what i thought was no big deal seems like it's turning into a major problem... maybe i'm just freaking out, but this is a time when i could really use some help.
many of you out there seem to think my girls have got 2-4+ weeks to go 'til harvest, but my fan leaves are all going yellow and falling off- in the above pic, you can see that they are looking sparse around the bottom where the leaves have fallen off, and this is working it's way to the top. i was thinking this was the natural progression of things as harvest draws near, but if there are weeks to go, then i don't see how the plants are going to survive!!! should i give them nutes? there are no nutes in my medium, so i really need some advice about whether or not i should give them some now, and if so, what? stick with big bloom? some people say molasses, and then some say that is bs... i'm confused
i'll try to boil it all down:
1st grow, bagseed, nothing special, no idea of species/strain. seem to exhibit sativa traits, in terms of leaf structure.
2 female plants, one was a rootbound runt, germ through veg was 40 days.
medium is b'cuzz cocosubstrate, used fox farm grow big for veg, and fox farm big bloom for flowering. had a little nute burn showing on one leaf a couple weeks ago, and then i fed plain water, and gave nutes one more time about a week ago. it's been just plain water since then, and i've been letting the pots get pretty much completely dry in between thorough saturations, and during 12/12 it's been about every 3-4 days. water comes straight from the tap, has no measurable chlorine, and the ph is right around 7, haven't tweaked it to perfection, but it is not significantly out of whack. maybe there has been nute lock out from excessive salt build up or something, so maybe going back on nutes would be good now??
co2 boost in use since beginning of grow (it will probably be exhausted soon, if not already). pots are about 3.2 gal, and the plants are a few inches over 3 feet (have been for a few weeks, at least!)
400watt mh (used for entire grow) is now 7 inches from tops of plants, seems to be plenty cool enough when i hold my hand under the light at that level. have four 26w cfls around tops as well. have had a little light burn from those here and there, when some of the leaves have touched the cfls.
room has an air conditioner and a dehumidifier and a fan, temp 80 deg f plus or minus 2 deg, humidity 40-50%.
many trichomes are looking cloudy/milky under the scope, no amber, a good bit are still clear.
the plants just look like they haven't significantly grown in weeks. the buds have grown a bit, but aren't fattening up nearly as much as i thought they might.
please help me out guys, even if it's just telling me i'm freaking out about nothing, i really need to figure out if there's something i need to change about what i'm doing
is there any other info i could provide?here's a link to a post with more pics:
https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/33116-almost-8wks-close-harvest-thumbnail.html
you can also click on my signature link to see the grow journal if you want.
