Should i crop leaves?(nute burn; brown tips and yellowish leaves) Check out pics

[potsim420]

One of our plants suffered some minor nute burn and i was wondering if i should cut those leaves that are brown tipped and/ or yellowish??

I beleive they cause added stress to the plant and block sun light penetrationto smaller leaves below. The new leaves are bright and green and nute burn has been controlled..

Check out pics and offer some knowledge plz...

potsim420 Reviewed by potsim420 on 06-20-2008. Should i crop leaves?(nute burn; brown tips and yellowish leaves) Check out pics One of our plants suffered some minor nute burn and i was wondering if i should cut those leaves that are brown tipped and/ or yellowish?? I beleive they cause added stress to the plant and block sun light penetrationto smaller leaves below. The new leaves are bright and green and nute burn has been controlled.. Check out pics and offer some knowledge plz... Rating: 5

[rastaman79]

Personally,I would,cos Ive heard the plant will use up energy trying to repair the damaged leaves.Only take the worst ones off for now and see how it goes.Use scissors to minimise damage.Peace,RM.

[stinkyattic]

RM is right. Don't stress the plant by yanking off a bunch of leaves, especially since they are still useful to it.

You will need to figure out WHY they are damaged; check your pH and fertilizer numbers. You look like you are either running your ppm too high, or your pH is incorrect, or you have somehow introduced salt into your system.

IF you fill out the troubleshooting form at the top of this section, we can get that sorted for ya.

[potsim420]

they got damage due to over fert as well as stress from changing medium like twice. the fert burn seems to have been stopped since we r just running water in that one. ppm is good. ph is good also

[stinkyattic]

IF that's the caase, then you are good to go. The plant will shed its leaves when it has no more use for them. There are nutrients stored in the leaves that teh plant can actually suck back out before shedding them.