I need help. I’m in later stages of flowering and I found a couple days ago that my leaves where turning yellowish. I contacted my Hydro store and thought it was Cannibalization. When lights came on today I found that on one of my plants, the yellowing had gotten worse and that now I have Brown spots on my leaves.
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Hi I am dealing with a similar problem I believe it is a high PH in the soil causing the nutes to be blocked I am going to try and lower the PH first thing in the morning using vinegar
So I see your in flower
During flower the older fan leaves will start to die off just a FYI
The ph numbers you posted was that taken from the run off or is it what your putting into the pots ?
Reason I’m asking I found ph of ffof to be low when I used it which may not be the case here
My runoff ph has always been 5.4 to 5.6. I spoke with my hydro store and they told me that the soil has buffers in the soil that keeps the soil ph balanced. My soil is 7.0. I ph my water between 6.5 and 6.2.
Yeah I am in late flower but I expected the yellowing to occur from the bottom moving upward. Right? These leaves that are damaged are spread throughout the plant. After some research I believe that the cause of the stress is phosphorus deficiency. Now I have to figure out why. Soil issues or Grower’s issues. If it is a lack of phosphorus in the soil should I use a dry ammendment like Happy Frog Fruit and Flower or buy a liquid additive?
Good eye @Myfriendis410 I think you nailed it
Root bound pots will cause issues that look like ph or lack of nutrients cause the roots can’t uptake the proper amounts @Outlawhaze you should have them in 5 gallon pots at least smaller pots especially and plastic pots tend to cause a root bound issue as MF410 mentioned
Living the dream in sunny SoCal haha. Playing with this RDWC thing and enjoying it although there is less futzing with the plants. As a retired guy sometimes you have to look for things to do haha.
That’s very cool
I might be taking the plunge myself I was talking to wickedale ealier about it I’m not retired so I can use less to do haha
We are finally getting warmer he on the east coast so I’m happy happy
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Will do. I will suggest you take plenty of time in your design. I spent a month or more thinking about the layout and when I built the system I ran it “dry” for a week or more to make sure everything was running correctly.
These are 3 gallon pots. I’m just about 2 weeks away from harvest. Should I transplant at this point? If so does a 7 gallon pot work?
Thanks for all your help with my first grow.
So I transplanted 2 of the 3 plants I’m growing into 7 gallon pots. I will keep everyone updated on how it goes. Thank all of you that gave advice in my attempt at a successful harvest.