Leaves discoloring..Need help to diagnose

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I'm a newbie and need some help to determine what is causing the leaves on my baby to turn colors on the edges. I will try to give as much info as possible below. Thanks in advance for your help!!

What is your experience level? (first timer, novice, experienced...)------>first timer

Your Equipment:
.1) Type and wattage of lights. (MH, HPS, CFL's, tube fluorescents, LED's)------>CFLS
.2) Distance from tops?----->2-3 inches
.3) Reflector type? (cool tube set-up, bat wing, enclosed reflector, bare bulb...)---->bare bulbs
.4) Is there a consistent fresh air supply?---->I have 2 small openings at the bottom of the tent, Inlets 95% closed
.5) Do you have an exhaust fan and a circulation fan?---->yes to both
.6) What are the bulb wattages, kelvin ratings, and schedule?---->75 watt-2700k-24 hrs on total of about 13,000 lumens

Your medium:
.7) Specific brand and type of soil, (coco, peat based soilless...) and anything you've added to it. (vermiculite, perlite, worm castings...)----> My own mix of 80% fox farm ocean forest, 10% fox farm happy frog 10% perlite
.8) Size of container.---->5 gallon

Your nutrients and water:
.9) Source of water. (tap or filtered) What's it's ph?---->Poland Spring water--PH around 6
10) Method of checking water ph. (ph pen, test strips, aquarium test kit...)---->ph pen
11) Method of adjusting water ph. (phosphoric acid, white vinegar, hydrated lime, PH Up...)---->have not done
12) Specific brand and N-P-K ratio for each bottle. List dosages (quantity per gallon) and current feeding schedule---Alaska 5.1.1.fish fertilizer--1 tablespoon p/g
13) How often are you watering between feedings, and how much per watering?---->watering every other day and feeding every other watering---approximately 1/2 qt per feeding
14) Any additives or tea's? (Superthrive, CalMag, molasses, Mother's Earth...)---->no
15) Are your ph levels stable, or do they fluctuate?--->I only checked ph before I started the grow...my plant is 5 weeks today
16) What is your ingoing water's ph? ...your runoff ph---->do not know
17) Do you foliar feed? If so, with what, how often, and at what time do you spray?---->no

Your growroom:
18) Indoors or outdoors?---->indoor
19) What size of closet, room or hut?---->30" width x 18" depth x 48"height small area
20) What are the temps and humidity levels while lights are on? ...With lights off?----> temps 68-82...RH 34-56
21) Have you seen signs of insects in the growroom?---->no

Your strain:
22) What strain are you growing? (Indica dominate or Sativa dom?)---->Indica dominante
23) Is this an photoperiod strain?---->Cream of the crop Cash Crop
24) How old is the plant?---->5 weeks
25) In what life-cycle is it? Vegetative, pre-flowering, flowering, rippening?---->I think it is pre flowering
26) From seeds or clones?---->from seeds
 

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:toke:-- ...hey bruv, can you get me a whole plant shot too? From what I see, it's the upper growth affected most, right? Are the lowers okay? Symptoms look like Zn defc. to me, and if the fish fert's are all you've used, that's partly why... it's good stuff, but not a very complete nutrition source,... Zn is a micronutrient, and a critical one... it's immobile within the plant, so upper leaves get affected first and worst,.... you need to get a more balanced fertilizer, and right now, a micronutrient supplement, like Earth juice Microblast, or Botanicare has a sort of all-in-one product Ca Mag Plus,... another concern is the soil pH... FF soils are showing to be badly acidic more often than not,.. however, you might be okay there, at least for the Zn not being locked out by off-pH, as it's available under acidic conditions,... but a test at some point would be wise; you have a meter, so you can do a run-off test to get an estimate-- this method is prone to measurement errors! here's a link to a good method that helps reduce this: https://www.autoflower.org/threads/...-for-run-off-testing-and-ph-estimation.41733/
-- don't do it yet, get me pics first, and we'll see,...meantime, see if you can get the products mentioned,...
 
:toke:-- ...hey bruv, can you get me a whole plant shot too? From what I see, it's the upper growth affected most, right? Are the lowers okay? Symptoms look like Zn defc. to me, and if the fish fert's are all you've used, that's partly why... it's good stuff, but not a very complete nutrition source,... Zn is a micronutrient, and a critical one... it's immobile within the plant, so upper leaves get affected first and worst,.... you need to get a more balanced fertilizer, and right now, a micronutrient supplement, like Earth juice Microblast, or Botanicare has a sort of all-in-one product Ca Mag Plus,... another concern is the soil pH... FF soils are showing to be badly acidic more often than not,.. however, you might be okay there, at least for the Zn not being locked out by off-pH, as it's available under acidic conditions,... but a test at some point would be wise; you have a meter, so you can do a run-off test to get an estimate-- this method is prone to measurement errors! here's a link to a good method that helps reduce this: https://www.autoflower.org/threads/...-for-run-off-testing-and-ph-estimation.41733/
-- don't do it yet, get me pics first, and we'll see,...meantime, see if you can get the products mentioned,...
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It looks to need calmag and like Waira was saying it needs some micro nutrients. I don't see evidence of bad ph as much as the need for some calmag.
 
