FishFlavouredTimbit
420 Member
Hi everyone. I'm a pretty new grower. I'm learning a lot from you guys, but I have many more things to learn...it's fun though!!!
I started my Black Gorilla seeds 8 days ago (Sunday). They sprouted overnight and had 3/4" tails within 36 hours. I planted them in hydroton and watered them every 8 hours with distilled water (pH'd to 5.5) with cal-mag added (1ml/litre) for 3 days as the roots grew...and boy howdy...did the ever grow! By the way, I added the cal-mag ONLY to provide an electrolyte so the pH tester could accurately measure the distilled water pH. They were 3" roots in 2 days. The first set of true leaves appeared on Thursday. I kept using the distilled water, but I cut the cal-mag to 0.5ml/L and I added 0.5ml/L of Sensi-grow nutes and watered every 8 hours. The water just wets the hydroton. The roots don't sit in water. They grew very slowly then stopped. The photo shows them as they are today, 8 days after germination. They haven't grown since Friday.
Now the tips are blackened. Any of you pot-medics out there know what I did wrong and how I can correct it?
Is it nute-burn? I always thought nute burn turned the edges crispy and brown, so I'm not thinking nute burn. Could a pH problem present with blackened tips?
Thanks everyone...
I started my Black Gorilla seeds 8 days ago (Sunday). They sprouted overnight and had 3/4" tails within 36 hours. I planted them in hydroton and watered them every 8 hours with distilled water (pH'd to 5.5) with cal-mag added (1ml/litre) for 3 days as the roots grew...and boy howdy...did the ever grow! By the way, I added the cal-mag ONLY to provide an electrolyte so the pH tester could accurately measure the distilled water pH. They were 3" roots in 2 days. The first set of true leaves appeared on Thursday. I kept using the distilled water, but I cut the cal-mag to 0.5ml/L and I added 0.5ml/L of Sensi-grow nutes and watered every 8 hours. The water just wets the hydroton. The roots don't sit in water. They grew very slowly then stopped. The photo shows them as they are today, 8 days after germination. They haven't grown since Friday.
Now the tips are blackened. Any of you pot-medics out there know what I did wrong and how I can correct it?
Is it nute-burn? I always thought nute burn turned the edges crispy and brown, so I'm not thinking nute burn. Could a pH problem present with blackened tips?
Thanks everyone...