Ahh! Please help before she dies!

Tyrantecks

Active Member
After looking at a chart its either cal/mag def or maybe potassium/phosphorous? I dont get it! please read :-?

Woah, ok guys I'm growing 2 auto flowers using aeroponic bubbler system. My large 10 inch tall plant is 4 weeks old on the dot, the younger one to the left in the pics is about 3 1/2 weeks old and just 2 inches tall (It hasn't grown an inch in at least a week.)

Used 1/4 str FF grow big from week 2 til now (worked fine)

So everything was going wonderfully for 4 beautiful weeks of my first grow, one of my plants really took hold and skyrocketed, I actually think it is way ahead of schedule.
All the research I've done, money put into it, page of page of postings on here and then this happens to me over the course of 2 days!

Suddenly I woke up one morning to check my preflowering large plant and dress up her hair a bit to allow for more light penetration and I had fucking leaves crunchy in my hands, legit crunching into nothing. There was huge purple spots on the leaves and a little on the top bud and the following day turned orange and started to become crunchy!

I ordered cal/mag before this even started happening and USPS is taking its gd time. I also ordered big bloom I feel like my plant is a early finisher and wants the big bloom nutrients and phosphorous. I feel like it has a NASTY NASTY Cal/Mag Def because the water I have Ph's out of the faucet at 7.0 and is almost completely pure as it is a well, I didn't know this and haven't been adding cal mag to my water until someone saw that I was getting a def. My plant was gorgoeous and has since turned into a monster! USPS wont have my cal/mag, FF/ Big Bloom until Monday, so I added a blended mixtures of coral calcium and Epsom salt to the res.

I think its a combination of Cal/Mag Def and Phosphorous def but how can I hospitalize her while I wait for my Big bloom and Cal mag on monday, she looks worse in person than in the pics, I've been misting them a lot to keep from crunchyness but I doubt that's good since the leaves seem a little droopy. Please don't give me shit criticism about me being a moron just please help me with my grow, everything was perfect until about 3 days ago, awesome green leaves, little brown scarring but nothing major, now shes like the exorcist.

1. is my large plant saveable? How can I treat her? how the F*** did this even happen I was so happy about that plant!

2. Is there reason my other 2 inch plant being 3 1/2 weeks old will not gain upward growth, it seems to have 2 nodes, Its not AS effected as the big plant from cal/mag def, but a little on the under leaves. Is she just mega stunted from the big one taking all of the little calcium they had available or is there something else at play here? Im feeding her 1/4 str FF Grow Big.....

So, QUestions in a Nutshell.


Will big plant produce buds still if I treat this? How do I treat it?

Why is the small plant (being only 1/2 week smaller than large 3 week old plant) not growing and shooting upwards? is it just too early and my other plant was a quickie?

The 1st set of pics is the yellowing leaves and horrible look it is today, the other two pics are from 3 days ago.

Please help!! D:
 

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cat of curiosity

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you will produce buds. your ph is too high. you are feeding too much phosphorous.

cool your water down, go back to essentials, and let it equalize.

patience is a virtue, young padawan.
 

cat of curiosity

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any time foliage is that overgrown, you have an abundance of nutrients (obviously nitrogen). always start small and work up unless you know your plant, and have been there and done that.
 

garden11

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Dont rush to a conclusion too fast, if its the wrong one you will loose them..

I'm no aeroponic expert, but 7.0 sounds high. 7.0 is what i use for my soil mixx.
 

Dr.J20

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Garden and Cat got you square i believe--i'm no hydro dude. pH for hydro last i checked was in the high-5s; like 5.8 or something. you can trim your damaged foliage and give her a couple more days/weeks in veg if you like, once you get your issues solved, but that looks very similar to Ca def. in a lockout situation with some micros and Phosphorous the likeliest candidates for being locked out--particularly with the description of purplish spots.
don't know what i'm talking about though, been drinking all day
be easy,
best of luck
:peace:
 

Tyrantecks

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Thanks guys, I think I know what happened.I couldn't find a Ph decrease so I got this organic pool ph decreaser (o chemicals) but its so potent that just 3 pinches of it put the ph down like 2 whole ranges, last time I flushed my res I think I added too much and the Ph was down at like 3.0 locking out every single element, I was beguiled because I would add some ph up and It wouldn't budge, it must have just been so low that it was nothing. I know for a fact I have a cal/mag def and tomorrow im adding cal/mag formula to my res. I dont think ive fed it ANY phosphorous unless it comes inside grow big. I literally have fed them 1/4 dosage of grow big since week 2 how could I be over feeding them? I didnt know that a lot of foliage was a bad thing? Keep in mind guys these are auto-flowers I dont think I have a choice of when it flowers.
 

Tyrantecks

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the way the leaves are yellowing It looks like a potassium or phos def, but I think I probably have every def in the book since my ph was so fucking low ! ERRRR
 

SnaFuu

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but what really racks my brains is why the little one didnt grow?
What really racks mine is why your original post says ph7 and now you say ph3.

You'll have a long learning process if you keep sabotaging yourself like this.

Good luck
 

Tyrantecks

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I said my water is pure 7.0 out of the tap. I obviously decrease increase PH out of the tap, not reading it right.
 

Mellodrama

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Vinegar has a pH of 3. Maybe you should start over. The plant is probably so sick from the poisoning that it might be a mercy to put it down.
 
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