HELP stunted growth yellow curly leaves sickly plants! Pics included
Hi and thanks for reading! I've been a lurker for some time and haave learned a lot over time, but am now having a problem with the last few grows all going the same way. this is waht happens:
sprout seed, put it in one of those little brown pucks you soak in water and it expands, i think it's peat? 5 gallon pots, plenty of drainage, all seeds are female auto's from a reputable company and I buy from different procducers also.
it grows great, then they all end up like this:
stunted growth messed up leaves, barely any buds, very sick looking, they ALL do this. Prior to the last few grows I had beautiful halthy plants and buds, no prolbems at all. My room is 4x8x8 I had 6 125 dual spectrum CFL's a carbon scrubber with a 4" inline fan with 280CFM drawing air outside and an oscillating fan. Thermostat in house is 73, so room is a little warmer maybe 5 degrees? not postive but it's not burning hot I don't think. I only use Roots Organic green camo bag soil, and was using clean filtered pond water, but then switched to tap water that I let "breathe in open containers, the tap water pH is 7.4. I use a soil tester to test moisture and pH also.
I recently switched to LED's over the top, 2 450 watts units (VIPARSPECTRA) side lights are still CFL's 125 watts and are about 18" away from plants, the top LED's are about 22-24" away from plants. Again, I was getting great results earlier,,,, nothing has really changed that's why I'm here
too much nutes? too hot? too much water? lights too close?
I'll be switching over to all LED's soon.
Thanks for any and all input, I'm anxious to see what you pros have to say!