....thanks Hunt' :smoking:... yeah, I see signs of Mg defc. as well on the lowers,.. you gotta get more nutrition in there mate, ASAP! You need properly balanced grow and bloom fert's, and for the money, the Botanicare product will cover the most bases... fish goo is good stuff, don't get me wrong, but the 5-1-1 NPK ratio is not enough, and utterly wrong for blooming!... the fairly rich soil has carried you pretty far, but as blooming starts, the missing nutrients P and K will soon show as defc.'s as well,.... question is, what can you get, and how soon? Nute's need not be cannabis specific, for basic needs, more important are the NPK numbers,... epsoms salts are MgSO4, usually readily available,... The drooping may not correct much at this point, so don't worry so much about that,... it doesn't look like a dehydrated plant now, leaves aside... I've had a couple that did so and stayed that way through harvest,...no harm, no foul! Let us know what products you can get locally and/or by mail...
 
....thanks Hunt' :smoking:... yeah, I see signs of Mg defc. as well on the lowers,.. you gotta get more nutrition in there mate, ASAP! You need properly balanced grow and bloom fert's, and for the money, the Botanicare product will cover the most bases... fish goo is good stuff, don't get me wrong, but the 5-1-1 NPK ratio is not enough, and utterly wrong for blooming!... the fairly rich soil has carried you pretty far, but as blooming starts, the missing nutrients P and K will soon show as defc.'s as well,.... question is, what can you get, and how soon? Nute's need not be cannabis specific, for basic needs, more important are the NPK numbers,... epsoms salts are MgSO4, usually readily available,... The drooping may not correct much at this point, so don't worry so much about that,... it doesn't look like a dehydrated plant now, leaves aside... I've had a couple that did so and stayed that way through harvest,...no harm, no foul! Let us know what products you can get locally and/or by mail...

Waira: Thank you again for the much needed information!! I actually had started to use Dyna-Gro Bloom BLM-032 3-12-6 Plant Food 3 days ago and only got one feeding in. I just ordered the Botanicare CAL MAG PLUS abd I will have it tomorrow 11/21. What exactly should I do when I receive it?
 
It looks to need calmag and like Waira was saying it needs some micro nutrients. I don't see evidence of bad ph as much as the need for some calmag.

Bromo: Thanks for your help...really appreciated! I just ordered the Botanicare CAL MAG PLUS abd I will have it tomorrow 11/21 and I'm hoping this will correct the issue. Will Keep you and Waira updated
 
....thanks Hunt' :smoking:... yeah, I see signs of Mg defc. as well on the lowers,.. you gotta get more nutrition in there mate, ASAP! You need properly balanced grow and bloom fert's, and for the money, the Botanicare product will cover the most bases... fish goo is good stuff, don't get me wrong, but the 5-1-1 NPK ratio is not enough, and utterly wrong for blooming!... the fairly rich soil has carried you pretty far, but as blooming starts, the missing nutrients P and K will soon show as defc.'s as well,.... question is, what can you get, and how soon? Nute's need not be cannabis specific, for basic needs, more important are the NPK numbers,... epsoms salts are MgSO4, usually readily available,... The drooping may not correct much at this point, so don't worry so much about that,... it doesn't look like a dehydrated plant now, leaves aside... I've had a couple that did so and stayed that way through harvest,...no harm, no foul! Let us know what products you can get locally and/or by mail...


Hi Waira....Quick update...So i actually received my Botanicare Cal Mag Plus today. I mixed 1 1/2 teaspoons with a gallon of Poland Spring which was 6.5 PH. I just got my first watering in but I found my baby starting to droop big time. The soil was very dry because I did not water in 2 days. Would the wilting be caused by the dry soil? I need some help here I don't want to loose this one after all of the hard work! Also, how much water would you recommend giving and how often with the Cal Mag Plus?
 
Hi Waira....Quick update...So i actually received my Botanicare Cal Mag Plus today. I mixed 1 1/2 teaspoons with a gallon of Poland Spring which was 6.5 PH. I just got my first watering in but I found my baby starting to droop big time. The soil was very dry because I did not water in 2 days. Would the wilting be caused by the dry soil? I need some help here I don't want to loose this one after all of the hard work! Also, how much water would you recommend giving and how often with the Cal Mag Plus?
I also checked the PH of the soil with a soil probe and it is 7
 
Hi Waira....Quick update...So i actually received my Botanicare Cal Mag Plus today. I mixed 1 1/2 teaspoons with a gallon of Poland Spring which was 6.5 PH. I just got my first watering in but I found my baby starting to droop big time. The soil was very dry because I did not water in 2 days. Would the wilting be caused by the dry soil? I need some help here I don't want to loose this one after all of the hard work! Also, how much water would you recommend giving and how often with the Cal Mag Plus? I also checked the PH of the soil with a soil probe and it is 7
 
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