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Why is she not doing much!? Other than leaves browning?

Mdubs218
Mdubs218started grow question 4 days ago
Help please? She hasn't moved much from here just leaves turning brown on edges and tips? Not giving any nutes just 6.5 water. Should I flush her or leave her be? ? I also feel like water runs out the bottom way to fast when water when it should hold a lot being 5 gallon bucket!?
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TheBudWhisperer
TheBudWhispereranswered grow question 3 days ago
Hey hey - a couple of the better informed folks have already diagnosed a light burn issue and they’re 100% correct here. You have a localized issue with your plant which means it’s a localized problem - don’t overthink this. The rest of the plant is quite healthy with no other major leaf issues or signs of burning from heavy nute feeds. Leaves are lively which indicates good watering practices too. It’s easy to mistake this discolouration as a nutrient issue but if it were - it’d represent across most of the plant. When it doesn’t, you’re more than likely dealing with an environmental factor like light distance (and thus burn) or wind burn. This is the highest point of your plant so the grow light distance is the most likely culprit and simply raising it will help the issue (although the leaves will remain discoloured). Your highest top isn’t all that far from the rest so there’s no reason to worry about the rest of the stalks not ripening properly with a little more distance from the light. This can also occur in “hot spots” of your grow area where the light simply shines stronger and hotter in different places. I have a similar issue with my current WalkerBerry F2 run if you’d like a good comparison to your own - feel free to check it out. I’m short - nothing to get too worried about. Just keep an eye on it in case the issue expands or changes in some way over time
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 4 days ago
once vege growth slows and stops, you just wait for ripening. gardening is a whole lot of waiting around. if water runs out the bottom too fast, you are either watering too frequently or there's some sort of erosion that occured and a path for water to pass through before it absorbs. More likely, it is the first one. if the pot hasn't lost at least 1/2 its weight, just wait longer before watering. you want to fully saturate the put any time you irrigate - if soiless, should get 10% runoff, too. IF his simpe and correct behaviour causes a problem, it's because the substrate was poorly constituted or you are watering far too often. Simply watering the pot should never cause droop or any other ill effects. add more perlite, if so (vermiculite #3 even better). You shoudl continue to keep the plant as healthy as possible, which means reaction to the plant and not some pre-ordained bro science about what the plant needs despite reality not agreeing. Only ever flush if there's a majore fuck up in your substrate and you need to reset nute levels. Flushing does absolutely nothing for what has already entered the plant. The plant has no excretion system. what it takes in is either used or stored... or caues damage if it just keep piling up. You cannot flush anything out of the plant - not biologically possible. I also think the damage you see on your leaves is mostly related to those leaves being closest to your light -but it's not mg deficiency symptoms, but that's irrelevant to the fix if the light is the cause (does look more like potassium def, but again irrelevant). You do have some tip burn, and the lower leaves look a tad too lush given the pictures are under grow lights (paling effect under grow lights, so they are darker than they appear in pictures), but otherweise mostly healthy. I would draw back your N a bit more, which should reduce lushness and the tip burn has way too many causes to guess at this point. Raise the light a couple inches.. and see if that damage slows or stops... raise light further as dictated by the plant's reaction.
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WillynLuna
WillynLunaanswered grow question 4 days ago
Actually, that looks like light burn to me. Here's why ... magnesium is a mobile nutrient. If your plant is magnesium deficient, you will see the zebra striped on the older leaves located at the LOWER part of the plant. Your girl will rob the older lower leaves of magnesium to feed new growth. Magnesium deficiency never starts on new growth unless your plant is extremely deficient. What you have is the bud closest to the light showing that zebra striped pattern. This means light burn.
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 4 days ago
In soil you should be going from a wet to dry stages. The plant looks like it is wanting potassium. So it is one of 3 things I can think of. 1 not enough feed in right amounts, 2 the ph has gotten so far out of range it is affecting your plant via lock out. Or 3 you have a root issue like rot if it has been wet for extended time if you are in soil. Coco coir is different. It works best wet and right ph.
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Spike_KCanG
Spike_KCanGanswered grow question 4 days ago
Hi bud. If you are not giving her nutrients, why would you think of flushing the soil? As long as the runoff ph is 6.5ish you are fine in the ph area. Secondly, why aren't you giving her nutrients? This behavior of hers didn't just happen overnight, hence she was signaling for food for at least a week, perhaps two. Are you feeding her CalMag regularly at least? As the pistols don't look singed or dying, but still standing strain up, I would be tempted to rule out heat/light stress. The issue however does seem to be going from the top of the plant down. The purple coloring could hint at a Magnesium issue. The fading of the green to yellow might indicate a Nitrogen issue. I would check the ph first. If that's solid, start adding nutrients into her diet but build it up slowly. I usually start with half-doses of the minimum recommended and work from there. She'll let you know when she is content. Hope this helps, even just a little.
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All_our_small_plants
All_our_small_plantsanswered grow question 4 days ago
Hi, ich würde nur flushen wenn der PH wert des Runoff nicht zwischen 5.8 und 6.5 liegt. Zum Gießen würde ich lieber langsam und weniger giesse. Aber das ein paar mal hintereinander so mit 10 Minute Abstand. Gebe ihr dünger mit viel PK Anteil und natürlich immer mal etwas CalMag. Noch sieht es nicht schlimm aus. Kontrolliere die Entfernung zum Licht und wie stark dies ist. Du kannst dazu die handy app Photone benutzen sie gibt dir eine grobe Einschätzung wie dein Licht eingestellt ist.
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