Having troubles again.. Help would be much appreciated

So everytime around mid flower I get yellowing leaves and they eventually brown curl and die off. I can't seem to figure out what's going on. Anyone with some advice or help would be greatly appreciated.. Thanks RIU community in advance.

Nitrogen deficiency, possibly others. Sort out your nutrients and will be fine.

Those plants are pretty far along in flowering, so some of what you are seeing could just be due to the fact that the plant "knows" it's getting old and it's preparing to die or shutting down some of its leaves to shift nutrients to the flowers. You can try boosting the nutes to see if it makes a difference, but I usually expect my plants to start losing a few (or many) leaves as they progress with flowering.

ltecato said:

Those plants are pretty far along in flowering, so some of what you are seeing could just be due to the fact that the plant "knows" it's getting old and it's preparing to die or shutting down some of its leaves to shift nutrients to the flowers. You can try boosting the nutes to see if it makes a difference, but I usually expect my plants to start losing a few (or many) leaves as they progress with flowering.

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I'll second this

So it's natural for the leaves to yellow and die off near the end?

Yeah, most of mine do that.

Taco740 said:

So it's natural for the leaves to yellow and die off near the end?

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Well, I think it is but some other growers in this forum may say otherwise. I recently ran some GDP that stayed nice and healthy green all through flowering but usually I expect to see some leaves turn yellow and then brown and dry up. Cannabis is an annual plant, which means Nature never intended it to live more than one growing season. Most annual plants die after going to seed or releasing pollen. On top of that, most growers cut back on fertilizing as the harvest approaches, so that is likely to show up as yellowing or browning leaves. Less nitrogen, less chlorophyll.

How often are you feeding your plant? IMO looks like serious nute burn. Your plants are yellowing from the tip indicating nute burn. Take it easy on the nutrient for a while. Do a solid flush and stop feeding them every watering. Alternate between feeding nothing but water and nutrient solution. MJ plant are very resilient. They will bounce back. Just take it easy on fertilizers. Hope this helps.
Happy growing!!

ltecato said:

Well, I think it is but some other growers in this forum may say otherwise. I recently ran some GDP that stayed nice and healthy green all through flowering but usually I expect to see some leaves turn yellow and then brown and dry up. Cannabis is an annual plant, which means Nature never intended it to live more than one growing season. Most annual plants die after going to seed or releasing pollen. On top of that, most growers cut back on fertilizing as the harvest approaches, so that is likely to show up as yellowing or browning leaves. Less nitrogen, less chlorophyll.

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I'm about to enter my last 4ish weeks before harvest, and I've been thinking about this debate a lot. I understand that it may seem practical that a plant that stays green through harvest would be 'better', but are we really sure we're not just trying to out-do nature yet again?

I was thinking about it in terms of other life spans. There are many species of not only plants but animals as well whose final stages of life are entirely purposed to devoting every last bit of energy the mother has to their young. So does trying to maintain a green leaf really benefit all that much? Is it not possible you might cause some sort of adverse effect by 'confusing' the plant into thinking it isn't devoting as much nutes as it should, thus actually putting *too much* into the flowers? I feel like a plant would have a natural ability to sense when its leaves are dying, and would therefore begin to naturally ween off nutrient supply.

Idk I'm really just hypothesizing haha

gpsanjeev said:

How often are you feeding your plant? IMO looks like serious nute burn. Your plants are yellowing from the tip indicating nute burn. Take it easy on the nutrient for a while. Do a solid flush and stop feeding them every watering. Alternate between feeding nothing but water and nutrient solution. MJ plant are very resilient. They will bounce back. Just take it easy on fertilizers. Hope this helps.
Happy growing!!

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The thing is I'm not really feeding them much notes at all. In the beginning I was feeding it every 3rd watering. I would water, water, feed. But since it has started to flower I probably only have it notes 2, maybe 3 times max...

madra said:

Nitrogen deficiency, possibly others. Sort out your nutrients and will be fine.

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What exactly do you mean by sort out my nutes?