leaves drooping/curling down

[tubbbbbby]

Been growing for three weeks now and only recently over the past few days the leaves have been drooping or you could say curling down... It looks like the leaves are getting heavy and therefore are beginning to drop. If anyone can help me i would really appreciate it... I have uploaded a picture so if anyone needs to see it first you can see one of the plants in the picture.

I think it could be down to two things 1. the temperature it has been fluctuating and ranging between 26 - 32 degrees Celsius when the lights are on and when the lights are off the temp is between 18 and 24 degrees Celsius... it could also be down to over watering it, which I am pretty confident it is not that because we have been watering it approx 400ml per plant a day it is still in vegetation.

Look forward to hearing from anyone that has any advice or can be of use.

Regards

Just another hippy

tubbbbbby Reviewed by tubbbbbby on 10-18-2010. leaves drooping/curling down Been growing for three weeks now and only recently over the past few days the leaves have been drooping or you could say curling down... It looks like the leaves are getting heavy and therefore are beginning to drop. If anyone can help me i would really appreciate it... I have uploaded a picture so if anyone needs to see it first you can see one of the plants in the picture. I think it could be down to two things 1. the temperature it has been fluctuating and ranging between 26 - 32 degrees Rating: 5

[headshake]

looks overwatered to me. but fill out the troubleshooting form in my sig so we can see the big picture and give accurate advice.

-shake

[tubbbbbby]

However i have not been watering it as much yet the leaves are still curled i keep the ph at 6

[mikeyman]

then you may be underwatering.When my plants drop i give them water and they perk up.What size container is that, nice plant what kind is it?

[therealOG]

looks to me overwatering.........way i water my soil plants is to water, feel pot and feel daily until lighter 1/2 as light of when fully watered the next day i water again.........i never water daily until they are 4+ ft tall when they are drinking 1 gal a day........looks like it is in to small of a pot too........need to transplant into a large container.........more roots = more and bigger buds

[tubbbbbby]

1) 250 WATTS sodium
.2) 1 ft from top
.3) budget reflector
.4) i have an air circulator at the window and a smaller fam in the wardrobe
.5) Do you have an exhaust fan and a circulation fan? answerd above
.6) What are the bulb wattages, kelvin ratings, and schedule?
-250watts sodium son t-plus lamp

Your medium:
.7) Specific brand and type of soil, (coco, peat based soilless...) and anything you've added to it. (vermiculite, perlite, worm castings...)
-Bio bizz all mix - Soil(20%),worm casting (10%),perlite (30%), special premix (5%)
.8) Size of container.
-6.5 liter square pots
.9) Did you use peat pucks (or similar) to root clones or germinate seedlings?
-no used pellet peets to germinate seeds

Your nutrients and water:
10) Source of water? (tap, bottled or filtered) What's it's ph before adjusting?
- tap water left to sit for 24hrs ph b4 adjustment is 7.5
11) Method of checking water ph. (ph pen, test strips, aquarium test kit...)
-manual ph tester
12) Method of adjusting water ph. (phosphoric acid, white vinegar, hydrated lime, PH Up...)
-ph up ph down
13) Specific brand and N-P-K ratio for each bottle. List dosages (quantity per gallon) and current feeding schedule.
-bio grow for veggitative state NPK 8.0-2.0-6.0
-dosage is 2ml per litre of water and 1 litre per plant and feed it every 3 days.
14) How often are you watering between feedings, and how much per watering?
-water once inbetween the 3 days of feeding
15) Any additives or tea's? (Superthrive, CalMag, molasses, Mother's Earth...)
-no
16) Are your ph levels stable, or do they fluctuate?
-stable bt ph tester not to accurate
17) What is your ingoing water's ph? ...your runoff ph?
5.5
18) Do you foliar feed? If so, with what, how often, and at what time do you spray?
-no

Your growroom:
19) Indoors or outdoors?
-indoors
20) What size of closet, room or hut?

21) What are the temps and humidity levels while lights are on? ...With lights off?
- temps between 75 - 85 lights on and 70 to 75 lights off
22) Have you seen signs of insects in the growroom?
-no
Your strain:
23) What strain are you growing? (Indica dominate or Sativa dom?)
-indica dominant Violator kush, vanilla kush, lemon amnesia
24) From seeds or clones?
-Seeds
25) Is this an autoflower strain?
no

[tubbbbbby]

now the fan leaves are turning a bit purple so is the stem

[WashougalWonder]

I kinda think over watered and nute lockout. The red could be an indicator of lockout or female plant. The almost look nitrogen toxic, except the yellowish one. You might consider repotting to the next size up container. If the roots are thin and stringy, it is over watering for sure. If they are nice and white and fuzzy looking they are healthy and watering has been ok.

I would not be giving nutes at this stage at all, myself. You might also want to get a better way of checking the PH, you sound less than confident in your current method.

Acutally, they look pretty good so far.

EDIT: Regardless, looking back at the photos, those pots are too small, you need to get them into something about twice the size they are in now. At that size in those pots, it should be hard to over water them.

[headshake]

first things first, why are you ammending your all-mix? all-mix comes ready to use. it also already contains the pre-mix. the pre-mix is the only difference between the allmix and the light-mix. the worm castings are totally unnecessary. they are a long-term source of nitrogen.....which you don't need. they are just making your soild retain too much water. you should never need them with the bio bizz. if you do ever decide to use them you would be better off making a tea. the perlite isn't a big deal, but it should be giving you better drainage. use 1/3 perlite to 2/3 parts soil.

by the way, your percenteges, soil (20%), worm castings (10%), perlite (30%) and pre-mix (5%) only add up to 65%. so i ask you what is the other 35% of stuff in your pots? you've got more perlite than soil!?

they definitely look overwatered....and they need to be transplanted!

using the bio grow is fine. it's organic and won't burn your plants. follow the feeding chart.

so do those things and let us know what happens.


-shake

[tubbbbbby]

first things first, why are you ammending your all-mix? all-mix comes ready to use. it also already contains the pre-mix. the pre-mix is the only difference between the allmix and the light-mix. the worm castings are totally unnecessary. they are a long-term source of nitrogen.....which you don't need. they are just making your soild retain too much water. you should never need them with the bio bizz. if you do ever decide to use them you would be better off making a tea. the perlite isn't a big deal, but it should be giving you better drainage. use 1/3 perlite to 2/3 parts soil.

by the way, your percenteges, soil (20%), worm castings (10%), perlite (30%) and pre-mix (5%) only add up to 65%. so i ask you what is the other 35% of stuff in your pots? you've got more perlite than soil!?

they definitely look overwatered....and they need to be transplanted!

using the bio grow is fine. it's organic and won't burn your plants. follow the feeding chart.

so do those things and let us know what happens.


-shake

Well i dont really know what the other 35% is i just listed the parts which were listed under the description of it in the catalogue, transplanted owww im a first timer so i'm gonna have to hit youtube and research that up, but thanks for the feedback imma defiantly tell you how it goes