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Nitrogen toxicity or deficiency? Or just PH issue?

Spike-GreenGrower
Spike-GreenGrowerstarted grow question 10mo ago
Hi buds. Gonna need your expertisè again. My Grandaddy Purple auto is showing signs of something. Leaf claw: N-toxicity or PH issue Leaves fading: N-deficiency or PH issue What do you think changed this one leaf, and what do you think is going on with the other leaves?
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Leaves. Veins - yellow between
Leaves. Color - Yellow
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 10mo ago
Yellowing is mobile nutrient deficiency, working from outside tips inwards, plant is controlling g loss of chloryphyll fluorescence. Cannibalizing old growth for the sake of new. Very very light burnt tips creeping in ec will be close to limits, meaning the soil is getting close to how much salt it can hold before it starts to mess with things. Make sure to water to 5-10% run off maybe give her a little extra N. Leafs look healthy but slightly laden with water, Perfect world, get your ec in line, make sure ph is in range. Careful with flushing/leeching when dealing with nitrogen. Make sure you know the composition of nitrogen you use to re apply, although nitrogen is all mobile in plants its not all mobile in soil, of different forms of nitrogen 1 is very very immobile, ammoniacal nitrogen. If this exceeds 20% of total Nitrogen your in trouble. When one leeches more or less wipes everything out except ammoniacal, then potentially one keeps adding more expecting remedy but getting malaise. Organic soil further complicates given it can store a huge amount of nutrients it finds. If it was toxicity plant would be noticably dark green. Good luck spike.
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All_our_small_plants
All_our_small_plantsanswered grow question 10mo ago
Hi If you suspect an incorrect pH level, measure the runoff, which should be below 6.5, and your EC value below 2. If you think that the cause are nutrients Yellowing older leaves is a common symptom of nitrogen deficiency. Because it's a mobile nutrient, plants can shift their nitrogen stores to where it's needed most—new, younger growth. When there's a deficiency, plants take nitrogen from older leaves, leaving them unable to produce sufficient chlorophyll molecules to the required extent, resulting in a yellow appearance. Pale Green Leaves Before older leaves completely yellow, you'll notice them turning a pale green color. This is again due to the inhibition of chlorophyll production. Small amounts of this green pigment alter both the chemistry in the leaves and their external appearance. It can also be caused by sulfur. There are numerous signs and symptoms of sulfur deficiency that you need to look out for in order to identify and ultimately correct such a deficiency. One of these crucial signs is the condition known as chlorosis, which is essentially the yellowing of the plant's leaves. The yellowing will most likely start affecting the newer, younger leaves, but in your case, it looks more like the older leaves.
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