My plants do this. And before I bought a HID It was a lot worse because the plants grew like a palm tree, loosing as it's growing.
what do you think i have been spraying with purchased liquid worm poop as a very low nute and been giving bottled distilled water. is that wrong??? i have only been spraying the soil with the water and not dousing it with like a cup is that bad too??? plus the terra cycle nutes has only been given 2 times in the last week and half. what should i do? the temps are good and im not sure what it could be. maybe light????? i have 2 40W 5000k and like 4 13w cfl?
I'm still stumped on what water to use because people tell me different things. I personally know people who grow like a pro with tap water... wtf?? But I do know that if you are using distilled, you'll need a source of Calcium and Magnesium or make sure thats in your media or fert you use.
That seems like enough CFL to grow a one decent sized plant or two minis. The problem is if they are only above the plant you are loosing light. CFLs need to surround each plant completely to adequately emit enough lumens. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that lumens of a CFL are lost rapidly at a short distance. The plant isn't able to soak up and use nutrients as efficiently because there isn't enough photosynthesis/respiration happening.
My plant are doing much better now that they are outside, then I bring them in under the HID at 6pm, and supplement with CFLs after it turns off at midnight. They sleep for 4 hours
My issue is I use tap water and dont pH shit because I'm roughin it till harvest man, on a tight budget. I aint wasting $16 on a pH kit. I'm eating that money, you know? My plants are groing fine, yellowing leaves, a little pink to white tips, here and there, but It's growing like a beast and green as fuck so who cares. I'm sure my yield will be slightly under what i could be but, hey, we are learning.