Clones leaves yellowing / any recommendations?

speakheavy

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hello everyone, still kindof a newbie here, finishing up my second grow (just started flush) and I'm starting to raise little ones for round 3. Some facts about the clones pictured:

-every clone in a cup / pot / bag has rooted (aeroponic bucket transplant to medium after roots)

-I use Pro-mix HP with Mycorrhizae as my medium

-I use a cheap faux double T5 fixture (they're just 15w LED strips) to encourage rooting, once rooted I use a VIPARSPECTRA Reflector-Series 300W grow light (136 true watts) to encourage new growth

-I use the General Hydroponics flora series expert schedule and follow the feed chart off their site 99% of the time, every time the babies get nutes its from week 1 (seedling) so they get 2ml mico, 1ml grow and bloom, 5 ml florablend and 2.5 ml diamond nectar per gallon, about 1.5-2 gallons is enough to feed every plant pictured

-the lights are both on 18/6

-some of the clones were taking from plants transitioning so they grew flower hairs and growth was slowed a bit, but 60% of them were from a vegging mother plant

-the 6 cups in the back are fresh seeds so ignore those for this post, everything else pictured is all super skunk

-some of the plants these were taken from had a spider mite problem that has since been dealt with, luckily I caught them very early, so thats the reason for the small dots on some of the clone leaves if you pick up on any of them

-the larger potted ones are the oldest out of all the cuttings and theyre coming up on 3-4 weeks old (since taken from the mom)

-this is strictly a baby tent. Once they grow a bit taller they're transferred to another tent where they veg and are trained a lot more, I usually veg / flower 4-8 plants at a time

-all the cups have holes in the bottom and drain into the pictured tub when watered and gets drained every 2 weeks via wet-vac

-I spray the leaves with water from time to time

-there is a 6 inch exhaust fan on 24/7 and the tent is always left cracked open for a passive intake, 2 6 inch fans move air around, and sunlight does NOT peak in through the crack while lights are off

as you guys can see some of the clone leaves are yellowing, almost always on the bottom leaves, and this has been happening really this week more often, the root structures (from what I know, I didn't check EVERY plant) are all healthy and white and growing I'm just kind of wondering what I might be missing / doing incorrectly? I fear I may be overfeeding just a tad but I can't exactly tell.

All recommendations/wise words/tips are welcome as I said I'm still fairly new and learning a lot. also if I missed any details feel free to ask me anything, just want to ensure they grow nice and healthy!

PS Sorry for the mess, I took this before I got to cleaning :dunce:

thanks for much in advance!
 

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JohnDee

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Yellowing plants starting low is usually underfeeding...esp N. So gently bump up nutes. If you see any leaf tip burn...that's from overfeeding which I would suggest you're a long ways from...
JD
 

Kushash

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hello everyone, still kindof a newbie here, finishing up my second grow (just started flush) and I'm starting to raise little ones for round 3. Some facts about the clones pictured:

-every clone in a cup / pot / bag has rooted (aeroponic bucket transplant to medium after roots)

-I use Pro-mix HP with Mycorrhizae as my medium

-I use a cheap faux double T5 fixture (they're just 15w LED strips) to encourage rooting, once rooted I use a VIPARSPECTRA Reflector-Series 300W grow light (136 true watts) to encourage new growth

-I use the General Hydroponics flora series expert schedule and follow the feed chart off their site 99% of the time, every time the babies get nutes its from week 1 (seedling) so they get 2ml mico, 1ml grow and bloom, 5 ml florablend and 2.5 ml diamond nectar per gallon, about 1.5-2 gallons is enough to feed every plant pictured

-the lights are both on 18/6

-some of the clones were taking from plants transitioning so they grew flower hairs and growth was slowed a bit, but 60% of them were from a vegging mother plant

-the 6 cups in the back are fresh seeds so ignore those for this post, everything else pictured is all super skunk

-some of the plants these were taken from had a spider mite problem that has since been dealt with, luckily I caught them very early, so thats the reason for the small dots on some of the clone leaves if you pick up on any of them

-the larger potted ones are the oldest out of all the cuttings and theyre coming up on 3-4 weeks old (since taken from the mom)

-this is strictly a baby tent. Once they grow a bit taller they're transferred to another tent where they veg and are trained a lot more, I usually veg / flower 4-8 plants at a time

-all the cups have holes in the bottom and drain into the pictured tub when watered and gets drained every 2 weeks via wet-vac

-I spray the leaves with water from time to time

-there is a 6 inch exhaust fan on 24/7 and the tent is always left cracked open for a passive intake, 2 6 inch fans move air around, and sunlight does NOT peak in through the crack while lights are off

as you guys can see some of the clone leaves are yellowing, almost always on the bottom leaves, and this has been happening really this week more often, the root structures (from what I know, I didn't check EVERY plant) are all healthy and white and growing I'm just kind of wondering what I might be missing / doing incorrectly? I fear I may be overfeeding just a tad but I can't exactly tell.

All recommendations/wise words/tips are welcome as I said I'm still fairly new and learning a lot. also if I missed any details feel free to ask me anything, just want to ensure they grow nice and healthy!

PS Sorry for the mess, I took this before I got to cleaning :dunce:

thanks for much in advance!
What is your water source? Tap? RO?
Do you PH your water after adding nutes?
 

CannaCountry

Well-Known Member
As JohnDee mentioned, it looks like your girls could use a little more food. Though a bigger concern at this point would be the fact that you took clones off mother plants that had mites. Not to be a Davy Downer, but unless you went all out in eliminating the mites, which generally means a total chop and complete disinfect of all your gear, equipment, soil, etc; you'll most likely be visited by them again...soon.
 

speakheavy

Member
What is the E/C or ppms of your tap water?

Do you have a TDS meter?
185ppms

As JohnDee mentioned, it looks like your girls could use a little more food. Though a bigger concern at this point would be the fact that you took clones off mother plants that had mites. Not to be a Davy Downer, but unless you went all out in eliminating the mites, which generally means a total chop and complete disinfect of all your gear, equipment, soil, etc; you'll most likely be visited by them again...soon.
I caught them really early and separated plants with/without bugs, removed 99% of the leaves with dots and physical mites on them, cleaned the entire tent and sprayed every pla t thouroughly, only 2 of the 8 were affected by bugs but I wasnt taking any chances, this was all done with neem oil and dish soap. I also hung 2 hotshot no pest strips in the tent for added measure.

So far there havent been any signs on clones aside from the few leaves that were affected, all new growth is spotless, hoping they wont come back
 
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