Hey all! My girls are in the first week of flower. Switched to 12-12 last Wednesday. I have noticed the past couple days one of the girls have been looking droopy…. I water each plant with about a gallon + usually every few days after the top soil is dry… not sure what the cause for the droopy leaves could be… please help
Droopy leaves
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ShawnSunshine
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*bump
westcoast420
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Is it droopy the entire lights on? If it’s around an hour before lights off then normal. Otherwise it’s either too much water or environment. Whats your temp/humidity ?
McShnutz
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First, the yellow of the hps is distorting the true color of the leaves. When I assess my plants I look at the petole, leaf and stem.
What it looks like to me...
Overwatered- petoles arche or curve downward and so do the blades of each leaf. Almost like the tips of each blade have a weight pulling them down. Petole will almost look like it could spring back up, (If the weight were removed) high osmotic pressure
Underwatered- petoles hang or droop downward. The leaf will have a limp and lifeless look and feel to it. Much more drastic than overwatered. Very low osmotic pressure
Nutrient deficiency indicators - dots, blotches, yellowing/ dead leaf tissue, tips of leaves hook up/down, leaf veins/branch stems, petoles turn red
pH indicator - usually twisting leaf blades but a sensitive plants can show nutrient deficiency symptoms and decline quickly where as a vigorous plant may just twist and show random chlorotic/necrotic blotches but keeps pushing on. Also can resemble some degree of overwatering.
High sodium in soil- leaf tip burn, leaves will have obvious nutrient deficiency symptoms, eventually accompanied with heavy chlorotic/necrotic (yellow/dead) tissue, petoles and leafs can resemble overwatered. Stems can get a scab like appearance of the epidermis layer (generally at the base of the branches where they join the trunk)
What it looks like to me...
Overwatered- petoles arche or curve downward and so do the blades of each leaf. Almost like the tips of each blade have a weight pulling them down. Petole will almost look like it could spring back up, (If the weight were removed) high osmotic pressure
Underwatered- petoles hang or droop downward. The leaf will have a limp and lifeless look and feel to it. Much more drastic than overwatered. Very low osmotic pressure
Nutrient deficiency indicators - dots, blotches, yellowing/ dead leaf tissue, tips of leaves hook up/down, leaf veins/branch stems, petoles turn red
pH indicator - usually twisting leaf blades but a sensitive plants can show nutrient deficiency symptoms and decline quickly where as a vigorous plant may just twist and show random chlorotic/necrotic blotches but keeps pushing on. Also can resemble some degree of overwatering.
High sodium in soil- leaf tip burn, leaves will have obvious nutrient deficiency symptoms, eventually accompanied with heavy chlorotic/necrotic (yellow/dead) tissue, petoles and leafs can resemble overwatered. Stems can get a scab like appearance of the epidermis layer (generally at the base of the branches where they join the trunk)
green_machine_two9er
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To much swing in moisture levels.
instead of a gallon every few days I would start watering daily with less volume overall.
what kind of soil? Are you feeding nutrients?
instead of a gallon every few days I would start watering daily with less volume overall.
what kind of soil? Are you feeding nutrients?
inth3shadowz
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Only water in soil when the pot is fairly light again...
EpicBagseed
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Do you water slowly and get Runoff.
I also poke my finger up through the drain holes of the pot,(dipstick check) to see if I feel moisture or if the dirt crumbles and falls out.
One of my plants had a bunch of Runoff in the pan, I waited about an hour and it had sucked it all back up. Before that happened I thought I was going to have to drain the Runoff out. And they all get consistent amounts of water to each other except for that one that got abused so I didn't want to overwater it.
Now I am wondering if my other plants will take more water.
You gotta test it and see.
I also poke my finger up through the drain holes of the pot,(dipstick check) to see if I feel moisture or if the dirt crumbles and falls out.
One of my plants had a bunch of Runoff in the pan, I waited about an hour and it had sucked it all back up. Before that happened I thought I was going to have to drain the Runoff out. And they all get consistent amounts of water to each other except for that one that got abused so I didn't want to overwater it.
Now I am wondering if my other plants will take more water.
You gotta test it and see.
They are in a mix of 30/60 pearlite/ffof.
Feeding organic gaia nutrients (local guy said no ph adjustments needed) feed monthly and water when needed. I fed nutes a few days before I decided to switch the lights (not bloom nutes). Ive been very careful weaving and securing around the net. I changed to a 1000 light for flower from a 600w mh . Humidity has been around 40-70 % . Temp is around 18-20 at night. 27-28 during lights on.
Feeding organic gaia nutrients (local guy said no ph adjustments needed) feed monthly and water when needed. I fed nutes a few days before I decided to switch the lights (not bloom nutes). Ive been very careful weaving and securing around the net. I changed to a 1000 light for flower from a 600w mh . Humidity has been around 40-70 % . Temp is around 18-20 at night. 27-28 during lights on.
EpicBagseed
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He is using fabric pots as well it looks to me.
Gonna dry out quicker yah? Never used them.
Gonna dry out quicker yah? Never used them.
Popop
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So the first day you put the new light on the started drooping? That info would have been helpful