Leaves and stems pointing down after day 1 of flowering

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BeginnerGrow420

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Hey guys,
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Last night for the first time ever I switched over to the flowering light schedule. I'm growing one plant, shes 2 feet now in foxfarm soil. I got her as a 4 week 18 inch rooted clone in coco so theres still coco in the pot. I'm growing in my closet and needed complete darkness for flowering and i also needed ventilation so removed the door, covered it with black plastic, took 2 six inch ducts, one on ground with fan blowing fresh air in, one near the top that just allows hot air to be let out due to negative pressure in the closet. Its all light proof.

I set it up saturday day and switched the lights for the first time saturday night. On sunday afternoon I noticed 75% of the leaves are not pointing down. Not the tips... the whole leaf and the stem. It's like someone is holding them perpendicular to the topsoil. Some leaves are droopy and some have pointed tips. I'm growing in a huge ceramic pot with poor drainage (one pretty big hole), but when i flushed, a lot of water came out (the ph was a little low ~6 so should i raise this?). Since the drainage is finicky I got a moisture detector so i didnt over water. I also feel like i definitely didnt overwater since i wait until the soil is dry (which it is right now but i dont want to overwater if thats my issue).
IM WONDER WHAT THE HECK I SHOULD DO? Is anything even the matter. I'm not sure when i should water again. Thanks a lot in advanced everyone. I'd love some help
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latewood

latewood

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It looks like a watering and PH issue. If it is almost dry. I would water with PH 6.5 nutrient solution. On the other hand; picture is a bit blurry; I am not sure you have not got some nutrient burn, but you did not mention adding ferts...?

A soil dampness meter would be a good idea also.
 
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BeginnerGrow420

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latewood said:
It looks like a watering and PH issue. If it is almost dry. I would water with PH 6.5 nutrient solution. On the other hand; picture is a bit blurry; I am not sure you have not got some nutrient burn, but you did not mention adding ferts...?

A soil dampness meter would be a good idea also.
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I have a soil dampness meter. i mentioned it in the post.

The previous owner's AC broke and around 3.5 weeks old the plant suffered 100+ F temps. I believe the grower kept the plant alive be pumping it lots of nutrients. A decent amount of leaves from the middle to the bottom are up to 50% crispy because of the damage. Its too late to fix all of that.

I added some nutrients of my own from 4 to 2 weeks ago. In that 2 week period i believe i either added to much or didnt correctly adjust the pH. like 50% of the top leaves have that tips that are faded... im not too concerned with that either because it didnt get much worse in a week and I stopped with nutrients for now.

Do you think this is pH issue? could this be underwatering (i really dont think this is over watering since the water keeps drying up)? i've watered her anywhere from 4 days apart to a week apart depending on my moisture meter.
 
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BeginnerGrow420

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You're right though, the picture is blurry. What you're seeing is a big dark green leaf that dropped like 45 degrees. Also there are some smaller leaves that are doing the same thing. The tops of them are now facing out instead of up
 
latewood

latewood

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From what your reply; I believe it is nutrient burn, I would use water only until I saw some vibrant new growth. What is burnt is burnt. Time to make sure the plant uses all the stored nutrients before feeding again. Should not take to long.
 
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BustinScales510

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The wilting looks like it dried out, theres not enough water in the plant cells so they go limp. If the soil is dry just water it, with tap water or filtered whatever you use. If youre using foxfarm soil dont get too hung up on adding nutrients yet, theres nutes in the soil.
 
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I stopped adding nutrients 2 weeks ago after adding them 4 times over 2 weeks. I'm stopping for at least another 2 weeks.
My only concern with my plant is my sudden drooping. I think my ventilation system is giving her enough air, and I beleive she isn't overwatered so then she must be under watered and I should water her?
 
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BeginnerGrow420

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"just hack off all the half dead crap on the bottom and pot it up deep not worth risking the pests"

Is this good advice? I've also been told to not remove half dead crap because the plant can still suck some "life" out of it for other uses.

ALSO: I watered her and by the morning she was much perkier. Glad nothing bad happened.
 
ayr0n

ayr0n

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BeginnerGrow420 said:
ALSO: I watered her and by the morning she was much perkier. Glad nothing bad happened.
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yeah she was thirsty that's all.

BeginnerGrow420 said:
"just hack off all the half dead crap on the bottom and pot it up deep not worth risking the pests"

Is this good advice? I've also been told to not remove half dead crap because the plant can still suck some "life" out of it for other uses.
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No it is not and yes they can. If the entire plant was falling over and needed support it would be somewhat ideal to remove the very bottom growth and bury the stem a little deeper for that added support (like...an overly stretched out seedling...), but all you needed to do in this case was water them - the drooping was underwatering n had nothing to do w/ support (or lack of...). You're on the right track here: "because the plant can still suck some "life" out of it for other uses" - already ahead of the game here ;) Keep it up and let us know how she turns out
 
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