New growth has inward curling leaves?

chillindude420

chillindude420

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The lights are pretty hot right by the plants . Their just cfl's, but I got a fan circulating air in the room. The room temp is around 75-80. I dont know the humididty, is that important?
 
nick17gar

nick17gar

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um humidity should be around 40%. i bought a cheap thing at walmart that tells me temp and humidity for like 6 bucks. if this is too expensive, try just putting a big bowl full of water in there somewhere close to the light, it'll evaporate, and raise the humidity.

another good idea when using soil is to get a moisture tester, its a meter w a stick that you put in the soil. you want the soil moist, but not wet.

if the humidity, temp, soil moisture and ph are all right, then its the nutrients...

hope this helps. ill check back for updates. good luck
 
bigweeds

bigweeds

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they look like my skunk plants i hadnt watered it enough once i had the leaves straightend up again? what strain are they?????
 
chillindude420

chillindude420

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Some bagseeds. Dont know the strain but Its 2 of the same kind of bud. The crystaly batch and the hairy batch. How I got the seeds was a mirical, popped out of some nugs.
 
Hairy Bob

Hairy Bob

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Humidity is pretty important, it should be around 50-60% until the last 2-3 weeks of flowering, when it should be dropped to 20-30% if possible, to increase resin production.
Try to get a thermo/hygrometer with a max/min recall feature, they only cost a few quid and if you don't know how high or low your levels have been you can only hope to get a snapshot of the environment you have created.
Spraying the plants will work, but avoid doing it once the start making buds, you don't want to get them wet and run the risk of mould.
 
Hairy Bob

Hairy Bob

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A real cheap solution if you just want to raise the humidity a bit is to simply get a bucket, half fill it with tapwater, then put a towel in and hang the end about 4" over the side of the bucket, and place it near your oscillating fan. That raises my rh by 10%ish throughout the day and also lowers the temp by a few degrees.
It's not gonna make a huge difference, but considering most folk have a bucket and a towel already, it's a good quick fix rather than buying a humidifier.
 
Snak

Snak

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From what I've been able to determine, leaves curling or clawing up like that is a result of too much nitrogen, or too much fertilizer in general. If you've adjusted all the other variables regarding temperature and humidity, I'd reccomend laying off the nutrients if you are using any right now, or flush the plant with pH'd water if the problem gets worse. There is also a chance, so I've read, that leaves suffering from that claw-like deformity will not improve- only new growth will show you if you've corrected the problem.

I'm not sure if this info is 100% accurate, but it seems to be why I'm having the same problem with my plants, and I spent a lot of time researching what causes it.
 
chillindude420

chillindude420

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Too much nutes was what I was thinking. I just feed them again though, being that yesturday was feeding day for them. If this problem keeps occuring I will flush my soil as soon as possible. Also its not just that my new growth is curling or clawing, some of my lower fan leaves are starting to dye and fall off.
 
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