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Am concerned about the dry crispy leaves and downward claw on leaf tips.
How far into flowering are they?
Any advice?
Am concerned about the dry crispy leaves and downward claw on leaf tips.@trygrowup
Is that a good thing or bad?
Full spectrum LEDs - 38wYou're not letting the plant down, you're getting in its way. We've all been there when we start. Looks like you tried to do too much of everything, trying to really push the plant.
You're not going to get much out of this grow but you should start focusing attention on on the foundations of every grow. Light, air and water.
What kind of light are you using and the real wattage rating?
Do you have a way to accurately measure and control temp and humidity and fans to move the air around?
What's your water supply like? Municipal? Well? You need to know how hard it is and what pH. Are you feeding the plant with the soil or adding fertilizer to the water?
Once you have those three pillars established the plants will thrive.
Do you know what the temperature and humidity are where the plant is growing?Full spectrum LEDs - 38w
Also using 2 30w LED lights
Using a fan
Water with boiled water (once cooled)
Feed is mixed with water.
Taking on your comments - but what should I do now with the plant?
I think it is in the harvest window now.Ps I know the plant is struggling but im so far gone that I dont want to stress it more.... hoping to salvage some form of harvest.
Only my 2nd attempt so its all a learning curve...
Ps I know the plant is struggling but im so far gone that I dont want to stress it more.... hoping to salvage some form of harvest.
Only my 2nd attempt so its all a learning curve...
Hey @Ninjadogma. Thanks for the aboveBottom line the plant wasn't able to be all it could be because it didn't have enough light energy. It doesn't mean it's ruined, it just means your potency and yield suffered significantly.
Your previous grow was outside so I presume that's an option available to you. If you can't upgrade to a better light you can always give it a few hours of outdoor sunshine to boost the DLI.
If you've been flowering for 8 weeks then now would be a good time to get an up close look under magnification to see if those trichomes are mature enough yet. Let's get this run across the finish line and go through the motions of properly drying and curing so that you can eventually do it from muscle memory.
We want:
- More plant energy
- Less aggressive defoliation
- A good understanding of the feed and watering cycle
- General idea of nutrition needs of the plant (good) and an understanding of the shifting ratio at different growth stages (even better)
- Time to invest in reading the plant and it's signaling
You'll get there... Let's get this one wrapped up and thinking about everything that was done, what worked and what didn't and use the time between now and your next run to check as many as boxes as we can from the above.
Hey @Ninjadogma. Thanks for the above
Last year's outside grow isnt an option. Plus, by the time nature takes its course the 12/12 schedule usually falls into colder weather i.e. back end of autumn. Outside growth is harder to control given the driving force is mother nature.
Appreciate your feedback too and the succinct manner in which its written.
Uploading a couple of pics which i hope will give a clearer view of the plants state.
Have brought the plant outside for a couple of hours and watered it with cooled boiled water.... in an attempt to begin harvesting process.
Before I do anything myself having read many articles and probably confused myself a little - any steer you can give on next steps to get this over the line would be much appreciated.
Uploading images shortly. Bear with me.
Thanks
Fuggin sexyive got a store bought one) which i used more for cold nights and rain, and i was wondering if clear plastic filters out certain photons....difference is i can move mine out into the sun...
just to play devils advocate, i removed all the fan leaves off this plant a week into flower and its got the biggest nugs ive ever seen.
Cheers Carlos.you could grow autos outside then you are not dependant on the 12/12, they will just grow and bud when they feel like it.
thats what i plan to do , its a little early at the moment so i have erected a young plant nursery. hopefully i can get things going april /may, then they should be budding july time.
ive just had an electric bill and Im gonna have to give up indoor growing.
yeah , i grew last winter and had a 5w greehouse heater on for a few hours,it doubled my monthly bill , and i had one outside last summer like you , and it never got to finish bud before the weather turned too cold , shame because it started off as a stunted seedling indoor and i threw it outside and it started growingCheers Carlos.
The electricity bill comment is a real thing. Been monitoring the usage over last few months .... mine was a winter grow so had to rely on indoor setup..... I did like the outdoor grow last year - growth was wild and just at the start of flowering the UK weather took its toll. It was a beast of a plant though.
Are you UK based or somewhere with better weather conditions?
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