Hey RIU community, long time reader first time action taker. I appreciate all the information this website has provided me and would like to first off say thank you to everyone who posts, replies, and works with one another on behalf of a common passion. The knowledge I have gained from reading thread after thread has not only been eye opening, but extremely fun!
Now to the business at hand. I currently have 4 plants in Subcool's supersoil and they are approximately 2 weeks into flower. The other day when I went to look at them I noticed that one of the growth tops was withered and hanging limp from the plant. I immediately started to investigate, but there seemed to be too many potential problems so I waited a few days and now 3 out of the 4 plants have almost golden or burnt looking leaf tips. I also noticed purple lines running up the stems. The problem seems to be spreading fairly rapidly. My fan leaves have always been a very rich dark green so my immediate thought was nitrogen toxicity. I have only been using the Supersoil and tap water, no additional nutrients or fertilizer. My main concern is if it were nitrogen toxicity wouldn't this have shown up before? Temperatures are on the low side, but the plants have shown no adverse effects to this point so I don't believe they are the issue. Also the damage is occurring on parts of the plant that are much further away from my lights (approx 200 actual watts cfl, not equivalent) than other areas that are unaffected. The plants are from bagseed, but based on plant characteristics I believe that the three effected are all sativas' while the one plant unaffected is a indica. Let me know if you need any more information. I will attach some pictures and would really appreciate any help you may have. Stay up .
Now to the business at hand. I currently have 4 plants in Subcool's supersoil and they are approximately 2 weeks into flower. The other day when I went to look at them I noticed that one of the growth tops was withered and hanging limp from the plant. I immediately started to investigate, but there seemed to be too many potential problems so I waited a few days and now 3 out of the 4 plants have almost golden or burnt looking leaf tips. I also noticed purple lines running up the stems. The problem seems to be spreading fairly rapidly. My fan leaves have always been a very rich dark green so my immediate thought was nitrogen toxicity. I have only been using the Supersoil and tap water, no additional nutrients or fertilizer. My main concern is if it were nitrogen toxicity wouldn't this have shown up before? Temperatures are on the low side, but the plants have shown no adverse effects to this point so I don't believe they are the issue. Also the damage is occurring on parts of the plant that are much further away from my lights (approx 200 actual watts cfl, not equivalent) than other areas that are unaffected. The plants are from bagseed, but based on plant characteristics I believe that the three effected are all sativas' while the one plant unaffected is a indica. Let me know if you need any more information. I will attach some pictures and would really appreciate any help you may have. Stay up .