Hey Jerry
I think one of my LSD has the death claw. The new leaf growth at the buds are cupping together and curling under. The other leaves look fine. They are green no tip burn. I was told I had salt buildup and high N that has locked out other nutes and to flush with epson salt. What do you think? Also they are in the dark period for about 2 hours, should I yank her out and flush now or wait til the light comes on in 10 hours? Its the only one out of 8 plants doing this.
TY SL2
First, don't freak out and pull the plant out of her dark cycle. 10 hours won't make
that much difference.
Second, have you been feeding heavily? Do you periodically give reduced strength or water-only feedings?
Some plants are just more sensitive to nutrients. On the first LSD run I had 1 cola that developed some clawing while the other two were perfectly normal.
Is your plant the same phenotype as the others? In other words, are they clones of each other or are they different plants from seed?
Also, refresh me on what nutrients you are using...I can't remember off the top and don't feel like looking it up.
I don't think you have a lockout situation, so I'm not sure I would "flush" with epsom salt. You're probably best off just giving it a heavy water-only feeding as opposed to a flush. The difference being a traditional flush uses 3x the amount of water as the pot size...a 1 gallon pot requires 3 gallons of water, a 2 gallon pot requires 6 gallons, 3 gallon pot requires 9 gallons water etc. That is a bit overkill, and will strip all the nutrients from your soil, which will really create problems.
If you think you're having a salt buildup problem, just give a heavy watering of maybe 1 gallon water per 1 gallon soil or even a little less. Just for reference, when normally feeding it is
recommend to give 1 quart nutrient solution per 1 gallon soil as a rule of thumb. So 1 gallon water to 1 gallon soil will still help clean out the medium without removing all the nutrients.
Having said all that, your answers to the first couple questions dictate what course of action should be taken, as I don't know all the circumstances surrounding your situation.
Once they claw though, they will not be flattening back out...ever...so you'll have to look to the new growth for improved health. It's not a huge deal though, and I wouldn't get too worked up about it. Realistically you can just decrease the overall amount of nutrients that the affected plant receives (by diluting the nutrient mix a little with extra water) and that should bring you back down to where it should be.