New Grower Bikini's Royal Queen Northern Lights grow

[JM]

np mate... also if you're ordering from amazon... grab a bottle of ph tester liquid like for aquarium tanks... that way you can double check meters when in doubt. its chaep

http://www.amazon.com/General-Hydro...3?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1330917413&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.com/General-Hydro...KWZY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330917317&sr=8-2

 

[Bikini Fettuccine]

Alright, I do have some 7.01 calibration solution. I use it and it seems to stay calibrated good. I just have a Hanna Checker1 meter. It seems to work alright.

 

[Muddy]

While that does look like bleaching I wouldn't expect that from a Blackstar 240. The only light I've seen do that were the early 2011 GLH 290 models. If it is bleaching it should respond to a foliar spray of cal/mag, about 1 tsp. to a quart of water.

I've used the Better Gro nutes on a couple of grows, start to finish, and never experienced that. But I'd be inclined to take JM advice on this. While the Better Gro is okay in pinch when nothing else is available, it's not made for growing weed the way , GH or many others are.

 

[Bikini Fettuccine]

While that does look like bleaching I wouldn't expect that from a Blackstar 240. The only light I've seen do that were the early 2011 GLH 290 models. If it is bleaching it should respond to a foliar spray of cal/mag, about 1 tsp. to a quart of water.

I've used the Better Gro nutes on a couple of grows, start to finish, and never experienced that. But I'd be inclined to take JM advice on this. While the Better Gro is okay in pinch when nothing else is available, it's not made for growing weed the way , GH or many others are.

Alright thanks Muddy, I will get some Molasses today and do some foliar feeding. If it was bleaching, it should be fixed by now, and I will just go ahead and order the trio today.

 

[The Squid]

Thanks for the correction, Muddy. You da man.

Squid out. Peace

 

[Bikini Fettuccine]

Okay so I just gave my plants a good foliar feeding with some molasses and epsom salt. They are looking super droopy because of the water on the leaves right now, they are growing but the its just not looking too healthy. I guess I am still confused why all of my plants would be doing this, including my three babies that are only a few days old. I haven't had this problem before, maybe it is the light because they are all in different soils so I would think if it was a problem with nutes they wouldn't all have the same thing, especially since the pH is close on all of them. What do you guys think?? do my seedlings need something they aren't getting??

 

[Muddy]

What kind of soil are you using? I looked back through the thread, maybe I just missed it. I also see you gave 1/2 strength Plus at 19 days. That was too much, too soon. If you haven't flushed them since that feeding, I would suggest you do. I'm also not convinced by the pH readings your meter is giving. You said it might be 6.5 - 7. If it is on the high side that could be contributing too.

 

[Bikini Fettuccine]

I am using OF with my big ones and my 3 seedlings are all in different soils 1-50/50 HP OF 1-Happy frog 1-2/3 OF 1/3Perlite. I will flush them for sure, Should I wait until tomorrow when I water to flush? or do it today? The soil pH meter i have is shit, it is one that only gives pH by .5's. It was jumping from 7.0 to 6.5 and finally stopped at 6.5, I think that would mean around 6.6,6.7 but who knows how it works. I am thinking I just need to lower my pH, on all of them it was higher then 6.5 today so I am going to give them lower tomorrow and see what the runoff is and hopefully that will help.

 

[Muddy]

Okay, now we're getting to the bottom of it. Which soil are the ones giving you problems in?

If you've got time, do it tonight, if not tomorrow is okay. You're going to need 3 times the pot size of pHed water for each pot.

 

[Bikini Fettuccine]

Okay ya, I will do it right now, All of them are giving me problems, They all look a little yellow, at first it was the two big ones but now my seedlings are starting to yellow a bit so thats when I knew it wasn't all a feeding problem since they have had nothing but pH'd water, I will lower the pH on all of them as soon as I can, should i use pH 6.0 water or lower?