vaporedout

ok so im a couple days into flower and one of my plants looks like this. kinda curling up.

soil- roots organic 3gal pot
light- 1000w hps
tons of wind
temp is a constant 77-78
humidity between 41 and 48
no light leaks
feeding house and gardens soil A&B
sprayed with neem oil/soapy water about a week ago for the gnat problem

thanks,
just when i think i have the hang of it..... POW

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farmergiles

What's your watering schedule/technique? Are you pH balancing the feeds? What's the recommended nute dosage and have you stuck to it? Have you fed at every watering?


Looks like it may have been too wet and too parched at some point. Are there dry pockets in the soil?

The plant looks as if it hasn't been getting enough oxygen to the roots at some point. There is some kind of nute issue but I don't think it's from the nutes not being present, more a nutrient lock out.

Could be watering issues, overfertilization, or pH. Or a combo of all three.

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vaporedout

the nutes call for 5ml per gal.... ive been using 2ml per gal.....i was going to bump it up for flowering (hydro shop said the soil A&B can be used during veg and flower, just gradually get it to 5) my watering is about every other day.... but i lift em each day.

and about the dry pockets in the soil, im pretty sure thats what it was. i didnt have any more trays that went under the pot (the old ones cracked) so i used two smaller ones and the pot was tilted at about 20degrees. it was only for about 3 days (work was hectic) it was tilted.... but damn gilles as soon as i read your post i thought about the patches and said to my self "giles nailed it"

ph is 7.0

nutes have been given about once a week, every third feeding

farmergiles

You can use a stick to poke into the dry patches so the water gets in. Obviously try not to disturb the roots too much.
Some people use a wetting agent, also good for foliar feeding.
I have had to resort to holding the whole pot underwater to soak it but such treatment is a bit rough to say the least.
Anyways, give it a good soak next time.

I'd go a bit lower with pH, the consensus seems to be 6.5 in soil.
I've experimenting with even lower pH- down to 5.9 and they seem to love it though from what most people say this should be too low for soil. Works for me anyway.

Your nutrient schedule sounds fine, if anything maybe push them a bit more in future.

It's a bit of a bummer this type of thing tends to happen just after the light schedule goes over to flowering- maybe as the biggest demands are being made on the plant at this time.

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vaporedout

giles.... your a genious, thanks again. heres some updated pics, and a pic of a cola to be....... its at 1 week 5 days flower.... it musta been the dry patches.
and ps i dropped the ph to 6.6- 6.7.

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