What is this?

I've been battling this for over a year. I got 2 oz off a 1000watt light last harvest. It started with mites last summer and I think I've got rid of it just to raise its ugly head again. I see no signs of mites and if they where doing this much damage I would see some. I only use organic solutions. I used neem, spinosad, tried pepper sprays and hit them at least once a week. Spinosad is my go to and works well for most stuff but I just don't know what it is.
It's time for new a new filter and bulb and frankly I don't think I'm going to do it if I can't end this. Its just not producing.
And yes I would rather not smoke than use chemicals, I'm do sick to add that shit to my lungs.

not bugs... appears to be under the top only lollipop her up a bit could be just normal leaf death

I agree, does not seem to be pests; could be normal under lighted necrosis but check your pH as it could also be a lock out condition.

I don't get why you only harvested 2 oz from a 1KW lamp, how mnay plants were you growing?

regards,

This is not my first grow. This will destroy the plant. Bottom to top. I only go 2 ozs because this shit is killing my plants. I normally get more than that from 1 plant. Please don't guess. If you know help me out here do please.

Don't think they were guessing. Not bugs

I've never said its bugs. I don't have any idea what it is. I didn't put this in the bug subsection just general problems.

Misread your post. What do you have them in and what is your fertilizing schedule?

long shot, but ... Are you using a tent? If so, what brand? cn

snew said:

I've been battling this for over a year. I got 2 oz off a 1000watt light last harvest. It started with mites last summer and I think I've got rid of it just to raise its ugly head again. I see no signs of mites and if they where doing this much damage I would see some. I only use organic solutions. I used neem, spinosad, tried pepper sprays and hit them at least once a week. Spinosad is my go to and works well for most stuff but I just don't know what it is.
It's time for new a new filter and bulb and frankly I don't think I'm going to do it if I can't end this. Its just not producing.
And yes I would rather not smoke than use chemicals, I'm do sick to add that shit to my lungs.


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Looks like various stages of ca mg deficiency.

Ya we need more info to help. They look hungry to me. You said you dont like smoking chemicals, you should see what happens to neem when you apply a flame to it, very carcinogenic.
So
What are you using

soil
Nutes
Temps
Humidity
How often you water
how often you feed
How old is your bulb
How long in veg/flower


Sidd

Thanks for all the comments. I'll try to address all your questions:
I'm not in a tent, open air plenty of room. I don't feed, I am ready to transplant now I use about 25% worm castings and with fox farms and then I have a soil mix I use with bone meal, etc. and are ready to transplant. Problem is when I transplant the yellow will continue to grow up the plant. I'm confident that I have adequate nutrients in my soil mix (I use epson salt to address Ca-Mag). I would like to stop this before I transplant, This is crop 5 with this problem.
I don't use chemicals, Neem is biodegradable and I don't use it in for the last 2 months. I prefer to use nothing but pepper spray, garlic, etc and spinosad is my last line of defense.
I have a shit load of complex health so I avoid chemicals ad much as possible so I don't want or need another complexity to health issues.
Really thanks for all the constructive input.

Can you use just plain Fox farm soil? I had great results with Happy Frog until it ran out of nutrition after two months. Maybe repot into that or Ocean Forest? cn

<add> The tent comment had to do with an occasional but real and insidious problem: plasticizer toxicity. but since you have no tent and are growing as naturally as possible, i don't see that as a working hypothesis any more.

But such low yields under that light lead me to wonder about your soil. With that much light, I'd try two to four different soil programs side by side.

Maybe your light isnt functioning properly? Do you have a light meter to test what its putting out? They are not that expensive really.

If I am you I probably do what was just suggested before me and try out a couple of new mixes to see if that is an issue. I assume you have used the same mix before with good results however. I would want to have a good look at the root growth too. 2oz from 1000w sounds like it could be a lot of issues, I guess more details about your setup, watering schedule etc would be helpful.

The simplest answer to me seems like a malfunctioning light. It would have to be pretty fucked however and I am not sure it is even possible.

Bottom Leafs = Not as important to the plant anymore, its that simple.

Your right the bottom leafs are not that important. Its all the others that turn yellow and drop from there that I'm concerned about.

I don't use Fox Farm (yes OF) only as I said I added worm castings to this pot and have a mix (which is not in yet) that I use in flower. I would like to find out what the problem is BEFORE I transplant these plants so that I don't continue to have this problem.

I would add lime to your soil. I had some serious cal/mag issues and once I added a liberal amount of lime the cal issues went away. Still trying to figure out if I have a mag or K def, but the calcium issues are gone. If the problem has occurred in 5 crops you might not have adequate feeding. Just as a process of elimination you may want to try adding some organic flowering nutes. Possibly seaweed if you can get it. Neptune's harvest's fish blend fixed my N def right away(one plant still has an abundance) so I imagine their seaweed mix would work just as well.

Unless your light is really messed up I doubt that's the issue. So you're either looking at your growing area being the issue or lack of nutrients.

how tall were those plants/plant when you started flowering?