leaves falling off

allateup

Member
ok when my plant first started growing its germinations where level and there was 2 of them on either side. it did this for at least 12 splits, ill put up pics. the leaves got palm sized and dark dark green. and then i got a new light a 6500k cfl i had been using a ott grow light, but it was to small for how big my plant had goten. now the splits are at diffrent levels. there is one on one side and then the other one might be up higher then the corasponding one, and not that its in the branching phase cus she is about 3 1/2 months old. some of the branches are doing very well but idk if its the branches or if its soemthing else but the bottom leaves have been falling off. they curl and yellow then fall right off 4 sets have fallen off as of now.

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1.i am in soil and peatmoss
2.cfl 6500k grow light (18/6)
3.sprits and water daily about a cup to 2 cups (tap water that has setout a day)
4.have a fan on the plant at all times

so if anyone knows wtf is going on let me know. i am rly worried.
 

allateup

Member
well i was told to up my lights i had been using a ott light, http://www.ottlite.com/p-266-plant-growth-task-lamp-bundle-reg-13596-sale-8999.aspx
and a friend told me to get these cfl lights at the 6500k so i got, http://www.growlightsupply.com/watt-cfl-grow-lamp-6500k-p-213.html
and made a new light stand, DSC00948.jpg
i use the ott lights for my new batch as u can see from the pic.
i plan on cloning the main one but i want to make sure nothing is wrong with her befor i start cuting her and cauing more stress on her.
so if u see anything wrong or know what it could be tell me its mid its light cycle right now and i can see the next sets of leaves already yellowing but the other branches are getting bigger. so idk if its normal or what ill take more pics after lights off tomarrow.
and that link u put up the pics are all messed up so its not so much helpfull but somre of the other ppl might know what it is so ill post on that thread too.
thanks.
 

Greenthumb4life

Active Member
i had that same problem until i tried the irie little buckets from a company called botanicalbrothers there really reasonable and reusable.
peace
ganjaman sanoma county
 

allateup

Member
umm this is my first time, so i dont have a ph tester or anything like that. And i am not using any nutes yet other then shake on merical grow lols. i prolly should go pick up a ph tester. What nutes would u sugest? and ill read the lil link for the cfls. but i mean i think its doing well for all the shit it went threw lol
 

allateup

Member
so i am using the right ones then right lols?
yea :
"Vegetation you will want to use 6500K or 5000K, and when you flower you will want to switch to 2700K or 3000K . The reason being, throughout the year the plant’s outside receive more 6500K light because the day’s in summer are long and hot and as Autumn/Winter get’s closer the day get’s shorter, and gradually receives less 6500K light and more 2700K light as the plant flower’s. "
 

legalizeitcanada

Well-Known Member
I went with organic fish juice, most people on here say stay away from anything miracle grow, just go into your local nursury and ask for some organic nutes
Your nute main ingredients are nitrogen phosphorus potassium, NPK, you'll see three numbers on the label, you'll want something with the first and third number higher for veg and with the middle number higher for flower, check out this journal by riddle me, it's awesome and talk about watering and everything, his journals and links are really good too! Learned a lot from this guy.
https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/277820-noob-advice.html
I grabed this tester from ebay,
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110352696419&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
I use it every now and again but you get used to reading the plant!
 

allateup

Member
totaly just rep'd u for that 1+
wow dude i just skimmed ur fridge build u rule that thing is fucking bad ass. i saw some other kid did one in a washing machine. fucking smart ideas man. and ill check on that ph meter at lowes problem is there isnt any nursuries around here. so yeah you work with what u got.
 

darkdestruction420

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btw, I'm pretty sure your talking about alternating nodes, that means your plant is mature, look at the nodes(the place where the branches meet the stalk) and you should be able to see the pre-flowers(might need a magnifying glass or microscope).A A growth with a little white hair is a girl, but sometimes they dont immediatley spit out pistils so if you see a pre-flower(growth) that looks more like a ball dont freak quite yet, it could still be a girl, just one who didnt form quite right.
 

allateup

Member
ok mr kitty i think ur right ill take some pics and post them, in a sec i gota go smoke a bowl. but i am almost like 9000% sure its a girl. but durign this maturity phase does it shed leaves or some shit? should i change light cycle tell me oh wize kitty.
 

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member
If you havent fed it yet it's most likely a nitrogen def., the plant is taking the nitrogen from the old growth to put into the new growth since it doesnt have enough to go around.
 

allateup

Member
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here are some pics of her some from faters day (june 20th) and some from right now druing her light cycle.
the first two pics are showing how bushie she got with the branchign starting.
3rd pic is the leaves that i can tell will fall off tomarrow or sooner.
4th pic is of the split lev spliting mr kitty was talking about.
5,6,7 are just shots close up around the stalk.

so something like this : http://www.homedepot.com/Outdoors-Garden-Center-Fertilizers/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xg4Zaqlb/R-100211859/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

is that the fish juice ur talking about? with that give me the nutes i neeed to fix the deficency? does mr kitty approve of fish juice? or no?
 

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