shriveled new growth on top?

[allrollsin21]

I have some soil plants outside in FFOF+perlite being fed Botanicare at half strength with a PH of 6.7. These are in one and two gallon containers. plants are 6-12 inches tall.
The new growth at the tops of the plants, on a few different strains, is shrivelled and sometimes looks half eaten by something. If i bend the plant and tie it down, the middle shoots grow up perfectly healthy.
Just curious what may be causing this abnormal lack of growth?

[Weedhound]

I'd wonder if they were getting rootbound......

like the shep in your avatar.....:thumbsup:

[allrollsin21]

hadn't considered that...will definitely take off a shoe or two and investigate.
Our Shepherd is like the energizer dogbunny. She was adopted by us, but i have a feeling the previous owners when picking her out of the litter, chose the dog that came barrelling full speed into their legs...exactly how i would NOT recommend choosing a dog...maybe why they no longer wanted her..
She is a huge mass of love...and loves everyone!

Please tell me about your Hounds... They look cozy!

[allrollsin21]

well i checked their shoes and they all have lots of room to stretch. I suppose it could be from hitting them with liquid lights at 8am. I did not think the filtered sunlight they get at this hour could cause the shrivelling of the new growth...? What are some feelings on this?

[Weedhound]

Kind of odd.....6 -12 inch plants should be ready for a transplant up.....I think Stinky's rule is 1 foot of stem per gallon so sounds like they should be ready which is why I suggested it. .

I've had liquid light do some funny stuff to my plants so I guess its possible.....but usually wilting of the leaves is some sort of root issue......or possibly overnute or incorrect ph?

Got a photo?

Ps....those aren't my dogs....I just liked the photo, lol. :thumbsup:

[GreenLeaf420]

It could be over fertilizer maybe to much NUTES..... I've noticed when you hit them to much to Fast you get the leaf Twist......


Good Luck GL

[allrollsin21]

here are some pics of what i am explaining. I have noticed some spots on the leaves as well, the lower ones. Also a wierd coloring to where the outside of the leaves are normal green and the insides are a bit light. Anyone care to share some ideas?

[seekanddestroy4]

i have the same problem. two out of three of my aks are showing similar symptoms on new leaf growth, 3 of 4 of my bag seed plants are as well. i did use insecticidal soap around 3pm. do you think this could be the problem?

[AeroCultivator]

I'm having the same problem. I know its not a root problem though because they are in very large pots and the plant itself is only three inches. My plant is both outdoors and indoors. I usually bring it in every other day to keep it under my LED ufo but other than that it's mostly outside. It's been raining a lot here so it has been getting a lot of water and I thought that might be the problem. But I let it dry out and the plants don't look any better. One of my leafs was shriveled, yellow, and brown so I trimmed it hoping the plant would focus it's energy on growing new healthy growth but my leaves are shriveling. They are still dark green but they look like I dehydrated them :/ I use only bottle water to feed the plants with a 1/4 strength general hydroponics micro and grow with also a 1/4 solution of maxi grow. I don't ever test my ph because I figured that bottled water is already at a good ph level. I don't really have enough money for ph up or down right now. So the ph could be what the problem is but I don't know.

What is liquid light? I've never heard of that.