I really am learning alot being able to concentrate on just 1 plant.I killed 2 spiders,(not spider mites) these were much larger and they were up in the corner of the ceiling.The clone I grow I will use the pump and manifold.

Friend, it don't get any healthier looking than that plant. I hope you get a 5 gallon bucket soon.
Look at this:
Whacking the MALES

and you'll need this:
MALE FEMALE PICS

Ok, So I upgraded today to a 5 gallon bucket. Will post new picture. Plant is growing nice. I have the ph and humidity where they need to be. Thanks for the help I got.

I'm watching your grow.

Changed to a 5 gallon lowes bucket the other day but since I have I did not like the darkness of the lowes bucket. When you look inside you cant see anything so today I went out and bought a new bucket(see picture) that has the water levels written on the side so you can easily see how much water was used. Another reason I changed this bucket was because the roots were dark as hell. I have grown a full inch in 2 days,know that aint a whole lot according to some grows. I did see some spider webs(not mites) on my plant. Cant find the spider though.And I have what appears to be something eating at a leaf or maybe I ripped it without realizing it. I have to change my nutes. I am using Fox Farm big grow and I think that this might be discoloring the roots and the water. And besides, today i read that you cant use HP with organic nutes. All in all, my second time seems to be going alot better.

Humidity 55%
Temp 75
PH 8.5 - Brought Ph down to 6.5 (maybe too fast)
PPM 700-800
Res Temp 80
The roots are back to its dark color. There was a little light darkish foam on the sides. I just did a res change yestrday.I am concerned about the color of the roots,where or what is making them this color. Or should I even be concerned considering the plant looks healthy. Plant is over 12".

websluef said:

Humidity 55%
Temp 75
PH 8.5 - Brought Ph down to 6.5 (maybe too fast)
PPM 700-800
Res Temp 80
The roots are back to its dark color. There was a little light darkish foam on the sides. I just did a res change yestrday.I am concerned about the color of the roots,where or what is making them this color. Or should I even be concerned considering the plant looks healthy. Plant is over 12".

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Plant looks great brother! The Fox Farms nutes turn the roots brown. No need to be alarmed! I have read that you sholuld use dark buckets only, but i've also seen succesfull grows in buckets like yours. Just watch for algea!

The color of a hydro root is not as indicative as the smell of the water.
Many nutes stain or color the roots. Simply smell the water, if it smells like fresh cut iceberg lettuce or alfalfa sprouts, it is great. If it stinks like something spoiled, you have a problem.

Ok Thanks alot! Today I came home:
Humidity 52%
Temp 72
Res Temp 78
PH 6.5
PPM 600-700
Plants drank 3/4 of a gallon.

Made a gallon of 4.0( should have made it 5.0 ph) water,3 tsp of nutes, 4 tsp HP 3%.
Checked ph and it was 5.0 so I adjusted it to 6.0. PPM now at 800 - 900
All in all plant looks well, I am going to add some more lights soon.