Help! I am at my wit's end here and getting ready to throw a tantrum. This is my first time growing in coco, which (I thought) was supposed to make things easier and give me better results, but it has not been going well.
I have two 4-week old plants that are not doing well. The GG4 auto is pale and leggy (at least compared to the grow log photos I see here), and the Haze XL auto is stunted, drooping, and has yellowing lower leaves.
In my initial post here a week ago the consensus was that I had been overwatering, so I gave them a dry out and then resumed watering/feeding with 10% runoff and waiting for the top of the coco to dry out before watering/feeding again. After doing that the GG4 started to get leggy and pale; the Haze XL perked up a ltttle bit, but then started drooping again and the lower leaves got more yellow. I have also noticed a white powdery substance on the lower parts of the grow bags.
Reading through the Problems & Symptoms section just leaves me more confused about the way forward, as the symptoms I am seeing seem to relate to a number of issues:
- Drooping may mean still overwatering
- Yellowing and paleness may mean a nutrient deficiency (but how do I solve that when the nutriends come from the water/feed and I am possibly still overwatering? Switch to full-strength nutes?)
- White powder might be salts which could indicate nute block which means I should flush the plants. I am due to do a Sledgehammer flush, but wouldn't this compound the overwatering?
- Legginess might mean low light levels, but I don't think that this is the case as I have had successful soil grows with this setup.
Please help me before I blow a fuse and burn my tent down!!!
Details:
70/30 Coco/Pearlite in 3-gallon grow bags
Fox Farm Trio nutrients using their Hydro schedule at half strength, pH in 5.5 - 6.5
LED lighting (this was just for staring things off, and I intend to move these plants outside)
I have two 4-week old plants that are not doing well. The GG4 auto is pale and leggy (at least compared to the grow log photos I see here), and the Haze XL auto is stunted, drooping, and has yellowing lower leaves.
In my initial post here a week ago the consensus was that I had been overwatering, so I gave them a dry out and then resumed watering/feeding with 10% runoff and waiting for the top of the coco to dry out before watering/feeding again. After doing that the GG4 started to get leggy and pale; the Haze XL perked up a ltttle bit, but then started drooping again and the lower leaves got more yellow. I have also noticed a white powdery substance on the lower parts of the grow bags.
Reading through the Problems & Symptoms section just leaves me more confused about the way forward, as the symptoms I am seeing seem to relate to a number of issues:
- Drooping may mean still overwatering
- Yellowing and paleness may mean a nutrient deficiency (but how do I solve that when the nutriends come from the water/feed and I am possibly still overwatering? Switch to full-strength nutes?)
- White powder might be salts which could indicate nute block which means I should flush the plants. I am due to do a Sledgehammer flush, but wouldn't this compound the overwatering?
- Legginess might mean low light levels, but I don't think that this is the case as I have had successful soil grows with this setup.
Please help me before I blow a fuse and burn my tent down!!!
Details:
70/30 Coco/Pearlite in 3-gallon grow bags
Fox Farm Trio nutrients using their Hydro schedule at half strength, pH in 5.5 - 6.5
LED lighting (this was just for staring things off, and I intend to move these plants outside)
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