Help: Twisting leaves and drooping/shiny lower leaves 3 weeks into flowering-PICS

zykster

Member
I will try to be as detailed and accurate as I can so that anyone reading this will have as much information as possible with which to help.

200W HPS for flowering
ocean forest soil
FF tiger bloom (1 tsp/gal started at 1/4 tsp and worked up)
FF big bud(1 tbs/gal started low and worked up)
purified water
Light 6-8'' from top of plants
Room sits at about 65 F all the time.

The plants are in their 3rd week of flowering right now. They were all looking very healthy (and 2 still are) until just this past week. Right before I flowered them I added 1 tsp epsom salts to a feed to give some Mg because I have seen Mg deficiency in soil grows a lot. I used FF grow big (1 tsp/gal) during veg.

To be specific I have 3 plants, one of which is has leaves twisting and even some small branches twisting. It still looks healthy other than the leaves twisting i.e. no real drooping and no signs of discoloration or burning except for a single set of leaves and I think that came from having nutes it leaf. Pics below

Twisting1
Twisting2

My first guess is a pH problem since I know FF nutes run on the acid side. I am going to do a flush and check the pH w/ a meter at my university this week I hope. The light is 6-8'' from the plant and the room stays around 65 F so I dont think it is heat stress.

The other plant showing problems has pics below. I first started to worry about her when I fed her pure water after a feeding and she has taken over a week to use it up (normally 3-4 days). During this week she has become super droopy and the leaves are becoming shiny. I may be making this up but the stalk may look just the slightest bit purple, but that could be bullshit I can't really tell. My third plant looks really good but may be showing early signs of the drooping seen here; so I am hoping maybe to catch it before it gets bad.

Droop1
Droop2

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 

redeyez420

Member
what is your nutrient regimen. im not 100 percent sure but im guess its too much N. thiss cause lush green leaves that are weaker and tend to flip or fold over.the leaes are soft to the touch , very fragile feeling.

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shnkrmn

Well-Known Member
DINGDINGDINGDINGDING!!!! Redeyez420 takes the kewpie doll.

Fair disclosure: I'm a Fox Farm hater. That stuff is too hot for most people. Just shouldn't be used.
 

zykster

Member
I don't know where the N would be coming from. FF tiger bloom is not high in Nitrogen and I have not been feeding them the grow big, which has more N. should I just flush em see how they responde?
 
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