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Yellowing leafs. Should I be worried?

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Im half way through week 6 of flower (total day 122) and I noticed my leafs are starting to yellow and curl upwards. My light intensity is at 60% at approximately 18-20 inches away from the canopy. This is my first grow, so I’m still learning. I water about once a week with a ph level of 6.2. I add about 4oz of Bloom 1-4-2 every 10-14 days. Should I be concerned?
 

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Im half way through week 6 of flower (total day 122) and I noticed my leafs are starting to yellow and curl upwards. My light intensity is at 60% at approximately 18-20 inches away from the canopy. This is my first grow, so I’m still learning. I water about once a week with a ph level of 6.2. I add about 4oz of Bloom 1-4-2 every 10-14 days. Should I be concerned?
We're going to need a lot more information than you provided to help you sort this out. What is your medium (soil, or coco)? How much water are you giving your plants when you're watering?

In a nutshell? Yes, there's room for concern. It looks like your plant is moving nutrients from the lower part of the plant to the new growth. The yellowing seems like nitrogen deficiency. It might also be showing some magnesium deficiency since to me, it looks like more than one thing going on.

You stated you're feeding it 4oz of "bloom" 1-4-2 every 10-14 days. How much water are you giving it in between? Please proved us with ALL the details. You do seem to be going N deficient sooner than you should. Go all the way back to how you were feeding your plants during veg as well.
 
True, we need more info. If I had to guess with just what Im seeing Id say youre underwatering. When they dont have enough water they will take it from the leaves, and take the nutrients too. Unlike nitrogen deficiency, which starts from the bottom, this affects random leaves.
Nitrogen deficiency starts at the bottom and works its way up.
 
In any case, please provide all the info because thats just a guess and it could be something else.
Yes, the yellowing seems more intense than normal. The way the leaves are hanging on the plant suggests an unhappy root zone. We'll be a lot more accurate sorting this out with a lot more information about the grow.
 
Even in winter I water them at least twice per week, specially during flower, at some point in late flower they will start drinking less and you will have to adjust but youre giving them very little water right now.
 
Not to mention that you will be feeding every watering if you only water once per week if youre using bottled nutrients so you will get way more salt accumulation.
 
Yes, the yellowing seems more intense than normal. The way the leaves are hanging on the plant suggests an unhappy root zone. We'll be a lot more accurate sorting this out with a lot more information about the grow.
Now that I read that he waters once per week Im like 80% sure its underwatering, but still that 20% should be cleared with more info.
 
Now that I read that he waters once per week Im like 80% sure its underwatering, but still that 20% should be cleared with more info.
That's exactly where I was heading with this. I want a 3-4 day water cycle. I add about 20% perlite to Ocean Forest to try to achieve that. When I read that the OP is watering once a week, I wondered how the plants are still alive. Unless its a moisture mix ... one that has for lack of a better way to describe it, pampers ground up and thrown into the mix. Something is off. We need the more information to sort through it.
 
Could also be the case that the roots are wet for way too long, I agree with you, its something about the roots because of the yellowing, the drooping and the tips pointing down. If he only waters 1 per week because the soil stays wet for that long, he needs more perlite next time. Looks like that soil doesnt have any or if it does they put like 4 pieces in there and called it a day.
 
Could also be the case that the roots are wet for way too long, I agree with you, its something about the roots because of the yellowing, the drooping and the tips pointing down. If he only waters 1 per week because the soil stays wet for that long, he needs more perlite next time. Looks like that soil doesnt have any or if it does they put like 4 pieces in there and called it a day.
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We could use some more eyes on this thread.
 
We're going to need a lot more information than you provided to help you sort this out. What is your medium (soil, or coco)? How much water are you giving your plants when you're watering?

In a nutshell? Yes, there's room for concern. It looks like your plant is moving nutrients from the lower part of the plant to the new growth. The yellowing seems like nitrogen deficiency. It might also be showing some magnesium deficiency since to me, it looks like more than one thing going on.

You stated you're feeding it 4oz of "bloom" 1-4-2 every 10-14 days. How much water are you giving it in between? Please proved us with ALL the details. You do seem to be going N deficient sooner than you should. Go all the way back to how you were feeding your plants during veg as well.
Thanks for the reply. I’m usuing full cycle living soil. I’m watering about 32oz of water about every 4 days or so. I’m using the method of which if the soil is dry two inches from top it’s time to water.
 
Thanks for the reply. I’m usuing full cycle living soil. I’m watering about 32oz of water about every 4 days or so. I’m using the method of which if the soil is dry two inches from top it’s time to water.
Do you pick up the pot to verify its light? Are you using a moisture meter to confirm they need watering? Are you watering until you see run-off? I'm not saying it is, but its possible there's an issue with the watering. Here's why ... Every 4 days sounds right but 32 oz might not be enough to fully soak the soil. A 3 gallon fabric pot would take about a gallon of water with most soil mixes to slowly saturate the soil and allow run-off.

Water slowly and thoroughly on watering day. You want the water to go through the soil and not down the side of the pot. Watch for run-off. Stop when you begin to see run-off. Then wait for dry-back before watering again. If watering correctly doesn't fix it, then I would say your full cycle living soil ran out mid cycle. If so, no worries, feed appropriately for the plant's development.
 
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Do you pick up the pot to verify its light? Are you using a moisture meter to confirm they need watering? Are you watering until you see run-off? I'm not saying it is, but its possible there's an issue with the watering. Here's why ... Every 4 days sounds right but 32 oz might not be enough to fully soak the soil. A 3 gallon fabric pot would take about a gallon of water with most soil mixes to slowly saturate the soil and allow run-off.

Water slowly and thoroughly on watering day. You want the water to go through the soil and not down the side of the pot. Watch for run-off. Stop when you begin to see run-off. Then wait for dry-back before watering again. If watering correctly doesn't fix it, then I would say your full cycle living soil rain out mid cycle. If so, no worries, feed appropriately for the plant's development.
You’re awesome, thanks so much for the help. I’ll give that a try.
 
I think it's being over thunk. 6 weeks in,it's probably just senescense, no?
No, too soon for senescence under most conditions. I don't think this grower has huge issues. I believe proper watering and/or some supplemental feed is all that is needed to correct this.
 
Just coming from what I've seen lately with my autos, true good call.
You're not too far off I don't think. Here's what happens in many cases, although not this grower's case because the OP is in a full cycle living soil mix. Traditional advice says to stop feeding N when the plants start flowering. In my eyes, that's a couple of weeks too soon. Allow the plants to finish their stretch before you eliminate too much nitrogen from the plant's diet.

Like I said though, the OP is in living soil. The way I'm reading things is the OP hasn't been watering the living soil deep enough when watering. With living soil, you do want to see some run-off but you're not looking to 10% run-off. You're looking to be sure you saturated the complete soil mix. Also, dry-back doesn't mean bone dry either.
 
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