Light Green Streaks??? It’s a miracle these plants are even here. Help me keep them here

Found 2 seeds in my stash a few months ago and those mf’s actually germinated and have survived up until this point with my basic plant parent skills. God is real cause I have no clue what I’m doing help!

Context: No major problems with these plants. Germinated, seedlings grew in sunlight for a few weeks until I got my closet setup. They’ve been in here for just over a month and we’re thriving up until this point. Developed a fungus gnats infestation (thanks to my orchid), but got rid of that in 2 weeks using diluted neem oil shot straight at the roots and the yellow sticky’s (as seen in pics) for the adult flies. They’re gone, but now I’m noticing new problems. I have not given my plants any nutrients. Just water. Soil is Fox Farm ph balance potting soil. Lights are 600 W LED.

Problem:
1. My bottom leaves are turning brown/dried/crunchy.... is this normal? Should I cut them off with my plant shears?

2.Noticing some light greenish streaks on my leaves - mostly the top leaves and about 2 leaves with streaks on my my new growth....how can I fix this? Is this a nutrient deficiency?

3. I feel like my babes are growing slow - they’re 5 inches tall 1.5 months since I planted them... thoughts?

Help me get these babies to bloom - thank you

Also adding that the tips of some of my top leaves are dry/curling

Jojosbuds said:

Found 2 seeds in my stash a few months ago and those mf’s actually germinated and have survived up until this point with my basic plant parent skills. God is real cause I have no clue what I’m doing help!

Context: No major problems with these plants. Germinated, seedlings grew in sunlight for a few weeks until I got my closet setup. They’ve been in here for just over a month and we’re thriving up until this point. Developed a fungus gnats infestation (thanks to my orchid), but got rid of that in 2 weeks using diluted neem oil shot straight at the roots and the yellow sticky’s (as seen in pics) for the adult flies. They’re gone, but now I’m noticing new problems. I have not given my plants any nutrients. Just water. Soil is Fox Farm ph balance potting soil. Lights are 600 W LED.

Problem:
1. My bottom leaves are turning brown/dried/crunchy.... is this normal? Should I cut them off with my plant shears?

2.Noticing some light greenish streaks on my leaves - mostly the top leaves and about 2 leaves with streaks on my my new growth....how can I fix this? Is this a nutrient deficiency?

3. I feel like my babes are growing slow - they’re 5 inches tall 1.5 months since I planted them... thoughts?

Help me get these babies to bloom - thank you

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You say 600 watts of LEDs; what kind of 600 watt LEDs? My friends 600 watt blurple light draws 60 watts at the plug not 600.
Which FF soil? Happy Frog or Ocean Forest? Both should have plenty of nutes for you at this stage though.
1. I'd leave them unless they come off with a light tug.
2. They do look a bit lime green/deficient but it's likely not your nutes. I'm guessing PH or watering style.
3. I agree. Likely light, watering style or PH.
The FF sols can have a low PH, that will lock out nutrients from your plant. Any way you can take a soil sample and get the PH of it?
Let the plants get dry before you put water on then water them until the point of runoff plus 10 to 20 % more after that. Don't keep putting water on every few days as that blocks air from getting to the roots. If you have a real 600 watts of LED light then they have too much light. A blurple is maybe ok in veg but not for flower.

Whatever it is, it's very pretty. Maybe it's your strain. You got one w big wide leaves and some with narrow.

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Jojosbuds said:

Found 2 seeds in my stash a few months ago and those mf’s actually germinated and have survived up until this point with my basic plant parent skills. God is real cause I have no clue what I’m doing help!

Context: No major problems with these plants. Germinated, seedlings grew in sunlight for a few weeks until I got my closet setup. They’ve been in here for just over a month and we’re thriving up until this point. Developed a fungus gnats infestation (thanks to my orchid), but got rid of that in 2 weeks using diluted neem oil shot straight at the roots and the yellow sticky’s (as seen in pics) for the adult flies. They’re gone, but now I’m noticing new problems. I have not given my plants any nutrients. Just water. Soil is Fox Farm ph balance potting soil. Lights are 600 W LED.

Problem:
1. My bottom leaves are turning brown/dried/crunchy.... is this normal? Should I cut them off with my plant shears?

2.Noticing some light greenish streaks on my leaves - mostly the top leaves and about 2 leaves with streaks on my my new growth....how can I fix this? Is this a nutrient deficiency?

3. I feel like my babes are growing slow - they’re 5 inches tall 1.5 months since I planted them... thoughts?

Help me get these babies to bloom - thank you

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Imo its likely Overwatering. Ive seen that posture and coloration enough to learn. Let it dry out. Besides the orchid, fungus gnats are probably a result of a little too much moisture. Youll notice when humodity etc is controlled, they dont do so well. The overwatering can also severely stunt growth. I do it myself so im not judging. Also, if you dont have enough aeration like pumice or perlite,those soils like ff etc are too rich. I have adjusted my mixture to include a lot more inert material because modern genetics seem to be really fickle in rich soils. Anyway gl

It looks more like some nutrient burn going on which is pretty common with those kinds of soils. Not going to be having deficiencies at this point unless the pH is way off the mark and that too is unlikely at this point.

You can dry the crap out of your plants but if you got fungus gnats you won't get rid of them unless you treat for them. I got a product called Gnatrol from a hydro store and one treatment got rid of mine. Either that or those mosquito dunks as they both are a bacteria specific to those types of larvae and kill them with no harm to your plants or yourself.

Doesn't look overwatered to me but you can't tell what it's like under the surface from a pic. You did water the whole pot then leave it until it feels light before watering again I hope? Watering a little around the plant more often is the way to get lousy growth. A 6" plant will have a foot of roots under it and if it's dry down there they die at the ends and you get a little rootball just under the plant instead of them spreading all thru the pots.

Most plants in those soils showing problems early on usually settle in and start growing really good after a bit so don't be throwing stuff at them to fix a problem that may not exist. Lots of good, strong light will give them the energy to use those nutes.

Update! It was oxygen! Gave those bad boys extra fan air and it perked right back up!

Jojosbuds said:

Update! It was oxygen! Gave those bad boys extra fan air and it perked right back up!

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Plants don't eat oxygen tho. It's CO2 they crave and O2 they give off during their daylight hours.

OldMedUser said:

Plants don't eat oxygen tho. It's CO2 they crave and O2 they give off during their daylight hours.

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This is true but proper ventilation usually supplies plants with ample co2. Co2 burners and tanks are not practical or cost effective for indoor home growers. Also stating the obvious but there are no co2 tanks outside and plants grow vigorously so potentially poisoning yourself in your home gas chamber or wasting money on more appliances seems unnecessary to me. I could probably run the numbers but no, thanks.

FidelCa$hflow said:

This is true but proper ventilation usually supplies plants with ample co2. Co2 burners and tanks are not practical or cost effective for indoor home growers. Also stating the obvious but there are no co2 tanks outside and plants grow vigorously so potentially poisoning yourself in your home gas chamber or wasting money on more appliances seems unnecessary to me. I could probably run the numbers but no, thanks.

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I'm not saying to add CO2 tho I do during the stretch just that it's not O2 they want for growth. I use a DIY alcohol lamp to add CO2 while setting my temp controller higher so it can get up to 85F before the exhaust fan kicks in and my basement grow room is cool enough that it won't get that hot so it's almost like a sealed grow space and the CO2 stays in there. I have a CO2 controller but have just used it to monitor the levels and can exceed 1500 ppm easily.

After the stretch I lower the temp setting so the exhaust fan is kicking on and off during their day to bring in fresh air.