Drooping leaves? I should be worried?

Kindon67 · Feb 25, 2025

bbgg said:
Hello guys,

It has been some days that I see one of my plants´ leave drooping down (the middle one on the picture). At the beginning of the day it´s more or less fine, but at the end of it I can see how the leaves are dropping a little bit. What could be the reason? Maybe is something normal and I´m overthinking?

Temperature is around 25º and 50% humidity, currently on 18/6 light cycle.
My light is a 200w LED PPE:2.8umol/j PPFD:3017 umol/s/m2

My plants and particularly the healthiest plant was doing the same thing. I found that it needed fertilizer. Was happening in early vegetative state like yours. I felt it was a little soon so I tried change amount of water but in the end it was fertilizer it needed. Start with half strength recommended and if you are already there go to full strength. Good luck.

Ninjadogma · Feb 25, 2025

The one reason I think I can actually grow weed (half assed) and not much else in the garden is weed plants will let you know they're unhappy by drooping whereas some plants will sit there in their miserable environment.

StanM · Feb 27, 2025

ArtfulCodger said:
It could be light level. As much as we tend to talk about PAR levels, plants respond primarily to the total amount of light they have to process during the day. The light meter guys call that the "daily light integral" or DLI. Once a plant has processed as much light as it wants/needs for the day, it will stop praying and the leaves will droop. If there's way too much light, they'll change shape to reduce their surface area.

I use a PPFD and DLI chart readings for grows without C02 and follow manufacturer hight recommendations. Some plants must not have got the memo and do not agree with charts and gadgets. Sometimes it requires raising lights and/or backing off brightness. That has been my experience as well.

LoveGrowingIt · Feb 27, 2025

StanM said:
Some plants must not have got the memo and do not agree with charts and gadgets.

No truer words have ever been written.

Drooping leaves? I should be worried?

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