ricketycricket
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Hey guys, this is my first post for my first grow. Ran into an issue and decided I need some advice or at least to talk through my thoughts. So it is day 13 from seed, growing DP orange bud in a top-fed DWC system. On day 7 they had roots down in the water so I added some nutes at about 1/4 label strength for seedlings - using the GH trio. Beginning PPM was 100. Had some earlier issues with droopy leaves but mostly fixed it by increasing the too low RH and dropping the pH which was in the mid to high 6's.
Now, the plants are starting to show little rust-colored brown spots with darker green coloration around the brown. I was using some sort of heavily filtered water (just like a 5 gal jug of water from home depot) and didn't think to supplement the baseline nutrient levels before mixing up my solution. PPM right now is 100-110, has stayed pretty steady since first adding the nutes last week.
The plants have yet to fully kill off the cotyledons so I'm not sure how much nutrient they're really taking up but read from a few sources 100 ppm was a good choice at this stage. Also- since the PPM and pH have stayed relatively stable at 100-110 and 5.8-6.0 respectively since adding last week and they're drinking water wouldn't that suggest they're at a decent concentration for their current needs? Does GH formulate their trio with a certain assumption of starting cal/mag levels? I have yet to up the ppm to closer to label strength because I'm being a bit overly cautious with nute burn prevention until I'm more familiar with the set-up in action and have heartier plants, but this may also be the source of my issues.
Other info- res temps almost always at 67 f. Might be a little cold air temp-wise but I figured the cfl's I'm using as a light would keep the immediate area warm enough since they're only a few inches from the plants. RH at 65%, lighting with a rigged up 9x23W 6500K cfl in a similarly rigged up reflector.
I will get some pics up shortly (I know it's hard to offer advice without 'em but just wanted to get this post up while I was fretting). Sorry for the lengthy first post - I'm a bit loquacious and currently in concerned parent mode lol. Any help or advice you can offer would be much appreciated! Apologies if this is on the wrong section or something, like I said totally new to forum usage other than quick google searches.
Now, the plants are starting to show little rust-colored brown spots with darker green coloration around the brown. I was using some sort of heavily filtered water (just like a 5 gal jug of water from home depot) and didn't think to supplement the baseline nutrient levels before mixing up my solution. PPM right now is 100-110, has stayed pretty steady since first adding the nutes last week.
The plants have yet to fully kill off the cotyledons so I'm not sure how much nutrient they're really taking up but read from a few sources 100 ppm was a good choice at this stage. Also- since the PPM and pH have stayed relatively stable at 100-110 and 5.8-6.0 respectively since adding last week and they're drinking water wouldn't that suggest they're at a decent concentration for their current needs? Does GH formulate their trio with a certain assumption of starting cal/mag levels? I have yet to up the ppm to closer to label strength because I'm being a bit overly cautious with nute burn prevention until I'm more familiar with the set-up in action and have heartier plants, but this may also be the source of my issues.
Other info- res temps almost always at 67 f. Might be a little cold air temp-wise but I figured the cfl's I'm using as a light would keep the immediate area warm enough since they're only a few inches from the plants. RH at 65%, lighting with a rigged up 9x23W 6500K cfl in a similarly rigged up reflector.
I will get some pics up shortly (I know it's hard to offer advice without 'em but just wanted to get this post up while I was fretting). Sorry for the lengthy first post - I'm a bit loquacious and currently in concerned parent mode lol. Any help or advice you can offer would be much appreciated! Apologies if this is on the wrong section or something, like I said totally new to forum usage other than quick google searches.