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stoner1984

stoner1984

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Ok, so i've posted this a couple of times and got no response,

stoner1984 said:
Hay guys, firstly thanks to the people on this site who have helped me get this far, much appreciated!

Just an update on how things are going with a little request for advice.

2 plants both bubblicious fems from nirvana. 48 days of veg @ 19/5, 6 days in 12/12

Spec is 400w hps, peat/perlite pre nuted soil mixed with more perlite and baby bio nutes used during veg 10-4-2 and a lil mol to boot, in 30ltr tubs, not sure what that is in gal but its ample, got some canna 13/14 and i intend to use this with a lil baby bio during flower.

Lights on temps are 21c (70f) although it gets colder at times, spesh during lights out. PH is 6.5 in, 7.5 run off.

I have a dranage issue and i think this is causing some of the problems you will see in a couple of my pics, pots can take a week to dry well. One problem is the curling of the leaves which is very slowly spreading, its almost like the leaves are folding. another smaller problem is a bottom leaf has dry'd but is still green but this may have been caused by nute burn in early veg.

Could anyone give me a clearer idea of why i'm having these problems??
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i think this down to overwatering as i have a drainage problem but i could be completly off the mark....

3rd pic is of my healthy plant...
 

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GreedAndVanity

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If the pots take a week to dry they are def too big for your plants. You might have a drain problem too. Do you know how much perlite you put in the mix? I use about a third perlite and it works very well.

I also have my girls in a 3.8 gal pot which should be about 14-16 litre and my plants are about 2.5 feet, budding heavily.

Even your healthy plant is looking droopy slightly. I might try to lower the PH a bit on the watering if you have prenuted soil and you are adding nutes there could be an imbalance causing a lock out of availability. Flush heavily with 5.8PH fresh water and see how shit goes.
 
stoner1984

stoner1984

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GreedAndVanity said:
If the pots take a week to dry they are def too big for your plants. You might have a drain problem too. Do you know how much perlite you put in the mix? I use about a third perlite and it works very well.

I also have my girls in a 3.8 gal pot which should be about 14-16 litre and my plants are about 2.5 feet, budding heavily.

Even your healthy plant is looking droopy slightly. I might try to lower the PH a bit on the watering if you have prenuted soil and you are adding nutes there could be an imbalance causing a lock out of availability. Flush heavily with 5.8PH fresh water and see how shit goes.
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The healthy one looks a tad droopy cuz the lights had only just come on... or at least it stands up when its under light for an hour or so.

the mix is about 1/6th perlite.

i think i might try adjust the ph slightly but i dont trust my testing kit too much, cost me £5 and although its designed for gardening i'm not sure its acurate enough to be making major changes.

do you recon this is likely to be caused by watering or ph?
 
GreedAndVanity

GreedAndVanity

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You can never be too sure really different plants are different plants and act differently, to put it eloquently. Its the first thing I would try to do if my plants looked like that. My plants leaves are generally tilted twoards light source slightly. Rather than horizontal even and generally the only wilt I see is if I put off watering because I am busy.

You lowering your PH a bit wouldn't be a bad thing, usually 5.8 is to low for soil but I think you might have a mild amount of build up forming in the soil. Hopefully this slightly more acidic water will cause slightly more acidic run off and in the end wash away some of the salts.

I would do this for one watering and see how the plants act, if they look more lively maybe keep the PH low on the next LIGHT feeding,
 
stoner1984

stoner1984

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slk said:
Look small for 48 days. What kind of light are you using?
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They are 2 foot tall mate lol.

Flushed them last night, and i mean flushed them well, and they look so much better this morning. Thanks greedandvanity (rep), gona get some PH up & down this weekend so i can keep tabs on it.
 
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