So this is my first grow ever and I am running into so many problems. I apologize for what's going to be a long and probably confusing post but I really need the help 
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A little info about the grow:
The strain is Advanced Biodiesel mass from herbies.
Grown in
OF in a 2 gallon pot (The pot is realistically only filled 4/5ths of the way though).
I switch between two waters.
first distilled water with tiger bloom nutes at 1/4 strength (about a half a tsp per gallon) with some dolomite lime powder added in that has dissolved. (PH of 7)
second, I water with tap water and molasses (Ph of 6.8).
I have no reliable way of PHing the soil itself.
Under 120 actual watts of CFL (Roughly 80 are 6500k and 40 are 2700k) with a 24/0 light schedule.
I wasn't PHing anything originally (I think this is where I ran into my problems).
The temps are a pretty constant 78-80.
The plant is currently just shy of 28 days from planting.
Now for a list of all of my problems (I listed them in order of urgency):
First: I originally only watered with plain distilled water, with nothing added for about three weeks of the grow. After two weeks (Of being watered with only distilled water), I noticed some green spots on only one of the leaves. The spots stayed concentrated on only that leaf for a while until they started turning brown. The spots then started to spread to a second bottom leaf, so I posted my problem on various other sites looking for help and the most common answer was it was a PH problem. I gave the plant a good flush with PH 7 tap water and then top dressed my soil with 3 tbsp of dolomite lime and made the switch from pure distilled water (That I was never PHing) to my new correctly PHed and nutrient added watering schedule. The spots appeared to have stopped spreading, but It's only been 3 days since I made these changes. I took a look at my plant today and noticed a new very small spot on one of the newest leaves. The rest of the leaves are a healthy green.
Second: The new growth is growing in all twisted and ripped. While this probably sounds really bad, a week ago the plant had a run in with an angry exhaust fan and didn't fare so well. The twisted growth appears to be concentrated on the top, where the fan landed, but I am seeing it on some of the side growth as well and I am very worried that it has something to do with the mysterious brown spots.
The third problem is that my autoflowering plant doesn't appear to actually be an autoflower. I thought autoflowers showed their sex after about 20 days and I am more than a week passed that. I am not sure if maybe this strain just flowers late or if I am doing something wrong, but I dont even have any preflowers yet.
Finally, I am worried that because of all these problems my plant is incredibly stunted. The exhaust fan bent the main stem when it fell on it, which I guess was some sort of non intentional LST?
. The plant took 2 1/2 days just to sprout from the soil and like 4 days to germinate (when I planted it the tap root was still very tiny). So, I think I started out with a bit of a runt anyway. Even disregarding the bent stem, the plant still looks tiny and hasn't started autoflowering. I am worried that my yield is going to be worthless and I am considering just restarting now before I carry the plant for another 50 days to find out I created nothing.
Hopefully an experienced grower can come into this thread and save my plant before it takes a turn for the worst
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The last photo is the second leaf the brown spots spread to and it's the leaf I am using to gauge whether it is still spreading (and it appears to have stopped on this leaf). I forgot to take a photo of the new brown spot that appeared on the newer growth (this is only the third leaf with brown spots) but it looks just like the other spots but it's smaller and more towards the tip of the leaf.
. A little info about the grow:
The strain is Advanced Biodiesel mass from herbies.
Grown in
OF in a 2 gallon pot (The pot is realistically only filled 4/5ths of the way though).I switch between two waters.
first distilled water with tiger bloom nutes at 1/4 strength (about a half a tsp per gallon) with some dolomite lime powder added in that has dissolved. (PH of 7)
second, I water with tap water and molasses (Ph of 6.8).
I have no reliable way of PHing the soil itself.
Under 120 actual watts of CFL (Roughly 80 are 6500k and 40 are 2700k) with a 24/0 light schedule.
I wasn't PHing anything originally (I think this is where I ran into my problems).
The temps are a pretty constant 78-80.
The plant is currently just shy of 28 days from planting.
Now for a list of all of my problems (I listed them in order of urgency):
First: I originally only watered with plain distilled water, with nothing added for about three weeks of the grow. After two weeks (Of being watered with only distilled water), I noticed some green spots on only one of the leaves. The spots stayed concentrated on only that leaf for a while until they started turning brown. The spots then started to spread to a second bottom leaf, so I posted my problem on various other sites looking for help and the most common answer was it was a PH problem. I gave the plant a good flush with PH 7 tap water and then top dressed my soil with 3 tbsp of dolomite lime and made the switch from pure distilled water (That I was never PHing) to my new correctly PHed and nutrient added watering schedule. The spots appeared to have stopped spreading, but It's only been 3 days since I made these changes. I took a look at my plant today and noticed a new very small spot on one of the newest leaves. The rest of the leaves are a healthy green.
Second: The new growth is growing in all twisted and ripped. While this probably sounds really bad, a week ago the plant had a run in with an angry exhaust fan and didn't fare so well. The twisted growth appears to be concentrated on the top, where the fan landed, but I am seeing it on some of the side growth as well and I am very worried that it has something to do with the mysterious brown spots.
The third problem is that my autoflowering plant doesn't appear to actually be an autoflower. I thought autoflowers showed their sex after about 20 days and I am more than a week passed that. I am not sure if maybe this strain just flowers late or if I am doing something wrong, but I dont even have any preflowers yet.
Finally, I am worried that because of all these problems my plant is incredibly stunted. The exhaust fan bent the main stem when it fell on it, which I guess was some sort of non intentional LST?
. The plant took 2 1/2 days just to sprout from the soil and like 4 days to germinate (when I planted it the tap root was still very tiny). So, I think I started out with a bit of a runt anyway. Even disregarding the bent stem, the plant still looks tiny and hasn't started autoflowering. I am worried that my yield is going to be worthless and I am considering just restarting now before I carry the plant for another 50 days to find out I created nothing. Hopefully an experienced grower can come into this thread and save my plant before it takes a turn for the worst
- - - Updated - - -
The last photo is the second leaf the brown spots spread to and it's the leaf I am using to gauge whether it is still spreading (and it appears to have stopped on this leaf). I forgot to take a photo of the new brown spot that appeared on the newer growth (this is only the third leaf with brown spots) but it looks just like the other spots but it's smaller and more towards the tip of the leaf.
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. I got the spots when I was just watering with distilled water. I will edit my post to try and make that more clear. Also I tried to do some more research myself and found that this could possibly be a CA/MG deficiency. This would make sense because distilled water has no CA/MG and I wasn't adding any nutrients to it. This is also supported by the fact that when I flushed with tap water, which I believe can give you an adequate amount of CA/MG , the spots appeared to stop spreading. I also believe dolomite lime can be a significant source of CA/MG. Also the fact that the issue started again after a couple days of not being watered leads me to believe that it is also probably a PH problem as well that is inhibiting the uptake of these nutrients. I think the soil goes back to being too acidic in between my watering. The only issue is that in my understanding CA/MG deficiency normally start at the new growth and mine is on the oldest growth. My Does this seem likely to anyone? Again this is my first grow so I don't want to get too ahead of myself with self diagnosing my problems.