The claw

[dejayou30]

I have to agree that its probably not pH, but I also think that if it was heat, the plant would turn its edges up. I burned a few big fan leaves on my last grow in the first few days and the edges curled up. I have had at least one plant but usually more like 4 or 5 curl up in every grow so far even when heat was not an issue, so I am 90% sure it was because they were rootbound. My other 10% is reserved for root rot in my case, but since you're in soil I'd say they are probably rootbound. Get those girls into some bigger pots and watch them explode! They look great! :thumbsup:

dejayou30 Reviewed by dejayou30 on 04-03-2008. The claw One of my plants has developed a claw problem. Almost all of here largest fan leaves have bad claw tips, and the edges of the leafs are curling under, like an upside down canoe. Some quick details - grow in dirt, 400w HPS, 3rd day in bloom, use fox farm and botanicare nutes, ummmm... use plain water every third feeding to act as multiple mini flushes. If anybody can think of any other important information i am leaving out let me know.. Does anybody know what is causing my plant these Rating: 5

[daihashi]

Do you think that, waterig with plain water and measuring some runoff would be called for to get an accurate Ph reading??

Try using PH water of around 6.8. That way you know that you should at least come out some where around that same ph assuming that your soil is fine.

If it's very far below that (more than .5 - .8 points) you know something is up.

Basically you want to make sure you're still within 6.3-6.8 ph. Reason why you want to use water within the same ph range.

[cwesto]

I have to agree that its probably not pH, but I also think that if it was heat, the plant would turn its edges up. I burned a few big fan leaves on my last grow in the first few days and the edges curled up. I have had at least one plant but usually more like 4 or 5 curl up in every grow so far even when heat was not an issue, so I am 90% sure it was because they were rootbound. My other 10% is reserved for root rot in my case, but since you're in soil I'd say they are probably rootbound. Get those girls into some bigger pots and watch them explode! They look great! :thumbsup:

I will be transplanting them very soon, so lets hope that'll do the trick.

Try using PH water of around 6.8. That way you know that you should at least come out some where around that same ph assuming that your soil is fine.

If it's very far below that (more than .5 - .8 points) you know something is up.

Basically you want to make sure you're still within 6.3-6.8 ph. Reason why you want to use water within the same ph range.

I make sure to Ph my water befor feeding to about 6.6-6.7. I adjust to this Ph whether I am using plain water or water with nutes in it.

[daihashi]

I make sure to Ph my water befor feeding to about 6.6-6.7. I adjust to this Ph whether I am using plain water or water with nutes in it.

Then you should be good to go :thumbsup:

[cwesto]

Today was transplant day. Umm they all went into 5 gallon planters from thier 2 gallon planter, except for one plant who is very small and i figured it'd be OK in the 2 gallon for the remainder.

Anyways on with the story. The plants seemed to be a bit rootbound, but nothing bad, mostly on the very bottom side of the rootball. They got put into MG organic. Now since I have been admin.'ing all of my own nutes and havent used any fortified soil mixes I didnt really want to start now with this MG, but its all I had. I tried to do a small flush and get some of the fortified nutes out of the MG, but I didnt prepare anywhere near the necessary tap water last night, and every drop that was poured in was slurpted up. They got only rested tap water today as they most likely will get for a while as to get rid of the nutes in the MG.

Ummm the claw's themselves dont seem to have gotten any better or worse, kinda the same... so I sprinkled some micoh's on the soil befor I watered. I'm hoping that by me ruffling the rootball and adding the admin.'ing the micoh's will help get that small amount of rootbound out the window, followed by the dissapearance of "Ze Claww."

PS - If anybody want to be kept up to date on the status of this certain grow feel free to stop by the ole' grow log, called "2nd Grow". This particular grow starts on page #8, at the post titled "Re-Do."

Sorry if I lost anyone on that one, it usually tends to just pour out of my brain and into the keyboard :thumbsup:

[Rusty Trichome]

Be careful. Chasing remedies can cause a whole plethora of other ailments. Are you treating just the one plant, or are you performing preventative treatments on all of the plants?

How many of the leaves are 'clawed'? If plant is doing fine other than the claw...I'd leave it alone.

By chance, is this plant darker green, and a bit more compact than the others?

[cwesto]

I wouldnt say more compact, but it has much slimer leaf fingers, and is a bit darker green

[jessejames12345]

By chance, is this plant darker green, and a bit more compact than the others?

Not trying to thread jump here , but is a dark green compact plant with curled leaves common ? and if so what is the cause ? I seem to have just such a plant

[elskeetro]

Not trying to thread jump here , but is a dark green compact plant with curled leaves common ? and if so what is the cause ? I seem to have just such a plant

::BUMP::

I'm looking for a similar answer...

thanks,
Skeet

[stinkyattic]

Curled leaves like shown in cwesto's pic are caused by rootbound or too much N. That looked like the rootbound one- they actually do look different, but it's subtle. Letting your plants get just a tiny bit rootbound before potting up isn't a bad thing; pot up to only SLIGHTLY larger pots so that you do it nice and often.
That's not a strain issue. The only strain-related curling would happen very late in flower, and show in the single-bladed bud leaves only.