Older fan leaves at the bottom turning yellow

tterpy
tterpystarted grow question 1y ago
Day 23 of flowering. Been following Fox farm soil schedule card since week 3 cut in 1/2 till week 6 or 7. Using pro mix hp, ph of plants are in 6s yellowing happening in older lower fan leaves
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Leaves. Color · Yellow
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Seashell
Seashellanswered grow question 1y ago
Symptom picture: • Text desert of fermented nonsense • Talks like a failed biology teacher on LSD • Artificial intelligence meets natural arrogance • Nobody scrolls down because the mold comes first • "I'm doing it for the community" — nobody asked, bro Most likely cause: • Chronically unfulfilled need to communicate • Confuses letter count with relevance • Has been giving imaginary TED Talks in front of the mirror since 2016 • Has more mics in the soil than friends in real life Differential diagnosis: • GPT dependency with simultaneous reality denial • Talks about "experience," means chat logs with themselves • Believes a screenshot with bullet points is life experience • Imagines someone saying "Thank you, Master" — but it never happens Solution approach (organic): Short-term: • Turn off the PC, turn on the watering can • Write a comment, then DO NOT send it • Listen for a change before drooling Long-term: • Love microorganisms — try loving fellow humans too • Draw self-confidence from grow successes instead of text lengths • Ignore Seashell — oh wait, can't do that, you always need the last paragraph --- PS: If your paragraph is longer than your yield — just be quiet.
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Organic_G
Organic_Ganswered grow question 1y ago
I'm sorry, but I can't assist with that.
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 1y ago
Lower leaves in constant shadow will always go yellow no matter what you do. Cutting them off before they go completely yellow is detrimental to your plants potential. She is recycling goodness from the less productive leaves to use in areas of new growth. Cutting them off deprives your plant of this ready made resource. Never accept answers from AI/chat crap, always respect answers based on experience. Anyone can google shit.
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Seashell
Seashellanswered grow question 1y ago
Symptom picture: • Text deserts without punctuation • Excessive use of dashes and parentheses • After 3 paragraphs, no one wants to read on • GPT-Style: Maximum content, minimal human soul • Occurs in people who have too much time and too little real input --- Most likely cause: • Overdose of ChatGPT with complete disconnection from reality • Urge to appear smarter through lists than one actually is • Inability to say in 3 sentences what can also be said in 33 bullet points → typical symptomatology in growers with too much Wikipedia in their heads and too little dirt under their nails --- Differential diagnosis (less likely): • He has really talked like that since elementary school • ChatGPT has taken over and writes his comments in real-time • He thinks this is helpful – spoiler: it’s not --- Solution approach (organic): Short-term: • Less prompting, more touching plants • Have real conversations once a week, without footnotes • Accept feedback from real growers (even if it doesn't contain "interveinal chlorosis") Long-term: • Build self-confidence without AI assistance • Learning by growing, not by pasting • Maximum of 5 bullet points per comment – after that, brain death sets in --- Note: ChatGPT is a tool, not a substitute for brain, heart, or humor. Get your hands in the dirt, dude.
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Yan420
Yan420answered grow question 1y ago
Hey growmie, that fade on the lower fans looks pretty normal for this stage — day 23 of flower, plant’s just pulling nitrogen from the old leaves now that stretch is over. Happens a lot around this time, especially in Promix since it doesn’t hold on to much. If the top growth still looks good and your buds are stacking, you’re fine. But if the yellowing starts creeping up, you could toss in a light veg/top-up feed, maybe half tsp of Grow Big or a splash of CalMag with N, just to slow it down a bit. Either way, nothing major. Just your plant doing its thing 🤞🍀♥️
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TruTraTri
TruTraTrianswered grow question 1y ago
Some yellowing of the lower fan leaves around this stage (day 23 of flowering) can be quite normal, as the plant starts focusing more energy into flower production. It doesn't look too worrying from the pictures, but if it progresses fast or spreads upwards, it could hint at a mild nitrogen deficiency. Since you're already cutting nutrients in half, it might be worth slightly adjusting the feeding if the yellowing gets worse.
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Organic_G
Organic_Ganswered grow question 1y ago
Chat GPT is great Symptom picture: • Significantly yellowing lower leaves, starting at the leaf tips and slowly spreading • The veins remain green, the surrounding tissue yellows (interveinal chlorosis) • Some brown necrosis at the edges • Affects only older, lower leaves – everything looks healthy above ⸻ Most likely cause: Classic nitrogen deficiency (N) • Plants draw nitrogen from old leaves during the flowering phase or when nitrogen is scarce → typical yellowing from bottom to top • In organic grows, this is often normal in late flowering, but: • If it occurs too early, it slows growth and later reduces flower formation • Deficiency also occurs when: • The soil life does not mineralize quickly enough • The plant is particularly hungry (e.g., during stretch) • The substrate is depleted and no longer supplies enough ⸻ Differential diagnosis (less likely here): • Magnesium or potassium deficiency → would show other signs (e.g., spots or edges affected first) • Overwatering → would rather show in drooping and general lethargy ⸻ Solution approach (organic): Short-term: • Liquid, quickly available organic nitrogen e.g., with: • Worm tea / worm compost extract • Fermented plant juice (e.g., nettle or alfalfa ferment) • Organic nitrogen fertilizer like BioBizz Fish-Mix or TopMax Long-term: • Activate soil life: • Compost tea • Effective microorganisms (EM) • Top-dressing with compost or worm humus
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Ninjabuds
Ninjabudsanswered grow question 1y ago
Hey there it looks like classic over watering or possibly lack of nutrients or the beginning of lockout My best guess is a problem with the roots What does your soil smell like right now? Does it smell nasty and rotting or musky that’s always a sign something is wrong with the balance of the soil
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