retard plant? any ideas?

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BadJuJu

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my plants are all looking healthy, except for my retard.

she's got healthy green leaves, perky new top level leaves, but for some reason everything below the top level or two is just really droopy. any ideas on why?

and for my other plants, my bottom level leaves are turning yellow, should i just pinch them off or let them stay and die?
 
organick

organick

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Wow, really need to know other variables like water, nutrients, light.
Droopy leaves: over water? are you watering one a day or more?
under water? is soil dry
Yellow leaves: first guess, over water 2nd under fertilized.
 
organick

organick

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I never pinch my leaves off if it leaves, why mess with it? If I break my arm and the doctor wants to cut it off...the doc and I will have issues.
Unless they pull gently off (or crumble dryly) I don't mess with them. they might get good and healthy someday after you read about what is wrong with your plant and take action to correct it.
 
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BadJuJu

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soil - miracle grow moisture control transplanted into ground coconut

watering twice a week - once a week with fox farm grow big at half strength(because of the miracle grow)

9 CFL daylight bulbs on an 18/6 schedule
I'm in week 6 of veg now and about 12-15 inches tall and bushy.

my other plants all look great, this one is just droopy on the bottom leaves, not the top.
 
ceestyle

ceestyle

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do you have a canopy that's obstructing light from the bottom levels? if so, try a little LST and spread her out. if the droopy portions are really low, pull them off anyway. try using them for clones. that's what I do for really low branches preflower.
 
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BadJuJu

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3 plants, and its all in a homebox grow room...so its all glossy white inside so i get real good reflection all around.

i just can't find any info on here anywhere when the lower portion droops and the top is up and perky.
 
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BadJuJu

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here are some pics. the one alone is the problem plant, the other 2 are just my other plants for comparison purposes.

there are 4 ventilation slits with flaps(a pretty big size too) around the bottom. I've got a fan on the outside oscilating so it blows in from one entire side. I dont have any exhaust but the airflow is real good on the inside and there are plenty of ventilation spots for exhaust to flow out.
I'm actually going to be putting a small fan inside for exhaust blowing into a home made carbon filter soon for smell soon too.
 

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ceestyle

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It doesn't look too bad at all. Are you overwatering? I notice the soil is very wet. Droopiness can definitely be a sign of overwatering. How often are you giving them water?
 
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HumboldtHunny

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Probably got too dry at some point. The leaves are large and heavy and the leaf stem may not have been able to totally recover. Your plants are great and obviously the problem was way in the past. I have had this happen before some recovered completely (with leaves up) and some stayed down. I wouldn't worry now with the new growth looking so good. As the plant grows you will have to water more freq. bigger plant=more H2O. Just keep up the good work, use your finger down to around two inches into the soil, if it's dry water. GL HH
 
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BadJuJu

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thanks a lot guys, it's that ground coconut husk man. it holds water so well that I keep feeling like i need to water ya know? I've also transplanted miss droopy twice so maybe shes just pissed at me? would it be bad if i just watered her once a week with nutes? or do i need to have one clean water a week too.
 
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BadJuJu

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yea I knew I forgot to mention something. It's been about 1 week, 2 days since transplant. hopefully she'll just perk up and look real pretty just like the others. I'm going to flowering on 4/20(out of principal)
 
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