okay im in another thread talking about my current situation im bout to freak out on:
Heres my problem. Over the past few days I havent seen her reach for the light (cfls) like she normally does..sometimes I would have to go in there and kind of fan her out with my hands and now i dont have to. Now that shes not responding...the lower part of my canopy is starting to fade yellow (smaller leaves) and brown edges / drying up. All the bigger/new leaves are fine and green. Is this normal? Should she always be responding to the light?? I mean ive used lst on her again and the stem came back up as if it was responding to it. Weird.
The leaves are kind of droopy but NO way its an over water droop. Ill take a pic. I water that 12'' pot (width) every week. And I barely give it water. Maybe its just thirsty.
checked on it this morning and the yellowing is not getting better. The bottom is starting to brown a bit and dry up really fast. I wonder if I veg'd it to long?? Maybe shes thirsty. Im sure its not nute burn I feed it 5-2-5 every other watering, but it wasnt quite diluted as I wanted it to be. Either way it doesnt look like a burn. The yellowing started few days ago and is working its way up. Any help would be appreciated!!!!! You can look at my journal and kind of picture just the bottom yellow..working its way up
A plant that old, in that size pot, probably needs watering more often than once a week.
You must adjust and increase your watering schedule as the plant grows.
I would say it's drooping from thirst or your just looking at it before it's about to go to sleep. Many plants will begin to rest their foliage before sunset.
I suggest watering the plant and if it's thirtsy it will pick up within an hour or so.
When you water make sure you get some run-off every time.
The good thing for you Int' is that plants grown indoors won't die of old age.
You can veg them forever, that how we keep mother plants alive.
So even though this plant is at least 3 months old, it won't die of old age, and you can veg it for as long as you want, or until it out grows that pot.
In saying that, I reckon I will have got 2 entire crops done by the time you finish this plant.
Yellowing from the bottom up is classic N deficiency. The nutes your using aren't very strong and I would almost be nuting it every watering.
Increase your watering and nutes.