Drooping Leaves!!! Help!

doggiepaddel11

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My plants are about 4 to 5 inches tall and the leaves are starting to droop down and have a light green color coming on. Some leaves are starting to fold upward like a taco. What should I do?
 

Koabear

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Do you have any pics of them? If not did you start to feed the nutes? how much are you watering them? what method of grow are you using? and what type of lights and how ar are thy ?
 

lonestarbudd

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check the defficiency guide... i am trying to grow hydro but have found out that keeping the right pH was a pain.. Usually with that guide you can narrow it down.. It could be a few defficiencies
 

Koabear

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Why are you having difficulties cotroling your Ph balace on your resivior?

jut want to know so if i comes up for me i can find out whats going on
 

lonestarbudd

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well... heres what happened... I started off with a little general hydroponics resoirvoir and its a drip system. I figured as long as I ran mild nutes while it was still really little, that id be ok. Turns out I didnt test my pH since i was sprouting it.. And its at 7.8!!! Im pissed at myself, and ordered a hannah ppm and ph tester (but i have strips at the house) and got some pH down. I'm going to try to use drinking water with a dose or pH down to gradually bring the level down. It locked up my nutrients and now as you can see my little girl is suffering.
 

lonestarbudd

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another thing i have found is that its harder to control then the pH in soil. Thats why more people grow soil then H2O. Depending on how hard your water, nutrient levels need to be just right, especially with an aeroponic system where the root is basically submerged in your solution. I am using a flora grow series and it doesnt affect the pH. watch what you put in your water because a lot of salts and minerals can make your pH fluctuate and even lock up certain nutrients
 

Koabear

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you should flush them with distiled water. it is usually a ph of 5.3 to 5.5 and has not nutes in it so it flushes your girls real nice i always have a backup reservoir if i ever get into trouble like that.

I cant use my tap water i have well water and it has softener in it, but i am told that if you have good balanced tap water it has calcium in it and it is good for reviving plants.

When you are using and administering the ph up and down are you placing directing in Your reservoir tank or in a concentrate solution first then pouring it in.
 

lonestarbudd

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no no no never directly into the resoirvoir. My girlfriend actually ran to our place and poured the pH down in something that holds 2.6 gallons, just like our resoirvoir. we are going to watch the level on it, and then replace it tonight. i have already flushed my tank with drinking water but the pH was still too high im afraid that im just irritating the situation worse. im always willing to get help, so if you know what youre doing then i will explain my setup further
 

Koabear

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I am new to this site but not to growing. I only have 6 plat right now i am trying a couple of different strains right now to find mother plants for my bigger project to come. i have hole basement set up for when i do find my mothers. i had a Foliar Sprayer that i could not get the ph right. i forgot to clean it out throughly before i used it. it stupid things like that you would never think would be it. I always say look for horse before zebras.

Are you feeding nutes yet? If so have you checked to se what the nute solution you add does to the ph of the res
 

doggiepaddel11

Active Member
I do not have pics but they look like lonestarbudd's profile photo, with a little more droop to em. the ph is fine, and the ppm is about 164. I am using the drip system. under a 400 watt MH.
 

lonestarbudd

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i know when i started talking about my setup that it helps to come up with a solution. are you nuting it? is there good ventilation so that the light doesnt burn up your plant?
 
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