Brown pistils in week 2 and 3 of bloom? What’s wrong with her?

[Jcgrows]

Hello first year grower here. I have a Mephisto forum stomper auto flower in botanicare true earth soil in a 5 gallon fabric pot. The plant is being fed the technaflora recipe for success nutrients everything third watering. Water is ph’ed to around 6-6.5. The vegetative growth was flawless and now it’s the end of week 2 of flowering and for about a week now pistils have already been turning dark brown and shriveling completely. I know this happens naturally later into flower but this early on there should really be only white pistils if I’m not mistaken. I turned the brightness down on my 2000w dimmable led grow light and moved it up after noticing the problem because I realized how close the plant had grown to the light in the stretching stage and I had the light all the way up to 100%. It has been about 4 or 5 days since I made the adjustment and been trying to make sure everything is dialed in for this plant’s needs. Since then, no sign of better looking growth in the buds. Could it be a ph issue? Nute burn? Light burn? Take a look at the pics of the pistils and see if you could help out in any way. Or just some constructive criticism on our plant. Thanks growmies

-JCGROWS

 

[simpleleaf]

Your plant's leaves are clawing. Maybe too much nitrogen, but could be potting mix or watering related. I quickly scanned the fertilizer label. The EC recommendations are consistently too high for potting mix. I like this particular graphic regarding EC.

 

[PopAndSonGrows]

I'm gona say possible root issue.

The clawing isn't accompanied by shiny dark foliage so I don't think it's N toxicity.

Just because leaves are curling downward, or drooping, doesn't automatically mean "nitrogen claw".

 

[Jcgrows]

Your plant's leaves are clawing. Maybe too much nitrogen, but could be potting mix or watering related. I quickly scanned the fertilizer label. The EC recommendations are consistently too high for potting mix. I like this particular graphic regarding EC.

Thanks for the quick response and EC graphic. super helpful. Could the abundance of nitrogen be a cause for the pistils burning up. Would 1/2 or 1/3 of the recommended nutrient strength be better for this soil mix?

 

[Jenko]

Not enough fan hitting the plant happened to me before

 

[Jcgrows]

I'm gona say possible root issue.

The clawing isn't accompanied by shiny dark foliage so I don't think it's N toxicity.

Just because leaves are curling downward, or drooping, doesn't automatically mean "nitrogen claw".

Yo! Thanks for the response. I’ll keep that in mind. What could solve a possible root issue?

 

[oill]

Hello first year grower here. I have a Mephisto forum stomper auto flower in botanicare true earth soil in a 5 gallon fabric pot. The plant is being fed the technaflora recipe for success nutrients everything third watering. Water is ph’ed to around 6-6.5. The vegetative growth was flawless and now it’s the end of week 2 of flowering and for about a week now pistils have already been turning dark brown and shriveling completely. I know this happens naturally later into flower but this early on there should really be only white pistils if I’m not mistaken. I turned the brightness down on my 2000w dimmable led grow light and moved it up after noticing the problem because I realized how close the plant had grown to the light in the stretching stage and I had the light all the way up to 100%. It has been about 4 or 5 days since I made the adjustment and been trying to make sure everything is dialed in for this plant’s needs. Since then, no sign of better looking growth in the buds. Could it be a ph issue? Nute burn? Light burn? Take a look at the pics of the pistils and see if you could help out in any way. Or just some constructive criticism on our plant. Thanks growmies

-JCGROWS

You got a serious issue here. Total lockout at a critical point in the grow.... at this stage I would start again. Start some new seeds now at least. Maybe continue just to diagnose what's wrong. I don't thing they will recover tho... sorry

 

[Jcgrows]

Not enough fan hitting the plant happened to me before

You got a serious issue here. Total lockout at a critical point in the grow.... at this stage I would start again. Start some new seeds now at least. Maybe continue just to diagnose what's wrong. I don't thing they will recover tho... sorry

Not enough fan hitting the plant happened to me before

You got a serious issue here. Total lockout at a critical point in the grow.... at this stage I would start again. Start some new seeds now at least. Maybe continue just to diagnose what's wrong. I don't thing they will recover tho... sorry

bummer read that. What can I do to prevent this next run? Some more details would be appreciated! Thanks!

 

[simpleleaf]

Would 1/2 or 1/3 of the recommended nutrient strength be better for this soil mix?

Yes, somewhere in that range. I keep my drainage EC close to 2.0. If it goes over that, I reduce nute EC. Flushing with water is useful as well.