Water question

Bgdog30

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This is my second attempt at a grow, my first plant seemed very healthy but it turned out to be a male...my second plant started out ok but it has light green patches mostly around the outer edges of the leaves...i have some clones i took off of plant 1 basically as a trial run in cloning that are showing the same signs..plus they have some brown spots on the older leaves...i ran out of test strips to test water ph but the only thing im doing different with this grow and the clones than i did in grow 1 is im using rainwater instead of bottled water...do you think that the rainwater is to acidic and could be causing my problems...I'd buy a tester or something but im like an hour from anywhere that mite have one. I was thinking rainwater would be better but now im not so sure
 

Bgdog30

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Are you giving any nutrients?
No im not because of the soil im using...i don't even want to tell u this but the soil is scotts hyponix that has slow release nutes in it...i know i know bad choice but I already had it and the first plant did so good until i found out it was a male..that plant was 55 days old from sprout and looked so dam good...however i do plan on adding some nutes if needed when i get to flower stage if i ever get there lol
 

TokingQueen420

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I use rainwater it's all I use. All rain water is different depending on where you live. Mine has a ph around 7 and after adding Nutes, calmag etc usually don't need to ph lingers in the 6 zone. But I've seen other parts of the country be in the low 6's high 7's. I'd get a pen, I test my rainwater each and every time I use it. Also check the ppms of it to see if I got some crappy dirty water, from the rain etc. You prob need some calmag. Get up a few pics.
 

Rrog

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The more natural the soil, the less chance of bugs that are harmful. You don't have natural soil

RO or rain are great for a natural soil
 

Bgdog30

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This is the first plant..male...55 days old grown in same soil and same light...just different waterimage.jpeg image.jpeg Clone..brown spots and slight leaf discoloration image.jpeg image.jpeg image.jpeg
I use rainwater it's all I use. All rain water is different depending on where you live. Mine has a ph around 7 and after adding Nutes, calmag etc usually don't need to ph lingers in the 6 zone. But I've seen other parts of the country be in the low 6's high 7's. I'd get a pen, I test my rainwater each and every time I use it. Also check the ppms of it to see if I got some crappy dirty water, from the rain etc. You prob need some calmag. Get up a few pics.
Ok thanks queen...do u think i should go back to bottled water until i can get a tester or keep giving it rainwater...and im gonna get a few pics up in a minute
 

TokingQueen420

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This is the first plant..male...55 days old grown in same soil and same light...just different waterView attachment 3578153 View attachment 3578151 Clone..brown spots and slight leaf discoloration View attachment 3578145 View attachment 3578147 View attachment 3578149
Ok thanks queen...do u think i should go back to bottled water until i can get a tester or keep giving it rainwater...and im gonna get a few pics up in a minute
See a little burn on the one in a few spots, but looks like early n deficiency, especially with the light leaves, the last two pics are dark, if the leafs are that dark then you def got a n tox, looks over watered too. How often do you water? Problems with time released soils.
 

Bgdog30

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See a little burn on the one in a few spots, but looks like early n deficiency, especially with the light leaves, the last two pics are dark, if the leafs are that dark then you def got a n tox, looks over watered too. How often do you water? Problems with time released soils.
I water every 2-3 days depending on how the soil feels...and i think they look dark because the room was kinda dark when i took those pics thats why i put it back in with the lights and took another pic
 

Bgdog30

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Ok the little hardware store uptown has a soil test kit for like 6 bucks i can pick up if it would do any good but they don't have a water ph tester or kit lol
 

chrondidily

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Still green so thats a good sign lol. All of them are clearly over watered. Overwatering can cause those issues. I would just let it dry out then water and let it dry out again and keep that going and it see if it gets better before you go ape shit with all the other stuff.
 

Bgdog30

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Still green so thats a good sign lol. All of them are clearly over watered. Overwatering can cause those issues. I would just let it dry out then water and let it dry out again and keep that going and it see if it gets better before you go ape shit with all the other stuff.
Ok thanks I didn't want to do anything to drastic ...I didn't think i was over watering but ill back off and see what happens...mite go back to bottled water to since thats the only thing ive changed
 
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