Trying to identify a possible problem

[OldTimerJustStarting]

Good day all,
I have uploaded a couple pictures of what I hope is only the beginning of a problem that I am trying to get in front of…. I have spent a couple hours reading through the site attempting to identify what the possible problem is with my plant. It is only these couple leaves. Thoughts on what I might be dealing with?

thank you in advance

[changeofpace2014]

Check out Nebula's Plant Dr and or how to identify problems article...

[OldTimerJustStarting]

Spent hours reviewing but does not mean I can make a proper diagnosis. Thanks

[Gingerbeard]

What's the skinny on your pH, medium, age of plant, auto, fem, photo, nutrients?
Can you throw in whole plant and half plant (up-skirt) pictures?

[OldTimerJustStarting]

Royal Queen seed, Mimosa auto flower, 46 days old, Lotus nutrients, posting a picture of the whole plant in the next 5 minutes. attempt to keep the pH between 6.2 and 6.6 . Growing medium is soil mix of peat moss, manure, perlite, and vermiculite.

[kingfish]

Possible Nitrogen deficiency.

[Bluey]

What GingeMinge said. Lots more info please.

A few splotches on leaves is not normally cause for alarm but a pic of the whole plant would help too.

[OldTimerJustStarting]

Adding, Royal Queen seed, Mimosa auto flower, 46 days old, Lotus nutrients, posting a picture of the whole plant in the next 5 minutes. attempt to keep the pH between 6.2 and 6.6 . Growing medium is soil mix of peat moss, manure, perlite, and vermiculite

[Bluey]

Top of the plant looks healthy but for your leaf tips pointing down. Is this part of its normal cycle or are they mostly this way throughout the day?

If mostly like this reassess your watering schedule. Make sure your pot is raised from those catch trays so the roots can dry back and don't stay wet. Could be a bit of overwatering which can & does also cause all sorts of leaf symptoms.

It's not a big problem and should only require a small adjustment to get it spot on.

[OldTimerJustStarting]

Leaf tips pointing down… I will go back and check past pictures as I take a picture a day but not many early or mid day, mostly around 5 or 6 pm in the evenings. Watering schedule today has been every three days but I have recently fell off the schedule because three days ago I checked as indicated in web site readings (1 inch of my finger is dry, water - just never sure how much water to add) and the top soil was ‘dusty’ so I watered every two days. Thank you for the suggestions and I will research my pictures.

[Gingerbeard]

Much better picture.
I wouldn't stress a thing. You are a bit more than half way through your grow. Thos spots could be splash. They could be nothing. If more start appearing, start worrying. Also, brown spots on leaves are damage done. That's dead leaf. It is better to keep an eye out for yellowing spots. Those will turn into brown spots. I can't grow a grow without some sort of mystery spots.
Lower leaves dying is common. Just the lowers. It is not typical, just common. I can't grow a grow without some sort of lower leaves dying.

[OldTimerJustStarting]

Thank you

[Gator]

Looks like a little bit of splash on the leaves, tell us a little more about your light, wattage,hight above the canopy, etc

[OldTimerJustStarting]

Thank you

[Gator]

Auto flower plants can be a pain in the ass, you don't have much time until they flower, you pretty much have to get everything on point from the beginning

[OldTimerJustStarting]

Thanks, I think after this one I’ll try a feminized …

[Gator]

I'm about to harvest some photos and start an all auto flowers run

[OldTimerJustStarting]

Just finished reading the article on auto-watering and now convinced I do not know how to water. I have never given the plant so much water that it runs out the bottom. I see where bluey mentioned the roots out the bottom which I have not seen. So, is watering auto flowering different from feminized? I’m thinking I’m starving the plant because I was under the impression over watering is worse than under watering. Live and learn… I will be setting up an automatic watering system today just concerned I’m going to kill the plant with kindness. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or guidance .

[OldTimerJustStarting]

Thank you for the guidance. I am very concerned that I feel lost when it comes to understanding how much water and when to provide it. I feel like I can’t make a good decision right now. Back and forth. So, I will stick to manually watering, provide enough water to see some run off and fingers crossed I’m not giving more than the plant can take. I purchased a soil meter in hopes it will provide some insight into the soil condition below what I can tell from my finger when checking. Again, thanks for the guidance.

[Bluey]

Try your best to avoid runoff in a soil grow unless you are adding liquid nutes to your water. The runoff will wash out what your plants need in the soil.

[OldTimerJustStarting]

Thank you. So much to learn and apply.