Hello again RIU community, this is my 1st grow and I was just wandering what is the cause of this orangish leaves? This plant is an autoflower, about 4 weeks into flowering, been feeding her with organic nutes approx every 7-8 days or every other watering. Anyway, last time I went a little too far with the nutes in my opinion which could be the reason for those orange tips but I'm not quite sure since I'm stil new at this so any advice or guideline is welcome.
Is this a nute burn or what.. ?
- Thread starter Gunfer420
- Start date
Roger A. Shrubber
Well-Known Member
yeah, thats exactly it, autos need very little food compared to photos, give them maybe 1/3 what you'd give a regular plant and you'll probably be alright
Yea I know that, I just assumed it'd be alright to turn up the nutes a bit but it was a mistake obviously. What do you suggest me to do now concerning the feeding schedule, should I change it a bit or leave it as it is? If i leave it the way it is tomorrow evening is the feeding day.
Roger A. Shrubber
Well-Known Member
i think i'd skip at least one feeding, and cut them back by at least another 25% from what you're giving them now. water them if they need it, but no food this time.
i don't really stick to a schedule anymore. some plants grow faster than others, some aren't really bigger, but they have more leaves and transpire more, so you have to water them more. i just watch my plants and weigh my pots. learn to read your plants and you'll know what they need before they do.
i don't really stick to a schedule anymore. some plants grow faster than others, some aren't really bigger, but they have more leaves and transpire more, so you have to water them more. i just watch my plants and weigh my pots. learn to read your plants and you'll know what they need before they do.
rene112388
Well-Known Member
You have a few options, but first and foremost you can always flush the plant. I would then alter the schedule to begin feeding at the recommended dose after it dries out from the flush. I would personally lower the ppms for a short period of time (1 or 2 waterings) then return to your normal fertilizer schedule.
Speaking of which what is your nutrient like? PPMs? Soil? Ph? Size of pots? Also what was the reason to add extra nutes? Stunting or something different? You may be able to find alternatives to prevent this from happening in the future. You can also potentially alter your watering to apply your fertilizer more effectively.
Remember overfertilization can also increase chance of pest outbreaks. Happy growing.
Speaking of which what is your nutrient like? PPMs? Soil? Ph? Size of pots? Also what was the reason to add extra nutes? Stunting or something different? You may be able to find alternatives to prevent this from happening in the future. You can also potentially alter your watering to apply your fertilizer more effectively.
Remember overfertilization can also increase chance of pest outbreaks. Happy growing.
Okay, thanks for the info man
this one will be a small plant for sure but thats how i wanted it to go anyway since i have limited space. Anyway, i think that the schedule i set for her was okay cuz she seemed to like it untill last time when i accidentally exaggerated with nutes so im still not sure whether or not to feed her.Okay firstly, to my understanding isnt the flushing neccessary mostly when the nutes are chemical? I went with organic ones this time on purpose sobi dont have a possible nute lock problem or smth like that.
Anyway, you really bombed me with questions ill try to answer them best as i can. I used some organic, seaweed concentrated nutes i picked up at my local shop called Plantella (im from a country fairly distant from america so FFOF and such equipment is accessible only by Internet). However, my plant liked it as far as i can tell, except for the last time when i exaggerated a bit and left her with a burned tips. Soil is a mix of fertile black soil and some fertilizer. Honestly, since that was my 1st grow i didnt know many stuff so i just took some soil from my moms 'balcony garden' which then proved to be an okay idea. PPM and PH i sadly dont know since i dont have a meter yet but they also seem to fit cuz she never showed any deficiencies except for those few orange leaves. Pot size is one gallon which i think is sufficient for a micro grow since my space is really limited (10" D x 15" W x 2ft H)
Roger A. Shrubber
Well-Known Member
you still have a long way, probably a month or more. hard to estimate yields....she has a lot of growing to do, might be anywhere from 1/2 a zip to 2, just depends on how it shapes up
Wow, that long? That surprises me because this is a 8-9 weeks seed to harvest strain and mine is already 10 weeks old and it doesnt look like its even near to finish :O
Can you please put that in grams if its not a trouble
Illicitmango
Well-Known Member
Zip = Ounce
Ounce = 28 grams
Based on what the previous post said of half a zip to 2 zips, that comes out to anywhere from 14 grams up to 56 grams.
Ounce = 28 grams
Based on what the previous post said of half a zip to 2 zips, that comes out to anywhere from 14 grams up to 56 grams.
Hello, its me again. My plant has grown significantly in the past few days, not as much in height as it has in width. The buds have started to form nicely and the lst i did turned out to be a good move. The deficiency i noticed earlier was due to overfeeding this one time but except for 3 or 4 burned tips no further damage occured Now what i want to know is how much longer untill harvest? This is still my 1st grow so im not quite sure how to evaluate when is the right timing or in other words, how much more should i keep her alive? :
 
Alienwidow
Well-Known Member
Still looks like a while. The white hairs need to change color to reddish brown. And the tricombs need to start to go amber and cloudy. Reading the tricombs is the best way to tell if your plants done. Use the search bar and read up on the topic.
Yea, I had searched about it alot lately and I know approximately what to look for but my question is when will all that occur? How long is there untill harvest and all those amber, milky trichome stuff?
mrpuffins
Well-Known Member
Def a sign that you are in the closing stages, usually last couple weeks.
The hairs will also mostly be orange and some of the first ones to have turned may turn darker or even fall off. some new white ones will pop up but most of your hair a should be a orange shade by the time you are ready to cut.
Spend the 15 bux on Amazon a rend get a rend 100x scope. I think for 5 more it says 420 on it lol.
If you a taking guesses for when it will finish I would say 5 weeks, after new year.
mrpuffins
Well-Known Member
Wow really? thats odd, cuz that is usually an 8-9 weeks plant in total, so 5 more weeks seems a bit much. my predictions were 2-3 more weeks tops.[/QUOTE]
Plants ready when it's ready, might start going hard over night, who knows, but watch for the hairs, yellowing of leaves, and cloudy/amber tricks. those are your signals, put again in two weeks, wI'll watch the thread.
Although the wait is painful the reward is great, good luck!
Plants ready when it's ready, might start going hard over night, who knows, but watch for the hairs, yellowing of leaves, and cloudy/amber tricks. those are your signals, put again in two weeks, wI'll watch the thread.
Although the wait is painful the reward is great, good luck![/QUOTE]
I couldnt agree with you more on that last part
thanks man, appreciate the help!