Hello I’m new to growing and have started my first tent grow not long ago. I’m currently having some issues though. Some of the leaves are yellowing and getting brown spots, some are curling. Any help or advise would be much appreciated.
Just some background, I was having soil issues before this and have recently transplanted them into some Fox Farms Happy Frog soil, about 5-6 days ago. I’ve been thinking it’s some kind of nutrient issue, but I thought with the new rich soil would have shown more of an improvement by now.
I will follow up with why I think this.
Happy Frog soil has food enough for about 6 weeks.
Your plants look underfed and why they are yellowing.
Since we rule out the soil, then pH is probably the reason they look hungry. At the wrong pH the plant cannot access certain minerals for healthy growth. And having locked out many of the nutrients the plant is taking what it needs to grow from existing leaves.
If you get yourself a pH tester and get your water to a pH of 6.5 to 6.8 you should see it recover quickly.
Welcome to the community , Plants look bad right now, but they will recover in time. New growth looks promising. Happy frog is a good choice. @Spiney_norman has you covered.
Thank you very much for the quick replies.
I’ve been watering them with tap water that i let sit out for atleast 2 days before use. I haven’t given them nutrients in a little while. like a week, week and a half. I was giving them the ILGM growtime fertilizer. I recently bought Tiger Bloom and FF Grow Big, I just haven’t used any yet. I had heard the Happy Frog soil is rich so I was worried about over doing it.
PH was part of the problem with the previous soil I had them in. I was hoping the new soil would help solve it. but ill check it with the tester in the morning and see what it says. Obviously Some of the previous soil came with it when I transplanted them. Do they just need more time to acclimate to the new soil? idk. Unfortunately i only have a soil PH Tester at the moment. Im guessing I should invest in a liquid PH tester for the water?
Yes, absolutely. Those stab in soil testers are wildly inaccurate.
Letting the water sit overnight is a good practice. My water is around a pH of 7 right out of the tap but after the chlorine dissipates overnight the pH is over 8. If you can you should get some distilled water for now and use it. That should get you closer to where you need to be. We got this and they will be fine.
In some of the pictures it appears you have watered them. I’ve read a lot of comments on this forum about watering to close to the stalk. It’s best to water in a ring around the plant about 5-6” out, it causes the roots to spread out and find the water. Good luck you have some talent here on this group helping you be successful. Maybe one day I’ll be a master like these guys. They’ve posted some of the most beautiful buds pics I’ve ever seen. Happy growing friends!
Those soil ph testers are not accurate from my experience. Get yourself a ph pen, they are not expensive. Also if you are worried about your soil ph you can mix equal parts of soil from the pot and distilled water, mix very well and let sit for a half hour, then mix again and check the ph of that slurry. Good luck i hope your grow gets back on the right path.
Thanks so much for the advise everyone. I’ve been real worried about them and you all have helped relieve that. I went out today and got some jugs of distilled water to use for now. Also, I ordered an Apera PH pen and some of the PH Up and Down solutions. I did not know that the PH of the tap water can change as the chlorine dissipates. Thank u so much for mentioning that.
