winst0n986
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Hello all,
First time poster here
but long time forum stalker.
I have a slightly sick plant and wanted to get some possible input. Here is as much info as I can give about my setup:
System: 6 gallon res. DWC/Bubbleponics home-made system. 3" net cups with 5.8 PH balanced rockwool cube in thoroughly cleaned Hydroton.
Light: 400W MH veg (have the HPS for flower ready to go).
Ferts: Using the Fox Farm trio with the Hydro version of the Grow Big. I went almost exactly according to the chart, but kept my PPM a little less than what was recommended. Right now I am 5 weeks into veg (my scrog is fairly large) and I am at 1300-1400 PPM every time I check with my PPM meter. I have been topping off with 1 GAL water every 3-5 days at this point, and adding back 1/6th of my nutes (as it is a 6 gallon res and I top off 1 gallon at a time).
Water: I AM using tap water. I tested my tap water right out of the tap at 45 PPM (extremely good tap water according to the little chart on the PPM meter). It comes out right at 7.0 PH. After adding my nutes it usually balances out to about 6.2 PH and I add a little PH down to bring it right to 5.8.
Seeds: 2x Barneys Farm Critical Kush 1x Dinafem White Widow (all feminised).
I have one of those cheap yellow PH meters, but I calibrate it before every PH test and have not seen my PH fluctuate by more than .2 usually it is ALWAYS spot on 5.8 when I check it. I have checked with the manual PH drop test kit as well several times and it is always spot on to what the meter is reading.
I have been using 2tsp/GAL AquaShield once a week since the beginning of the grow.
From the research I have done on my own here and at other forums I am leaning heavily towards some sort of Mosaic/Tobamovirus, but then every time I convince myself it is, I see some pictures of PH imbalance or overfeeding/lockout that look somewhat similar. Then I will look at TMV or CMV pics and go back to convinced it is that.
I will post the pictures now (all from the same critical kush plant as the other one and the WW don't seem to be effected as much though they have shown some minor similar signs), and please if you guys need more info ask me!
I have ordered the ImmunoStrip test kits that test for a few of the Mosaic variants so I will know for sure I supposed about at least those specific viruses fairly soon.
1.) Notice the weird yellow splotching. The leaf is also very crinkly/textured and looks blistered to me. This seems to "go away" a little a the leaves get older.
2.) The new growth there has 1 very yellow/damaged leaf. This is the first time I have seen something this damaged on the plant, however there have been some "incomplete" leaves and some weird ones before, but nothing to this extent.
3.) More mottling/splotchiness on the leaves.
4.) A leaf that I trimmed off to examine more closely/get a pic of the mottling/splotching.
Overall the plant seems to be doing pretty well still, but I am worried about when I put it into flower as I have heard the virus can go crazy in the first 2 weeks of flowering.
First time poster here
but long time forum stalker.I have a slightly sick plant and wanted to get some possible input. Here is as much info as I can give about my setup:
System: 6 gallon res. DWC/Bubbleponics home-made system. 3" net cups with 5.8 PH balanced rockwool cube in thoroughly cleaned Hydroton.
Light: 400W MH veg (have the HPS for flower ready to go).
Ferts: Using the Fox Farm trio with the Hydro version of the Grow Big. I went almost exactly according to the chart, but kept my PPM a little less than what was recommended. Right now I am 5 weeks into veg (my scrog is fairly large) and I am at 1300-1400 PPM every time I check with my PPM meter. I have been topping off with 1 GAL water every 3-5 days at this point, and adding back 1/6th of my nutes (as it is a 6 gallon res and I top off 1 gallon at a time).
Water: I AM using tap water. I tested my tap water right out of the tap at 45 PPM (extremely good tap water according to the little chart on the PPM meter). It comes out right at 7.0 PH. After adding my nutes it usually balances out to about 6.2 PH and I add a little PH down to bring it right to 5.8.
Seeds: 2x Barneys Farm Critical Kush 1x Dinafem White Widow (all feminised).
I have one of those cheap yellow PH meters, but I calibrate it before every PH test and have not seen my PH fluctuate by more than .2 usually it is ALWAYS spot on 5.8 when I check it. I have checked with the manual PH drop test kit as well several times and it is always spot on to what the meter is reading.
I have been using 2tsp/GAL AquaShield once a week since the beginning of the grow.
From the research I have done on my own here and at other forums I am leaning heavily towards some sort of Mosaic/Tobamovirus, but then every time I convince myself it is, I see some pictures of PH imbalance or overfeeding/lockout that look somewhat similar. Then I will look at TMV or CMV pics and go back to convinced it is that.
I will post the pictures now (all from the same critical kush plant as the other one and the WW don't seem to be effected as much though they have shown some minor similar signs), and please if you guys need more info ask me!
I have ordered the ImmunoStrip test kits that test for a few of the Mosaic variants so I will know for sure I supposed about at least those specific viruses fairly soon.
1.) Notice the weird yellow splotching. The leaf is also very crinkly/textured and looks blistered to me. This seems to "go away" a little a the leaves get older.
2.) The new growth there has 1 very yellow/damaged leaf. This is the first time I have seen something this damaged on the plant, however there have been some "incomplete" leaves and some weird ones before, but nothing to this extent.
3.) More mottling/splotchiness on the leaves.
4.) A leaf that I trimmed off to examine more closely/get a pic of the mottling/splotching.
Overall the plant seems to be doing pretty well still, but I am worried about when I put it into flower as I have heard the virus can go crazy in the first 2 weeks of flowering.
