Drooping leaves, Yellow fans.

[420F4i]

E-indoor or outdoor - Indoor
E-soil, soilless, coco, aero, or hydroponic - Soil
CSL-Soil type/brand - ProMix Bx, and Perlite - 2:1
SCL-Anything you have added to the soil - nope
SCLR-Soil or slab runoff pH - unknown
E-Water source - tap
E-Source water pH - unknown
E-Age of plant - Clipped a month ago, been in soil for 2-3 weeks
E-Type of fertilizer - none
E-Rate of application - na
E-Lighting source and distance from plant - 3 CFL's, 14 watts each, 5500k. 5-6 inches away
E-Air temperature - 65-75 F
E-Air % Relative humidity - Dont know. I live in teh northeast so its pretty dry this time of year
E-Lighting schedule - 24
E-Type of ventilation your room has - a 3.5" fan blowing out. Box volume is just over 1 cubic foot



In the past week ive been noticing kind of poor performance from my plant. The leaves have always been sort of droopy, but I think theyre worse than usual. Lately the bigger fan leaves are turning yellow, and 1 or 2 of them have a little bit of tip burn. Other than that, the plant is ok. Tons of new growth every day, healthy looking stems, good color etc.. I wait til the soil is pretty much dry before I water, and at that point I water until i start to see runoff coming out. Thats approximately 2.5 days. And I empty my catch tray about 10 minutes after I water her, no stagnant water sitting around.

Worth mentioning - I havent tested the ph at all. I bought a house and moved in a couple months ago and I cant find my ph tester anywhere. I havent bought a new one yet because I know if I do the old one will turn up the next day. If it looks like a ph issue to you guys, i'll go out and buy another one immediatley.

Here is my grow: http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-gr...-3-leafer.html

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420F4i Reviewed by 420F4i on 10-28-2008. Drooping leaves, Yellow fans. E-indoor or outdoor - Indoor E-soil, soilless, coco, aero, or hydroponic - Soil CSL-Soil type/brand - ProMix Bx, and Perlite - 2:1 SCL-Anything you have added to the soil - nope SCLR-Soil or slab runoff pH - unknown E-Water source - tap E-Source water pH - unknown E-Age of plant - Clipped a month ago, been in soil for 2-3 weeks E-Type of fertilizer - none E-Rate of application - na Rating: 5

[Greenthing]

E-Source water pH - unknown

If you mean you live in the north east of England your tap water should be around 7.1 to 7.4

[Wobster]

Any Aquariums will sell ph testing kits both liquid and digital. It costs more but I'd recommend a digital one as you get a prescise reading. The colour liquid indicators are good but if you've added ferts to water or testing the runoff the water isn't always clear in color so the results can be decieving.

[Wobster]

The pic looks like theres a N deficiency which would be sorted by a mild nuterient solution... however without knowing the ph I wouldn't add anything.

You're using promix which should contain enough nutrients to sustain the plant for a while. How old is the plant? If the ph is out, the nutrients might be in the soil but unavailable to the plant as they are locked out.

[stinkyattic]

I'm guessing NEW England!
I see a couple issues:
Overwatering
Underfeeding

Time to re-pot into a larger pot with nice drain holes, and start your plant on a 1/4 strength complete Grow fert. If you're in the Northeast, you probably have a Liquid Sun location around you somewhere- they are the only East Coast Canna dealer and I am starting to feel like a Canna salesman lately since I am so completely in love with that stuff!

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW HOUSE!!!!!!

[420F4i]

Any Aquariums will sell ph testing kits both liquid and digital. It costs more but I'd recommend a digital one as you get a prescise reading. The colour liquid indicators are good but if you've added ferts to water or testing the runoff the water isn't always clear in color so the results can be decieving.

ok i'll try to get a digital one today

The pic looks like theres a N deficiency which would be sorted by a mild nuterient solution... however without knowing the ph I wouldn't add anything.

You're using promix which should contain enough nutrients to sustain the plant for a while. How old is the plant? If the ph is out, the nutrients might be in the soil but unavailable to the plant as they are locked out.

shes a few weeks old

[420F4i]

I'm guessing NEW England!
I see a couple issues:
Overwatering
Underfeeding

Time to re-pot into a larger pot with nice drain holes, and start your plant on a 1/4 strength complete Grow fert. If you're in the Northeast, you probably have a Liquid Sun location around you somewhere- they are the only East Coast Canna dealer and I am starting to feel like a Canna salesman lately since I am so completely in love with that stuff!

Pretty close, im about 20 miles away from new england.

Less water - ok, i figured i was drying her pretty well, but less is more.
Feeding - Ive never used any nutes before, im a little intimidated by them honestly lol. But its time to step it up, my last crop did come out kinda weak.
And tonight we'll move to a 6" pot.

I havent heard of liquid sun around here. I googled it but only found greasy looking people with spray on tans. No luck googling Canna either, just came up with stuff about lillys.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW HOUSE!!!!!!

THANKS!!!!

[stinkyattic]

Go for liquid pH drops- a cheap pH meter is often a worse deal overall than a $7 bottle of drops, especially for a soil person.

Can you get your hands on some Pure Blend Pro then?

[420F4i]

Go for liquid pH drops- a cheap pH meter is often a worse deal overall than a $7 bottle of drops, especially for a soil person.

i have a test kit for my pool that uses drops, would that work?

probably on the tap water, but the runoff water is brown.

Can you get your hands on some Pure Blend Pro then?

i'll check today

[stinkyattic]

Put the runoff water through a rinsed coffee filter or let it settle. Check the flushing sticky at top of 'problems' for info.

Pool DROPS are fine but the pH adjusting chemicals will kill your plants.