I’m at day 21 flower. I have had this kind of issue almost all troughout the veg til today and i am out of ideas what to do.
Current settings:
*Ph 5.5 (Ph keeps going down fast even after multiple tries to pump it to 6.5). Prior to this week I was using 50/50 tap water / RO with added epsom salt and then the PH was more stable @ 6-6.5 range. This week took out epsom salt to test if it made a difference. Not really.
*Ppm 880
*Temps 24C
*Humidity 50%
*Using MegaCrop with some added epsom salt.
*Using LED-s and DWC
*Base water 50/50% RO/Tap that comes to 100ppm (my tap water is 200ppm)
What i have tried so far:
*Using different nutrients
*Increasing Calcium with Canna Mono Ca
*Increasing Magnesium with epson salt
*Increasing both Calcium and Magnesium with AN Calmag
*Foliar feeding with AN Calmag
*Foliar feeding with epson salt.
*Lower ppm (gradually building it up)
*Higher ppm
*Flushing
*Using tap water as a base(200ppm)
*Using RO water for base(0ppm)
Just 2 days ago bought a more powerful air pump because seems like roots problem. So far it has not made a big difference.
Current theory:
Maybe this strain is very sensible to nutes and this is just nute burn? The strain is Matterhorn CBG and it is known to be unstable genetics. Should I try flush it for 24 hours then put 500-600ppm? Few weeks ago we did a flush and it stopped the spotting but it started to get worse again in 3-4 days after resuming to 600-700ppm.
Does anyone have any other ideas what should i do or try. When i first noticed this kind of problem at the early stages of the veg i though it could be magnesium or calcium issue so i started experimenting with both them, but i havnt made anything better, sometimes maybe even worse. Could my water just contain something bad? I noticed my water filters are really old and I am replacing them today. Could this be the root of the issue or not likely?