Hello fellow growers this is my second grow the first was an experience but now as vegetation starts this is happening to my leaves I know it can be a couple things but I’m trying to get better this time around .
The strain is Zkittles autoflower
Happy frog and ocean farm Mix soil
I water twice a day
Spider farmer 2000 light
And grow big added into water every other feed
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Watering 2x a day in soil seems excessive. Plants prefer flood and drought
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Cannabis needs wet/dry cycles for root health. Water, let the soil dry out, then water again.
Don’t worry about the lower leaves. They won’t last anyway.
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My flag too. Once every few days is all I ever do, if not less frequently than that.
So are you adding grow big once a day? If so, stop doing that. You may kill that thing with N overload before it gets anywhere meaningful.
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Remember FFOF soil will feed up to 30 days. Check your runoff ppm if you’re watering till runoff. If not maybe consider it. When your ppm hits 1000 is time to start introducing nutrients. This is just what i learned from these guys and its paying off. This is my first grow and it’s been going great now that i have been educated in proper watering and testing techniques. By no means an i saying you have to do this. This is what i do and the proof is in the pudding. Happy
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I’m on the 3rd week of flower with my first ever grow also zkittlzz but mine is photos. I to started off over watering a bit, just misting everyday not twice. I was wondering why they seemed to be starting off a little slow. I had sinced fixed that mistake and did wet/dry cycles like everyone else here has mentioned. Like I said 3rd week into flower and check out my gems for first grow ever. Fem zkittlez.
First set of pics is zkittlez from ilgm and the second set is m.o.h from twenty20 Mendocino. About 25 days I to flower . Sohum living soil with no nutes for zkittlz , fox farm ocean with ff dirty dozen nutes for the super frosty ones. Next grow I’m sticking with sohum living soils and keeping it 100 percent natural with grogreen lands pride organic fertilizer. Much better and much easier. This fox farm mixing over a dozen nutes and oh the water, and flushing is way to much of a hassle , mess, and takes to much time.
Oops, correction. The last 2 photos are the zkittlzz side of tent.
So I slowed down on watering and it got worse I don’t know since it’s early should I start over and just get new soil everything
This is my whole set up any suggestions so I can get the most out of everything even if I need new whatever anything and everything helps thanks
It needs time to recover. Also the old damage won’t improve, just keep your eye on the newest growth. I see all my plants through, except the males, because you just never know what will surprise you.
I’m no expert by any means, actually I’m still on my first run but I would agree with Grayson about giving it some time.
Can take a couple weeks to see results of what you did today. For instance if I underfeed today it may not show up in the plants and show signs untill 2 weeks from now, if I tried fixing that it may not correct itself visible for another couple weeks.
I do allot of reading, watching YouTube, ask allot of questions not only from people on here but growers choice where I got my light, sohum living soils customer service, my local hydroponic store. Which sometimes is very confusing because there is not 2 grows that are the same, every grow is different and people have their own styles , opinions , and way they have found works better for them. You have to use your best judgement to pick n choose what sounds like it makes the most sense and may work better for you. Then learn from trail and error or what works well. It’s not easy at all is why if you pull up and search " grow lights or tents in your local Facebook marketplace or Craig’slist you will see plenty of fear for sale. But if it’s something you really want to do and willing to put your dues in it can be very fullfilling and pay off in the end. Is the way I’m finding it to be anyway. Super expensive to get started ( if you want good gear anyway), lots to learn, lots of opinions and styles to sift through to choose your own, and patience.
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I’m a bit of an indoor amateur myself, but it looks like there’s a lot of space between growth nodes. I feel like some adjustments can be made in relation to light and distance. For example, possible turn the light up (if it’s equipped with a dimmer switch) or lower the light closer to the canopy. But those suggestions are made without knowledge on that spyder and the spectrums it’s providing.
