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Need help - Yellowing leaves with brown spotting - Coco grow

Cleanly

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This is my first indoor coco grow, The strain is Jelly Johnson (indica dominant hybrid) from a dispensary bag.

Im using GWE nutrient schedule and General Hydroponics nutrients with 2 LED light units, 1 humidifier, two fans and a charcoal inline filter in a 36x36x72 tent.


The grow is at Mid bloom, about to enter week 8. Ive been chasing my tail with past leaf damage and new issues.


Going back a few weeks to when the issues began:


My plant got spider mites at week xxx and I treated them with Grow safe applied via spray. The mites were taken care of but the leaf damage remained.

After this I noticed brown/copper spots and yellowing leaf edges, It was hard to tell if it was leftover mite damage or not. But the browning/yellowing spots persisted.

I read some information on GWE and made the determination that I had some calcium nute lock due to low PH, I had been feeding around 5.8-6.0. So I flushed and got a digital PH pen instead of the liquid dropper set I had been using. Since then I have fed 2 times at 6.2 PH and used PH'd plain water with some added CalMag in between feeding.

I also thought they could be getting some light burn so raised my lights as high as possible and reduced intensity by turning off half of the lights. (was using both veg and bloom lights, turned off the veg spectrum)

I am using tap water distilled for a few days prior to watering. The starting PH of my tap is around 8.5-9.0 before adjusting. I don't have a TDS meter (its on the way).

I cant really tell if the same issue is persisting or if a new problem is occurring.

My buds currently pretty smell dank and look healthy and unaffected (to my untrained eye). However I feel that they haven't fattened up or progressed much in the last couple weeks. Im afraid my yield will be affected if I don't figure this out.

The leaf tips are starting to curl up and yellow more and the leaves at the top of the plant are getting a little claw going.


Please look through the pics at the link here:

https://imgur.com/a/xqL6CkO


And thanks in advance to anyone trying to help.
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Without a good picture, I would have to say you should go back to your pH for reevaluation and maybe up the CaMg. Sorry, but some of us, like myself, are pretty hesitant about clicking links(especially from a new poster).
Can you upload some pics to this post?
 
I also will not click on external link, sorry.

leave damage will not repair so if it is still happening on new grow then it is still a problem you haven't solved.

If you sparyed the plants with lights on then damage could have occurred. double check the spider mites are really gone, not called the borg for no reason.
 
Hey sorry about the link, the site suggested Imgur for hosting photos. I assure you the link only contains photos of the plant from November to its current state.

please see below for some images

id love to get your feedback based on photos.

In order from recent to a couple weeks ago.

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Does anyone else see light burn and or heat stress and Ph? Here's a black-belt tip for any diagnostics. Start at the root. Making triple friple ripple sure of the PH at the root zone run off water, Is the first step in a process of elimination. One tiny little run off check will not do. This evaluation is variable! Once you are super duper fruper ruper sure the PH is no longer the problem, then half the battle is solved. A PH problem CAUSES Almost every symptom. Chasing a calcium deficiency in my opinion, before PH testing, could be a waste. Then, There is recovery time. Usually damage will not undo itself. there should be very little vegetating in the bloom mode, so chances are the plants gonna look like that til the end. P.S. I only looked at the first two photos on the row under the main photo.
 
this website encourages you to upload photos to "imgur" if the process fails here. it's like a pop up thingy. I never worry about strange links anymore, I got my security wound up too tight. Has anyone here clicked a bad link then lost all their data or something?
 
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I think you're both right. In my newbie woobie frapaloobie experience every wild-ass changing symptom I've chased was fixed if not solved with a flush and a restart. Cleanly did that. Then whatever is left is what you got. Leaves don't normally get better but buds don't get worse. I'm pretty sure plants can live on their sugar leaves and the buds will just get fatter.
 
Cleanly

I'd agree, whatever happened (light, ph, nutr burn, take your pick) it is at the end of really care for this plant. Time to give it plan water, no calmag, no nutrition and watch for your perfect harvest window. I'd like to say that's some sweet frost you've got going on..
 
Thanks for the pictures. Beautiful plants!
I'd have to agree with the others. She's so far along that a correction is not warranted. Though I would continue to be on the look out for bugs. The leaves will not correct themselves. Just water, watch, wait, and then harvest.
Congrats on making it to the home stretch! :)
 
Hey thanks for the advice. They did get real frosty! I learned a lot from this grow. Excited to start another.

Do you think it would be detrimental to feed with nutrients? I’d be skipping like 4 feedings. Will the buds continue to fatten up at all?
 
Thanks for the input, i honestly overlooked the roots/run off ph because I couldn’t get a clear answer about it being useful or not. This is something I’ll monitor from the start next time.
 
From what I can see in the pictures your plants have light burn which with the shine on the leaves indicates a nutrient toxicity (light burn is intensified with toxicity) so my best guess is they have had enough nutrients. Nothing you give them will make them look better and only close up trichome pictures in natural light can tell the true harvest date.
 
Mr.furley here are a couple shots of the trichomes. Can you estimate time until harvest? At my current size I think the yield will be pretty low.
 

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I can not under colored light, got any natural white light pictures?

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