bottom leaves continue to yellow, die, and fall off???
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New Age United
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Pics would be nice, but what you're describing is normal, the older leaves will die off, it's ok to cut off the lower leaves if they're dead but if they're still fairly yellow then you should leave them bc the plant will feed off them, cut them off when they shrivel and brown. Here I'm gonna try and find you a vid on this, will post it on here tonight.
New Age United
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Here's the vid
WillyBeamish
Member
Bump up the nitrogen. At a certain point it is natural for leaves to yellow and brown then fall off. I don't pull them I let the plant shed them naturally.
skocean
Member
I have a picture posted!
so i really shouldn't worry? The new growth is ok. Not perfect but growing well.
peter berger
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Happens to me every grow.
New Age United
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Shit I didn't notice you had a pic. Can you post a pic of the top? Like @peter berger said it happens every grow it's natural.
ISK
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if it's just a few bottom leaves, then you have no worries
Crazytrain420
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How old is the plant? Coz this is a normal thing after a certain point so don't worry
Crazytrain420
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Yeah you're golden nothing to worry about just shedding what it isn't going to use anymore
Alienwidow
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The plant is smart. It sheds the lower leaves as it grows because it knows that when bud making time comes, that it wont be getting lots of light down there and bud production will suck down there too. Giving less chance of the plant eventually getting pollenated by some by plant airborn jizz. So the bottom leaves drop and the plant puts more energy into the top where it thinks the jizz loads will be flying.
Another reason that plants will lose lower leaves that you may be guilty of is improper lighting. If the lights your using arent for growing, or are weaker than they should be, then the plant can lose the lower leaves. If your plants engine (the light) isnt puting out enough energy then the plant realizes that not all of itself can survive, so once again it focuses on the top of the plant in hopes that it recieves a giant bukkake of plant semen one day, so it drops the lower leaves.
So if you want the plant to do well id grab a seven gallon smart pot. A drip catcher. A 400 w hps light. Some easy one part nutrients and a bottle of calmag. And put that thing in a closet that you dont use. All that stuff will cost you around 400 bucks but youll grow that (well maybe not off that particular plant) in one grow. Then your set up cost is paid for and everything else is FREE weed. You can buy single feminised seeds online for like ten bucks or less and away you go.
skocean
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should i be able to tell sex soon?
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Alienwidow
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Sex shows when you flip the light cycle to 12/12. It will never show in the vegetative state. What kind of light are you running and whats the light cycle set to?
skocean
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E="Alienwidow, post: 11947698, member: 662331"]Sex shows when you flip the light cycle to 12/12. It will never show in the vegetative state. What kind of light are you running and whats the light cycle set to?[/QUOTE]
Florescents, ive been regulating my own light. 18/6 occasionally it only gets 17/7
Florescents, ive been regulating my own light. 18/6 occasionally it only gets 17/7
dannyboy602
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the internodal space is long tells me you don't have adequate light. Increase the juice to something like 300w and you will see a much beefier plant.