What should i do?

[greenteam206]

is this a really bad sign? I opened my tent up and found this on my plant leaves there like little dots, I'm kinda scared what should I do this is my first grow

 

[Fuzzy Duck]

Check for spider mites on under side of leaf if insect free...

Whats your nutrient regime/feeding schedule including line/brand of nutrients used at present, quanties ml per litre etc as it may be an early sign of nutrient defeciency !


Hard or soft tap water kind of useful to know also.


Just for the PH nutters if you know it ? present PH value of soil.

 

[greenteam206]

I, give them fox farm products, I use grow big and Big Bloom, I give them about 5 tsp a gallon of grow big and about 3 tsp of big bloom about 2 times a week, I use faucet water, and I do not know my ph level I'm going to get a tester today, I check for bugs and didn't find any, is this a really big problem or something minor?

 

[greenteam206]

The potting soil I use is Root organic by aurora original potting soil

 

[Fuzzy Duck]

I've just had browse at the nutrients used...

I think you may be going a tad heavy on the big grow stuff as the label/discription stated was 1 to 3 tsp per gallon...

1. Reason being that the leafs look quite dark green from the photos above.


All this over feeding may lead to nutrient burn, nutrient lock outs etc due to a build up off chemical salts etc creating the beginning of a problem which may need to be addressed ASAP.


IF over feeding is the case from information provided by recent posts a flush may be required to restore things to a normal balance, a flush consists off using 3 X (times) the amount of water of pot size - if pot is 3 litres you use 9 litres of water to cleanse growing medium... once done apply a nutrient feed at half strength & allow pots to nearly dry out completely before commencing a corrected feeding regime.


I would not worry to much about PH of water a great deal some people get total anal (fussy) about this and not 100% needed for soil grows.

A soil probe which tells PH of growing medium & moisture level can be picked up from local garden centre/hardware store etc etc which would be quite ample for monitoring purpose.


Also of note your present selection of nutrients used are man made well atleast the the big grow is, chemical based stuff which may require a flush of soil/growing medium every 10 to 14 days to prevent salt build ups if paranoid about such things !!!

Or...

Go organic, relatively under looked for simplicity

Use organic nutrients with decent brand name off soil/growing medium with a PH value of PH 6.6/6.8 should be listed on bag if decent brand/qualitie !

Organics nutrients create friendly bacteria/microbes etc which natural adjust soil PH to correct level over time, reducing the need to adjust PH & constantly monitor & letting mother nature get on with what she does best


I use organics & never looked back, others do to with good success...

 

[Xearoveg]

Just quick note! Big bloom is used throughout veg and flowering stages.

But yes, far too much nutes. Surprised they haven't burned a few times on you already.

 

[Fuzzy Duck]

Sorry i miss read the the big bloom information my fault... Oops

 

[greenteam206]

ok so I'm going to flush all my plants I have 3 gallon pots so I should use 9 gallons of water to flush it, then let it dry then add have the nute?

 

[greenteam206]

to flush can I just sit it in the bath tub and run the 9 gallons thru it at once?

 

[greenteam206]

I have 4 diffrent strains and only one of them has the stuff on them

 

[greenteam206]

and when I water I put 6 tsp of big bloom is a gallon and dived it up between the 4 plants and do the same with the grow big but I use 3 tsp, is my watering method wrong?

 

[Xearoveg]

I have been told to follow that chart that I posted above. I dilute with 3 gallons of extra water after mixing, ph up slightly, then feed to my plants.

As long as you are on week 3 or 4 that sounds about right though.

but previously you said "I give them about 5 tsp a gallon of grow big and about 3 tsp of big bloom about 2 times a week" Which is wrong.

Always remember to feed only once every other watering. So every other watering should also just be water.

 

[greenteam206]

ok thanks for correcting one of my errors I didn't know that so I will do every other watering now

 

[Fuzzy Duck]

to flush can I just sit it in the bath tub and run the 9 gallons thru it at once?

Ye bath tub is good for flushing

I know a few friends who use the bath tub & ol shower head to flush their plants 5 to 10 mins each per plant.


Even tho you mention one plant has some signs of a defeciency please keep an eye on others as some times their is a delayed reaction of symptoms depending on strains etc.. others may be more sensitive than others !!! but thats Mj for ya


Even tho the problem is it an early stage we have to eliminate the most common first as defeciency/problems at an early stage can be difficult to diagnose.

Hence PH of soil/growing medium and flush are often the first call to sort out potential problem, failing that we may have to look at other common related defeciencys related to MJ.... the next port of call would be calcium & magnesium defeciencys.

On a side note early stage of calcium def if probglems persist.

 

[greenteam206]

so after I flush don't give them no nutes, just let them dry out?
how would I know if it's calcium def? and if it is what do I do to fix it?

 

[Fuzzy Duck]

Have a look at this guide - Cannabis Plant and Pest Problem Solver - Pictorial

Some brands of nutrients do calcium/magnesium nutrient feed an example is calimagic by general hydroponics or alg-a-mic by biobizz etc etc


Some guanos e.g bat/bird poop contain calcium & other macro/micro nutrients which can be added to the soil prior to planting or brewed up in tea for a liquid feed etc.

Guanos are often sold in batchs so ratio of nutrients per batch may change depending on season when poop/guano was harvested & what the creature was feeding upon that season etc.