3rd week in flowering leaves falling

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rookiepdx101

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First of all, I am relatively new to this so bare with me. My plant is in Fox Farm Ocean Forest Soil and I am feeding nutrients every other feeding which is about every third day. I have read that it is normal for the bottom leaves to fall off and also that it may be nitrogen deficient. What worries me is that some of the bottom fan leaves are starting to have small holes in them and dont seem healthy the rest of the plant seems perfectly fine and there are no signs of pests. Please see pictures. Also need to find a way to control the height of it. It is roughly at 120cm. Read on controlling the temp to warmer nights and colder days and seeing if this works. By the way, the ones with the problem is the close-up of the fan leaves the rest are just for showing off. ;) Thank you all for the help!062.jpg060.jpg061.jpg063.jpg064.jpg069.jpg070.jpg071.jpg
 
BCBuddy420

BCBuddy420

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rookiepdx101 said:
First of all, I am relatively new to this so bare with me. My plant is in Fox Farm Ocean Forest Soil and I am feeding nutrients every other feeding which is about every third day. I have read that it is normal for the bottom leaves to fall off and also that it may be nitrogen deficient. What worries me is that some of the bottom fan leaves are starting to have small holes in them and dont seem healthy the rest of the plant seems perfectly fine and there are no signs of pests. Please see pictures. Also need to find a way to control the height of it. It is roughly at 120cm. Read on controlling the temp to warmer nights and colder days and seeing if this works. By the way, the ones with the problem is the close-up of the fan leaves the rest are just for showing off. ;) Thank you all for the help!View attachment 2493332View attachment 2493330View attachment 2493331View attachment 2493333View attachment 2493334View attachment 2493335View attachment 2493336View attachment 2493337
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I don't see any problems other than severe stretching of the plant. Did you keep the light close all the way through? I personally would never flower with that tube fluorescent light you have there no offense. You should pick up some cfl's, say 2 in the flowering type and hang them vert, very close to canopy. Or get serious... and buy a 250 watt HPS, build a small 3 tier rack for each side and hang it vertically with 6 clones in 1 ltr pots on each side and go 12/12 from root show. You can and will harvest somewhere near the 1/2 lb (dry) range, if done properly. All that advice is what I would do with your space. That light shown in the pics should be somewhere else getting your next batch of clones rooted and ready for flower. You can harvest 6 times a year with this setup, and get a lot of bud with a very cheap rig. One last thing, you need to pull air out, and supply fresh air in, keeping your temps at an optimal level. I hope you take my advice, you will be amazed. Any questions on this will be happily answered.
~BCbuddy420 :leaf:
 
majek

majek

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When the leaves droop like that it is either caused by over watering, or the leaves are not receiving enough light. In your case it looks like they don't get enough light because the plant is stretched and only the lower leaves are effected.

Now that she is flowering I would suggest lollipopping all of those tiny branches near the bottom, it looks like you've already started. Only trim the branches you don't have to remove any fan leaves unless they are yellow just let them die naturally.

I would also recommend looking into super-cropping. If you squeeze a branch with 2 fingers until it snaps, you can bend it over at a 90 degree angle without hurting the plant, it will heal and form new tissue around the snap. It will help the lower branches receive more light and the plant will grow stronger. Lots of growers use this technique to improve yield and maximize vertical space. You might want to get some bamboo stakes or chicken wire though to support the branches while they heal.
 
Smokeagram420

Smokeagram420

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Like already said above, looks like the light was kept to far away and if ur worried about limped leafs that's either under or over watering.

If its over watering, wait a couple days before watering. Remeber you can lift up the pot to feel for the weight and see if it is full of water, or stick ur finger in the soil about 2"-3".

If its under watering then get some water on that lady. ASAP!
 
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rookiepdx101

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BCBuddy420 said:
I don't see any problems other than severe stretching of the plant. Did you keep the light close all the way through? I personally would never flower with that tube fluorescent light you have there no offense. You should pick up some cfl's, say 2 in the flowering type and hang them vert, very close to canopy. Or get serious... and buy a 250 watt HPS, build a small 3 tier rack for each side and hang it vertically with 6 clones in 1 ltr pots on each side and go 12/12 from root show. You can and will harvest somewhere near the 1/2 lb (dry) range, if done properly. All that advice is what I would do with your space. That light shown in the pics should be somewhere else getting your next batch of clones rooted and ready for flower. You can harvest 6 times a year with this setup, and get a lot of bud with a very cheap rig. One last thing, you need to pull air out, and supply fresh air in, keeping your temps at an optimal level. I hope you take my advice, you will be amazed. Any questions on this will be happily answered.
~BCbuddy420 :leaf:
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Thank you guys for the help! BC, do you think that two 125 watt Feliz CFL red lights hanging vertically on socket cords would be good enough instead of the lamp that I am using? I have always kept the light close but should have invested in different lighting I guess.

On the watering side I usually water every third day, would you consider that under watering?
 
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