Indoor Mephisto/Nightowl Grow

[Rasterman]

I don't want to speculate on what it actually is, because I don't know. But I really don't think it's light stress. That would affect the tallest parts of the plant, but those parts look fine.

 

[JaxsoNL5]

But I really don't think it's light stress. That would affect the tallest parts of the plant

Agreed. I don’t know either, but i’d guess the VPD is a little high (needs a little higher RH for 75-79 F at this stage) and the leaves are curling to reduce transpiration.

That green is looking a lot better tho @DoobieBroGrows

 

[DoobieGrows]

For some reason the ph of the coco on that particular lady is 6.5 testing the runnoff. So maybe the ph is too high causing certain nutrients to be unavailable. I keep feeding at 5.8 until significant runnoff trying to get ph down but it stays at 6.5

 

[DoobieGrows]

So, I got worried and thought I could possibly have.....Russet Mites...
So I checked the stems and petioles and I didn't see anything.
But atm I only have a jewelers loupe with 30x and 60x magnification.

So I went and ordered a led microscope from Amazon to put my mind at ease.
The ladies are looking much better with the exception of the taco.

 

[DoobieGrows]

Bad news grow may be over ... Just when they started to look ok.
I fed just now and little white bugs are moving in and out of the top layer of my coco. I am pretty sure they are fungus knats or root aphids. They move really fast and don't seem to like the light.
I think I am going to go hydroponics so I don't have to deal with this.
It makes sense for all the issues I have and the taco leaves.
Bummer
I tried to capture it on my phone but my hands are too shaky right now I am too upset. Maybe later I'll get a good shot or video.

 

[JP1]

Bad news grow may be over ... Just when they started to look ok.
I fed just now and little white bugs are moving in and out of the top layer of my coco. I am pretty sure they are fungus knats or root aphids. They move really fast and don't seem to like the light.
I think I am going to go hydroponics so I don't have to deal with this.
It makes sense for all the issues I have and the taco leaves.
Bummer
I tried to capture it on my phone but my hands are too shaky right now I am too upset. Maybe later I'll get a good shot or video.

Bugs are usually solvable. You said they're fast, do they jump?

 

[DoobieGrows]

Bugs are usually solvable. You said they're fast, do they jump?

Yes they do actually. After I water it they run and jump around.

 

[DoobieGrows]

I was thinking of trying Hydrogen peroxide. It says that will help get rid of them . I just don't know what it will do to the roots

 

[JP1]

Might be springtails then. They're not gonna kill the plants but you can get rid of them with if they're driving you nuts with a couple good waterings of spinosad

 

[Lil Dab]

@DoobieBroGrows I think I am caught up in here I had massive amount of quotes but it got confusing so I'll just lay it out here.. I run coco with megacrop and I also run CoM Stonington blend soil separate setups so if you need anything I'll try to help..

I use spinosad treatments regular in my soil and coco pots couple time a grow and have had a lot better luck with bugs along with Mosquito bits

I run Hydroguard in both setups to it is a root inoculant and very beneficial most growers here recommend having some on the self just incase..

I also have been having similar uptake issues with silica in my RO I use NPK RAW silica.. I was adding it first to the RO think I was doing that wrong (still work in progress) I am learning that the RO needs to be stabilized over night.. I use .3 grams water soluble gypsum and .3 AG Epsom salts per gallon then let it mix over night at least 1hr.. I then add silica and wait then added the rest on my nutrients.. I am learning the hard way also that adding all the ingredients in the proper order is very critical for all the ions to be available to the plant

https://www.autoflower.org/threads/my-reservoir-tank-gets-cloudy-all-the-time-hydroponics.90167/