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cwage22

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First time grower. Got a 600 watt light kit on the way now. For the time being I have a fan on my baby and a cfl about 3 inches away. Using fox farms ocean fresh and general hydroponics floranova grow. My leaves are showing a couple of white or brownish looking spots and leaves r starting to curl upwards. Any suggestions?1405069284232.jpg
 

abe supercro

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that may be too close for that light. also don't blast it with fan... have some distance at first. maybe 2 or 3 times the distance with that temporary light... the slight radiant heat from bulb may be drying seedling leaves.
 

abe supercro

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cld just be beginning to show signs of solar (window) heat stress or fertilizer burn from last week. mostly... see first post.
 

cwage22

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that may be too close for that light. also don't blast it with fan... have some distance at first. maybe 2 or 3 times the distance with that temporary light... the slight radiant heat from bulb may be drying seedling leaves.
Well it's night for her right now and the fan is about 2 feet away with just a slight breeze on the plant
 

Metasynth

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You mentioned the brand of nutes you're using...Are you currently using them on that little seedling? If so, what dosage? If ANY nutes are to be used on a plant that young, it would have to be a VERY diluted dose, otherwise I feel the little seedling would just burn up.
 

abe supercro

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if yer really worried about it drying from too much wind... you can consider not having the fan on 24/7. maybe let her rest from fan for a few... two feet for fan-may- be close at first that seedling is fragile.

try for lil more distance w light bulb.

in addition cld be fert burn just appearing from earlier....
 

Metasynth

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Just know...Some soils are too hot (too many nutrients/fertilizers) for seedlings, and some batches of fox farms soil products have received mixed reviews in the past...That, in combination with an added nutrient regime on a seedling that young...Nute Burn.
 

Alexander Supertramp

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Its not the light being too close or the fan. Its nutrient burn. My guess is you fed it floragrow already. Its the early signs of nutrient burn. OF contains enough nutes for the first 3-4 weeks.
 

cwage22

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I gave it a very small dose of the floranova grow, just a droplet in a liter of water and I have given nothing but water since then with no nutrients. I pulled the fan farther back and I can barely feel a blow now just a small slight one. 600w watt mh and hsp light kit should b here early next week
 
yea def dont put in any nutrients! as the soil as plenty! You also may want to think about adding some more perlite to the next batch of soil. I like to fill a 3 gal short bucket with perlite, dump it in my mixing bucket then fill it back up with dirt. (depending on how many your planting or transplanting) this can help for many different reasons, allowing proper aircirulation in your roots, you can water more often and help drain away some of those excess nutes when your babies and under attack or prehaps an accident. along with a better air/dirt ratio and allowing your plant to better absorb the water and nutes in the first place is always a good place to start. Avoiding over-watering is much much easier, and that pans out other problems like root-rot too by allowing your plants to fully absorb all the water you put in and dry out quicker.
I understand im a little of topic at ths point but
if you put 8 cups of water into that little plant and did so in an even smaller container, you can see where im going with it. the pic is kinda unclear to the size of the container.
Hows the drainage of the watering? do you put enough water in to see it drain out the bottom? overwatering with the combination of new soil and poor drainage can cause those salts to build up affecting your very young roots. like i said above, adding different elements to you soil before you plant/transplant can dilute the strength of the soil and add other advantages.
 

cwage22

Member
yea def dont put in any nutrients! as the soil as plenty! You also may want to think about adding some more perlite to the next batch of soil. I like to fill a 3 gal short bucket with perlite, dump it in my mixing bucket then fill it back up with dirt. (depending on how many your planting or transplanting) this can help for many different reasons, allowing proper aircirulation in your roots, you can water more often and help drain away some of those excess nutes when your babies and under attack or prehaps an accident. along with a better air/dirt ratio and allowing your plant to better absorb the water and nutes in the first place is always a good place to start. Avoiding over-watering is much much easier, and that pans out other problems like root-rot too by allowing your plants to fully absorb all the water you put in and dry out quicker.
I understand im a little of topic at ths point but
if you put 8 cups of water into that little plant and did so in an even smaller container, you can see where im going with it. the pic is kinda unclear to the size of the container.
Hows the drainage of the watering? do you put enough water in to see it drain out the bottom? overwatering with the combination of new soil and poor drainage can cause those salts to build up affecting your very young roots. like i said above, adding different elements to you soil before you plant/transplant can dilute the strength of the soil and add other advantages.
Nobody has said anything about perlite, wat is that? I'm using a one gallon self watering planter that lets water drain to the bottom. I'm lost here and just wanna do this right
 
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