Any idea whats up with these??

budolskie · Feb 18, 2023

So changed my tent from an 8x4 to 10x5,

Got 1000w ballast but only set on 600w same feed and everything, dont understand why they growing like this i have added my humidifier just in case thats the problem, everything was fine in my 8x4

Temps
Min 19c
Max 30c

E.c 1.0

OldMedUser · Feb 18, 2023

Are you using a 600W bulb or dimming your 1000W?

How are you feeding? Your RH is a bit low so could lower EC to prevent eventual burn.

A 1000W on full is perfect for 5x5 and plants that size and you still have lots of headroom. I run mine about 18" when stationary and as close as 12" on the Light Rail. Lots of air movement between the tops and the light as well. But not gale force wind which can cause issues like that.

Nice parabolic reflector!

:peace:

budolskie · Feb 18, 2023

OldMedUser said:
Are you using a 600W bulb or dimming your 1000W?

How are you feeding? Your RH is a bit low so could lower EC to prevent eventual burn.

A 1000W on full is perfect for 5x5 and plants that size and you still have lots of headroom. I run mine about 18" when stationary and as close as 12" on the Light Rail. Lots of air movement between the tops and the light as well. But not gale force wind which can cause issues like that.

Nice parabolic reflector!

Thanks for reply, i hand water and have been doing every other day with them being small

Also a 1000w dimmed to 600w, i think i need to open a few more of the ducting holes for air to the tent,

I just expected everyting to to be the same basically, my bad for thinking that

JustBlazin · Feb 18, 2023

Have you scoped for bugs?

I think russet or broad mite damage might look like that

budolskie · Feb 18, 2023

JustBlazin said:
Have you scoped for bugs?

I think russet or broad mite damage might look like that

Il look Now but shouldnt have never had anything before,

Thanks for pointing that out to check

OldMedUser · Feb 18, 2023

budolskie said:
Thanks for reply, i hand water and have been doing every other day with them being small

Also a 1000w dimmed to 600w, i think i need to open a few more of the ducting holes for air to the tent,

I just expected everyting to to be the same basically, my bad for thinking that

Try letting your pots dry down until they get nice and light then soak them good each time they get light again unless you're in coco.

If you want to keep it at 600W you should get a 600W bulb. An MH one would probably work better for veg as well. I have 400, 600 and 1000W lights and bulbs to match each mainly EYE Hortilux. Only my 3 - 600s are digital ballasts and the 400s are at least 40 years old. I've had them for 20. Still have the original ignitors and capacitors as well. Tested the caps last year and both were still in spec.

With HPS the light can be changed quite a bit when dimmed so the spectrum is thrown off.

Could be them damn mites too. Luckily we only get the common and larger 2-spotted mites here. Random spots and little back critters crawling around on them is a dead give-away. Got some going myself atm but on small mother plants.

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budolskie · Feb 18, 2023

Yes in coco /perlite 70/30
No i have no pest just checked them over am sure it is down to the humidity,

I have moved the worse one over to other tray not under a light see if they pull round
Also left bottom zip open on tent to get rid of the negative pressure that should help raise humidity aswell

@OldMedUser

Hook Daddy · Feb 18, 2023

What’s your PH like after adding nutes? I’ve had the same looking leaves in coco/perlite from high PH causing lock out, I think it was a boron def. Something to check anyway.

bam0813 · Feb 18, 2023

Looks like russet mites to me as well. Dud you use magnification to inspect. Easy to miss with the eye

budolskie · Feb 18, 2023

Hook Daddy said:
What’s your PH like after adding nutes? I’ve had the same looking leaves in coco/perlite from high PH causing lock out, I think it was a boron def. Something to check anyway.

The ph of my run off?

budolskie · Feb 18, 2023

bam0813 said:
Looks like russet mites to me as well. Dud you use magnification to inspect. Easy to miss with the eye

Will have a double check now with camera zoomed in

budolskie · Feb 18, 2023

bam0813 said:
Looks like russet mites to me as well. Dud you use magnification to inspect. Easy to miss with the eye

Deffo no pests or mites, my room is pretty clean

amneziaHaze · Feb 18, 2023

probably too hot and too dry. plants transpire make water puddles on top of the leafs. puddles make a lens and light gets really hot on that part burns the leaf.also last photo has some shit on the bottom left could be bugs

bam0813 · Feb 18, 2023

Idk but they sure show the symptoms of them. You may not even notice with a phone zoom. Imo those pics aren’t close enough , they blur when zoomed enough

budolskie · Feb 18, 2023

See how how goes moving them away from the direct light, then i wi no that light is to intense for them

budolskie · Feb 18, 2023

bam0813 said:
Idk but they sure show the symptoms of them. You may not even notice with a phone zoom. Imo those pics aren’t close enough , they blur when zoomed enough

Yes the do blur, i have see spider mites through my phone zoom on previous grows over years differnt places

Hook Daddy · Feb 18, 2023

budolskie said:
The ph of my run off?

Not the run off, the reservoir PH, or your nute solution if you are hand feeding. I was using my well water and I would PH down to 5.8 or so, but I found after only a day it would creep up to 7+ and cause issues. I switched to RO water for a while which helped. One of the reasons I switched back to soil for now.

bam0813 · Feb 18, 2023

If you have the ability it might not be a bad idea to quarantine that plant just in case.

Tangerine_ · Feb 18, 2023

Lack of Cal. uptake will cause distorted leaves that can mimic pest pressure.

.Smoke · Feb 18, 2023

The only time I've had plants look like that is when they were revegging. You definitely have something way off. Ph outta wack or feed is my guess...

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