First grow frustration

As you can see there is discoloration in the leaves and the edges are curling. What noob mistake am I making? Thanks guys, been trying to nail this down for a few days but like I said, noob.

What kind of system are you using?

what is your humidity?

How are you watering those rockwool cubes and how often?

What nutes are you using?

CAP Ebb and Gro, waterings every 8 hours (10AM, 6PM, 2AM) for 15 minutes. Humidity is 43% - 66% according to my Sentinel with a minimum temp of 66* and a top of 75*, AN Nutrients which I'm currently using at 1/4 strength with RO water. I actually haven't been paying much attention to the RW lately because these babies have lots of roots growing out of the second bucket already.

what type of lighting and how close is it and do you have a good amount of ventilation above the plants?

400W MH, air cool hoods, at about 19 inches from the Hydroton. Ventilation is two oscilating fans, 8" HO exhaust fan that kicks in at 74.5* and fresh cool air is sucked in.

How's the PH and PPM's? Sorry if I'm asking obvious stuff, just working from the ground up.

No, I appreciate it.

It's R.O water that comes out at 5.6, slowly rises over the week to mid 6s. PPM I don't have measured. When I bought my pH meter I didn't have enough for the cool one that had everything and I figured pH was most important if I had to choose one.

BiteSizeFreak said:

No, I appreciate it.

It's R.O water that comes out at 5.6, slowly rises over the week to mid 6s. PPM I don't have measured. When I bought my pH meter I didn't have enough for the cool one that had everything and I figured pH was most important if I had to choose one.

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If that hydroton is new then the rising PH is likely partially due to that. Eventually it will stabilize (probably within 6 weeks of use).

I am not an expert but the leaves look a bit dry. Nothing stands out from your setup that would indicate why though.

Yeah the hydroton is new though I rinsed the hell out of it. I'm pretty OCD.

The only other thing I didn't mention is I have been using H202 @ 2 ml per Liter but everything I've read said that shouldn't be the issue.

ETA: I feel slightly better and also slighty worse that it hasn't jumped out at someone so far.

Sup Dude,

Bitchin ass, Kick -Ass avatar!!! +Rep for that dude!!!

Now to your problem. I have to ask how long have you been running the nutes at 1/4 strength? Which AN Line are you using? Is it the entire kit or just the Base Nutes?

If you weren't running the nutes at 1/4 strength earlier maybe your initial solution? If so then you could have easily burned them. But don't worry 'if that did happen) they don't look too bad... Just watch to see if it keeps getting progressively worse. Then


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Sup Dude,

Bitchin ass, Kick -Ass avatar!!! +Rep for that dude!!!

Now to your problem. I have to ask how long have you been running the nutes at 1/4 strength? Which AN Line are you using? Is it the entire kit or just the Base Nutes?

If you weren't running the nutes at 1/4 strength earlier maybe your initial solution? If so then you could have easily burned them. But don't worry 'if that did happen) they don't look too bad... Just watch to see if it keeps getting progressively worse. Then


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Thanks dude. I'm using AN's Grow/Micro/Bloom with B52 and Voodoo Juice. I started it the second week after they popped.. They're growing like crazy (at least I think they are) but I'm woried because of the leaf color and the edges curling.

I'm wondering if thats very very early cal/mag deficiency due to you say you're using RO. I use AN stuff and don't use sensical but then I don't use RO water which removes micros.

BiteSizeFreak said:

Thanks dude. I'm using AN's Grow/Micro/Bloom with B52 and Voodoo Juice. I started it the second week after they popped.. They're growing like crazy (at least I think they are) but I'm woried because of the leaf color and the edges curling.

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I guess you answered that question, if you're using the 3 part you're surely getting all the micros you need.

Yes i was thinking the same thing since he is using the entire line-up. But if the system he is using removes nutes, and he is only running at 1/4 strength ??????, maybe that could contribute to the deficiency. I know the nutes are really strong but to me 1/4 is pretty weak unless your replenishing daily, plus those girls will only grow if they have nutrients to use...

another thing if you bought your nutes in a box set then I think your safe. But if you purchased each bottle independently you have to check to ensure that you have the proper "pairing". I know your like "what the f*ck is he talking about", but check it dude..... If you have the Sensi A&B like I do, I've noticed in my local grow shop 2 different formulas for Sensi A and 2 different formulas for Sensi B sitting on the shelf one next to the other! So it's like having rev A and rev B but not telling anyone if the interoperable!!!! If you look at the N-P-K numbers you'll see a huge difference in the nutes so taking that into consideration you could literally be under fertilizing or over fertilizing while following the dosages. I would normally figure this not to be true but since these nutes are totally 100% engineered, I'm sure they are engineered to perform well with x,y,z, not 1,2,3. So..... Just one idea

But again I think if you just purchased the hobbyist pack in a box set your safe...



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You're seeing the new formula on the shelves? I haven't seen it yet but just bought 10 liters of a/b so I'm set for awhile and won't be using the new formula till I run out of this.

No.. not the new formula with the chic on the front!! I haven't seen that one. It's supposed to be Sensi A&B in one bottle right? You and I use the 2 Bottle and bro here is using the 3 bottle. It's the Sensi A with the Sensi B (2 bottle solution, Black and green label, black bottle) that one has 2 different formulas for each....


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Yeah I bought the Hobbyist pack.

So thanks for all the great input but I'm still lost as to what to do.

Bump for a good cause