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Certainly. Find a grower, or two or three, who match your own grow style and philosophy. Many of us are around and happy to offer advice. Some have more experience than others, some have played with many nutrients, others have grown lots of stains using the same nutrients.
Common themes are: organic growers. Low maintenance growers. Maximum yield growers. Helicopter growers. Outdoor growers (often overlaps with organic, but not always).
We all have our own style. Advice from an organic grower won’t work for a hydroponic grower - organics just don’t play well with hydroponic systems. Similarly, advice from a low-maintenance (read: lazy, like myself) grower may not satisfy a helicopter parent.
Also absolutely true. It’s hard to get the ball rolling. Once it’s rolling, it’s impossible to stop. I’ve been doing a continuous grow since July of last year, and I won’t be shutting down any time soon. Unless I move. 
I hope you get it worked out and have a successful grow. But if you decide to scrap it or for next grow I’d recommend coco coir over soil. I see a lot of people having trouble with the pre amended soils especially. When you prepare coco correctly you are 100% in control. It’s an inert medium so everything about it is determined by what you put in it. So if you have a good pH meter and measure your nutes correctly you really shouldn’t have any issues. On those occasions when issues do arise it seems that they’re more easily sorted out with coco. The only requirement is that you have to water/feed your plants every day.
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hope you get it worked out and have a successful grow. But if you decide to scrap it or for next grow I’d recommend coco coir over soil.
See everyone has what works best for them. He recommended coco, I on the other hand am going full on organic with my next grow . You can see the difference in the pictures I provided from the fox farm ocean with fox farm dirty dozen nutes compared to the sohum living soil which is just add water and a little top dressing of organic amendments. Sohum is like 50 a bag but so much more superior compared to rest of plants. So much easier to just pH water and not having to worry about mixing 12 different nutes then rebalance your pH again. What a mess.
In these pictures I have 2 in the sohum taking up most of the right side of my tent then in other picture is one plant tucked in corner with the fox farm soil. Huge difference right? No mess , them the fox farm nutes take allot of mixing then brings pH from 6 down to 4 and you have to add allot of pH up to balance it out. Takes allot of time and mess. I’m scraping fixfarm nutes. All natural for my next run which is going to be snowcaines. Already have my seeds
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Thanks everyone for all the advice it got a little better but now quite but I think if it’s not better by middle of next week I will start over I still have a few seeds left to try again and hopefully this time I get what soil works for me and I will show everything just to get advice before actually planting while it’s germinate thanks again so much this is something I love and want to grow as a grower In so thanks for advice and hey if anyone who is experienced wants a pupil to help me into a master amateur ( if that makes sense ) let me know haha
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So true @Graysin. I would have to agree. Impossible to stop especially when you start to see success. That’s when it really becomes addicting.
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Hows the girl looking now?
So I pretty much know most style growers but I haven’t heard of the helicopter one. What’s that about?
And yeah no kidding about once you start, not only is it hard to stop, but it’s also hard to not want to go in more debt to double up in size as I’m already starting to learn . 
Btw Ive got my gals all cleaned up and they are going to be chopped down either this Thursday or Saturday. Am ready for my bounty . 
. Would be really quite thrilled if I get anything close to about a pound of dry. Even more so if more.
Looking awesome. Really really awesome. The only thing i find harder than not investing more money into better and better equipment is… patience not to chop too early. I’ve been fighting the urge for a week now
The check-in every 5 minutes, usually accompanied by a report or a question (“she’s totally green,” “looking happier after watering,” “where’d this spot come from?” “Is this fuzzy stuff normal?”) that they probably already asked and had answered. Every new grower is a helicopter grower to an extent, but some growers never move past it. it’s not an issue, and frankly some helicopter growers have the cleanest, nicest plants I see. (@Lacewing I’m lookin at you buddy).
Tell that to my 9x13 bedroom that isn’t “large enough” to fit my grow operation. 
Patience is key. @Took1-4theteam nice lookin’ harvest! Want to go watch some paint dry or grass grow while she dries?
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