heat/light stress or deficiency??

MOAB420

Member
Hello all. These babies are 6 weeks old and are showing some signs of discontent. Brown leaves and upturned leaves. The cali dream and skunk are affected the worst. Last week I put the 1000 mh over them to a height that felt comfy on the back of my hand. Perhaps not???

Soil is FFOF, last week I started half strength big bloom.

thank you!!




 

zack66

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Looking kind of toasty. I'd be backing that 1000 watt at least 2ft away for now and gradually lowering it. Good luck
 

MOAB420

Member
I ratcheted the light to about 2.5 feet now. We shall see.

any reason why the lower leaves are getting brown and not the upper?

Thanks again for the replies.
 

iiKode

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Did you need any help with this? I think a good temp range is between 75-85 during lights on.
 

zack66

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Keep an eye on overwatering. Doesn't take much to have them go south on you due to moisture stress. Less is more. Let those ladies dry out good between water/feed. Don't overreact to this.They actually look pretty nice and healthy overall. Give it a week with raising your light. They should look better by then.
 

zack66

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I just reread your original post. You said your feeding them big bloom? You should be feeding N right now not bloom.
 

TotalSnafu

Member
First off, relax. They look ok. The "damage" does not look like heat stress/bleaching for two reasons. First, bleaching (light too intense) causes the leaves to show pale splotches, or even yellowed splotches of it is really bad. And bleaching would show on all exposed leaves of the plant. Second reason is that heat stress causes the plants to wither and become limp, as water in the plant evaporates faster than it is absorbed. This would show on all the leaves and stems. However, you topmost growth (new growth) appears to strong, dense, and a healthy shade of green. It is possible that the discolored, curled leaves are the result of fertilizer burn, but none of your new growth has yellowed tips, so this is unlikely. Instead, what is most likely is that your plant is shuttling most of its nutrients and energy to sustain rapid new growth. Within a matter of days, those browned leaves will be obsolete. Just in case, give them a heavy watering of pure water next time they need it, and keep an eye on new and middle growth for signs of over-fert. In all, you dank looks....well, dank! You're doing all right. I wish you many stinky buds!
 

TotalSnafu

Member
And yes, I agree with zack66. Unless you are really low on space, you should be giving them a high Nitrogen fert and letting them veg out.
 

zack66

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1000 watts is alot of light. Keep a nice safe distance for now. Gradually get them closer as time rolls on. And once again if your in veg ditch the bloom nutes for now!
 

MOAB420

Member
Thanks to all for the replies.

I was just going off of the Fox Farm schedule that called for Big Bloom. Looking on the bottle it looks there aint a lot of N. Can anyone point me in the right direction, product-wise, for more nitrogen?

Lights were pulled up, plants were watered. thanks again for all of the help!!
 

MOAB420

Member
Did you need any help with this? I think a good temp range is between 75-85 during lights on.
I have some thermometers on the table and they read 70° with lights on, 60-63° with lights off with humidity ranging between 30-60%.
 

hotrodharley

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Feeding at 6 weeks in FFOF? There's a clue. Don't feed anything to new plants. Don't feed any plants in FF until 4 to 5 weeks and then only reduced feeds at 1/4 strength. FF is notoriously hot due to nutrients in it. Feed, water, water. Do not overwater.
 

rarebreed619

Active Member
Looks like over fert or too much water, let em dry a little between waterings. Great looking plants by the way (in that group shot) :weed:
 

MOAB420

Member
Checked on the kids today, still browning leaves on bottom. Light was raised a few days ago and I turned the ballast down to 75%. Straight water today. Upper leaves and new growth looks green and healthy.
 
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