Ak 250 Watt Closet - New Medicinal User

[Akgrower87]

Today I gave them a 1/2 strength feeding. Hopefully they dont burn......again

 

[Akgrower87]

 

[b.real]

looking good man. i dont feed my plants until week four, and even then, they dont show me signs of needing food. your plants are vegging hard though, they should like the soil nutes.

i would pull the light up a bit to let them stretch some. also switch to a 20/4 or 18/6 cycle so they stretch a bit. without some stretch, you will have small flowers.

remember, nutrients change the ph (they have buffers in them which are around ~5). no idea what made your soil at the bottem a 4. it must have a ton of food in it.

soil should have a ph of 6-7.

cant wait to see how this turns out. great setup.

 

[denots]

Good looking plants man, they look like they exploded with growth since your last pics

 

[Akgrower87]

I appreciate the input guys. I have since moved the light about 6 inches up. That puts the total distance of 12 inches away from the farthest plant. They really have exploded since i gave them the feeding. I have noticed a weird set of leaves and an overall crispy look to the plants though. some of the leaves are kinda rolled up a little and got some burnt tips in some of the secondary growth. Maybe i burned em just a touch? And the ph is still good on top but about 6 inches down it starts dropping and at the very bottom of the tote my gauge reads 4.

 

[Akgrower87]

Heres a couple pics of the weird leaves. This is the only set that did this. The next set appears to be healthy.

 

[b.real]

looking good..ive never seen such stout aks..you sure youre not running 24/0?

 

[Akgrower87]

The plants are actually Ambrosia Jordan of the Isles ak is just Alaska where I'm from. And no they are now 18/6 but ran 24 for about a week

 

[Akgrower87]

Any thoughts on the leaves?

 

[bigblunts209]

usually that means theres heat issues! you should see about maybe moving the light up if its too close.

 

[JokerJohn]

bigblunts is on the money its heat stress IMO too. just move you light up a little. put you hand over the top of your plants for 30seconds
if its too hot for your hand its too hot for the plants

 

[Akgrower87]

light moved another few inches up. I was checking them regularly and with the fan thats on them my hand barely felt warm after 30 seconds. Also, the weird leaves are on the plant furthest from the light closest to the fan. Anyways i moved the lightt so hopefully no more issues.

 

[bigblunts209]

It can also be stress from your fan added to the heat from the lamp. You want the light as close as you can but you also want to give them room to breath!

 

[Akgrower87]

Topped the 2 biggest plants tonight

 

[Akgrower87]

did some trimming of the leaves today to keep the airflow going ang get some light to the secondary growth. Did I take off to much? Also topped the 2 biggest plants.

 

[b.real]

its getting hot in there for them, otherwise looks good.

 

[Akgrower87]

Everything feels cool though no warmth on my hand at all. Even when I'm almost touching the bulb.

 

[b.real]

you see the ends of the leaves curling upward? maybe they need more water, or maybe its just how they grow.

 

[Bud Grant]

i'm no expert at HPS lights, but I'm actually worried you have too much light for seedlings. I could be wrong.....

 

[Akgrower87]

I Can pinpoint the time that the leaves curled to the last feeding. They will get nothing but water from now until mid flowering stage. I was thinking I overdosed em a little.