Latewood, Zandor, Garden Knowm... Opinion.

[L3G10N]

Im starting to notice a problem with a plant im growing. The strain is Haze x Skunk (at least thats what my friend told me when he gave them too me) Im starting to notice the tips of some of the leaves curling down like a claw and the new growth near the top of the plant is curling like an upside down canoe. Over all the plant looks decent except for those areas. Also, can any of you confirm that this is a cannabis plant. Someone suggested it was not cannabis but a hemp plant. Growing conditions, the plant is in 2nd week of flowering will be week 3 on tuesday. Lights: 4 - 4ft warm tubes 3400 lumens each maybe an inch or two from the top of the plant. 4 - 42 watt warm cfls around the sides. Soil/pot: 6.25 gallon pot, foxfarm ocean forest soil. Nutes: GH nutes given according to "Lucas Formula" full strength once a week. Water Ph: 6.5. Plant is tied down on a few branches. Temp: Stays around 80 degrees when lights are on and probably 75 or 72 when off. There is a small fan oscillating in the room. Im also wondering about how long into flowering should it be before i see some buds forming? White hairs are just starting to come out. The plant was vegged for three weeks under 18/6 and was at least a good 12 - 15 inches when put under 12/12. Any other needed info please ask. Also this is a first grow.

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L3G10N Reviewed by L3G10N on 10-22-2006. Latewood, Zandor, Garden Knowm... Opinion. Im starting to notice a problem with a plant im growing. The strain is Haze x Skunk (at least thats what my friend told me when he gave them too me) Im starting to notice the tips of some of the leaves curling down like a claw and the new growth near the top of the plant is curling like an upside down canoe. Over all the plant looks decent except for those areas. Also, can any of you confirm that this is a cannabis plant. Someone suggested it was not cannabis but a hemp plant. Growing Rating: 5

[L3G10N]

bumpity

[bejay]

im sure one of them will get around to posting a reply when they see the post.
looks like nutrient burn while the formula you are using would probably work for most some strains just dont like alot of nutrients plus growing conditions can also effect how much nutrients the plant will be able to handle.

[Abattoir Dream]

my plant leaves go like that sometimes, and they do look like cannabis to me, my plants leaves are usually a little like that and they turned out fine, hemp is very similar tho so im not 100% sure but, wait till zandor or sum1 can tell,

[Garden Knowm]

Hi L3..

In know you are worried about your plant. She is a BIGGEN.. Your post definitely conveys your commitment to her.. : )

I looked up the LUCAS formula.. and it is for HYDRO nutrients.. which I have used for soil grows and other plants around the house.. but i definitely do not recommend it...

I do see some minor burning on a few of the tips
Your stalks look almost perfectly green... some minor red... which is a deficiency of some sort and worth watching. How can you have a deficiany with a nute burn.. Usually that is a PH issue.. but it looks like your PHis right on...

It also looks like your new growth has become less vigorous.....
meaning that your second to most recent fan leaves are smaller than their predecesors.. this is not IDEAL .. is this true? Is my observation correct...?
I need your help here cause without seeing older pictures of the plant I can't know for sure.. : )

Each new set of fan leaves should be bigger than the previous set..


More light...
Less Nutrients.. I would actually water with just plain 7.0 PH water... no nutrients...

I will definitley stay close to this thread.. I am cheering you on!!

iloveyou

BTW... she still looks GREAT and she will make it to the finish line!! : )

[Garden Knowm]

One more thing.. When you water her (without nutrients).. water her with more water than you usually do.. double the amount of water.... not the frequency but the amount....
cheers

BTW - how much do you normally water her with? LOL
please say 1 gallon or more.. she is a BIG LADY!!!

[L3G10N]

thanks for responding knowm, i really appreciate it. As for the amount of water i give her, i was giving 2 quarts for awhile.. then recently i have been giving her 1 gallon of water ph'd to 6.5. You say 7.0 would be better? Also you said you dont recommend Lucas Formula? I will stop using it. Should i cut out all nutes or just the amount and frequency? I think you are right about the leaves not being vigorus, it seems that maybe the newer leaves are not as big, im not too sure. I have not been keeping a very good picture log but i will post pics of her from 1 week till now.
1 week old
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2weeks and tied down.
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3 weeks old, first day 12/12
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[L3G10N]

more pics, the dates on the pics should tell you the time frame.

8 days after starting 12/12
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[L3G10N]

Beginnings of a bud?
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Largest fan leaf, 11 fingers.
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[L3G10N]

These are the latest, Knowm as you can see... the curling claw effect is pretty bad. It seems to mostly affect the small under growths. I have noticed a few larger/older leaves folding over as you can see in pic # 2. And when i say folding over, i mean it looks like someone took an iron and folded the leaf and pressed it.

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