had planr touch one of my clfs and the leaves started turning brown.... now so far it had contunied to grow and leaves that were green have started to turn brown and fall off.... this was the last plant to be trasplanted it was in a 1 gal pot for about 6 weeks longer than others"no room" could this have somthing to do with it? the plant looks bear but it is still growing about 1-4 in a week....... is it going to contunie to do this? if i put it in flowerig will it stop? if not how can i get it to stop?!?!?!
plant touched CLF....
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LadyKimi
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TRUST ME! CFLs will kill the leaves that end up sitting on it for more than a few secs. I have had perfectly healthy plants grow into the CFL lights, everytime this happens those leaves get the crap burned out of them. Please if U do not have CFL experience do not get this poor guy stressing over his nutes and what not when he specifically said his leaves touched the lights.
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bud nugbong
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yes this is true, but i always thought it was amazing how its only the part of the leaf that touched that would burn, not the entire leaf or even a 1/4 inch next to the bulb. it just goes (i think im high, but goes doesnt look like a word to me hah) to show how cool cfls really burn. most other bulbs would be drying out and crisping up whole leaves and tops.
He also said that after the plant was moved from touching the CFLs that other leaves that were green turned brown and started to fall off, after the fact. That doesnt sound like they were heat stressed to me.
My understanding of the situation is this: Plant leaves grow into light, turn brown. Plant gets moved off the CFL. Leaves continue to turn brown and fall off.
Once you fix a problem like heat stress, which is an area specific problem, it should not continue to show up in other areas that were not in the area where the problem originated.
Let's say you dip one leave in nasty bubbling acid, and you watch that leaf melt away and disentigrate. You leave it at that, no more acid, no more stresses. Then a few days later, another leave in a totally different area of the plant melts away and disentigrates. Make sense to believe that the acid you used to melt that first leaf caused the second to have the exact same problem in another area?
My understanding of the situation is this: Plant leaves grow into light, turn brown. Plant gets moved off the CFL. Leaves continue to turn brown and fall off.
Once you fix a problem like heat stress, which is an area specific problem, it should not continue to show up in other areas that were not in the area where the problem originated.
Let's say you dip one leave in nasty bubbling acid, and you watch that leaf melt away and disentigrate. You leave it at that, no more acid, no more stresses. Then a few days later, another leave in a totally different area of the plant melts away and disentigrates. Make sense to believe that the acid you used to melt that first leaf caused the second to have the exact same problem in another area?
yes what has happened it allmost all of the main leaves have died.... then new leave that have grown have started to die to..... two leaves grow a few day latter brown and dead....same nuts as other plants same water and it has been moved from clf..... this is driving nuts the PH is like 6.9...it was a very nice toped plant.... could this have been from shock from being in a 1 gal pot for to long then being moved to recycle ben?
There are a lot of diff things it could be. Someone mentioned nutrient burn, which is much more pronounced in the presence of heat. Also if dehydrated the plant will be consuming more water, so upping the amount of water (do not choke them though), and decreasing nutrients slightly to let it recover can help. This is a great time to refill your spray bottle, and give them a few minutes of 'rain', ro/di or distilled is probably best for the next 24-48.
Did you say you had just transplanted it? That could cause the necrosis that you're seeing even without the heat/dehydration (which would just make things worse). Unfortunately, unless the soil is bone-dry, or you have packed it too tight, there isn't a lot you can do but baby it and hope. If it's dry down to 2" and haven't drenched it in 2 days water it, if you over watered use a fan to dry it out and poke a few holes with a pencil, If you over packed the soil then very carefully loosen it. You can loosen with a pencil, and by rolling the sides of a flexible pot.
No real way to quickly limit growth, other than hurting it (depriving a plant of light will stop growth, but will also kill it). In flowering it will grow at a slower rate, but will still grow. Plants can grow 1.5-3 times their size in flower.
Did you say you had just transplanted it? That could cause the necrosis that you're seeing even without the heat/dehydration (which would just make things worse). Unfortunately, unless the soil is bone-dry, or you have packed it too tight, there isn't a lot you can do but baby it and hope. If it's dry down to 2" and haven't drenched it in 2 days water it, if you over watered use a fan to dry it out and poke a few holes with a pencil, If you over packed the soil then very carefully loosen it. You can loosen with a pencil, and by rolling the sides of a flexible pot.
No real way to quickly limit growth, other than hurting it (depriving a plant of light will stop growth, but will also kill it). In flowering it will grow at a slower rate, but will still grow. Plants can grow 1.5-3 times their size in flower.