Droopy leaves...

-FFOF soil + nutes

-middle of 4th week

-gave nutes 1st time a couple days ago (beginning of 4th week)

not a huge response to nutes but did see a few things i didn't like

1 is take a look at the last pic its of the very bottom leaves they turned completely yellow and drooped over. But the plant itself looks good its the one with the big broad leaves.

Any thoughts?
 

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Bugeye

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Those are healthy plants and the leaves are not droopy. It is normal for the small round leaves (cotyledon) to turn yellow and fall off at about this stage. The next set of single leaves will do this also in time and is normal.

Given the pot size you are in and soil type, I would probably hold off on adding more nutes for another week or two yet. FFOF is pretty strong stuff. Good luck!
 

TheWifeOfASmoker

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Looks like over watering in the last set of 2 pictures.

The original set...there isn't anything wrong. Once the cotyledon serve their purpose, they die.

As an aside, doesn't FFOF have enough nutes in it for 3-4 weeks?

What nutes? What strength?
 
Yea people are telling me i should wait at least another week before using nutes. I only gave them nutes 1 time at the beginning of week 4 a very diluted watered down dose. Fox farm feeding schedule called for 6 tsp big bloom added to a gallon of water. People told me thats to strong and always do 1/2 what the schedule calls for at least the first couple of weeks. So i did about 3 tsp added to a gallon and gave them less than half the gallon between a few. Sound about on track or far off, any feedback/advice would be much obliged.
 

Bugeye

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A leaf structure that is gently curved all the way from the back of the leaf to the tips will often be associated with either over-watering, under-watering, soil compaction (oxygen depletion), or root bound. Safe to say it is not the last two. Over-watered plants will tend to have very heavy pots and under-watered will have more of a limp look with dry soil and light weight pots. One should not judge leaf structure too critically around lights going on or off as this will give false indications.

Your leaves seem to have a little more curl toward the tip which is an early warning sign that you are pushing the limits on nutrients. The more pronounced the curl becomes toward the tip (hooking) the more you should be concerned of over-feeding.

I can't judge the weight of your pots from pics so you'll have to do that. I would guess that it either needs watering or needs to dry out and that you do not need to add nutes at this time.
 

kinddiesel

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my professional opinion . is your hitting then (N) TO HARD. its starting to form (THE CLAW ) google it. and you need to get a stronger light . im seeing pre flowers on one of the plants. and if your not already switch to 24/7 . if your on 24/7 already then lack of light will cause pre flowers . im not saying kill them with power. but min cfl of 25 watts per plant close as possible . or a few t5 bulbs will be prefect . or hps or mh
 
the one with big broad leaves is strawberry cough its gonna be in veg for at least another month, the other two are northern storm auto flower. I thought for auto flower you don't need to change the light schedule?
 

Sand4x105

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alright cool this was the only other thing bothering me

on this plants the leaves are all drooping,

what this mean?
Tips pointing down like above said could mean soil issue... to 'Hot' too dry... too wet...one of these...
What you did 4-7 days ago changed tips to point down..
Sometimes hitting a young plant, that is xxx-dry with a nute/fert the first time could be issue...
 
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