First grow in a long time n First ever with autos.
Having some serious issues cant figure out what im doing wrong not shure if its nute burn light stress or K deficiency.
Obviously I have a great deal to learn and could use some help…
Ive read the list of information that will help you help me hope i didn’t miss anything…
Strain= ztrawberriez auto Bandana purple punch auto
From. 42 fastbuds
Growing in FF/OF. ( Dixi cup size happy frog for germination in center same bag)
4 Gallon grow bags
Using filtered tap water. PH to 6.2
(6 stage RO being installed tomorrow)
Using Jacks 321 @½ strength
(Only fed twice in week 3 just water sence)
Indoor grow room 10’×10’ flower area 5× 10
Have 2 spider farmer SE 1000 CO² lights only using 1 @moment distance from canopy is 12+"
DLI is 44 start of week 5
Light schedule is 20/4
Temps were up to 90⁰
Stabilized down to 78-84
Humidity has fluxed a lot finally dialed in @ 60%
No ventilation
8000 btu AC yes
1 burner CO² generator stabilized to 600/800 ppm has ben as hi as 2000 in beginning
Dehumidifier yes
I have made several mistakes in the first few weeks too much co2 mabie too hot90⁰ had the switch on my light in wrong position so was not dimmed properly week 1 n 2 way too hi ppfd im shure … fed my girls ½ strength nutes twice in week 3 was forgetting OF supposed to be good for 3-4 weeks .
Now this issue the girls must be strong to take all this abuse.
Any idea from the picks what im looking at now any help is appreciated thank you
I’ve only fed with nutes the 2 times in the3rd week…
My filtered tap water is running just under 300ppm im going to install the ro system after i get up they should be ready for another drink ill water till runoff and take the reading
Those girls are in full blown growth mode and need food I think. Ph correct and feedem. Check for critters also. Auto so gonna pig out and flip themselves soon. Water to runoff…dry repeat. Just my thoughts.
Soil management is not auto or photo specific Grow Bro. Soil likes a drench to drought routine with 20-30% run off when the plant has established a good root base. Your plants are looking good but a little hungry, run off testing is used to check the nutrients available using a TDS pen to check the PPMs. PH should be tested as well with a range of 6.3-6.8 and 6.5 being the sweet spot. What soil PH meter do you have? No need to panic my friend, the girls are looking good but post us some numbers. When I grow in soil I feed at 800-1000 PPMs and a PH of 6.5 with liberal run off and test. Testing becomes less frequent once you get a few grows under your belt and can spot issues appreciate the tag @Firstimer1299
So im shure i do this correctly…
I have several drain away bases to use…
Do i catch all the runoff and test it as a whole or let most run through and test the last cups worth???
And thank you for the help
Apera makes a great PH pen! I wouldn’t rely on that soil probe moisture meter, there notoriously inaccurate for soil PH testing. Stick with the Apera. I test the last of the run off…
Just starting my first n worst plant…
Solution going in is
Ph 6.49. Con 1037ys. Tds735 salt.52
Watered 1 gallon had about 1gt runoff
Measured last of it. Ouch
Ph5.32. Cond 2.31ms. Tds1.64 salt 1.12
I know im a rookie n all but that seems bad to me. Ph way too low
Im not even gonna guess can you explain to me what’s wrong n how to fix it…and possibly a good article to read
Expect for the low PH that looks good. Typically a low PH is due to a high TDS/PPMs but at around 800 PPMs that’s not the case. At 5.2 I would recommend a reset flush using straight H2O at 6.5-6.8 to get that PH back in range of 6.3-6.8 and follow up the flush with a feeding at 1000 PPMs and 6.5 on the Ph
Im using 4 gallon pots ¾ filled any idea of how many gallons ill need for each on gallon 3 @6.8 and only moved from4.61 to4.89 ill need to go buy more water b4 it gets too late in day …
Gonna be a long night
Have 12 to do i figure first 5 all low
I had the same problem with some of my autos and I think what my problem was when I was watering the water was splashing since then I have used a spray bottle or become more specific about where I’m watering and haven’t had the same
appreciate the tag 
