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Nitrogen or Potassium deficiency?

sanewil
sanewilstarted grow question 4 years ago
I'm new to growing DWC/Kratky. I have two plants as of now but, I'm having issues with my first grow. I defoliated the dead leaves. I also, topped her wayyyyy to early (I'm a newbie so I was impatient smh) hence the slow grow. I'm thinking Nitrogen or Potassium deficiency?
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Leaves. Tips - Burnt
Leaves. Color - Yellow
Roots. Color - Brown
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sanewil
sanewilanswered grow question 4 years ago
@nobodysbuds, I relocated the plant into a bigger reservoir (3.5 gal) added water and PH'd it. ph is at 5.87 and ppm/ec is at 176/354 when I added the new water mixed with the older water that had nutes (did a water change same day as my other grow). Should I leave it as is for a week and see what it'll do? Or add more nutes since the ppm is pretty low a 176 during week 4/5 (this plant was originally planted on Oct 4th) I just don't want to give up on it lol
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Sup3rNov4
Sup3rNov4answered grow question 4 years ago
nute burn
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sanewil
sanewilanswered grow question 4 years ago
Ppm is at 671. This grow was originally my first grow. Then I scrapped it and turned it into a kratky setup and see what I can do, instead of throwing it away. I started another grow already, not sure if you guys checked it. Maybe that’s where you’re referring the silica.
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sanewil
sanewilanswered grow question 4 years ago
I’m testing ph. Ph is fine at 5.8
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Zegr8
Zegr8answered grow question 4 years ago
Are you testing ph? I saw you are giving a silica supplement and that can rise ph a lot. I know you are using “ph perfect” products but that’s just a claim.. You should start over with a new growth, plants suffering so early in veg are going to be weak. Go easy with nutes and supplements during the first weeks!
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NobodysBuds
NobodysBudsanswered grow question 4 years ago
Not nitrogen deficiency as it looks to progress interveinal and the tip burning early in process. Calculate your ppms from guarnateed analysis labels. Ensure you aren't locking things out. check pH etc etc... if you start to see the darker spots along with interveinal chlorosis, it could be K-def. I'm leaning lockout because it looks like a mix of symptoms.. trace elements being locked out like Fe or Zn. That'd be really unlikely for any blend of hydro nutes not to include those at a proper concentration. pH is another big factor here.
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