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Brown blotches on leaves during flowering

snozzy1started grow question 5y ago

Hi guys, anyone know what this means? Not sure what is causing it

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Leaves. Color - Dark-purple

Leaves. Color - Dark-brown

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dribbzzyanswered grow question 5y ago

what type of water are you using, tap or distilled?

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Nastyfishanswered grow question 5y ago

Maybe magnesium

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GoldenGromieanswered grow question 5y ago

Looks the same as what i had? I had Nitrogen toxicity. My leaves went shiny in some areas dark green leaves and then when my nitrogen levels went dow i got rusty spots like that.

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