Ugh, Twisted Leaves!

[dejayou30]

My best plant has leaves that are starting to become twisted. They are twisted like a corkscrew on the ends of the most recent growth, but the sides of the twisted leaves look normal and aren't curling upward. The leaves are also normal colored. What I have read tells me this is probably over watering, but if that's the case, its because the bottom of the roots are constantly sitting in about 3/4" of water because the bins don't drain completely. It is also appearing in my second best plant but there are far fewer roots sitting in water. Is there any way to correct this aside from changing the design of my system?

System Info:
Starting week 5 of veg tomorrow
E&F System
Flood for 15 min every 4 hrs
24 hr light
4 150W CFLs
1 100W CFL
Res Change 4 days ago
225 mL nutes
PPM 920
pH 5.7-5.8 over past 24 hrs
50 mL 35% H202
15 mL SuperThrive
15 Gal Res
Res temp = 71
Room temp: 79-80
Under Hood temp: 80-83

Thanks in advance for any help that anyone can provide!

[psteve]

It sounds like normal accelerated growth to me (a good thing). Can you post a picture?

[RhinoGrowUK]

corkscrewed leaves are normal during veg ??!?!

[psteve]

Normal is the wrong word.
What's happening is the plant is growing faster than it would in nature.
It's a good thing. It means your plant is using the nutrients in the soil or solution more efficiently than nature intended.

[dejayou30]

Here is a pic:

[psteve]

Looks like it could use a spray with maxicrop.
Other than that, it looks quite normal and healthy.

[dejayou30]

Wow, I was expecting to hear that my plant is on the verge of dying! Will the leaves eventually straighten themselves out? Also, what is Maxicrop and what does it do?

[psteve]

They may or may not even out, but it doesn't matter.
Maxicrop is a foliar spray, made from liquified seaweed. It contains readily absorbed minerals and organic nutrients. It will help your greenery be... greener.

[Weedhound]

I've never heard of Maxicrop....is it something you use in veg? I'm going to go google it. ;)

[Weedhound]

Untitled Page (http://www.maxicrop.com/pages/products_main.html) One of these psteve?

[psteve]

I use this one.

[Weedhound]

In reading up it talks about helping fruit set etc.....do you use it bloom or just in veg?

Deja....did that happen after you added that superthrive? :)

[psteve]

Spray as needed and water feed in veg, just water feed in flower.
I never spray anything in flower.

[Weedhound]

I never spray anything in flower.

Yeah....that's what I was thinking. Thanks for the tip...always looking for something to add to my stable. :)

[dejayou30]

No, I started noticing it a few days before, but it has progressed to where it is now so I thought I'd make a thread and get some help. Psteve's theory also makes sense because it has only shown up in this one plant which is my strongest plant and the growth on it has been incredible over the past week or two. My second strongest plant is also starting to twist a little, but none of the others are.

[Weedhound]

Cool....they do look nice and healthy.....:thumbsup:

[spongebobsmokepants]

Does water always stand in the drain pan? you should let it dry out between waterings. Overwatering WILL cause the curling that you see.