41 days into flowering problems

[PeeDee420]

Click on the link it my sig & check out the last page of my grow journal I have pictures of my plant and a close up of a leaf. The leaves are getting rust spots that cover the whole leaf then dry it up and it curls up and dies. I already flushed once, now I feeding 1/2 strength nutes. Will I make it to harvest?

 

[frenchy]

Sorry bro.I think Adam is done.I don't think you can save your plant,trust me I made the same mistakes,too much nutes.Next time,as soon as you see the tips of your leaves turning brown or any kind of rust spots on your leaves just rinse it with 6.0 water (nothing more,just water),let it chill.The next time you feed it drop your nutes ppm.Good luck!!It's a bitch growing by yourself with no directions!!

 

[PeeDee420]

Sorry bro.I think Adam is done.I don't think you can save your plant,trust me I made the same mistakes,too much nutes.Next time,as soon as you see the tips of your leaves turning brown or any kind of rust spots on your leaves just rinse it with 6.0 water (nothing more,just water),let it chill.The next time you feed it drop your nutes ppm.Good luck!!It's a bitch growing by yourself with no directions!!

I read that and got very sad. I'm going to try to pull him through though. Thanks for the info. Cross your fingers that he makes it to harvest.

 

[Kriegs]

Sorry bro.I think Adam is done.

Nonsense... the answer here is to STOP ADDING NUTES!

Whenever you run into a problem, you have to simplify and then stand pat until you're sure the problem is corrected. This means light and water only. No nutes, no ST, no molasses, no worm tea, no bending, no nuthin'.

A nute-burned plant is in NO CONDITION to be taking in 1/2 strength nutes so soon after an overnute/pH problem and flush. You're trying to force her along, and she's telling you in no uncertain terms that it's not working. It takes at least 2-3 days after a flush for the plant to stop degrading from the old problem. Then, it will turn the corner and start adding new growth. After a week or TWO of that, you can make an informed judgement to whether more nutrients might be beneficial (this late in the game, I say NO).

Did you work any dolomite into your soil after your last flush? Once you blow out a soils' buffering capacity, it will tend to "go acid" a lot easier than the first time. Work 2 tablespoons per gallon (of soil) of dolomite into the top 1/2 inch of your soil. Watering will carry that down into the soil and stabilize the pH.

Here's the good news: YES.. your plant is very likely to make it the rest of the way. MJ is a tenacious bitch, and your plants have plenty of leafage left to carry them thru. I burned the fuck out of my plants, worse than yours, and they still made it. I flushed, cut off nutes totallly, worked in some dolomite, and just rode it out. Now, I'm sittin' on 11 zips dry of primo bud off of 4 females.

So, don't give up, but stop the nutes cold. Flush them again to get your latest round of overnutrition out of the system and then chill!! MJ is a weed, not an orchid or African violet; it doesn't need all that shit.

Good luck

 

[PeeDee420]

Nonsense... the answer here is to STOP ADDING NUTES!

Whenever you run into a problem, you have to simplify and then stand pat until you're sure the problem is corrected. This means light and water only. No nutes, no ST, no molasses, no worm tea, no bending, no nuthin'.

A nute-burned plant is in NO CONDITION to be taking in 1/2 strength nutes so soon after an overnute/pH problem and flush. You're trying to force her along, and she's telling you in no uncertain terms that it's not working. It takes at least 2-3 days after a flush for the plant to stop degrading from the old problem. Then, it will turn the corner and start adding new growth. After a week or TWO of that, you can make an informed judgement to whether more nutrients might be beneficial (this late in the game, I say NO).

Did you work any dolomite into your soil after your last flush? Once you blow out a soils' buffering capacity, it will tend to "go acid" a lot easier than the first time. Work 2 tablespoons per gallon (of soil) of dolomite into the top 1/2 inch of your soil. Watering will carry that down into the soil and stabilize the pH.

Here's the good news: YES.. your plant is very likely to make it the rest of the way. MJ is a tenacious bitch, and your plants have plenty of leafage left to carry them thru. I burned the fuck out of my plants, worse than yours, and they still made it. I flushed, cut off nutes totallly, worked in some dolomite, and just rode it out. Now, I'm sittin' on 11 zips dry of primo bud off of 4 females.

So, don't give up, but stop the nutes cold. Flush them again to get your latest round of overnutrition out of the system and then chill!! MJ is a weed, not an orchid or African violet; it doesn't need all that shit.

Good luck

WOOHOOO! Kriegs your the man! You brought my spirits up and gave me a TON of info thanks so much man! I will flush again tonight. Would 4 gallons be enough for my 3 gallon pot or should I do the whole 3:1 thing and flush with 9 gallons. I will give nothing but distilled water from here on out and hope for the best.

 

[PeeDee420]

I did not work the dolomite in because my roots seem to have grown almost to the very top of the soil. When I try to dig my finger down I hit them within a 1/4" or so. I thought a 3 gallon pot would be big enough but I guess I was wrong.

 

[Kriegs]

WOOHOOO! Kriegs your the man! You brought my spirits up and gave me a TON of info thanks so much man! I will flush again tonight. Would 4 gallons be enough for my 3 gallon pot or should I do the whole 3:1 thing and flush with 9 gallons. I will give nothing but distilled water from here on out and hope for the best.

I would flush with water at pH 6.5 to 7.0 until the runoff is roughly equal to that. Since you flushed not too long ago, it probably won't take a whole 9 gallons.

On the dolomite, what you could do is layer it on top, then cover with a thin layer of new soil. This won't hurt your plants a bit, in fact, they'll send new roots up into it. What it will do is keep fairly constant moisture on that dolomite, which will help work it in faster. I would definitely do this still.

Good luck... don't worry. They'll make it. There's enough stored energy in the leaves and stems as is; all you need from here is water.