New grower, could use some advice

mingobuds

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I am growing indoors in a basement inside of a 10x10x8 tent in ProMix bX soil.
Each plant has 2x225 6 band super ufo leds.
Humidity was too high until recently (50-60 previously now 43-47)
I am a little over a week into flower, and made the mistake of not continuing the veg nutrients for the first week and switched right into flower nutes. (AgeOld)
I also have been watering too frequently. (not letting the pot completely dry out) and have been using nutrients for most waterings.
I have seen some very tiny white bugs/mites in the runoff water on the trays.
Since, I have drenched with AzaMax and h2o2 peroxide on separate occasions.
Then, transplanting from 5-7 gallon pots and poking holes in the previous 5 gallon mix because they were very tight and compact.
My bengal cat whom I have previously allowed in the basement was treated for fleas recently and I took action upstairs and sparingly downstairs with Siphotrol spray from the animal hospital.
Before that I only spotted a single flea/tick looking bug on some topsoil on one of the plants on one single occasion before I took any action. (also on my cat which was how I knew she had them)
I have also just recently noticed a few of the flea/tick looking bugs hopping around in my clone tent and killed them.
Today I watered with each plant with a half gallon of a Bat Guano 10-4-1 organic fertilizer ~ RO water mix (about 1 tbsp per gallon), after letting the soil dry for 2 days.
Prior for the past 2 waterings I have just used straight RO (now watering when the pot is light ~ about every other day).

~Strains 6-Jillybean 1-Querkle (The Jillybeans are the ones struggling)
~have another tent with 3 blueberry headbands and they are a lot larger doing very well

I am open to all and any advice, I understand I have made mistakes many have made before, but I am just learning and could use some help from those more experienced.

Anything I have left out just ask and I will reply.
 

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Diabolical666

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So hard to see with those lights on...whats your waters ph?
Get some bombs for your grow area and the house. Bomb every 60-90 days
 

Bugeye

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Pretty impressive for a first grow! Keep good notes on what you are doing, what is working, what isn't, etc. You already have learned a lot to apply to next grow. Pics with lights off would be fun to see. Finish strong!
 

mingobuds

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Update: Need help

Nothing is working the plants are all turning yellow not looking healthy... I flushed one of them and poured out the run off tray only to find these little tiny fuckers... What are they??? I took the whole tray into a hydroponic shop near me and they had no idea and told me to use sns203... It's not letting me upload the video thru my phone I will upload it on computer later today...
 
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WhiteRooster

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Are you using a Cal Mag supplement with the Age Old? I used Age Old Grow/Bloom for my outdoor this year with General Organics Cal Mag and a few other organic supplements
 

kogislife420

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Yeah bro your plants are looking nice I just finished my first grow, well I am still harvest it was random bagseed and it turned out to be a delicious white widow that has grown about 5 ft and ive ripped a juicy half oz off it and still have heaps left on it to go but my second grow is 4 duckfoot seedling which is great i live in the tropics of australia :) But yeah nice first grow bro :)
 

mingobuds

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Sorry for the late post....

My ph meter broke but I used the ghetto drop test and my soil is supposedly between 6-6.5 and its saying my RO is between 6.5-7.
My RO also broke today so I might be getting a new one... if anyone has any suggestions
I have some new pictures with the LEDs off... before and after I stripped yellow leaves
also have a close up video showing my runoff tray with the white ?mites crawling around
it will not let me upload it as a .MOV file so here is a link...... (http://vid624.photobucket.com/albums/tt327/zhouse4/IMG_0227_zpsqkz8uwzq.mp4)
I had another grower come by today and he believed they were thrips so I let him do his thing...
he proceeded to cover topsoil with gnatnix and foliar sprayed with a chemical I cannot remember the name which is pretty embarrassing
and sprayed with another nutrient mix to help yellowing that I cannot recall the name of.
He also let loose a pack of ladybugs in each tent.

And other than my last two waterings... no I have not been using a CalMag supplement.

Let me know what you
Thanks
 

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Diabolical666

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Do you have gnats? I dont see thrip damage at all. Can you google some pics of root aphids and see if they match with the white bug runoff..
 
they look hungry to me. promix has benificial bacterias as well as the age old guano so the h202 you put in it killed all of your benificials which help keep a happy living soil. peroxide is a no no for organics. that plant is now depending on you to feed it hence the fading yellow cannibalized leaves. feed her good sir shes hungry. as for the white bugs they may be some kind of larvae maybe fungus gnat larvae from overwatering?
 

mingobuds

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I dont think I have gnats and im not convinced I have thrips. I thought originally I had aphids but I could never tell even with a magnifying glass. That video is as good as it gets to telling what they are.
And I used a small amount of h2o2 before I used the beneficials
you think im not giving enough nutrients?
 
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well the way the leaves are that bleached yellow color,like when you flush and the plant uses whatever remaining nutes that are in the leaves to sustain life. i would give a topdress of that guano and see if the yellowing still occurs. hope yhis helps
 

Diabolical666

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I dont think I have gnats and im not convinced I have thrips. I thought originally I had aphids but I could never tell even with a magnifying glass. That video is as good as it gets to telling what they are.
And I used a small amount of h2o2 before I used the beneficials
you think im not giving enough nutrients?
Id up the N/cal/mag for sure. Those 3 can be a domino effect when one or the other is locked out. Video didnt play for me so I hope at least they are not root aphids. If it is, they could be sucking the life out of them
 

robro

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Update: Need help

Nothing is working the plants are all turning yellow not looking healthy... I flushed one of them and poured out the run off tray only to find these little tiny fuckers... What are they??? I took the whole tray into a hydroponic shop near me and they had no idea and told me to use sns203... It's not letting me upload the video thru my phone I will upload it on computer later today...
Those bugs in your run off could be Springtails,they are beneficial to your soil.
www.thcfarmer.com/community/threads/root-aphids-fungus-gnats-and-other-fun-bugs-id-pics.55071/
GL.
 

mingobuds

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I do hope they are springtails but the damage/yellowing just seems too severe for nothing to be wrong... I don't feel like I've been under feeding them but then again I'm the one who can't figure it out
update -What grower used yesterday: Bill perfect, coco wet, mighty wash

Video should play... I can send to you via email if you want
 
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