Brown/Rust spots, dry leafs, curling on tips HELP!!@!@!

[gizmatix]

How long has this problem been going on? 3 days
Are you growing in a PVC grow tent? no custom rubbermaid grow box
What system are you running? Soilless
What STRAIN are you growing? White Widow, Strawberry cough, Moonshine X Berlin
What was the establishing technique? Seed.
What is the age of your plants? 1 1/2 weeks - 2 weeks
How long have they been in there mixture they are in now? The entire duration.
How tall are the plants? 5-8 inches
What PHASE are the plants in? Vegetative.
What Technique are you using? ?
What substrate/medium are you using Fox Farms Ocean Forrest
What is the Water temperature? room temp
What color are your roots? White
What Nutrient's are you using?(If growing soiless) Liquid Karma / Botanicare Sweet Berry
How much of each nutrient are you using with how much water? 1 gal of water 2 teaspoon (but watered down even more when i'm watering the plants in my watering cup. Every other watering..
How often are you feeding? (If using soiless) Food is in the medium.
How often are you giving nutrients? (If using soiless) As often as once a week - every other waterings.
What order are you mixing your nutrients?
What is the TDS/EC/PPM you are using?
What is the pH of the "Tank"? the water i use is 7.0
Are you sure your calibration is correct on your equiptment?
When was your last watering? today to flush the soil out with plain water
What is your water temps? room temp
When was your last feeding change?
How often do you clean your system: once a week
What size bulb are you using? 5 t5 floras
What is the distance to the canopy? 2 inches
What is your RH Factor(Relative Humidity)? ?
What is the canopy temperature? 79*F
What is the Day/Night Temp? (Include flucutaion range) 68-80*F during the day, 60-80*F at night.
What is the current Air Flow? custom fan system to fit the box
Tell us about your ventilation, intake exhaust and when its running and not running? I have one fan to pull air in and another fan to pull the air out.
Is the fan blowing directly at plants? Yes
Is your water HARD or SOFT? soft
What water are you using? filtered water
Are you using water from a water softener? yes
Has plant been recently pruned, cloned off of or pinched? No
Have any pest chemicals been used? no
Are plant's infected with pest's? no










It started with only 2 plants but has spread to 5 so far.

 

[gizmatix]

actually you can't see a close view so if its at all okay with the admins for me to post a link to a site where you could see a full view.

http://whish-seeds.com/node/47

 

[gizmatix]

no one has an answer

no one has an answer

I've gone around showing pictures and telling people about this but no one has ever seen this problem before? Does anyone here know whats going on?

 

[UpperEchelon]

Rust is a type of fungus. I had that problem and I noticed the spots on the leaves before I noticed I had fungus gnats. I used a fungicide with neem oil in it that I got from home depot and it definitely slowed it down, but check your ph first and try to get it between 5.8 and 6.2 and see if that helps.

 

[gizmatix]

humm

humm

were you able to get rid of it?

 

[teerull]

I had something similar with one of my plants... it was a male though.

What I did? I just cut off the leaf which showed it after the plant got a bit bigger and it didn't seem to spread. Not sure it will go that way with your plant since I cut mine off like 20days after I saw the "rusty" spots.

hope it helps at least a bit!

 

[Hydro-Soil]

Looks to me like a root grabbed a hot piece of dirt.

I wouldn't worry about it unless it seemed to continue to get worse.

 

[spyvsspy]

I'm with Hydro-Soil, as usual........has helped me with many issues. One of the most trusted people on here IMO.
As for your problem, I also use Fox Farm Ocean Forest. Its a fairly hot soil for young plants, many of my first leaves twist a little and get slightly burned, depending on the sensitivity of the strain. Your new growth looks fairly healthy, so you should be good to go...
Good luck, spy

 

[spyvsspy]

but check your ph first and try to get it between 5.8 and 6.2 and see if that helps.

^^^^Little wrong,^^^ for soil you're gonna want to keep your pH at 6.5

 

[EthnobotanicA]

That looks to me like some kind of external prob, like a burn from something splashing on it, or a drop of water under a bright light burning a whole in the leaf.

Whay I see which is weirder, is the general deformity of those leaves. It's slight, but they are young and you shouldn't be seeing that.

Drop the sweet for sure, you don't need that shit until flower. The LK is questionable too, and I would drop that until after your next transplant. Ocean Forest contains many of the same elements as LK, so so it is possible you are giving them too much of a good thing. Sometimes too many trace elements and naturally occuring hormones, etc like those that are in kelp meal, will cause all kinds of weird little problems.

Throw them gals in a slightly bigger pot, and just give them clean water, and they will be good. Start giving them all the crap after they start needing ferts and start growing faster.

 

[spyvsspy]

Forgot to mention that when I use FFOF I usually don't start feeding with anything else until AT LEAST week 3 of veg, and even then I use just a little. FFOF has lots of good stuff that, in theory shoud get you all the way through veg at least

 

[gizmatix]

deformaties

deformaties

the deformed leaf is due to the strain itself. the breeder calls it retarded hunnies. i've never splashed water on the leaves and i tried cutting off affected leaves but it came back now its on the tips of all my plants and some leaves are actually like the ones i pictured with random dots all over the place... i've just been feeding it ro water when the dirt is dry to bring it back but its not going... really starting to frustrate me!

The updated photos show what those dots turned into... any guesses?

 

[gizmatix]

When i click on the images it doesn't show a larger closeup of the photos i uploaded so if your having trouble viewing it, you could view the full size photos over at my post @ http://whish-seeds.com/node/47?page=1#comment-44

 

[gizmatix]

EthnobotanicA, i picked up some pots today so i'll be transplanting when i get em cleaned up. thanks for your kind replies