Will this ruin my buds?

I have to harvest my stuff in 2 weeks (no ifs and or buts about it).

I was trying to ride this out since I was so close, but I'm getting nervous now.

What started off as a maganese deficiency is gettnig out of control.

The leaves are dying rapidly. I'm getting concerned about the brown spots on the leaves on the upper buds.

I want someone to tell me whether I should harvest now, or if I can ride out another week or 2.

I don't want the upper buds ruined by the leaves.

heres a pic

Oh man. Are you using MG by chance? That stuff is awful.

Well, whether you are or not... my recommendations would be to flush that girlie out with pHed water and seaweed extract. The seaweed is organic and will help with the stress the plant is going through. Also, if you flush with pHed water, it will get rid of any pH problem you may have. You can go to your local grocery store and get different types of bottled water... hit up the pool section and grab some pool strips to check each gallon and see what has around a 6.5 and go with that... load up on it once you realize your girlie likes it. Water, soil, and light are all very important and you cannot grow properly if one of those 3 contributors are not up to par.

Another thing I would recommend would be to try a small dose of epsom salt once you have flushed. I have never tried it, but everything I have read about that suggests that is the way to go if you are dealing with a magnesium deficiency.

And not sure what lighting you have, but if you're using CFLs by chance, you may want to make sure your girlie is getting adequate lighting. MAIN advice from me though is the seaweed extract. That'll definitely help. If they don't pick up soon, you may have no choice other than to CHOP CHOP. I'd say, try to avoid that if at all possible though.

Best of luck to you!

Another thing I just thought of is... maybe doing some research and seeing if it might be okay to trim some of those really damaged fan leaves. I don't know enough about it to recommend you doing that, so I'd highly suggest doing a little reading first.

It looks like the bud is doing great, it's just those leaves...

You wouldn't want to do away with all of them, as they do generate the majority of your plants energy. But maybe removing some of the more damaged leaves, along with some of the damaged tips might re-direct some of the energy to the bud?

Eh.... just a thought!

rollwithyou22 said:

Oh man. Are you using MG by chance? That stuff is awful.

Well, whether you are or not... my recommendations would be to flush that girlie out with pHed water and seaweed extract. The seaweed is organic and will help with the stress the plant is going through. Also, if you flush with pHed water, it will get rid of any pH problem you may have. You can go to your local grocery store and get different types of bottled water... hit up the pool section and grab some pool strips to check each gallon and see what has around a 6.5 and go with that... load up on it once you realize your girlie likes it. Water, soil, and light are all very important and you cannot grow properly if one of those 3 contributors are not up to par.

Another thing I would recommend would be to try a small dose of epsom salt once you have flushed. I have never tried it, but everything I have read about that suggests that is the way to go if you are dealing with a magnesium deficiency.

And not sure what lighting you have, but if you're using CFLs by chance, you may want to make sure your girlie is getting adequate lighting. MAIN advice from me though is the seaweed extract. That'll definitely help. If they don't pick up soon, you may have no choice other than to CHOP CHOP. I'd say, try to avoid that if at all possible though.

Best of luck to you!

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I flushed them 3 days ago with 3 gallons of distilled water. The ph was 7.0 of that water. They seem to be doing worse

I don't expect to turn these plants around at these points. I think a lot of the problem is they are root bound as well.

They are def getting adequate lighting under a 400w hps.

I just wonder if the leaves are going to ruin the buds.

Giving it a tsp of Epson salt per gallon of PH'ed water should get you by for 2 weeks.