SourDeez

Hello. Nice grow. I was wondering, how big is your tent and how many plants can you grow in it? Thanks!

@SourDeez, nah like i said input 6.0 but you want to measure 6.5 on the way out, this should be done by your soil naturally, but that's not happening. Adding silica in flower is going to cause more harm than good (pH issues with silica) . This problem seems like it's got worse and the pH has not fully stabilised. Instead of silica , try adding humic acid with your feeds. Humic acid will pH to 6.5 . The pH perfect nutrients are not exactly pH perfect sometimes - go figure ! :facepunch:

@CRiSPrGrow, Thanks for the fast reply. What's weird is all of the plants are the same strain but each one seems to be showing different things. Like Number 6 on week 7 has just a single leaf that has a bunch of black and also one leaf with a huge yellow spot that I never noticed (Definitely wasn't like that last week). I still think I have pH problems or the soil is to Alkaline but it's really just a guess. I water in at about pH 6 and then the runoff comes out at 6.8ish. The silica blast is coming today, do you think I should pH my water up to like 6.5?:pray:

@SourDeez, good news, best i can tell that's from the pH fluctuations from before and the problem seems to have "stopped" spreading, the affected leafs wont recover as in get better, and the damage done "gets worse" in the sense the necrosis completes, give it another week of monitoring if you can see the issue's not spreading or getting that much worse then you can pull it off lol . that's actually not that bad with the damage, think you managed to rectify the situation quick enough to avoid the worst :facepunch:

@CRiSPrGrow, Sup dude. Hope all is well. Yo I was wondering if you could take a look at Week 6 pics and give me some feedback as to what might be going on with those brown spots developing. I'm writing my entry for week 7 right now and will also add more photos there as well. Really appreciate the help. Thanks!

Dude I noticed you have a similar "white patchiness" in some of the leaves at week 3 that mine have in most all of the plants, but mostly in 1. I self-diagnosed it as TMV (Tobacco Mosaic Virus) and was convinced that it was that. However, since then, you're the 4th person with Seedsman Auto NL seeds that also exhibit this characteristic, but for yours it seems that it has mostly disappeared as it approached flowering. I also am in the 1st week of flower for most of my NL Autos from Seedsman (8 plants) and am showing those brown spots that I assumed was a calcium deficiency. Also, some of the lower leaves on many of the plants with the brown spots are yellowing and eventually crisping and dying. I am currently using 1/4th the recommended dosage of nutes out of fear of burning them. It's weird because the same plants that I assume are deficient and showing the brown spots and yellowing leaves at the bottom also have a slight burn on the tips of the leaves. I am growing in a 3:3:3 mix of compost, coir, and perlite however. Not sure how advanced of a grower you are, but do you have any advice?

You've also got the same "bleached" looking portions of the leaves that I have as well! I thought it was TMV (Tobacco Mosaic Virus), but yours is the second case of Seedsman auto seeds with this trait that I've seen and now I'm convinced that it's genetics.

Dude, you've got the same brown spots as I do. Same seeds as well. Seedsman Auto. Please let me know if you find out what's wrong.

Yo you got some crazy grows. By the way, what kinda light did you use that you can recommend to put in a 4x4 tent? I was looking at a Chinese one that kinda looks like yours and its 800w. Right now I'm using HID like a caveman.

@CRiSPrGrow, Hey dude thanks so much for taking the time to answer my questions on my first grow. I didn't even know this comments section existed as I'm new to the site. It's weird because I wasn't sure if the gray/brown spots were spreading or if they were already there and I just didn't notice. They're hard to notice in the gray stage, but once they're brown it's very apparent. Now I kinda regret that I flushed it today. Anyway, I do have one more question. In my week 5 post that I just uploaded I took a picture of some "soggy" lower leaves that sag and eventually dry up. Is this just natural defoliation or a sign of something else? Thanks again!

The greyish spots look like residue from a splash during watering and the worsening splotchy burn patches could be from a pH fluctuation like last week or something , if it stopped spreading means the soil is buffering itself correctly again :+1::skin-tone-2:

hey SourDeez, hope i answered your question :man-shrugging:, anything else you need just let me know :rocket: