Started week 4, on Sunday, by watering 1/2 gallon per plant with just Big Bloom, Boomerang, and Kelp Me. The plants needed water but I didn't want to add all the nutrients to two waterings in a row. On Monday I changed the light timer to a 16/8 schedule getting ready for the change to flower. I left the 16/8 schedule for Tuesday and Wednesday on the timer. On Tuesday I pruned just a few of the smaller leaves at the bottoms of the plants that didn't get much light. On Wednesday I watered with 1/2 gallon per plant and the full schedule of nutrients. Also, I did foliar feeding with Flower Kiss right as the lights were about to go off. On Thursday I changed the timer to a 14/10 split and left it that way for Friday and Saturday as well. I had to leave for an emergency so I didn't get to flush on Saturday as I had planned. To hold the plants over since they were thirsty, I had a buddy water each plant just 1/4 gallon each. Once I got back into town on Sunday I did the flush, but that's now part of week 5. I got a new blower, 6" 440cfm, to use as an intake fan. The room has a vent for the central air that runs under the house. I disconnected the vent line under the house and installed a filter on the light. In the room, I'm installing the blower to pull the cooler air from under the house to help cool the room so the a/c doesn't have to run so much. Also got the temp and humidity controls to hook up the blower and the dehumidifier and humidifier too. The in-wall a/c unit has a "dry" setting and works a little like a dehumidifier which helps a lot when needed. Also, the roommate finally got everything out of the room, so now I've been able to open up the plastic wall, so cooler the area is much easier now that I have the full 12ft. x 11ft. room to use. Oh, and you'll notice the a/c is set at 73. That's because I keep it on the economy mode a lot and at that setting, it keeps the air between the lights and the plants (the area I check the temp at) at 78 degrees when the lights are on.
I think these have nitrogen toxicity, wondering what others think? Yellowing of some leaves, I noticed the clawing in some upper leaves. Buds don't seem to be growing much. Any thoughts?
It's hard to say when the pictures are under that light, try to take pictures under normal lighting for better diagnosis.
From what I can tell in these pictures there's actually a Nitrogen (N) abundance and some Phosphorous(P)/Potassium (K) deficiencies which may also be the cause of your buds' poor development (a picture showing where the leaves yellowing is the worst would really help!)
Hope this helps! Good luck and happy growing :)
Nitrogen Toxicity/Abundance, I believe is my problem. As suggested by BluntZilla in my other question it could be lacking P and K as well. Here are pictures under normal lighting in hopes that someone can help out.
Theyre not showing any signs of other deficiencies/toxicities at the moment just the Nitrogen abundance mentioned.
Yes lower the "Grow" or the Nitrogen source in your fertilizer by about 50% but never stop it completely since it may cause a shock and unnecessary stress!
Keep a close eye at your plants and adjust the fertilizing accordingly! if the color goes back to normal then stay at that diet with a slow increase, and if they start showing deficiencies then increase the nutrients accordingly!
Hope this helps! Good luck and happy growing :)
Great job bro the only thing id change is I would definitely look into getting your self an LEP lamp it would replace all those leds be cheaper to run not as hot as HID but gives you super lumens with the spectrum of led it would have doubled your yield easy and you'd only need one from GAVITA 1930lep
@EasyRaider, definitely man PH and sanitation and pest control are the things that are usually overlooked but stillgreatly important to the plants health almost as much as the light lmao happy growing man keep it
@GACiNATI, That would be great, and probably a great upgrade in the future. I would need two for the coverage space that I would need. Actually, four of them for how I plan to set the room up. As things progress, lights will definitely be upgraded.
Learned a lot from this grow. The nutrient problem was probably more of a pH problem. I just found that my pH meter was a full point off. The buds have been stalled since halfway through flower, and I'm pretty sure pH and nutrient issues were a big problem. Need to make sure to fix those problems for the next grow. Also trying autos for the next run, and a different nutrient line. But yes, lights are a must upgrade.