Single finger leaves

[Prodaytrader]

Decided to start a new thread as I have a better description of what I am dealing with now. The leaves are emerging like fingers. One at a time, singular in nature, long and fat. I mean, really long and fat. Over the next few days, they begin to fan out. First with a nub, then a fully separate segment (tip? not sure what to call the segments of mj lef). Another day or so later, out comes another. Their mothers don't grow like this. They grow normal. To make matters worse, it's 2 separate source plants, but they are both White Widow. It started when I repotted and moved into the flower room. Prior to this they were vegging under T5 lights. I'm not sure if the issue is the repotting or the intense light. I'm getting pretty mixed messages about whether or not I should continue to keep them. Some threads lead me to believe I hermied them then other threads suggest this happens and although it may not return to normal, they will bud just fine.

WTF did I do? Was it the repotting or the moving or both at the same time? They weren't growing like this under the T5's. They were nice and bushy but more importantly, they grew their leaves normally. Every since I repotted and moved them, I get these fingers now. They were in a 100% coco but I felt that they weren't getting dried out enough. I transplanted them into the same size pot only with a 50/50 blend of coco and hydroton. Then I put them in the flower room to veg for another week or so and let them adjust to the repotting.

5.8 ph 900 ppm
cal/mag supplement (only started using that this week though)
GH Maxi series powdered nutes with a ph buffer (I never use ph up/down)
50/50 coco/H-ton
Currently watering at lights on then twice more before lights out. No water during lights out. I'm still very confused about the water schedule. I'm not sure if it's better to water once a day or more given the heat I am in and the 50/50 nature of the media. My coco is very fine which makes a huge difference on how often you water. I think next go round I will be using the croutons.

It's been nearly a week and I'm still not seeing the growth return to normal. The growth is phenomenal though. The node spacing is tight and the finger leaves shoot out 6 or 8 inches. The vegetation seems pretty strong and mostly correct in color. I think I have a mineral deficiency, which specifically I don't know, but cal/mag seems to be correcting it, slowly but surely. I should have been using it from day one.

Thoughts on my mj plant that doesn't even look like a mj plant. WTF am I complaining about right? I should be selling the seeds.

on a side note: u think that cup o' clones (see pic) is gonna root?

Prodaytrader Reviewed by Prodaytrader on 08-20-2010. Single finger leaves Decided to start a new thread as I have a better description of what I am dealing with now. The leaves are emerging like fingers. One at a time, singular in nature, long and fat. I mean, really long and fat. Over the next few days, they begin to fan out. First with a nub, then a fully separate segment (tip? not sure what to call the segments of mj lef). Another day or so later, out comes another. Their mothers don't grow like this. They grow normal. To make matters worse, it's 2 Rating: 5

[bobjob4u]

Not so strange. See it alot in older plants. Several outdoor plants started back in feb. have the same leaf structure. Most of the mother plants that were cloned off of. then put out to finish have them to. Not gonna hurt anything, just its looks...

[nexusmick]

I decided to root some clones on my window sill in plain old tap water - Just to see if it would work. With nothing but tap water they rooted in 9 days. No rooting gels, powders or anything. I was impressed............... I don't see why yours should not root. What do you have them in in the cup ?

[IamSPARTACUS]

The only time ive seen this is when ive been revegging after being in the flower room.

[cigarettes42]

The only time ive seen this is when ive been revegging after being in the flower room.

agree! also it doesnt look normal and the plant only grows leaves like that if its in stress or its light cycle is disturbed. i would fix it before finishing it.

[Prodaytrader]

I learned from another forum that this was caused when I sexed the mothers a month ago. I should have revegged the mother instead I cut clones from a 2 week flowering mother. I then revegged the entire lot clones and mother for the next couple weeks. Growth was normalized or so I thought and might be the reason why certain strains rooted easier then other strains. Apparently they still weren't resolved to vegetative state. When I moved them into the stronger light, I guess they thought they were supposed to be flowering still. It would seem, now 4 days later, that the grow is returning to normal. I knew they were going to need a week to adjust to the flower room, I just didn't expect it to this degree. I will wait another week or so and make sure the growth is stabilized before I start flowering. This wont be a problem moving forward. Already I see signs of multi segmented new growth and as mentioned earlier none of the single finger leaves stay single for more then a day or two before their segments begin to appear as well.

[Prodaytrader]

I decided to root some clones on my window sill in plain old tap water - Just to see if it would work. With nothing but tap water they rooted in 9 days. No rooting gels, powders or anything. I was impressed............... I don't see why yours should not root. What do you have them in in the cup ?

I have about 1/2" of water and a dropper of hydrogezme (sp). I dont want to use soil or plugs. My bubbler flopped, I added coco to the netcups then tried the bubbler again and that flopped. Next I will be trying a 3 disk fogger that I started out growing with and put that into the bubbler instead of the air stones. As I recall it worked really well for the first week (when I first tried my hand at growing) and then I ran into the usual problems associated with growing with dry fog. I think it would be perfect for clonning though. About to see