WHAT is this???

Knitter

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HELP!! This discoloration appeared in one day, at lights out everything was fine and then…. Whaaaat? Does someone know what it could be? Fungi? Cal deficiency? RH at 55%, temps at night 17-19 degrees C and day 22-26 degrees C. I have a fan running at low and an inline fan with carbon filter attached. Growing in soil, in early veg state, going to cry now.
Running a SE5000 dimmed at 45% about 63cm, checking the DLI and ppfd every few days to be around DLI 17 and ppfd around 250. HELP!
 

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Killaki

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HELP!! This discoloration appeared in one day, at lights out everything was fine and then…. Whaaaat? Does someone know what it could be? Fungi? Cal deficiency? RH at 55%, temps at night 17-19 degrees C and day 22-26 degrees C. I have a fan running at low and an inline fan with carbon filter attached. Growing in soil, in early veg state, going to cry now.
Running a SE5000 dimmed at 45% about 63cm, checking the DLI and ppfd every few days to be around DLI 17 and ppfd around 250. HELP!
What's going on right here;
 

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Killaki

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Thank Gawd the weird looking stuff on the second photo was just some dirt. I did spray the plants with plain water before lights out… can water really do that to leaves? Sorry for the stupid questions :?
Yes. The water drops can act as a magnifying glass and they don't really don't need water droplets on their leaves. If your humidity is right they'll get they're leaf moisture right out if the air.
 

Budzbuddha

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On the fence on the pics - looks like thrip damage to me IMO. Which is fairly common with vegging plants / soil grows.

I would implement a “ preventative “ solution ( just in case ) … simple retail products can be used like Capt. Jacks Bug Brew / Bioneem / Azamax. Etc.

But first i would stage blue or yellow sticky traps to see if you get any “ flyers “. Plus as stated - stop wetting plants at lights out.
 

Killaki

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On the fence on the pics - looks like thrip damage to me IMO. Which is fairly common with vegging plants / soil grows.

I would implement a “ preventative “ solution ( just in case ) … simple retail products can be used like Capt. Jacks Bug Brew / Bioneem / Azamax. Etc.

But first i would stage blue or yellow sticky traps to see if you get any “ flyers “. Plus as stated - stop wetting plants at lights out.
Honestly that was my first thought too.
 

Budzbuddha

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You know the one thing alot of growers forget is lots of bagged medium come with “ hitchhikers “ - seen plenty of flyers ( gnats / bugs ) swarming palletized bags.

Learned quickly that it was a good idea to amend all bagged soil medium with neem meal. I dump bag into tote / add cups of neem meal / mix well and store.
 

Knitter

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You know the one thing alot of growers forget is lots of bagged medium come with “ hitchhikers “ - seen plenty of flyers ( gnats / bugs ) swarming palletized bags.

Learned quickly that it was a good idea to amend all bagged soil medium with neem meal. I dump bag into tote / add cups of neem meal / mix well and store.
Thanks for your advice! However, my bagged soil spent some weeks in -20 degrees C, so I think maybe, just maybe, the soil didnt come with any hitchhikers. Plus I dont see anything flying around my tent. I really appreciate all of the advice given, thank you for helping me!
 
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