Where did I go wrong?

[JDeez]

Bottom leaves falling off leaving just bare stems . Some leafs turning yellow and brown on upper part of plant. My ph is fine. I add dr earth nitro bloom every once in a while and feed with compost tea . I've also recently had a spider mites issue. Still getting rid of them but don't feel like that's what's causing it. This is my first grow.

 

[Los Reefersaurus]

Too much veg time. Cut off all the shit. You will be fine but you will have to prop the plants up..... and if you don't have more room too raise the light... you are in trouble

 

[JDeez]

Too much veg time. Cut off all the shit. You will be fine but you will have to prop the plants up..... and if you don't have more room too raise the light... you are in trouble

That's it..? And I have plenty of room to raise the light . I thought veg time was a personal preference, why would it cause the leaves to look like that? Also, what do you mean by cut off all the shit?

 

[whitebb2727]

Not enough light.

 

[Los Reefersaurus]

your lights can only reach so far, your shitty looking leaves are no longer getting any light. So now they are redundant and your plants are rejecting them.

For your first time switch to flower now and cut off anything below the 5th node, you could cut of more but your first time this will be more comfortable for you.
You are doing great other wise so keep up the good work.

Also put a tomato cage over your plants . I bet you will need it and it is better to put them on before you start budding

Keep on keepin on bro

 

[Dynamo626]

thousand watt penetrates 2-2.5 feet. lollypop anything under, 600w goes down 1.5-2 feet lollypop anything under, 1-1.5 for 400w again anything under cut off

 

[Buba Blend]

View attachment 4012751 View attachment 4012752 View attachment 4012753 View attachment 4012754 View attachment 4012755 View attachment 4012756 View attachment 4012757 Bottom leaves falling off leaving just bare stems . Some leafs turning yellow and brown on upper part of plant. My ph is fine. I add dr earth nitro bloom every once in a while and feed with compost tea . I've also recently had a spider mites issue. Still getting rid of them but don't feel like that's what's causing it. This is my first grow.

It looks like you improved your lighting at some point in the grow. Looks like the lighting was really bad early on with those super thin early branches, then you somehow improved it and now have healthier growth.
Is that what happened?

 

[*BUDS]

thousand watt penetrates 2-2.5 feet. lollypop anything under, 600w goes down 1.5-2 feet lollypop anything under, 1-1.5 for 400w again anything under cut off

I agree you should have lollipopped them at the start and also maybe not the right strain for indoor, try to find a mold resistant indica.

 

[J710]

better luck next time