Vigorous growth but ugly plants

[kenmastazz]

Hi,

this ist my 4th or 5th grow with this aeroponics system.

i use ro water, 150-200ppm calmag, ghe trio and used some Heisenberg tea.

the plants grow very fast I check my tent in the morning and evening and I can see the growth
BUT the plants look very strange. Curvy leafs and the leafs look dry.

I calibrate my guardian every 2-3 weeks and double check the ph with another ph meter.

this is week 3

I can say it’s not the ph, it’s not humidity because I try to use the vpd chart.
I reduced the water level once the roots reach the bottom.

any advice ?
Thanks

 

[futurebanjo]

I'd guess it's just the strain/pheno you have.
Had some plants like that a few years back, (bluberry X Mazar) once they were over a foot tall, all the new growth looked 'normal'.
I wouldn't worry about the rounded rather then 'saw blade' leafs.
Can't comment on the rest.

 

[HydoDan]

Looks like root problems (rot).. Do you run a sterile system? (chlorine/h2o2)

 

[kenmastazz]

Looks like root problems (rot).. Do you run a sterile system? (chlorine/h2o2)

Bennies and roots smell fresh and no slime the brown patches are from the tea…root rot would stunt the growth but like I said they grow very fast and strong

 

[HydoDan]

So, organic hydro??

 

[kenmastazz]

So, organic hydro??

Kind of…never heard of Heisenberg tea in dwc?

 

[Drop That Sound]

Are you cycling the pump?

 

[kenmastazz]

No pump is on 24/7 in the reservoir is a big ass air stone and a bio filter for the bennies

 

[PopAndSonGrows]

I'd guess it's just the strain/pheno you have.
Had some plants like that a few years back, (bluberry X Mazar) once they were over a foot tall, all the new growth looked 'normal'.
I wouldn't worry about the rounded rather then 'saw blade' leafs.
Can't comment on the rest.

I agree with this. Your plants look healthy enough that what you're seeing is likely just phenotype expression.

 

[J. Rocket]

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle...that i've dealt with.
didnt know he had a tea.quite the witches brew.
your adding bacteria, benificial or not.

 

[kenmastazz]

I did grows with and without the tea and I can say with certainty that the roots love it and there is a difference in growth and no rot even with higher water temps

 

[J. Rocket]

cool, glad its working for you.
how high water temps?

 

[kenmastazz]

during light cycle 78…
Bennies didn’t work for you ?

 

[futurebanjo]

Just for the record, i'm new to DWC so was only commenting on the leaf shape.

but 78f water temp sounds a bit warm but I dunno about bio-hydro, im doing a 'sterile' non-bio grow.

 

[kenmastazz]

It’s high for a sterile setup but with bennies and a bio filter it should be doable but not higher

 

[J. Rocket]

during light cycle 78…
Bennies didn’t work for you ?

78* seems high to me.
67*-69* seems to be good for my set up.
I run GH Flora in rockwool DTW.
plants seem to thrive.

 

[kenmastazz]

wtf

 

[futurebanjo]

I still think it's just the phenotype... it will probably 'grow out of it' but either way I wouldnt be worried about that in particular.

 

[HydoDan]

Looks like she's getting too much nitrogen.. Dark green, leaf claw..

 

[kenmastazz]

I've read somewhere that large leafs are a good sign and its possible that there is a bit too much N but its a balancing act when you have different strains in one system and 360ppm at this stage its not high