Sidious, Oh, Sidious...I needeth help!!!

damn i nearly missed this post...lol....o.k. a pic would be helpfull, but as i don't have one we'll have to use overgrow to get you to point out what it looks like.......why do you think that it's light poisoning?...unlikely, allthough it can be done, i don't think you'd have that kind of light available unless you're connected to the national grid...lol........o.k. the ones that look as if they need ironed, are they green or yellow?....the ones that are yellow around the edges are probably burned.....either by overfert, or distance from the light source......if the problem is only on the top leaves then it is most probably the latter.....however if it on the lower leaves and mid/top then it will be the fert......stay with the 18/6 lighting and flush the medium with clean water....approx 2 times the amount of the pot......i.e. a 3 gallon pot with nearly 6 gallon of water.........go here and tell me what it looks like.... http://www.overgrow.com/growfaq/?qa=1111

1/ how old is the plant and what size?
2/ what size of pot?
3/ what fert n-p-k? and how much are you using?
4/ what's the ph of the soil?
5/ how much do you water her with?
6/ what size of light, and distance to the plant?
7/ does the plant have good air circulation
8/ what is the temperture?....in the room and at the top of the plants?

ps as for the flies, i have no idea as i'm in Scotland and we have only midgies...lol.....maybe votoloco or unoit or one of your fellow American growers can help you out there.....most likely a spray you can get........hope that helps you......Peace out.....Sid

 

As Stylez said for fluros you can keep your plants much closer a good distance with them is 2 in. from your source raise it as the plants grow closer of course. I highly doubt this is burn if you using fluros seeing it's HARD to burn them with fluros seeing they for one generate nearly no heat... HPS on the other hand which is often a great light for your flowering period ( I myself veg. @ 18/6 with fluros and then chaneg to HPS for flowering at full... ) will burn your plants if close at all like Stylez said again warm is good but keep your hand at the distance your plant is for a minute and see how much of that heat concentrates as a moment under the light is far different than 18 hours under that light. So tha should rule out our poisening or burning... Fruit flies now Im at a loss here because if your growing inside, I don't know where these bugs are coming from unless you used a soil with their larve? But, seeing your plants as Im assuming under light are inside you have good control over their environment and what gets to them so just watch under the leaves for small spots anywhwere that seem ABNORMAL... Ill find some pics and post so you can see what they look like these would mites and if you have mites you have a big problem cause you'll be fighting them until the end of your plants life probably... hopefully this'll help a little...

 

Well I think you sound pretty well off... and set... So just keep an eye for those fly things you talked baout and just SmAcK em.... Great Yields, Come from Great Fields!

 

the flush with the clean water should sort it out......you'll probably get away with thois one, but if in the future you want to grow more then, get a ph tester....the rod type......and a thermo.....more handy for the HPS.....ps if i were you and you have the HPS allready i would have just done the whole process under the HPS........Peace out.....Sid

 

your welcome!.......anything else just gimme a haller.....even though i'm about 2000 miles away...i'll still hear ya....Peace out....Sid

 

your welcome that's what were here for...lol.....Peace out.....Sid