To pray or not to pray?

[Way2-High]

So there’s a debatable issue that needs clarification?????
Is it good or bad when leafs are praying ?

 

[ChronicWonders.]

So there’s a debatable issue that needs clarification?????
Is it good or bad when leafs are praying ?

I’ve always viewed it positively

 

[GBAUTO]

My leaves are erect or 'praying' when they are in a good mood and growing. Like me, they also start to go a bit limp after working all day.

 

[Budzbuddha]

 

[Budzbuddha]

It’s kind of a BROSCIENCE kind of argument ....

IMO if the plant is RECEPTIVE ( praying or lateral ) then she or he ( lol ) is happy and engine purring. When the leaves lose color ( most top areas ) yellow , fade , whiten .... then it is light stress / bleach.

As Mother Nature intended .... plants will look happy or they will not.

Here is a Alpine cookie I have sprouted under a QB at about 18” .
Looks pretty damn happy.

 

[3rd Monkey]

Grow outdoors and let me know if you see a plant pray. Not being a dick (context lost over the interweb), but try it and then you'll know. We are trying to recreate natural conditions, just to an optimal range.

 

[ChronicWonders.]

Grow outdoors and let me know if you see a plant pray. Not being a dick (context lost over the interweb), but try it and then you'll know. We are trying to recreate natural conditions, just to an optimal range.

Outdoor plants “pray” just the same.

 

[3rd Monkey]

Outdoor plants “pray” just the same.

Not the same. There's a healthy posture (straight out and "perky"), I call it at attention, and then there is elevated pointing up, which is praying. The only time I see outdoor plants pray is in 90+ weather.

 

[ChronicWonders.]

We don’t get many days here in the 90s, but my outdoor plants will definitely perk up when happy. If your leaves aren’t yellowing and your plant looks healthy I never get worried. Otherwise you are correct it can have to do with light stress/heat. Especially if they continue through the dark period.

 

[3rd Monkey]

We don’t get many days here in the 90s, but my outdoor plants will definitely perk up when happy. If your leaves aren’t yellowing and your plant looks healthy I never get worried. Otherwise you are correct it can have to do with light stress/heat. Especially if they continue through the dark period.

We don't get a whole lot of them here either, which is why it was notable to me.

I don't really get worried with praying, it's just a sign of stress. Like any other stress, if prolonged, it's not healthy. Indoors, it's usually prolonged and causes issues.

 

[Dr. Who]

I want to see a picture of the OP's "praying" plant..

You have to define the OP's opinion on just what "praying" is.....Likely different then mine, and yours...

No answer till I see that!

 

[3rd Monkey]

I want to see a picture of the OP's "praying" plant..

You have to define the OP's opinion on just what "praying" is.....Likely different then mine, and yours...

No answer till I see that!

Semantics, eh lol.

 

[Renfro]

The first sign of too much light is often praying leaves, see this site:

https://www.growweedeasy.com/cannabis-light-burn

 

[Way2-High]

She looks like this at peak light.

 

[Way2-High]

I think I need to raise my lights???

 

[Renfro]

I think I need to raise my lights???

Yes

 

[3rd Monkey]

I think I need to raise my lights???

There is very minimal praying there. That's what I call attention. I see no real issue, just a couple leaves pointing up. You can raise a little if you want.

 

[Renfro]

I recently got my first good LED from cobkits. I noticed plants were praying under it so I dimmed it a little and that stopped. Pretty impressed at how much LED tech has improved since I last tried it.

 

[Thundercat]

I think I need to raise my lights???

I don't see a point in raising it, that plant looks very happy and healthy. Until the last few months, I had never seen someone say that "praying" leaves was a negative thing. I was taught that it was the sign of a happy plant when they go from sleeping to praying over the course of the day.

The first sign of too much light is often praying leaves, see this site:

https://www.growweedeasy.com/cannabis-light-burn

I read through most of that link, and didn't see any mention of "praying" leaves or it being a sign of to much light?

I'm not trying to say you guys are wrong, but I am surprised to hear this new train of thought.

 

[3rd Monkey]

I don't see a point in raising it, that plant looks very happy and healthy. Until the last few months, I had never seen someone say that "praying" leaves was a negative thing. I was taught that it was the sign of a happy plant when they go from sleeping to praying over the course of the day.



I read through most of that link, and didn't see any mention of "praying" leaves or it being a sign of to much light?

I'm not trying to say you guys are wrong, but I am surprised to hear this new train of thought.

It's not that it's bad or wrong, just stress. You know how we use stress, and you know how stress can be good or bad. Too much of a good thing...