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Curling leaves concern at F50

W2Lucky
W2Luckystarted grow question 2 months ago
I'm in week 7 of flower, and a few days from my advertised harvest window. Noticed this morning that some of my secondaries are curling up. My medium (ocean forest) was on the dry side but I water daily. Raised my lights, reduced intensity 5%, tent at 72/50%, no nutes.
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001100010010011110answered grow question 2 months ago
Defintely at the point where you scope the trichomes daily. I wouldn't do anything too drastic in the last week or few days as far as reacting to any issues. it could be nute-related, as you have some symptoms. could be the light like you suspect - such symptoms can take a long time to manifest from the point at which too much light is given. it's not always a quick path from cause to effect. could be senescence - the plant is simply dying as it nears harvest and beyond. (barring a re-vege). Watering -- 1. Water entire pot, always. never half-ass it. don't try to choose the volume of water because you like the roundness of that number 2. Wait for top 1" to dry 3. Repeat FFOF has a high water per volume capacity. It stays wet for a long time. You should add perlite or similar to up the drainage amendments to roughly 50% of total volume in future. This will cause more frequent irrigation but will be better for root development and make it virtually impossible to drown the roots. The amount of water it takes to re-saturate is dependent on how long you wait between (of course) but more importantly how it is constituted. So, how much you need to give will be different than someone else unless they do the exact same medium with same drainage properties etc etc. A little runoff is fine. If you consistenty re-irrigate at same loss of weight / same dryback up top, then it will take the same volume each time. You learn this volume of water in hindsight, and not a number you choose off the top of your head or what 'feels' right. Let tangible facts dictate how much you need. You can learn to reduce waste (runoff). If you overfeed, you can give extra runoff to dilute EC of substrate. If properly constituted with enough drainage amendments (like perlite), then you have no concern for overwatering in any common sense context - impossible to overwater and shouldn't even be a concern or thought in your head. Watering is simple. Don't complicate it. The act of watering should never be a cause of any problem if you follow those 3 simple steps and constitute your medium properly. FFOF needs more drainage amendments one way or another... leca balls, perlite, vermiculite, etc... i'd recommend Verm#3 or perlite #2 as it is a good size that also won't physically impede roots.
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001100010010011110answered grow question 2 months ago
think FFOF comes with 20-25% perlite? so do a little algrebra and add more perlite (or similar) next time.
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LSchnabel
LSchnabelanswered grow question 2 months ago
To be honest it looks like a bit of a phosphorus issue. But at this point in the grow it would be absolutely nothing to worry about. Typically the breeder recommended flower time is a bit early in my opinion. So if the breeder is saying 7 weeks, go 8 weeks or more. Check your trichomes and harvest when you see roughly 20% amber and 80% cloudy. A lot of people go straight water the last week or two of the grow and I personally do that and I think it really helps the overall smoke. Hope this helps.
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Kenn0rphan
Kenn0rphananswered grow question 2 months ago
Hello! I also use Ocean Forest. I'm not sure how you're getting away with watering daily. I usually water every 4-5 days when in a 7 gallon pot and 2-3 days in a 5 gallon pot during peak flower. I dump 1+gallon of prepped water for each watering and then remove runoff. Truly watering at 0.1G a day in Ocean Forest I think is asking for trouble. Do you have good water drainage with the pots you are using? I'm not familiar with that style. But if not, then you might have a bit of root trouble making it difficult for your plant to uptake nutrients. Some of the color changes on your leaves are just natural progression of the plant's life cycle I think.
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