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Hello everyone, I am a fairly seasoned grower and have been gardening for the past decade or so. I have 3 plants of the same strain that I am familiar with growing. The strain is Critical. Two of the plants in this grow look how I would have expected, same growth patterns and leaf structure, etc...
One of the plants however exhibits a puzzling few characteristics I have never encountered. The leaves of the plant have been off since it's first set of true leaves. They are sort of underdeveloped looking and have a crinkled papery sort of look and feel. They never seem to mature and bulk out like they normally would. As well as the leaf symptoms the plant has very spindly stems and the newest growth has a very light color. When the symptoms were first noticed I thought it was a nitrogen excess, but now there is also some mottling and a generally lighter color which makes me doubt this. A few of the tips have a bit of burn but nothing serious.
Anyways more about the grow itself. All the plants ( 5 total, 2 other ones are a different strain, Crystal, and doing fine) are under a 400w MH lamp that is air cooled. There is a light breeze from an oscillating fan blowing just above the canopy and the plant in question is the furthest from it. The environment stays very comfortable at 72-76 degrees and stays consistently at 50-55%RH. Lamp is ~14" from the canopy.
The plants are growing in Fox Farm Coco Loko which is a soil mix with I think 50% coco and some organic amendments. It seems to be a bit of a hot mix, but my other plants are loving it with very little signs of nutrient excess. The 2 Crystals have a tiny bit of tip curl, but no full clawing or anything like that. They are a bit dark but growing well. I have only fed these plants nutrients twice at a pretty low EC of around 850, they have also all had a dose of diluted fish emulsion. All other nutrition has come solely from the medium. Twice transplanted and now in 3.5 gal containers. Watering every 2-3 days when they need it with PH adjusted tap water to about 6.0. My tap water is pretty good too, about 270 EC.
Anyway I hope that is enough detail to muster a few guesses as to what the problem may be. I have one confirmed male Crystal growing outside currently that I had planned to pollinate one of the Critical with and am wondering if maybe I should just sacrifice this questionable plant and pollinate the whole thing. I really wanted to preserve the Critical genetics as I favor this strain rather well, but if this could be some congenital problem I hesitate to use it as a parent. What do you guys think? Thanks a lot!
For reference, the plant with the yellow sticky card is the one having problems if it isn't obvious.
One of the plants however exhibits a puzzling few characteristics I have never encountered. The leaves of the plant have been off since it's first set of true leaves. They are sort of underdeveloped looking and have a crinkled papery sort of look and feel. They never seem to mature and bulk out like they normally would. As well as the leaf symptoms the plant has very spindly stems and the newest growth has a very light color. When the symptoms were first noticed I thought it was a nitrogen excess, but now there is also some mottling and a generally lighter color which makes me doubt this. A few of the tips have a bit of burn but nothing serious.
Anyways more about the grow itself. All the plants ( 5 total, 2 other ones are a different strain, Crystal, and doing fine) are under a 400w MH lamp that is air cooled. There is a light breeze from an oscillating fan blowing just above the canopy and the plant in question is the furthest from it. The environment stays very comfortable at 72-76 degrees and stays consistently at 50-55%RH. Lamp is ~14" from the canopy.
The plants are growing in Fox Farm Coco Loko which is a soil mix with I think 50% coco and some organic amendments. It seems to be a bit of a hot mix, but my other plants are loving it with very little signs of nutrient excess. The 2 Crystals have a tiny bit of tip curl, but no full clawing or anything like that. They are a bit dark but growing well. I have only fed these plants nutrients twice at a pretty low EC of around 850, they have also all had a dose of diluted fish emulsion. All other nutrition has come solely from the medium. Twice transplanted and now in 3.5 gal containers. Watering every 2-3 days when they need it with PH adjusted tap water to about 6.0. My tap water is pretty good too, about 270 EC.
Anyway I hope that is enough detail to muster a few guesses as to what the problem may be. I have one confirmed male Crystal growing outside currently that I had planned to pollinate one of the Critical with and am wondering if maybe I should just sacrifice this questionable plant and pollinate the whole thing. I really wanted to preserve the Critical genetics as I favor this strain rather well, but if this could be some congenital problem I hesitate to use it as a parent. What do you guys think? Thanks a lot!
For reference, the plant with the yellow sticky card is the one having problems if it isn't obvious.
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