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mrbaker4200
mrbaker4200started grow question 5 months ago
I've noticed some brown spots on some of the top leaves. The light is 4-7 inches from the top buds but it doesn't produce much heat, touching my hand to it its maybe 110-120f degrees. I've been topping up the water everyday with my full nutrient solution 15ml each of AN m/g/b.
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Leaves. Color - Dark-brown
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Scrubbyjimbob
Scrubbyjimbobanswered grow question 5 months ago
You've been topping off your tank with full strength solution. How long since you've gone with a fresh tank? Not everything gets absorbed so if you're adding full strength solution, it's likely even higher in your tank. When topping off I generally use half strength and I like to give a fresh tank every week or two depending on how hard the plants feed.
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mrbaker4200
mrbaker4200answered grow question 5 months ago
Appreciate the help, I wish i could pick multiple answers as the "solution" because I think yall nailed it. topping up with full strength lets it build up and I hadn't gotten a clean res in weeks, makes total sense. Swapping the res out for a new one and i'll be topping off with half strength and watching my ec ppm more.
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 5 months ago
Your EC is to high at 2.3EC on an auto, autos like lower feeds and can not handle higher dose feeds as much. This is cauing it it burn under the light as its taking up to much. Keep using the ratio of nutrients you are giving them, but dilute the EC down to around 1.5-1.8 and give it a good amount of runoff in each feed if it gets runoff. This helps prevent salt buildup. if it does not get runoff, give the resviour a quick change of water and feed. The light is weak and should not be causing any issues, I have used a bunch of 18w mini led strips before totalling 90W and then could touch the light and be fine. Not saying this is the same but you could try and find out the PPFD of your light from the manufacturer then they may have suggested hang heights. PH of 6 is fine, 18/6 is fine, Temps could be lower but not a huge deal. Good Luck!
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Ctrellis90
Ctrellis90answered grow question 5 months ago
You are experiencing slight light damage and a little bit of nutrient burn. I recommend you definitely raise your light another 6 inches or train your plants down another 6 inches to help with the damage on the top of your canopy. The. Lower your feed from 1200 ppm down to like 900 and I bet your plant will thank you immensely. Also your humidity wasn't listed so I can't determine your VPD which could also be an issue. Hope this helps
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BerrySweetHigh
BerrySweetHighanswered grow question 5 months ago
Hello my friend, your pH is too high for hydrophonics. You want to bring it down to pH 5.8 And you are overfeeding the plant. Cut back the nutrients from 4ml per liter to 3ml per liter. This should be enough!
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HazeLNuts
HazeLNutsanswered grow question 5 months ago
I think its overfed mainly PK. Thats 4th week of blooming and it looks very bushy, got huge amount of energy to do that. Especially when looking at 3rd week, its just exploded.. At this point, try use lower doses of ur fertils. Once u overfed with P/K it could wipe out Ca and Mg. If its that, the next days would show new signals of brown dots and more slowly yellowing leaves. Use water with source of Ca and Mg but without PK... By the way, ur plant is very impressive
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mrbaker4200
mrbaker4200answered grow question 5 months ago
ph low 6's. 18/6 light cycle.
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