hey guys! Second time grower here and Massachusetts resident so now growing is fully legal. No more fear posting on here for me!
Anyways Im on day 47 with these northern lights autos. 400 watt mh for veg and now under hps. FFOF soil in 5 gallon pots about 20-30% perlite and some dolomite Lyme. GH flora series for nutes. Didn't feed anything for first 5 weeks. Temps lights on 70-78 lights out 65-68. Humidity now is about 30-35. Soil ph is about 6.8-7ish. Run off is same as the water I put in. Usually ph to 6.8
When I switched to HPS I noticed my plant droop. I originally thought maybe overwatering but noticed the plants would perk up after a few hours into the light cycle and droop a few hours before lights out. So I assumed maybe they weren't into the change of light. Or it was too intense so I raised my light.
Now it's 5 days later and they still droop especially close to lights out which I read can happen. However I wanted some input. I fed them a light feeding of micro and bloom and it seemed to help but still new growth droops. I also noticed what looks like a calcium deficiency in my 2 footer. My water has no calcium so I was hoping the micro would be enough.
Please help guys. Love all the info on this site
Side note these photos are 30 minutes before lights out so they are the worst looking. They do perk up every day though. And forgot to mention 20/4 light cycle
Anyways Im on day 47 with these northern lights autos. 400 watt mh for veg and now under hps. FFOF soil in 5 gallon pots about 20-30% perlite and some dolomite Lyme. GH flora series for nutes. Didn't feed anything for first 5 weeks. Temps lights on 70-78 lights out 65-68. Humidity now is about 30-35. Soil ph is about 6.8-7ish. Run off is same as the water I put in. Usually ph to 6.8
When I switched to HPS I noticed my plant droop. I originally thought maybe overwatering but noticed the plants would perk up after a few hours into the light cycle and droop a few hours before lights out. So I assumed maybe they weren't into the change of light. Or it was too intense so I raised my light.
Now it's 5 days later and they still droop especially close to lights out which I read can happen. However I wanted some input. I fed them a light feeding of micro and bloom and it seemed to help but still new growth droops. I also noticed what looks like a calcium deficiency in my 2 footer. My water has no calcium so I was hoping the micro would be enough.
Please help guys. Love all the info on this site
Side note these photos are 30 minutes before lights out so they are the worst looking. They do perk up every day though. And forgot to mention 20/4 light cycle
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