Leaves turning dark. Help
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Hobbes
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They look pretty good Tom. The fan leaves get darker when they get older, thicker. New growth is most always light green.
The light strips could be nutrient deficiency ... do you check you PH?
What strain?
How tall are the plants?
How big are the pots?
What soil?
What is your water like?
What kind of light?
Temperature?
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They look pretty good Tom. The fan leaves get darker when they get older, thicker. New growth is most always light green.
The light strips could be nutrient deficiency ... do you check you PH?
What strain?
How tall are the plants?
How big are the pots?
What soil?
What is your water like?
What kind of light?
Temperature?
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Strange to be Nut deficiency, as I'm fertilizing them with a 56-28-28 fertilizer.
Unfortunately I dont know the strain...my roommate brought them from Sweden...
Plants are ~15cm tall. 3 weeks old.
Its hard to say about the pots, dont really know how many liters are they. Take a look.
There is one that started to show its roots through little hole in the bottom. So maybe I should transplant them?
I used only rainwater. Had an old water filter at home, so I ran rainwater through it to clean from all dirt that was in that water.
Lights are only cfls. Temp - never above 30 degrees.
Unfortunately I dont know the strain...my roommate brought them from Sweden...
Plants are ~15cm tall. 3 weeks old.
Its hard to say about the pots, dont really know how many liters are they. Take a look.
There is one that started to show its roots through little hole in the bottom. So maybe I should transplant them?
I used only rainwater. Had an old water filter at home, so I ran rainwater through it to clean from all dirt that was in that water.
Lights are only cfls. Temp - never above 30 degrees.
Hobbes
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"Strange to be Nut deficiency, as I'm fertilizing them with a 56-28-28 fertilizer.... I used only rainwater."
What is the ph of your nutrient/water solution after you add your fertilizer?
Improper PH can cause nutrient lockout, even if you are feeding the plants properly they will not be able to uptake the nutrients through their roots. You will get difficiencies showing in your leaves and your root ball will saturate with fetilizer that the plant cannot uptake. Eventually you will add more fertilzer or other additives and damage the plant further.
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"Strange to be Nut deficiency, as I'm fertilizing them with a 56-28-28 fertilizer.... I used only rainwater."
What is the ph of your nutrient/water solution after you add your fertilizer?
Improper PH can cause nutrient lockout, even if you are feeding the plants properly they will not be able to uptake the nutrients through their roots. You will get difficiencies showing in your leaves and your root ball will saturate with fetilizer that the plant cannot uptake. Eventually you will add more fertilzer or other additives and damage the plant further.
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Hobbes
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"I dont know the PH. Havent received PH meter yet."
Cool. That's good because we now know your problem, and it's easy to fix.
Don't transplant until you get your ph meter. Get distilled water from the pharmacy - it's ph is 7.0, close to the 6.8 max that we want. Most unbalanced ph with fertilizer is low since fertilizers are usually acidic, the 7.0 will bring your root ball up slightly.
Flush with distilled water now, 1x volume of your pot should be fine. Water will pour out the bottom of the pots, do over a bucket or sink. This will balance the ph of the root ball so the plants can absorb a full range of nutrients again. When you get your ph meter feed as normal.
Your leaves already have damage which may get worse, don't worry about it. Those lower leaves would fall off by the time you get to flower anyway. Everything is fine.
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"I dont know the PH. Havent received PH meter yet."
Cool. That's good because we now know your problem, and it's easy to fix.
Don't transplant until you get your ph meter. Get distilled water from the pharmacy - it's ph is 7.0, close to the 6.8 max that we want. Most unbalanced ph with fertilizer is low since fertilizers are usually acidic, the 7.0 will bring your root ball up slightly.
Flush with distilled water now, 1x volume of your pot should be fine. Water will pour out the bottom of the pots, do over a bucket or sink. This will balance the ph of the root ball so the plants can absorb a full range of nutrients again. When you get your ph meter feed as normal.
Your leaves already have damage which may get worse, don't worry about it. Those lower leaves would fall off by the time you get to flower anyway. Everything is fine.
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Thanks guys! You Helped a lot.
As for the sex of those flowers - none of them are confirmed, as I am growing from mysterious seeds....I've also had some thoughts that the one in the right was overgrowing the rest of my plants...Im thinking to start flower them after a week, as my growbox is kinda low on height.
As for the sex of those flowers - none of them are confirmed, as I am growing from mysterious seeds....I've also had some thoughts that the one in the right was overgrowing the rest of my plants...Im thinking to start flower them after a week, as my growbox is kinda low on height.
Ok, didnt want to start a new thread.
Its not a problem here, just wanted to ask if I am right about the sex of my little ones.
Plant 1 ( this one looks like a female to me) :
Plant 2 (Looks like a male ball growing, am I right?) :
Plant 3 (This one was bothering me from the start, as he overgrown all of my plants in height and amount of leaves. And I guess little balls are showing itself, right?)
Its not a problem here, just wanted to ask if I am right about the sex of my little ones.
Plant 1 ( this one looks like a female to me) :
Plant 2 (Looks like a male ball growing, am I right?) :
Plant 3 (This one was bothering me from the start, as he overgrown all of my plants in height and amount of leaves. And I guess little balls are showing itself, right?)
Hobbes
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From page 1: "Plants are ~15cm tall. 3 weeks old. My roommate brought them from Sweden."
3 weeks old from seed? If so then it's too early to tell sex at 3 weeks, most strains are not sexually mature until 5 weeks. That being said it does look like you have preflowers. Can you get closer pictures with a stand? It looks like you're right about you sexing, but it's hard to tell without a clearer picture.
It you follow The Academy link at the bottom of this post there's a downloadable ebook with a pictorial on sexing by top cloning.
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From page 1: "Plants are ~15cm tall. 3 weeks old. My roommate brought them from Sweden."
3 weeks old from seed? If so then it's too early to tell sex at 3 weeks, most strains are not sexually mature until 5 weeks. That being said it does look like you have preflowers. Can you get closer pictures with a stand? It looks like you're right about you sexing, but it's hard to tell without a clearer picture.
It you follow The Academy link at the bottom of this post there's a downloadable ebook with a pictorial on sexing by top cloning.
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bonjo78
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hey man seems u are right u got a male and female
both plants tho look really well very vigorus , ill give u a hint that none on internet gives attention , w8 for it to show all potentials i mean , if that plant is suposed to give 7 bladed leafs but u force flower it when it still produces 5 the high will not be as it should it may be fantastic but not the max u can get ( its like making sex with infants ... u raping its soul ... ) , it may show sex but still is growing/maturing just as teens ! ,
when u say short space how much ? uve done previus flowering in that box ?
both plants tho look really well very vigorus , ill give u a hint that none on internet gives attention , w8 for it to show all potentials i mean , if that plant is suposed to give 7 bladed leafs but u force flower it when it still produces 5 the high will not be as it should it may be fantastic but not the max u can get ( its like making sex with infants ... u raping its soul ... ) , it may show sex but still is growing/maturing just as teens ! ,
when u say short space how much ? uve done previus flowering in that box ?
