slight nutrient imbalance issue. pH is fine, mayby overfeeding or underfeeding?

JebusHeals
JebusHealsstarted grow question 1y ago
Hello, I have some light darkening of the leave on the sides of my plant. It's been growing for 10 weeks now, 4 weeks flower. Does anybody know what the issue might be? You can find a picture on my grow diary.
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Leaves. Edges burnt
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 1y ago
Looks like classical symptom of a potassium deficiency. It is not cal/mag related, so giving cal/mag won't "fix" it. Remember too...........what is showing in the leaves now, is a direct reflection of what was happening in the root zone 2-3 weeks ago. So.......if you only started with bloom nutrients recently (according to your diary), this could be the cause.
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 1y ago
If was K deficiency it would present as mobile primarily on old growth. Given K's role in the guard cells its unlikely you see k deficiency with good turgor. Generally when anything effects margin tips as a primary start locale, tells me the plant had a role in where it placed whatever it was that sucked up that caused the dmg.
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 1y ago
Could be too little K or something locking it out like too much P. Not too many things start with damage on the serated tips around outside of leaves. An overfeed often causes more than 1 symptom, so i'd lean toward too much K. If soilless/hydro and well below ~180ppm (elemental not ug/l).. this does not apply to soil. different animal with more to consider than just what is in the fertilizer. looks to be slow-moving so don't overreact.. cross reference as much as you can and make the most educated guess. doing the 'wrong' thing just makes it worse quickly.
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 1y ago
You have held almost identical environmentals for entirety of flower. 60 rh is ok, but if your hvac is not on point you will at some point run into trouble. As flower progresses the plant releases more and more exudates into the soil, this increases microorganism activity rather drastically, along with the medium gradually becoming more moisture retaining as flower progresses, along with increase micro activity. The more active they become the more oxygen they scavenge from the medium. This leaves less oxygen for plant process. If you have been blanketing same x amount of water, you will need to cut back slightly as flower goes on or increase rate of transpiration by cranking temps. Oversaturation of medium is a problem In flower. Soon as oxygen is low, plant switches from aerobic respiration to anerobic. Releasing lactic acid, carbon acid, ph begins to skew, atp levels drop dramatically. Growth stunts. High ec would be distinctly brown tips. Dmg you see is Oxidative stress in plant leaves, especially near the margins, can manifest as marginal necrosis. Still just a guess though. So best of luck.
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All_our_small_plants
All_our_small_plantsanswered grow question 1y ago
Hi, so there are two causes that I associate with these symptoms. The first and most likely is that there has been over-fertilization. Check your runoff and monitor the pH and EC values. The pH should be between 5.8 and 6.5, and the EC value should be below 2; otherwise, you have too many salts in the soil. Then you need to water a few times without fertilizer and adjust the pH so that it falls within the aforementioned range. If those values are correct, then it could be the second cause. Beginning of a potassium deficiency, but I don't think that's it yet. Hope that helps you a bit, and keep an eye on how they develop. Good luck!
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