Leafs still yellowing on tips after flushing 2 times please advise

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Gecko45

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Hello, I want to apologize as I'm sure you all see this question a ton. I tried my best to do my own research about what was causing the yellowing of some of my lower leafs and the info I got was that she has some nute burn. So I flushed once but the yellowing of the leafs still continues, I flushed her again a couple days ago but I'm still seeing yellowing starting to appear on some of the upper leafs as well. Now I'm at a loss and I have no idea what to do. Any time I search for these symptoms on google the results are that its most likely nute burn and to flush but thats not helping me it seems so is there anything else that could be causing this problem?

She is only 25 days old at this point, I fed her the first time at about 15 days (can't remember exactly when, maybe it was a mistake) and she seemed fine after that so I waited one day then I fed her with just regular PHed water and a day after that I fed her with nutrients again. It wasn't till a couple days after that when I noticed yellowing on the tips of only the lower leafs. So I flushed her almost as soon as I noticed, let the soil dry for a day and flushed her again a couple days later but now the yellow is starting to spread to some of the higher up leafs too.

She is under only 4x 23 watt CFLs and 2x 13 wat LED grow lights so I don't think it's light burn. The temperature stays at about 81 - 83 degrees. sometimes it gets as high as 90 when im not home and have to keep the door closed. Could excessive heat cause this problem? I'm really at a loss here it's my first grow and I really don't want her to die. Besides the yellow and brown on the leafs she looks really healthy, the leafs are perky and everything please help.
 
dirtWeevil

dirtWeevil

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let it dry a lot, you're smothering it with water, get pics up. After you fed it you should have left it alone til it needed water again. A root system requires oxygen, when water evaporates or is used in the soil it draws in air to fill the void left by the water, essentially"breathing in". By adding water back to back to back you are basically stopping it from inhaling.
 
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Gecko45

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dirtWeevil said:
let it dry a lot, you're smothering it with water, get pics up. After you fed it you should have left it alone til it needed water again. A root system requires oxygen, when water evaporates or is used in the soil it draws in air to fill the void left by the water, essentially"breathing in". By adding water back to back to back you are basically stopping it from inhaling.
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I let the soil dry out after the first time I gave her nutrients and after the first time I flushed her. It doesn't take long for the soil to dry out because shes still in a somewhat small pot.
 
dirtWeevil

dirtWeevil

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really need pics and more info, medium, pot size, nute brand and strength used, etc. Is it still in a solo cup or like a one gallon pot? When you say dry do you mean dry top inch or plant droops slightly?
 
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Gecko45

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dirtWeevil said:
really need pics and more info, medium, pot size, nute brand and strength used, etc
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I'm using fox farms nutrients. So far I've only used Big Bloom4 tsp/gallon. i've only watered her twice with it and that was a while ago. For soil i'm using Natures care organic & natural potting mix that I got at home depot because it was the only organic potting soil that they happened to have at the time.

Here are some pictures.
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dirtWeevil

dirtWeevil

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dude that plant is just fine except for over watering, those leaves are draining out just as they will. Don't go by the dry inch rule and you'll be golden
 
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Gecko45

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Los Reefersaurus said:
Amonium nitrate and a bigger pot
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dirtWeevil said:
is it in veg or flower? If veg you may want to up pot it
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I was planning on putting her in a bigger pot but I read somewhere that you shouldn't try and transfer autoflower plants because it's bad for their roots and since this is my first grow I didn't want to risk it because I have no idea what I'm doing really.

I think shes still in veg, I can see some of what looks like the beginning of buds and little white hairs in between some of the branches but they're really small and I couldn't get a good picture.
 
Los Reefersaurus

Los Reefersaurus

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I would put her in the biggest pot you can deal with, 3 gallons or greater, the bigger the better. About the ammonium nitrate I would folar feed it at about an ec of .4 to .7 with a finger smear of soap less then a drop. You can get it at most farmer supply unless you live in Canada then you need to get crafty. I use Instant cold compress's from shoppers drug mart the life brand ones, for 10 bucks, if you are in the US you can get it anywhere you don't need much maybe 5mL per gallon.

This is a great medicine for your plants, it won't solve your problems but it will help you recover from your mistakes so get some of any brand and have it on hand , I have a bottle with less then 50 grams that will hopefully last me the rest of the year.


Your real problem is that your roots are under developed.......
 
Los Reefersaurus

Los Reefersaurus

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Los Reefersaurus said:
I would put her in the biggest pot you can deal with, 3 gallons or greater, the bigger the better. About the ammonium nitrate I would folar feed it at about an ec of .4 to .7 with a finger smear of soap less then a drop. You can get it at most farmer supply unless you live in Canada then you need to get crafty. I use Instant cold compress's from shoppers drug mart the life brand ones, for 10 bucks, if you are in the US you can get it anywhere you don't need much maybe 5mL per gallon.


AN will solve your Nitrogen problem

This is a great medicine for your plants, it won't solve your problems but it will help you recover from your mistakes so get some of any brand and have it on hand , I have a bottle with less then 50 grams that will hopefully last me the rest of the year.


Your real problem is that your roots are under developed.......
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Gecko45

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Los Reefersaurus said:
I would put her in the biggest pot you can deal with, 3 gallons or greater, the bigger the better. About the ammonium nitrate I would folar feed it at about an ec of .4 to .7 with a finger smear of soap less then a drop. You can get it at most farmer supply unless you live in Canada then you need to get crafty. I use Instant cold compress's from shoppers drug mart the life brand ones, for 10 bucks, if you are in the US you can get it anywhere you don't need much maybe 5mL per gallon.

This is a great medicine for your plants, it won't solve your problems but it will help you recover from your mistakes so get some of any brand and have it on hand , I have a bottle with less then 50 grams that will hopefully last me the rest of the year.


Your real problem is that your roots are under developed.......
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But is it okay to transplant an autoflower plant into a bigger pot? I planted her in a smaller one with the intention to eventually get to a bigger one but then I read that autoflowers don't cope well with it and she is an autoflower plant so I'm a little hesitant.
 
Los Reefersaurus

Los Reefersaurus

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Gecko45 said:
But is it okay to transplant an autoflower plant into a bigger pot? I planted her in a smaller one with the intention to eventually get to a bigger one but then I read that autoflowers don't cope well with it and she is an autoflower plant so I'm a little hesitant.
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well I dont think she will do well in a half gallon pot , so I guess you are taking a risk for a potential bigger success rather then a guaranteed smaller yield. Remember the bro code -bigger is always better
 
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