Dying, curling, burning, yellow leaves

Discussion in 'Sick Plants and Problems' started by RobinWood, Nov 22, 2010.

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    Hey all. These plants are dying fast. All are light, light green to yellow and have lost all lower vegetation (yellowed and died.)

    General Organics - BioThrive Grow and Bloom
    Ph - around 6.3
    Air not enclosed, just pushed around a basement.
    Temps are between 77 and 64F. Humidity is rock steady around 40%.

    I'm thinking either the Ph meter is way off, or they are seriously deficient. Some soil was re-used to fill in the bottom of the SmartPots, maybe the bottom 1/2 of their soil is old, but nutes were added liberally to make up for it. Any guesses?
     
  2. can you post a pic with the hps light off so we can get a good look
     
  3. Yeah, I see what you mean. How long have they been flowering?
     
  4. I looked through some other posts here in GC. I'm thinking maybe nute burn? Especially since you said you were using liberally. Maybe too much of a good thing? How are you testing the ph?
     
  5. Another pic tomorrow. The Ph Meter is a calibrated Hannah Ph/EC/PPM meter. Not sure if you have to calibrate the EC, and it gives wild readings between 1000 and 2000 little greek u's, whatever that means.

    They've been flowering a month. They were just watered with

    tap water
    5ml BioThrive Grow
    5ml BioThrive Bloom
    1ml BioWeed
    1ml Thrive Alive

    Adjusted Ph to 6.5
     
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    Here are a few more with the HPS turned off. For some perspective they have all lost their biggest branches to a steady yellowing/browning. Some have spots or perma-wilt, but mainly the fear is the yellow leaves with necrosis-tips.

    Yellow lower leaves = N Def.

    however,

    Necrotic tips = over fert?

    That's the confusion. The air flow is decent, and the Ph is between 6 and 7 always. By the way I truly love you guys so very much. If you get a chance, check out Reddit.com/trees.
     

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