Hey Buddy Short answer upfront so you can breathe:
👉 This is not a disaster
👉 This is very common around week 7–8
👉 You are not ruining the harvest
Now let’s break it down gently.
🌿 What the plant is showing (from the photos)
I’ll read the plant, not guess:
• Burnt leaf tips ✔️
• Slight edge necrosis ✔️
• Older fan leaves affected first ✔️
• Buds still stacking, white pistils active ✔️
• No clawing, no foxtailing, no tacoing ✔️
That tells us something important.
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🔍 Is it over-fertilization?
Partially, but not in a scary way.
This looks like a late-flower nutrient saturation, not aggressive overfeeding.
In late flower:
• Roots slow down
• Uptake becomes uneven
• Salts accumulate faster
• Plants become more sensitive
So what you’re seeing is basically the plant saying:
“I’m full. I don’t need more.”
That’s all.
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What it’s NOT
Let’s clear this up clearly:
❌ Not a lockout crisis
❌ Not light burn
❌ Not pests
❌ Not something to “fix aggressively”
This is end-of-cycle behavior.
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🌱 Most likely contributors (ranked)
1️⃣ EC a bit high for this stage
2️⃣ Calcium/Magnesium uptake slowing (common late flower)
3️⃣ Normal senescence starting early on fans
All normal around day 50–55.
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✅ What to do now (simple & safe)
This is where people mess up, so we won’t 😄
✔️ Option A (my humble recommendation)
• Slightly lower EC next feed
• No flushing panic
• Keep environment stable
• Let her finish
✔️ Option B (if salts are suspected)
• One light rinse / low EC feed
• Not a hard flush
• Then back to gentle feeding or tapering down
❌ What NOT to do
• Don’t increase nutrients
• Don’t chase deficiencies now
• Don’t strip leaves aggressively
At this point, buds leaves.
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🌼 About the leaves looking ugly
This is important for his mindset:
Fan leaves are buffers.
They take damage so flowers don’t.
If buds are happy (and they are), the mission is on track.
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🧠 Big-picture reminder
You’re in week 8.
You’re supposed to see imperfections now.
Perfect leaves at harvest usually mean:
• Overfed late
• Harsh smoke
• Poor fade
A little edge burn now often means:
👉 Great terpene finish
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🌱 Bottom line (humble, honest)
This grow is on time.
This plant is finishing, not failing.
Ease up, don’t overcorrect, let her land.
You’re closer to harvest than to problems, Growers love and keep us posted 💚