Starting my second battle soon. Questions + tips? advice?

[realhuuuman420]

Yea that's a good point. Yesterday I did. I really stretched them out to be able to fit in there and water on the sides.

But until yesterday's watering, there was maybe 20% that probably did not get water due to gravity and my ass being shaped like a UFO. It seems that the pants are a little more waterproof than I thought and water never really seeped through well enough. I checked and that area was indeed more dry than the waist...

[Bluey]

Think zi saw a mobile phone and cash in the pocket

[Gingerbeard]

Are you watering your whole pants? Hips and ass, not just waist.

[Bluey]

It doesn't matter if you leave the dead leaves on. I get sick of removing them so don't any more. There down the bottom anyway.

[realhuuuman420]

You are right. Although I have been increasing the amounts of water I give it, I have not increased the frequency enough. I am still in the seedling mindset... every 3-4 days is not enough.

It's the goddamn PTSD from overwatering the previous one.

Underwatered + nutrient deficiency explains everything, doesn't it? The discoloration/brown/yellow spots, the slight curling on some leaves, and also the drooping.

How complicated can it be to grow a plant?

I will up the frequency as well as the amount of water, while feeding with every watering.

Some of the leaves are almost dead - when should I snip them off? Is it better to wait until they are basically falling off by themselves, or better to get rid of them as soon as possible?

Bluey thanks for the tip. I'll post some more porn tonight with correct white balance.

[Rootsruler]

They look underwatered to me.

[Bluey]

Auto white balance on the camera struggles with grow lights. Manually set

[realhuuuman420]

I'm back with some more porn. As you can see, the leaves which were affected are now almost dead.

I am seeing some new damage, I think on the upper leaves, but it's totally possible it was there before already and now it just spread a bit more. Watering and feeding it again today, this time with a bit above 50% of recommended dosage. I will give it only BioBizz Bloom and CalMag today.

Also seeing really rapid bud growth right now. Only yesterday, the buds were like 30% smaller. At least I got that going on...

PS: Sorry for the weird color/lightning. Really not sure why this happens. There's only one photo with normal light...

[realhuuuman420]

Keeping a close eye on it, leaves are not droopy anymore. Still growing a bit and buds started to form. Will post pics tomorrow as I water and feed again. There has been some more damage on some of the upper leaves, but not enough to have me any more worried than before - seems like those leaves were already affected and it is now just finishing them off.

The fact that the damage seems to be contained to where it was keeps me relatively calm. Really hoping it was 'only' nutrient deficiency. That can be fixed.

[Rootsruler]

3 fingered leaves mean something is off. You need to go over all the parameters in your grow and find out what is stressing the plants. I would point to environment, but it might be a combination of things.

[realhuuuman420]

Rootsruler so it seems that there is so far no new damage happening, but those affected leaves are getting worse - I think they are pretty much dead at this point. It seems that it is only the bigger fan leaves that have 3 fingers.

At what point should I cut them?

Plus, the leaves are kind of drooping down. Is this also a defficiency symptom? When should I start seeing some improvement?

Usually they kind of spring up after I water, and they did as well (watered and fed 2 days ago), but they drop back down after a day.

[Rootsruler]

Keep in mind that leaves provide a storage solution for the plants nutritional needs. Removing leaves has both good and bad things about it. I don't like to remove leaves unless they are dying off, blocking light to a bud site or bunching up making mold a possibility.

Work on your deficiency first. That is the most important thing to attend to right now. Flipping sick plants just leads to disappointing dry yields.

[realhuuuman420]

I fed it around 30% of recommended dosage of BioGrow, BioBloom, and a drop of TopMax, along with a drop of CalMag.

Will report in a few days if anything has improved or the opposite.

Important question: Do I still go ahead with cutting the fan leaves and some of the stems that will not produce buds? Pistils are now all over the place, clearly showing where the buds will grow. Or does the defficiency mean I cannot go through with this anymore,since now the plant is weaker and later it'll be too late?

[Bluey]

As I said before, if you give a soil grow runoff it washes out the nutes and also the pH buffers and you will end up having to feed it sooner than later

[Rootsruler]

This is one of the reasons as to why I don't like to use powdered ferts or time release ferts.

As Bluey mentioned, you've probably used up whatever soil nutrition you had. My opinion is you need to get on a regular feeding program along with having the right tools to make sure everything is on track.

Invest in a quality meter so that you aren't guessing as to whether the readings are valid or not. Bluelab or Apera. I wouldn't trust any of the cheap import pens you find on Amazon.

If you want to feed them organic or salt based nutes, it doesn't matter, but I would go with a liquid based fertilizer to have better control of what your plants are uptaking. Once you get a grasp of grow basics then you can start playing with powdered ferts but before that, again, I would stick with liquid nutes so you can vary your feeds dependent on what the plant wants or needs.

Personally, I would go with salt based for now as they are immediately available to the plant. Also, if you've washed out the nutrient profile in your soil you've most likely washed out most of the microbial life in your soil so organic fertilizers are going to take a minute to break down and become available.