u/ftjobasanaccountant

Follow-up to my previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/ACInfinityAdvancegrow/s/OljzKECwT2

Unfortunately, soon after my original post, we found out my childhood cat was sick which meant leaving my husband in charge of my plant. A few days away did some good as I came back to a bunch of new growth! However, I do have concerns about the color and spotting.

Background:
- HSC Apple Blossom: germinated 4/1, in soil 4/8, so this is about a month in
- Temps: 72° at night to about 82° during the day
- Humidity: 72%
- Lights: Ramped up to ~400 PPFD as of yesterday
- pH: 5.8, watering about 2 cups every other day (or when top layer of soil is dry)
- Nutrients: none yet; growing in FFOF/FFHF and read you shouldn’t need any for the first month?

I initially thought the spots were caused by getting water on the lower leaves when watering, but the yellowing tips and lime green color have me concerned. Thoughts? My first grow so trying to learn as much as possible.

My childhood cat is dying. His name is Carlisle and I adopted him on the first day of 8th grade when I was 13—he’s almost 17 and I am now 30. He ran right up to me and I remember wondering how anything could ever be so precious. He came to me at a very hard time in my childhood and I knew I could always come to him for anything. My sweet boy was diagnosed with liver cancer on Monday and I know our time is very limited. I was able to come home immediately on Tuesday and stayed with him until Friday night when I needed to come home for clean clothing and an appt. I plan to return tomorrow evening. I’m grateful to have this time together—I know many do not get this sort of warning. I feel so much guilt for growing up and going off to college and starting a family, but I know he loved his home with my grandparents who raised us both. I hope he knows how much I love him, how he’s taking a part of me with him when he goes. He is my beautiful boy.

Any words of encouragement would be sincerely appreciated. I am taking this so incredibly hard.