Are They Going To Die?!

Backwoodz said:

Because your in the 5th week i wouldn't go with a full dose, i would just start to leech.

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I flush my plants for 7-10 days before harvest - no nute taste and I use chem nutes. 5th week, I am just starting to back down from maximum feeding levels. Look at any feeding schedule. Here's the one I use. Advanced Nutrients - Nutrient Calculator Most of these schedules go through week 7. You should be loading those girls up right now, not starving them. PH of 6.0 in and 7.0 out is pretty good. You are aiming to get the same out as you put in. Flushing will never hurt a plant. It's what you do afterwards that matters. I would flush it really well with ~6.3 ph water and right afterwards give it a good dose of nutes. You want to flush out any problem you might have and replace it with clean nutes. Go 3/4 strength. They are obviously deficient of all major nutrients. You need to act fast.

is there any way to lower my soil ph fast? should I just add some acidic water I think this may be the problem.

I just tested my soil again and it seems alkaline... like 8 or higher and this makes sense since last time I tested my run off I poured in 5.8 and it came out 7. How should I correct this?

Yes, ph imbalance totally makes sense as your problem. That's what I thought when I initially looked at your pics. Flush with massive amounts of water ph'd to 6.0. Then feed them well. That's what I would do.

should these problems have delayed my harvest date since they really havent been growing? Am I looking to set back my harvest date or will this have not affected it?

Deficiency will slow flower. Your plant can almost hibernate and not grow at all without food. It is possible that it will mature slower.

ok well the plants are recovering thanks for the help gusy they are actually looking like they are turning out with pretty high quality buds regardless of what has happend. I have seen dramatic growth since my last post I just have one more question for you guys. Do you think my flowering period will be extended by another week or two since they had this deficiency problem and growth was stunted or should I keep with my schedule of harvesting in two weeks from the twentieth? I do havea scope and I will be looking at the trichs but I was just wondering what I should do about feeding, should I continue with the nutes for a extra week, week and a half or should i go to straight water?

Glad to hear they are doing better. I was going to say before that you can still get some nice buds off those. As far as deciding when to flush - I hate it. I have had 5 total harvests so far and I keep moving the flush time farther and farther back. First grow I started flushing way too early. Ended with problem pretty similar to yours. I've been decreasing the flush time each grow with excellent results. Now I do 7 days and there is no chemical taste at all. But it is important to start scaling back your dosage before the flush. If you look at that feeding schedule I posted it is like a curve with the peak at week 4. Then you gradually bring it down to almost nothing before flush.

It is more than likely that the deficiency slowed your flower maturation but hard for me to tell without seeing them.

ok well my original harvest was supposed to be on the 3 of december so I will stop feeding them on the 25, all my trichs seem to be clear at this point should they be getting cloudy by now???? If they should be cloudy then I will probably have to push my harvest back then? How long does it usually take for the trichs to change color 1 week for each stage or longer?