Im about 4 weeks into veg. This has been a tough one, I feel like constantly chasing problems (or perhaps making up problems in my head. Mainly, its dropping in the plant with small leaves forming on new growth. Then you also have some funky leaf formation on some plants (see second pic). I have since defoliated, and once again they look like crap. Sometimes I think its light intensity, which I quickly scale back, or under watering, over feeding, and now possibly board mites.
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4x8 tent
75/70 degrees, RH around 60.
FFOF soil and trio. Calmag frequently, silica every other feeding.
Mix of strains mostly indica leaning.
Last water was 800ppm/6.5ph. Runoffs were around 6.2-6.4 with 1100-1300ppm. So I maybe hitting them early with notes, I am now just watering and might do a sledghammer flush today.
NO co2
Originally had too much wind, so thought it was wind burn. But you still see it on newer growth.
Board mites I found start with curling leaves, then get progressively worse. I don’t see much leaf damage at all, other than some discoloration which is probably due to messy watering. As a precaution, I pulled some sample leafs and put them under a microscope, I didn’t see anything at least that appeared to have the slightest movement.
I haven no idea what to do, I don’t want to start bombing the tent or other measures until I confirm its mites. But what else is it, could it just be classic over feeding at this point? Ill snag another picture pre water then another a few hours later. I don’t think its overwatering as the stems will also droop when they look thirsty, I understand that overwatering will show leaf droop but stems still sturdy. So its wind, genetics, nutes, or bugs. Never easy…
Quick pics this morning, they also could be needing to be transplanted but I don’t have the room, was gonna start flowering but need to figure this out.
Here is the same shot as above today, they are getting thirsty and still a bit shocked from defoliation couple days ago.
HLG 650s so really intense, but they are at least 30" away from canopy. They looked good at ~250 watt setting, so after a drink I bumped it up to 350. They didn’t like that, so back to 250 and that’s how they look this morning. Its not the temp when I increase as I am keeping it under 80 in there, that should be fine.
Last run I was at 450 watts before flowering, I have no idea what the hell is going on.
More light more food i know that mich cranking up leds causes the plants to feed more also. Counkd be a roxicity could just be hungry for more food and water. I am not good at picking a deficiency yet still crawling in that department
There were a couple leafs deformed that looked torn, no way little mites could do this. Im talking half the leaf.
Did see one or two gnats, but I mean very sparse and this was weeks ago. Im talking 1 flying around, I remember big infestations where you enter the room and they are everywhere. Used scope last night to look at underside of suspect leaves, nothing there I could detect.
But I have read the fungus gnat larvae can get into the soil and eat away at the roots.
I thought this was a weed right, just add water and voila? :). LOL
Let let a more experienced person get at ya before u make a dradtic change. Water alone wont hurt u a time or 2. @Dman1969@anon33684698 anyone of u can guess this test here
