Ak47 leaf problems. Over feeding?

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jayme001

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Hi all just need some advice from the photos attached. I am currently growing 4x ak47 in hydro pebbles. What do you suspect the leaf damage to be? They were going great then I changed the water kept the ph at 5.7-5.8 but I added more nutes. When I first planted then the ppm was 400 then a week later I changed the water and put more feed in and the ppm went up to 816. I changed the water another week later (Tuesday just gone and the ppm is now 960. Am I killing it with the nutes. It appears the leaves have turned in the last day or two.
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moondance

moondance

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Are you cleaning the stones when you change the res. dont know if they hold nutes. Somethings chaning your ppm week to week higher. MD
 
Fl_twistinstank

Fl_twistinstank

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My plants are soil grown but I had an issue similar and it was solved by just feeding plain Ph'd water for a week to two weeks then feeding half strength nutes once a week
 
Fl_twistinstank

Fl_twistinstank

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Btw it's most likely too much calmag but I'm not sure because i dont know what nutes or how much of them you are using
 
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Budgrowguide

Budgrowguide

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like always it's a hard call. Flushing them with pH'd water is a good idea. It could be too much Calmag or other nutrients.
 
auto1dwc

auto1dwc

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It would be a bit stupid if your exceeding the dosage ratio on the bottle if you are using calmag.
 
Fl_twistinstank

Fl_twistinstank

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auto1dwc said:
It would be a bit stupid if your exceeding the dosage ratio on the bottle if you are using calmag.
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I wouldn't even use the recommended dosage. That's all I used was recommended dosage or less and I still ran into issues but I switched nutes and have been fine since. The nutrients I had are apparently specifically for hydro and I'm growing in soil. I do half dosage now with fox farms and have been fine since
 
auto1dwc

auto1dwc

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Lol just a common mistake then.
You need to scrap the soil anyway and do hydro, this is a lot more hygienic.
And less stressful, and easier to maintain.
 
Fl_twistinstank

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auto1dwc said:
Lol just a common mistake then.
You need to scrap the soil anyway and do hydro, this is a lot more hygienic.
And less stressful, and easier to maintain.
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I've been thinking about it. Maybe next year. The funds just aren't there right now and I have to read up on hydo before just jumping into it. Definitely considering it though
 
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jayme001

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jayme001 said:
I changed the water yesterday. And ph’d to 5.8. I will keep an eye on them.
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Just had a thought, if I just put in plain water and this does cure the problem how will I know? Will the leaves repair itself or will it be some other way?
 
Fl_twistinstank

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jayme001 said:
Just had a thought, if I just put in plain water and this does cure the problem how will I know? Will the leaves repair itself or will it be some other way?
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When I over feed I use plain distilled water 0ppm and I do two waterings till small amount of runoff usually by the time the third watering comes up the plant is good again. I would check runoff ppm. If it's higher than 1000 i would water with plain distilled water again. I'm no pro but this method seems to work for me
 
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Fl_twistinstank said:
When I over feed I use plain distilled water 0ppm and I do two waterings till small amount of runoff usually by the time the third watering comes up the plant is good again. I would check runoff ppm. If it's higher than 1000 i would water with plain distilled water again. I'm no pro but this method seems to work for me
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I couldn’t get all the water out the tank. Out of 30 litre tank I had about less than a litre. I refilled it then checked ppm and it read 402. I suppose it’s better than nothing
 
Fl_twistinstank

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I'm having the same issue but in soil. I watered with plain water let them dry and fed half dose today. Hopefully they'll get back on track. If not I'm just going to use plain water for a week or two.
 
Fl_twistinstank

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From what ive been told when watering with plain water to get the plants back on track they usually get worse before they get better. Just use plain water or a very light feed till new growth comes up and doesn't have burnt tips or rust spots
 
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jayme001

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Fl_twistinstank said:
From what ive been told when watering with plain water to get the plants back on track they usually get worse before they get better. Just use plain water or a very light feed till new growth comes up and doesn't have burnt tips or rust spots
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Thanks for the reply, the problem I’ve got with feeding plain water for a week or two is that the plants are big enough so the lighting can go onto 12/12. What do I do?
 
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