Matt's 420 Grow Journel 2020

[The Celt]

I see no obvious reason to not change from coco to soil, but that might be a question for nute users lol

 

[Mattys1992]

I went for a bat mix

 

[The Celt]

 

[Mattys1992]

So..... re potted both photos into bat mix ph’d at 6.2 heard good things from this stuff but will have to see if my plants will bounce back my auto has really slowed down in growth doesn’t look like she’s grown much in the last 2 days if at all can’t really re pot the auto now as it will probably do her more damage I really don’t no what to do my head is fried I’ve done what I can and if it’s not good enough then I’m not sure what else I can do only time will tell and I’m so inpatient here’s some pics the burntness is spreading to my new growth on my auto not all new growth just some of it. I hope it is my soil doing this and nothing else I’m in a pickle and don’t no what to do really feel like I’ve let the side down I reported one photo into a smaller pot as it’s really not well and really small

 

[Mattys1992]

Looks like it starting to burn these little hair things on the stem to

 

[The Celt]

Don’t worry mate, keep an eye on her and keep us updated.

The top growth looks good, these are a tough plant, she will recover.

It’s the new growth you need to be concerned about, the damaged leaves will not get better.

 

[Mattys1992]

Don’t worry mate, keep an eye on her and keep us updated.

The top growth looks good, these are a tough plant, she will recover.

It’s the new growth you need to be concerned about, the damaged leaves will not get better.

Can’t help but worry but thanks mate and I will keep youse updated

 

[The Celt]

 

[Backlipslide]

I can’t tell if that’s a major case of light burn or a potassium deficiency. They do get mistaken for one another at times. I’m thinking it’s a potassium def. or your soil is too hot, and it’s burning up the plant. Have you done a slurry test on your soil? What’s your height of your light above the top canopy of your plants, just so we could rule it out as well.

 

[Mattys1992]

I can’t tell if that’s a major case of light burn or a potassium deficiency. They do get mistaken for one another at times. I’m thinking it’s a potassium def. or your soil is too hot, and it’s burning up the plant. Have you done a slurry test on your soil? What’s your height of your light above the top canopy of your plants, just so we could rule it out as well.

What’s a slurry test ??? I’ve got two lights in my tent the one above my biggest plant is about 11” Away from the top of my plant which is a 180 watt hand panel out put 180watt and the smallest plant the light is 17” Above my plant which is 600 watt out put 100 watt it my tent is only 90cm high so can only have them as far away as my tent allows

 

[Mattys1992]

So I have taken one light out of my tent the 600 watt canna light full spectrum out of the tent and just left the 180 watt hans panel in there and moved it as high as I can get it away about another 2” and I’ve pushed the two plants into the corners away from direct light to see if it is sun burn how can I sort potassium def ? By just flushing ???

 

[Mattys1992]

 

[Backlipslide]

What’s a slurry test ??? I’ve got two lights in my tent the one above my biggest plant is about 11” Away from the top of my plant which is a 180 watt hand panel out put 180watt and the smallest plant the light is 17” Above my plant which is 600 watt out put 100 watt it my tent is only 90cm high so can only have them as far away as my tent allows

Yikes! Those lights were way too close.

after hearing your lights are that close, it could very well be light burn. Is there a way to rig up the top of your light to have it lifted a bit more.

this is what I did for my light. Took tie wire and built a hanger from it, so I’m able to lift my light higher then the chains would let me.

Ignore the light on the right, but look to see how I rigged up my big light on the left. This way I’m able to maximize the height above the light as well.

I’m not ruling out potassium deficiency either, but by the sounds of the height of your light that could very well be light Burn.

to do a slurry test, you take some of your soil, put it into a container with some RO water. Let the water absorb the soil, then test the PH of the water to see where the PH of your soil is.

 

[Backlipslide]

From my experience, LED’s shouldn’t be any closer then 2’ above the plant for Veg. And closer to 18” above canopy for flower.

 

[Mattys1992]

I have a dimmer on my Hans panel so have dimmed it right down and moved it as high as I can get it I have trimmed off most of the burnt parts of the leafs and the worst burnt leaves I’ve totally removed them from the stem all new growth looks fine so will see how she is in a few days

 

[Mattys1992]

Soooo..... over night it has spread to to the upper leafs not much but it’s starting now I’m thinking it’s not light burn because my light has been dimmed right down just enough so the tent stays at 20-22c so I’m thinking it’s some sort of def or soils still to hot run off is 6.4-6.5 I’ve flushed the big one twice now may have over done it ? But air flows pretty good in my tent and have placed a fan right on the grow bag to try air out the soil one of the photos that I re potted looks like she will be ok take a look at some pics any advice would be great thanks

 

[Mattys1992]

So as inpatient as I am I’ve probably stunted her growth even more now I’ve cut her out of the 3 gal grow back and all the soil was soaked at the bottom of the bag I’ve gently removed as much soil from her with out damaging her roots and placed some bat mix at the bottom put her in and bit of bat mix on the top will let her dry out completely now until I think she’ll need some water fingers crossed we shall see if she pulls through worse comes to the worse I have another two plants one is a cutting and one is a photo I’m just praying

 

[Backlipslide]

Are those all the same leaves showing those signs or are they new?

testing the run off doesn’t give you an answer on what ph the soil is. The water you put in, will get buffered by the ph of the soil giving you a mixed reading. You need to give a slurry rest of your soil to see the true ph of your soil.

 

[Mattys1992]

Are those all the same leaves showing those signs or are they new?

testing the run off doesn’t give you an answer on what ph the soil is. The water you put in, will get buffered by the ph of the soil giving you a mixed reading. You need to give a slurry rest of your soil to see the true ph of your soil.

Some of the new growth is starting to show as the same as the old leafs I will do a slurry test when I get chance as I’m at work until 10pm but yes is spreading through out the plant now

 

[Backlipslide]

Working on a Sunday! The lords day! If your a church person.

it’s just got me stumped, that soil could very well be too hot. What are you growing in again? I seem to follow a lot of journals and forget details. Also Maybe someone new swinging through will have some tips for it as well.