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Light burn or nutrient burn?

sir_root
sir_rootstarted grow question 21d ago
I have noticed that the tips of the leaves are yellowing and curling a bit. I moved the lights up 2 days ago and I honestly don't remember if this was happening before or not. It could be nutrient burn too, since I have increased the watering schedule, they are thirsty. While
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Leaves. Tips - Burnt
Leaves. Color - Yellow
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Antifame
Antifameanswered grow question 21d ago
Looks like very mild stress, nothing serious. The yellow tips and slight curl are usually from light being a bit strong or nutrients being right at the limit—especially since you’ve been watering more. You already did the right thing by raising the lights 👍 I’d just hold steady for a few days, don’t increase feed, and watch the new growth. If it stays green and flat, you’re good. This is a “back off just a touch” situation, not a problem. Hope that helps, good luck! 😘
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 21d ago
light damage will start as interveinal damage, so that's nutrient related, probably... there are both tox and def that can cause tip burn. "Burn" doesn't always mean tox. If not progressing quickly, i'd be patient and be more confident in a diagnosis before taking action. If that picture is under grow lights, it's probably a bit on the lush side. Could drop fertlizer 10-15% and see how that goes... watering habits are often bad, so just in case... 1) fully saturate - 10% runoff or more, if soilless context. 2) wait for appropriate dryback and repeat. Don't overthink watering. should just be a trigger based on moisture level in the pot and not inductive reasoning based on a feeling.
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 21d ago
Definitely over fed.
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AestheticGenetix
AestheticGenetixanswered grow question 21d ago
Light burn will turn your leaves yellow. It'll almost look like nitrogen deficiency. Nutrient burn will be on the very tips at first. I would guess nutrient burn but very very minor. Your plants and leaves look very healthy. I would be happy with my plants right now if they looked like this. You don't need to back off on the nutrients but you may have found their threshold for how much they want
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greenAF
greenAFanswered grow question 21d ago
There quite a few reasons tips will burn, Ca mobility issues/def, root zone stress, salt stress, water stress, elemental toxicity, and i am sure there are more "nute burn" is often a misdiagnosis, posting a pic with 0 relevant data and expecting a accurate diagnosis is like throwing a dart at a list of possible problems.
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Green_claws
Green_clawsanswered grow question 21d ago
Hi mate, you did well raising the light you moved it for a reason so probably noticed something. Yeah it's nute burn but it also makes it more sensitive to the light. Give a light feed next few feeds if you havnt already. It's not a bad thing, you caught it in time this is what to keep an eye on to get familiar with her thirst for nutes then hold it there or back off slight.. Good luck.
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