Hello All,
First Timer here. I'm having a lot of fun, but I'm worried about one of my girls.
Northern Lights Autos
Week 3 of Flower
Burnt Leaf Tips and Yellowing
Yellow plant next to one that's doing better.
FIRST THE LIGHTING SITUATION:
The middle one is the one that has me concerned. She's a lighter green. Her leaves are burnt on the ends a bit. At first I thought it was light burn. Started top down. I have a VipraSpectra P1000 in the center of my 4x2 and a couple of home made lights on either side with four 2700 K, 100 w equivalent LEDs (the home made lights are turned off in PIC for color temp picture consistency). Also, two hand-be-down "shop lights" with small "grow light" bulbs from the BigBox store. I had all these at about twelve inches until a few days ago when I raised them because I thought light burn. The middle girl obviously gets the most light in this setup. There is slight leaf tip burn on the darker girls too. If there is any yellowing on the outside plants, I've convinced myself that it is occurring on the sides closer to the center light.
So, most of that makes me think Light Burn.
But, the fact that I'm getting a little tip burn on the darker plants makes me think Nutrients...
Tip Burn on Darker Plants
I've had this slight tip burn throughout. Just a tiny bit, barely noticeable, does not progress, just stays at tips.
THE NUTRIENT SITUATION:
This is where it gets a bit confusing, because I wanted to be "Organic Guy".
I'm not looking for huge yields. I'm more concerned about taste and potency.
When I started researching this stuff, I was amazed at how much inputs people were using. I've been an outdoor vegetable grower for years and I barely ever fertilize. I just didn't want to mess with it on my first go.
Also, nutrients are pricey and the wife is already raising her eyebrow at how much I've spent to get into the hobby LOL.
The left plant is in 25% sifted compost from my compost pile and 75% Fox Farm.
The middle plant is 50-50 Fox Farm and compost.
The right plant is in 100% Fox Farm, no compost.
I didn't feed anything during veg.
When Flower started, I broke down and started feeding Tiger Bloom mixed at half of bottle instructions. I do two gallons split between all three plants. I've done this once a week.
Here's what makes me think that I might have Nutrient Burnt these girls:
On June 3rd, I scratched in about 2-4 cups each of worm castings from my own worm bin. I think, it was after this that I started seeing the yellowing in the center plant (the one with the most garden compost from the start. Also gets the most light).
That's the poop folks, thanks in advance.
Mr Grow It:
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Please keep up the good work!!!
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Thanks!!! That helps and makes perfect sense. I'm going to start feeding some more. Next run, I think I'll keep the same soil mix in all three plants.
You're right about the trellis net. I rotated these girls everyday until I put it up.
Something I hadn't thought of was that the more light made that plant more productive, thus made the plant use more nutrients. Interesting and again, makes PERFECT SENSE.
I, for one don't expect you to answer all questions here, so thanks for taking the time. Cheers.