Brown leaves....What to do?

[hanayama]

Hi all!!

It's been a while since I've posted on here. I've been out of commission recently but I have a new batch of youngin's that I will try to document on here.... anyways......

I have 10 clones that are 17 days old right now.
They are still in the humidity dome in Rockwool cubes.
temp 80-85
Spraying 2-3 times a day with Ph'd water
Using about 12 23W CFL'S right now

Sooooo I may have overfed them
I had been giving them light doses of 1/2 strength Olivias and 1/2 strength Sugar Daddy

alot of leaves have turned brown over the past 10 days or so.
I flushed out the cubes really well and they have started to spring back.
I think they will be fine, but my question is:

Should i cut off the dead brown leaves??
They are not crunchy yet, but they are dark brown and going to die FA SHO

If i cut them off, will that stress the already stressed plant?
Or will cutting them off enable the plant to channel more en energy/growth towards the good stuf?


Thank you ahead of time for any and all advice.....I love you guys!

hanayama Reviewed by hanayama on 11-06-2009. Brown leaves....What to do? Hi all!! It's been a while since I've posted on here. I've been out of commission recently but I have a new batch of youngin's that I will try to document on here.... anyways...... I have 10 clones that are 17 days old right now. They are still in the humidity dome in Rockwool cubes. temp 80-85 Spraying 2-3 times a day with Ph'd water Using about 12 23W CFL'S right now Rating: 5

[Dayzt1]

Personally, when I have leaves that do that I like to leave them until I can actually twist them off right where they connect at the main stem. The leaf should easily come off if it's okay to do it that way. As you said, the less stress you give at this point the better, since you can still end up with hermies if they get too stressed while in the clone stage... and cutting them may cause unnecessary stress.

If they're that brown already at this point, then they'll likely just fall off on thier own as well - never hurts to just let them do thier thing.

[hanayama]

Word, thats kinda what I was thinking.....just fishing for opinions.

Thank you

[disrupt86]

i feed cuttings nothing but a rooting hormone and vitamine b1 for good root health.and 1 drop of superthrive.not per gallon but to the whole mess of it.keep it simple. your prolly getting rot. your plants at 17 days should not need the dome any more.take it off for a while and see what happends.:thumbsup:

[hanayama]

I transplanted them today, they are doing much better now. I just got a lil over zealous.
Ill be starting a grow log in the indoor grow section, if anyone is interested....

thanks for the advice guys!