Stems growing down/stems bending down

Bkendell42

New Member
Hey guys it's my first grow. I'm about 4 weeks into flower and the stems on one of my plants are growing downward. I just wanted to know if that's a normal part of its life cycle or if it's slowly dying. I've never measured pH levels and I'm not keeping measurements of any kind, just doing a simple grow so I can know what to expect. I'll post pics, lemme know what you think (in the pic you can see the second plant in the background that is growing normally) 20210106_111852.jpg
 

all coco

Well-Known Member
They look like they stretched a bit and need more light maybe lower your light. The lower leaves probably positioned themselves like that to get the light reflecting off the wall.
 

Doug Dawson

Well-Known Member
Ok so your plant is not great looking bud . Definitely needs more light. I am going to pop on my computer and take a better look. Can you post a pic with light off?
 

LunarVera

Member
What nutrients are you using? Is nitrogen toxicity a possibility? I'm still new, so take what I say with a grain of salt.
 

Bkendell42

New Member
What nutrients are you using? Is nitrogen toxicity a possibility? I'm still new, so take what I say with a grain of salt.
You're right they are nitro toxic but this is the only one of 4 that is growing downward. The other 3 only have the leaves effected
 

Doug Dawson

Well-Known Member
Hey bud, ok so yes, way more light needed. I am also thinking they were kind of starved. Get yourself a PH test kit before your next run, even a drop kit which is dirt cheap, so you can get a handle on things. You may not have grown enough roots to support the plant. It looks like a decent color so that is good. I would not worry about the few drooping leaves until they start to show bigger issues but just for comparison, here are my 4 plants 4 weeks after I flipped to 12/12 for flower. We can help you dial in your next grow but I am pretty sure that plant is not going to do much for you at this point. Sorry to be the barer of bad news but look at it this way, many kill their plants and yours will at least produce something to smoke.

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Bkendell42

New Member
Hey bud, ok so yes, way more light needed. I am also thinking they were kind of starved. Get yourself a PH test kit before your next run, even a drop kit which is dirt cheap, so you can get a handle on things. You may not have grown enough roots to support the plant. It looks like a decent color so that is good. I would not worry about the few drooping leaves until they start to show bigger issues but just for comparison, here are my 4 plants 4 weeks after I flipped to 12/12 for flower. We can help you dial in your next grow but I am pretty sure that plant is not going to do much for you at this point. Sorry to be the barer of bad news but look at it this way, many kill their plants and yours will at least produce something to smoke.

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yea those are beauties. I'm sure you did a bunch of topping and training. With mine I didn't do anything but water and give nutrients. I was trying to do exactly as you said, produce smokable buds. I figure I'm going to need about 3 more grows before mine loom like yours . Thanks for the help tho
 

Doug Dawson

Well-Known Member
yea those are beauties. I'm sure you did a bunch of topping and training. With mine I didn't do anything but water and give nutrients. I was trying to do exactly as you said, produce smokable buds. I figure I'm going to need about 3 more grows before mine loom like yours . Thanks for the help tho
No worries man. Those plants of.mine were topped once and than just trimmed. Let me know if you need any info for your next run and I can try to help you dial things in. If you are going to grow you might as well get the most out of it.
 
Hey I'm sure if you wrapped this up yet. And I'm definitely new at this, but I know I didn't ph for like 3 weeks and it messed my shit up pretty badly so I'd get a meter.
 
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