Guide for Diagnosing Plant Problems

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sheryle

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This is occurring on a white widow plant. It just started today, I feed with Ferti-lome blooming and rooting soluble plant food 9-59-8 Help she is the baby of all the babies and so far has been tiny but a real beauty, she has been into flowering now for about 3 weeks Please Please any and all info deeply desired.:cry::cry::cry:

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Hash Lover

Hash Lover

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sheryle said:
Help

This is occurring on a white widow plant. It just started today, I feed with Ferti-lome blooming and rooting soluble plant food 9-59-8 Help she is the baby of all the babies and so far has been tiny but a real beauty, she has been into flowering now for about 3 weeks Please Please any and all info deeply desired.:cry::cry::cry:

Thanks
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Pics would be really helpful. And more info, lights, temp, ect. If you think you gave them to much give them a flush. Twice the amount that your pot size holds. If anything it can't hurt them to do it. Is it soil or hydro? And make sure it's not to hot in there, The hotter it is the faster the plant will take up water and bring nutes with it. Can you post pics??
 
Hash Lover

Hash Lover

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My guess would be a potassium deficiency, (the K in the NPK). And the high phosphorus in the nutes you are using and so much less N and K helps me to go that way also. Try to give them a little more rounded mix if you can in the future. What other nutes do you have or use? And check out this guide too, I think it is the best one I've seen.

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=11688
 
RohanVD86

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Yeah, this is very helpful. I need nitrogen in my plant. It wasn't growing and was turning too light of a green/yellow.
 
Hash Lover

Hash Lover

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To many people cut way back on the N once flowering starts (IMO). And you will lose out on your final yield if you don't give them enough. But they say it can delay them from finishing. On a couple grows I gave them more and the next time less and I think the one with the less nutes seemed to finish about 2 weeks sooned. If you don't go to wild you will see signs of nute burns with out killing the plant. Once you see the leaf tips turning yellow back off and give them only water for a few watering till you see that it doesn't get worse. Do you have any meters to use? You can get a PH and PPM meter very cheap on Ebay. Less than $20 each and are well worth it even in soil. That way you know what you are giving them and can adjust accordingly.
 
SB Garlic

SB Garlic

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Hash Lover said:
My guess would be a potassium deficiency, (the K in the NPK). And the high phosphorus in the nutes you are using and so much less N and K helps me to go that way also. Try to give them a little more rounded mix if you can in the future. What other nutes do you have or use? And check out this guide too, I think it is the best one I've seen.

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=11688
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I've been using botanicare pureblend bloom 1-4-5, +rep btw.
 
SB Garlic

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SB Garlic said:
My GC is like 3-4 weeks into budding and i got some PM, I used some sodium bicarbonate but im not sure if its too far into budding to be using it, any thoughts from anyone would be awesome. I'll update what ends up happening.
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It went away for a bit now its back but smaller in different spots. Plant is 1-2 weeks away from harvest hope i can make it.
 
Hash Lover

Hash Lover

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SB Garlic said:
I've been using botanicare pureblend bloom 1-4-5, +rep btw.
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Thanks for the +rep always glad to help when I can. I personally like a little more N in the mix even when flowering. It's good to keep certain types of nutes on hand in case of a problem or if you just want to give them something a little different that what your stock mix has in it. The Miracle grow products are good to keep on hand for just such a thing. Their "Miracid" is good for a N boost, It's a 30-10-10 mix. Just start about 1/4 to 1/3 of the recommended dose, give them at least a couple days to see how its doing. Seems to take 3-5 days sometime to start seeing results. With just a couple weeks left you should be ok. Be sure to let me know how it goes.
 
plhkarma

plhkarma

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New Grower. Not sure what's going on with her. The plant looks good except for the purple stem. Strain is unknown, outdoor in ground, about 5 weeks into flower. Have tried to find answers in search and not much luck. Using Tiger bloom and mollasses. Thanks for any advice.
 

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plhkarma said:
New Grower. Not sure what's going on with her. The plant looks good except for the purple stem. Strain is unknown, outdoor in ground, about 5 weeks into flower. Have tried to find answers in search and not much luck. Using Tiger bloom and mollasses. Thanks for any advice.
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Purple stems are common with many strains but you will get more answers posting in the right section (plants and problems).
(good luck).
SS.


http://www.drugs-forum.com/growfaq/1243.htm <<<<<<<<
 
Hash Lover

Hash Lover

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plhkarma said:
New Grower. Not sure what's going on with her. The plant looks good except for the purple stem. Strain is unknown, outdoor in ground, about 5 weeks into flower. Have tried to find answers in search and not much luck. Using Tiger bloom and mollasses. Thanks for any advice.
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I wouldn't worry about it to much. I've had a lot of plants have some purple on the stems. Although purple stems can be a sign of a micro nutrient deficiency I don't think that would be the case since you are growing outside. Lots of micro nutes are in the ground already. Your plant looks great, keep doing what you are doing and enjoy your harvest.
 
plhkarma

plhkarma

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SIR SMOKER said:
Purple stems are common with many strains but you will get more answers posting in the right section (plants and problems).
(good luck).
SS.


http://www.drugs-forum.com/growfaq/1243.htm <<<<<<<<
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Hash Lover said:
I wouldn't worry about it to much. I've had a lot of plants have some purple on the stems. Although purple stems can be a sign of a micro nutrient deficiency I don't think that would be the case since you are growing outside. Lots of micro nutes are in the ground already. Your plant looks great, keep doing what you are doing and enjoy your harvest.
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Thanks for the info SS....thanks for your input Hash Lover, we are nervous 1st timers and worry about every little thing. We are not going to stress about it, she's looking pretty good.
 
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