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i had that happen when my plants were young bout 10 inch nd with one dose of MG plant food it was bak to green idk if that helps cause im not as experienced as all these others but i believe it was either due to phosphurus deficiency o sumtin also the garden store guy said that to much rain can cause that too we were talkn bout tomatoe plants
Your plant has an internal infection.
If you look at the very top....you will see a black spot that sits where a fan leaf has been plucked, pulled, cut, eaten or whatever. The black spot is likely the point of entry into the plant.
As well you have a major bug / predator problem.
The infection is systemic and probably there is nothing you can do, topically, to alter its course.
This IS NOT a cold weather issue or a pH or nutrient lack problem. Its an internal sickness / disease brought about by nature and your plant was exposed by vermin or something else in the open the wound.
It could even be caused by toxic water splashing off the cracked paint or whatever it is on the backside of the structure.
Either way, it will start with the youngest most infantile foilage and then work its way down thru the healthier, more vigorous green.
PROGNOSIS: Probable eventual death.
Sorry.
hey i just checked my ph of water and its 8, and with the ferts i use it knocks it back to 7 which is nice. I also got my soil checked for ph and ec(ppm). My ec of the water i had was .15. We used the water at the garden store, which has an ec of .35. We filled my dirt up with this water and did an ec test after with the water and it only reached .4. From what the guy thought it seems to be completely underferted. So tonight im giving a double dosage and going to see what happens. Potluvr, do u use any ferts, and if yes what kind and how much/how often. I might be an internal infection, im really hoping its not, but from what harddon said, it seems to have to have an entry point, i just moved a couple smaller ones outside, there is no and i mean visable damage to plant(no broken/eaten/torn/repaired branches) and it started to get it at the tops. Its a fucking problem and a half and i hope this fertilizing i do will help a couple, im just doing it on 2 to see if its a fert prob. Ill get back to u's all. And for our sakes lets pray that HARDDON was wrong(says with lil confidence)
Hey jerryberry, u said u had this prob eh, do u have any pics of it from before? or are u almost positive that it was the same, oh and what kind of MG food did u use and what nute's are in it with the ratio's.
dude sry but i think u gota listen to hard on on this one he seems very wise nd look at his post count.....mine wasnt nearly that bad and was at the internode and a lil on the leaf but i justed used reg MG i dnt hav ne pics
There is no nute lack that will cause the discoloration to purple in the foilage.
You plant is having problems regulating internal temps despite environments that are acceptable.
Your plant has the equivalent of a fever.
Burning up on the inside...but freezing to death on the outside.
The ONLY thing I would do is give a massive dose of SUPERTHRIVE...and some clear corn syrup...pH the water to 10.0
Then pray.
Good luck lil farmer.
hey harddon, it does seem ur the man to go to, and i believe what ur saying about the nute problem but im unclear as to what to do. So u beleive its an internal temp problem, well that might be possible seeing that i have all my stuff in 2 gallon pots, and there black. But atleast from the temps around here, if anything id beleive its to hot around here, i know it hasnt been to cold, except these last 2 days with temps at night reaching 14 C but this happened before, while it was almost always atleast 20 C at night. And with the clear corn syrup im just confused, ph buffer?etc, so if u could elaborate on that a lil more....and also why should i raise the ph to 10, will it kill infestation or fever?! anyways thanks man, there is much i can do...
*there isnt much i can do
Feed a fever - starve a cold/
You plant is in dire need of some energy...it is very sick.
The corn Syrup provides instant food with very little metabolism required by the plant to feed.
Read my initial prognosis again. The exterior temps have nothing to do with your plants. Its internal and the outside or inside isnt going to alter this problem.
Its internal in the plant itself.
As for the high pH, if your infection is either viral or bacterial, a vrey alkaline solution will help the plant netralize the acidic internal environment of the plant.
Disease and infections in all life forms thrive in an acidic environment and die in an alkaline environment.
FACT***all organisms of life...plant and animals...who have cancer and hundreds of other ailments, all have ONE MAJOR THING IN COMMON...
***A BLOOD / FLUID LEVEL LOW ON THE pH SCALE***
These ailments cannot thrive in an alkaline environment.
hey bro, i really and i mean really appreciate ur input. Im going to take ur advice and give it a lil corn syrup, but i was wondering how much if u knew per l/g of water to add. And what is exactly in corn syrup? can i get something else. I got a grasshopper thing, not a problem but i just dont want to attract anymore prob's towards my lil vegetable garden. But thx man, i appreciate it. I was just wondering, is alcohol acidic or basic? thats a lil side question with no revelance towards my desperate post.