Trebla781 said:
well what am i doing wrong? what you mean what is my major malfunction? I thought this thread was to help people with sick plants and problems not the thread for wise cracks like that
I'm not sure what Crazy Horse is talking about either. I think it was an attempt at humor. Hehe, Crazy Horse, don't quit your day job man...
Hey, I finally understand what it is that you have going man. You've got what is known as a DWC, (Deep Water Culture), system. Your plants grow in a net pot with non-soil media, and the roots grow into the reservoir.
In a group like this, it's good to determine what type of grow you have going first. The difference between types of grows makes a huge difference in how problems are handled.
Here is what is confusing about what you're saying.
In a DWC setup, you don't have to water anything. The agitation of the water creates a mist pocket that in turn, provides a perfect moisture level for root growth. Those roots grow until they reach the water in the reservoir below them.
You are talking about mixing nutes and watering the plants as if it were manually pouring water over them. That doesn't make any sense to me unless you plants were very small seedlings that hadn't rooted yet. You say you're in the second week of flowering....obviously the plants are not seedlings.
The general symptoms you describe could be several things. The tap water you're using may have chlorine in it. You haven't told me yet. If so, it could cause mg deficiency. The way your leaves are curling leads me to think you've overdosed them on nutes.
You should be mixing your nutes outside of your reservoir, in a one or two gallon bucket. Mix it right and then add it to the reservoir.
What brand of nutes are you using, and what strength of it are you mixing? What is the suggested mixing strength of the nutes for your application? A DWC would be roughly half of the recommended nutrient strength of that for a potted plant.
Please, tell us more about how you're growing. Pictures would help a lot.
