Good morning my friend hope you are doing well today.Greetings Grow Community,
This is my wife and I 3rd grow and this is where we are. Seeking suggestions on getting our plants back green.
What's the Ph of substrate and what is measurements of EC runoff?Greetings Grow Community,
This is my wife and I 3rd grow and this is where we are. Seeking suggestions on getting our plants back green.
Check those first
@Phytoplankton I'm sorry my friend I tend to dis agree with what you say about pH and run off sorry but I do the runoff check which is for ec (electrical conductivity) Not pH and that's only if you have problems you can't figure out with pH weather soil or coco or hydro or nuits in my case dry amendment and if I do have problems first thing I do is I check pH in soil and I make sure pH in my water is 6.8/7.0 living soil and I do soil testing. Here's the results
....... i test pH with the meter in the pic not run off!We'll have to agree to disagree.@Phytoplankton I'm sorry my friend I tend to dis agree with what you say about pH and run off sorry but I do the runoff check which is for ec (electrical conductivity) Not pH and that's only if you have problems you can't figure out with pH weather soil or coco or hydro or nuits in my case dry amendment and if I do have problems first thing I do is I check pH in soil and I make sure pH in my water is 6.8/7.0 living soil and I do soil testing. Here's the results
with that!
Welcome to the group.
Phytoplankton also brought up the lights. Definitely think about ways to raise and lower the lights or raise and lower the plants as they grow. I can see sections of the plant where the nodes are closer together which is better than the sections where the nodes are several inches or more apart.But your light is too high or set too low of a setting
Your stretching for light.
Topping or lst might help.
Good point. A suggestion is to pick a line of fertilizers you will feel comfortable with and start to use that. At first treat the plants as if they are showing a deficiency of both.
I agree with Phytoplankton even though a fellow Michigander says otherwise
. He does live on the other side of the state and all that. But then they have some excellent craft beer breweries over there which is a positive
.
forgot to add ag lime for pH up sulfur for ph down in the soil citric acid for pH down in water and baking soda for pH up
There's a lot of bang for your buck in this!Welcome to the group.
Do not worry. The group can give several good tips that will help to get the plants back to a healthy green.
I do not know for sure how many plants you have going but it looks like two tall ones. The reason the plants have so many leaves that are turning yellow is that the plant is already larger than the soil and soil micro-organism can handle.
My first suggestion is to transplant to a larger pot using a decent soil. Those pots look like a standard 1 or 1 1/2 gallon size and they should've been in a 3 gallon about 3-4 weeks ago. And, a 5 gallon pot would have been better.
Phytoplankton also brought up the lights. Definitely think about ways to raise and lower the lights or raise the plants up closer to the lights as they grow. I can see sections of the plant where the nodes are closer together which is better than the sections where the nodes are several inches or more apart.
Occasionally I end up with a couple of plants that are too tall and I will end up topping them and then transplanting into the final size pot 2 or 3 weeks before putting them into the flowering tent. I would pick a spot about half way up and cut there and then transplant. Topping them just before transplanting will make the transplanting process a bit easier. You could try rooting the portion that is cut off if you want and maybe end up with a clone.
Good point. A suggestion is to pick a line of fertilizers you will feel comfortable with and start to us that. At first treat the plants as if they are showing a deficiency of both.
I agree with Phytoplankton even though a fellow Michigander says otherwise
Picking up on some of basics first will tell you if going down the rabbit hole in a soil type of grow will be helpful or not. Many growers end up with good quantity and quality just using the basics. Learning the basics first help understand and use the more technical aspects of growing.
@NewbieRick, tell us a bit more about the soil mix you are currently using, whether you already have a line of fertilizers picked out, and do you have a watering schedule or a way of telling when it is time to water.
