is she okay ?

here's my violater kush, to say she's had a few problems in an understatement; heat stress, nute problems. This is her now 11 weeks into flowering (think the problems she had set her back a bit) I know some of the damage to the leafs is from the heat stress but i'm wonder if she is suffering from either deficiency's or nute burn ? what do you guys think, she's very slowly packing on a tiny bit of weight.

I dont mean to be harsh and you might think im a dick, but because its 11 weeks into flower and there is next to nothing bud on the plant i would scrap it and start again, i would say thats a mixture of nute burn, burn from the light and most likely PH problems.

The ph is fine it's about 6.3 the lights are close to her but not enough to burn her and it's CFL's i'm using. I don't wanna give up on her as she managed to pull through the heat stress so don't wanna waste her - plus it's the last plant i can do. I just wanted to know if she needs food or just plain water, she's not ripe yet either and still growing (slowly though) I gave her some flowering nutes today but only like 1/3 strength and it's bio bizz bloom so all organic. I'd be happy to get 3 grams off her to be honest.

a ph of 6.3 isn't good for either soil or hydro...ph of soil should be 6.8, ph of hydro should be 5.8...

webb107 said:

I dont mean to be harsh and you might think im a dick, but because its 11 weeks into flower and there is next to nothing bud on the plant i would scrap it and start again, i would say thats a mixture of nute burn, burn from the light and most likely PH problems.

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Agree.

That is a very sick plant and anything harvested will be negligible.

massah said:

a ph of 6.3 isn't good for either soil or hydro...ph of soil should be 6.8, ph of hydro should be 5.8...

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Well i only say 6.3 roughly as i don't have a digital one it's just a little probe thing with a little scale on so for all i know it could be more like 6.5, 6.6.

I know what everyone is saying i know she's very sick, my own fault i should of address the heat stress earlier (she suffered for about a week) but she's still growing so there has to be some hope right ? she could still have another 3/4 weeks to go before she rippens, hardly any amber crystals on her at moment. If i could do another plant i would, but at the moment that's not possible. I just wanted to know what she needs right now ? did i make a mistake in giving bloom nutes today ? I haven't really been giving her any nute throughout the whole grow cos i let her feed on the food already in the soil. I'm not worried if i only get a few grams off her as my last 4 plants didn't produce nothing

for every drop of .1 ph its 10x the more acidic...so a ph of 6.6 is 100x more acidic than 6.8, 6.5 would be 1000x...etc...

give it a full flush with PH 7.0 water(about 2x the container size total water), go buy some dolomite lime and sprinkle it on the top after flushing, let it dry out completely, then give it a 1/4 strength dosage of nutes/water at a 1:5 ratio of water to container size(i.e. 5 gallon pots = 1 gallon water/nutes)...let it DRY...then just water...DRY...1/2 strength nutes+water...DRY...etc...

I have a feeling you are misreading the nutrient mixing guide...get a PPM meter and see wtf you are feeding them...1/4 strength nutes should probably be around 350-500ppm

Flush it out with plain water. Then, don't water her again until she starts to wilt. Knock the nutes out altogether. B4 anyone blasts the post, what can it hurt given the current circumstances?

My normal water ph is about 7 but i ph'd it down because i read nutes like potassium (which i think it was lacking because of the rusty looking spots on the leafs) gets locked out in a ph above 6.8 How much roughly are ppm meters ?
my nutes bottle says mix 4-5ml per litre so i never do more then 2ml per litre, but i've only given her nutes about 8 times in her whole life span and then it's always been 1/4 strength and never more then half strength. And she had some blackstrap molasses twice. and a bit of bio bizz alg-a-mic (very small dose like 1ml maybe once a month after i started to flower her)

PPM meters are like $15 USD...

wannabe grower said:

Flush it out with plain water. Then, don't water her again until she starts to wilt. Knock the nutes out altogether. B4 anyone blasts the post, what can it hurt given the current circumstances?

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Okay i will flush her, i have some flush solution that you add to water should i use that or just pump her full of plain water ?

I think plain water provided your tap pH is close to 7 should be fine. If as you suggest you may be only 3 to 4 weeks from a possible harvest you may wanna forgo nutes and chemicals altogether from here out and she how it goes.

wannabe grower said:

I think plain water provided your tap pH is close to 7 should be fine. If as you suggest you may be only 3 to 4 weeks from a possible harvest you may wanna forgo nutes and chemicals altogether from here out and she how it goes.

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I think my tap water ph might be a little over 7 maybe like 7.2 max is that still okay? I do let it sit for a few days before giving it to the plant

7.2 should be ok I'd say. I think the key for you right now is to get all the previously applied chemicals and fertilizers out of the soil. Maybe once that's done you can add 1 tbls of unsulfured molasses to 1 gal of water to try to pack on some weight b4 harvest.

massah said:

a ph of 6.3 isn't good for either soil or hydro...ph of soil should be 6.8, ph of hydro should be 5.8...

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its under cfls it will take a lot longer to fill out, patience...

wannabe grower said:

7.2 should be ok I'd say. I think the key for you right now is to get all the previously applied chemicals and fertilizers out of the soil. Maybe once that's done you can add 1 tbls of unsulfured molasses to 1 gal of water to try to pack on some weight b4 harvest.

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Thanks for all the advice. Will flush her later on today

Welshsmoker - she is filling out a little bit each week, but gonna have a seriously compromised yield