Okay so after staring at super green leaves some burn on edges and tips and red/purple stems and lines on stalks, lighter colored bottom leaves and some light blotches in segments of leaf, I decided to flush plant and see what deal is. With first bucket of phed water ppm was 200...not high at all, so I continued until I was down to 45ppm. Im redoing garage so Im unable to put this girl under a MH shes been under CFL's and LED's. Decided since it stopped raining here to give her some real sunlight today. Plants got a bunch going on but the ppm were very low (thus why I put the deficiency as a might be) also most leaves are 3 fingers (mutation or problem, idk) any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys Also no idea of strain got plant from uncle when it was about 6" tall shes now 16". He also was feeding daily it was rootbound before I moved to this 17.5" pot weeks ago.
Also tents been 70-80% humidity and 72f. Nutes were liquid earth Vigor and grow. Feed once a week water 2-3 a week depending on when its needed. Roots are growing from some drain holes maybe 1/2" long bright white, so Im happy with that aspect of root health. But the super dark leaves and stem color have me worried.
the odd thing was my PPM was 200 upon flush and through continuing I knocked it down to having fairly clear runoff and a ppm of 45
Bring your ph down to 6.5. Have u ever checked your soil ph? I bet it's in the high 7s. What kind of soil?
Soil is 1/3rd perlite, 1/3rd peat moss, 1/3rd top soil. I have a soil PH kit ill check soil itself now. Thanks
If you're going to mix your own soil, which is totally fine, use a proven grow soil recipe to be safe. Actually, if you can get it, some formulated grow soil would be great to start with because you don't have to worry too much about the soil giving you any problems. But a lot of folks mix their own and it works great for them. There are tons of good soil recipes floating around on the net. If you've got roots growing out the drain holes, sounds like it's time for another up pot. It's good that the roots are nice and white. At least you know you're not having issues with them. Happy roots make for a happy plant and a better harvest, so good soil and plenty of room to expand with a repot in some good soil should make her very happy. Good luck!
this pots huge, but ill deff swap to a larger is thats what she needs. Oh btw you were correct about soil, it is in the 7's. Thanks a ton guys
Thanks trichuk. Will grab new medium and planter. Flushing again now and by time I come back hopefully shell be done. How much of this old medium should I keep around root ball. With last transplant I used entire soil/root since it was bound.
Im mid way through renovating my garage/shop for my personal biz so I didnt setup my 4x4 tent snd dwc w HID's filter etc etc...figured if I was going to stress her might as well go big...and will give me a little practice on DWC. Seeing as I got this plant at 6" and no idea of strain and inherited problems from my uncle (rootbound overfeeding) its not too too much of a lose. I have some fem Northern Lights seeds that ill start in 4x4 when works done. So just figured to plop her in one of buckets. Since pic I hooked all 4 lines and stones to bucket (pump sucks for four have a 40L coming for 4 buckets, this little one would never handle 4) Added mild dose of piranha and super thrive to help combat extreme stress. rez at 69