I second that and I totally agree with you @MITCHELL FLORN. Leachates matters no matter the substrate IMO. It's always a good indicator of what's going on in the medium. Proper soil pH meters are more than great and feels like cheating growing in containers. They work really well with solutions to! I need to buy me a new one but its not easy finding parts or new for reasonable prices around here.@Phytoplankton I'm sorry my friend I tend to dis agree with what you say about pH and run off sorry but I do the runoff check which is for ec (electrical conductivity) Not pH and that's only if you have problems you can't figure out with pH weather soil or coco or hydro or nuits in my case dry amendment and if I do have problems first thing I do is I check pH in soil and I make sure pH in my water is 6.8/7.0 living soil and I do soil testing. Here's the results
on the subject but here's my environmental controls and lighting the led cores for clones, bean's,and Early veg, the 2/630 LEC's late veg Early flower. Gavita control 3/Gavita 750 flex for late flower and finish on adjustable hangers about 15" - 18" off the canopy give or take
You'll find different ideas for lighting here an maybe a argument or 2
I remember using T12'S and a old factory metal halide until they didn't have switchable ballast in those days& Man that thing was HEAVY & NOISY under the basement stairs
I do my lighting in stages now as I do potting I tend to overwater when I transplant in to big of pot early on and environmental controls is important to just an old Titan I've had for years but here's a different idea of equipment we all have our own set up and training the flowers a green Kush harvested last week drying and curing as we speak
Welcome to the group.
Do not worry. The group can give several good tips that will help to get the plants back to a healthy green.
I do not know for sure how many plants you have going but it looks like two tall ones. The reason the plants have so many leaves that are turning yellow is that the plant is already larger than the soil and soil micro-organism can handle.
My first suggestion is to transplant to a larger pot using a decent soil. Those pots look like a standard 1 or 1 1/2 gallon size and they should've been in a 3 gallon about 3-4 weeks ago. And, a 5 gallon pot would have been better.
Phytoplankton also brought up the lights. Definitely think about ways to raise and lower the lights or raise and lower the plants as they grow. I can see sections of the plant where the nodes are closer together which is better than the sections where the nodes are several inches or more apart.
Occasionally I end up with a couple of plants that are too tall and I will end up topping them and then transplanting into the final size pot 2 or 3 weeks before putting them into the flowering tent. I would pick a spot about half way up and cut there and then transplant. Topping them just before transplanting will make the transplanting process a bit easier. You could try rooting the portion that is cut off if you want and maybe end up with a clone.
Good point. A suggestion is to pick a line of fertilizers you will feel comfortable with and start to use that. At first treat the plants as if they are showing a deficiency of both.
I agree with Phytoplankton even though a fellow Michigander says otherwise
Picking up on some of basics first will tell you if going down the rabbit hole in a soil type of grow will be helpful or not. Many growers end up with good quantity and quality just using the basics. Learning the basics first help understand and use the more technical aspects of growing.
@NewbieRick, tell us a bit more about the soil mix you are currently using, whether you already have a line of fertilizers picked out, and do you have a watering schedule or a way of telling when it is time to water.
Lighting - 2 HLG 300L RspecWelcome to the group.
Do not worry. The group can give several good tips that will help to get the plants back to a healthy green.
I do not know for sure how many plants you have going but it looks like two tall ones. The reason the plants have so many leaves that are turning yellow is that the plant is already larger than the soil and soil micro-organism can handle.
My first suggestion is to transplant to a larger pot using a decent soil. Those pots look like a standard 1 or 1 1/2 gallon size and they should've been in a 3 gallon about 3-4 weeks ago. And, a 5 gallon pot would have been better.
Phytoplankton also brought up the lights. Definitely think about ways to raise and lower the lights or raise and lower the plants as they grow. I can see sections of the plant where the nodes are closer together which is better than the sections where the nodes are several inches or more apart.
Occasionally I end up with a couple of plants that are too tall and I will end up topping them and then transplanting into the final size pot 2 or 3 weeks before putting them into the flowering tent. I would pick a spot about half way up and cut there and then transplant. Topping them just before transplanting will make the transplanting process a bit easier. You could try rooting the portion that is cut off if you want and maybe end up with a clone.
Good point. A suggestion is to pick a line of fertilizers you will feel comfortable with and start to use that. At first treat the plants as if they are showing a deficiency of both.
I agree with Phytoplankton even though a fellow Michigander says otherwise
Picking up on some of basics first will tell you if going down the rabbit hole in a soil type of grow will be helpful or not. Many growers end up with good quantity and quality just using the basics. Learning the basics first help understand and use the more technical aspects of growing.
@NewbieRick, tell us a bit more about the soil mix you are currently using, whether you already have a line of fertilizers picked out, and do you have a watering schedule or a way of telling when it is time to water.
