Guide to Nutrient Deficiency or Toxicity

mista sativa

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i think you just
"Loved them too much" just give them water for a week or so. They are young and should not need anything right now. I had to give my2cents
I’m just trying to distinguish if it’s nitrogen or calcium. The cal mag product I use has nitrogen in it. I didn’t want to add more if that’s the problem. I will be just watering until the problem is more obvious... I’ve just never had this type of browning before. I’ve just had burning around the tips from hot soil. Never spots. At the same time I always grew outdoors, so I wasn’t constantly looking at my plants daily.
 

mista sativa

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pics in natural light would help, but...i'd say you do have a slight calcium deficiency, as well as maybe spider mites.
the coco you added to your soil may be sucking up some of your calcium, i think a good dose of cal mag to start with, then a small dose weekly ought to stop the spotting. also it seems like you may be slightly overfeeding, you put a good amount of stuff in your soil, then you fed them twice in a row on top of that.
i say spider mites because some of your leaves seem to have damage that's consistent with mites, but its hard to say in that light
Ok that’s what I was thinking from what I’ve read. Calcium seems more obvious because of the coco. I usually use coco loco which is treated, so I didn’t put much thought into it. It may seem like I’m feeding too much (maybe I am) but I added amendments at very low levels to the soil. The first tea was very weak. The second one could’ve of been a little hot, but the plant was liking it until I noticed this... I do believe it’s calcium though. I’ll get better pictures today
 

mista sativa

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pics in natural light would help, but...i'd say you do have a slight calcium deficiency, as well as maybe spider mites.
the coco you added to your soil may be sucking up some of your calcium, i think a good dose of cal mag to start with, then a small dose weekly ought to stop the spotting. also it seems like you may be slightly overfeeding, you put a good amount of stuff in your soil, then you fed them twice in a row on top of that.
i say spider mites because some of your leaves seem to have damage that's consistent with mites, but its hard to say in that light
There are absolutely no spider mites though.
 

Go go n chill

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I’m just trying to distinguish if it’s nitrogen or calcium. The cal mag product I use has nitrogen in it. I didn’t want to add more if that’s the problem. I will be just watering until the problem is more obvious... I’ve just never had this type of browning before. I’ve just had burning around the tips from hot soil. Never spots. At the same time I always grew outdoors, so I wasn’t constantly looking at my plants daily.
Wish I could say " I've never had brown spots"
 

lrg632

Active Member
5ml Grow
5ml micro
2ml bloom
2 ml hydroguard
1ml silica
Distilled water
Reduced to 375 ppm 5.8 ph

I water every other day, 60 humidity 72-77 temp, and 18/6 3 week old clones 12 inches tall.

Any suggestions?
 

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Roger A. Shrubber

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5ml Grow
5ml micro
2ml bloom
2 ml hydroguard
1ml silica
Distilled water
Reduced to 375 ppm 5.8 ph

I water every other day, 60 humidity 72-77 temp, and 18/6 3 week old clones 12 inches tall.

Any suggestions?
you're watering way too often, unless you have them in straight perlite. let them get nice and dry between waterings, keeping them too wet is bad for your roots, stunts them, and it locks out a lot of nutrients, which i think is whats happened to your plant.
if you're feeding them that every time you water, that's way too much.
bump that up to about 450 ppm, feed them that once a week, then give them ph'ed water in between.
or, cut it down to about 200 ppm and alternate feed and ph'ed water
 

lrg632

Active Member
you're watering way too often, unless you have them in straight perlite. let them get nice and dry between waterings, keeping them too wet is bad for your roots, stunts them, and it locks out a lot of nutrients, which i think is whats happened to your plant.
if you're feeding them that every time you water, that's way too much.
bump that up to about 450 ppm, feed them that once a week, then give them ph'ed water in between.
or, cut it down to about 200 ppm and alternate feed and ph'ed water
They are in rockwool cubes and it's drying out almost every 24 hours. So
 

bobqp

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IMG_20180203_112019.jpg IMG_20180203_112015.jpg IMG_20180203_112019.jpg IMG_20180203_112015.jpg Plants grown outdoors using power feed. This problem showed up 10 days ago. All new growth is yellow white leaves that die. All old main tips are doing the same. Started spraying trace elements mix folar feed the last 7 days trying to save them. Any help or info would be greatly apriecated .
 

CB7guy

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Terrapin2

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any insight on what's causing this fading of healthy green to lighter green?
new growth come and in healthy green then starts to fade.

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