Three plants ready to flower with drooping leaves?

Hey guys,

This is my first grow and would love some advice on how to proceed with them. I think I'm ready to flower since I don't have much space in my closet. The problem is that the bottom leaves are beginning to wilt and the rest are drooping. Will this effect my yield? How can I make them look healthy?

Prob too much water

Let the plant run semi dry to dry then water probly over watering...

You are just over feeding them! Cut back on nutes.

Piece of advice: never let dead leaves stay on your soil!

Hessam said:

You are just over feeding them! Cut back on nutes.

Piece of advice: never let dead leaves stay on your soil!

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Soil food web? Isn't that part of the life cycle of plants and microbs? Plants dies falls down. Microbes eat it then shit out nutrients for the next generation.

I've always heard not to let dead leaves stay in your dirt. But when you think about it doesn't it happen natrally? Don't think it's as bad as some make it out to be

I'd say over watering too. Stems at attention and leaves drooping are your clues

You don't want decaying matter just laying on the soil .... The main reason is ... Bugs.
It will entice bugs to thrive there .

You can clear the brown dead ones still attached to stalk or stem.
Then flip your 12/12 cycle. In a week or so they will begin to sex out then preflower.
They should at least Double in size when all is said and done. You can SCROG them or LST .

Hmmm...I've always left my dead leaves on soil and never had bug issues....like ever. But sometimes environment and where you live I guess can play a big role in that. Just like I've never had spider mites either....too cold for them here. Oh well. Guess I will keep doing what I'm doing.

Well, IMHO the drooping and dark green color indicate a nitrogen toxicity. The tips of your leaves are 'clawing'... tell tale sign of excessive N.

IF THIS WERE MY PLANT...I would flush it with a couple of gallons of water to wash out salts and then let her get good and dry. I also would not begin flowering for a couple of weeks to make sure the toxicity has or is clearing. But again...this is your plant not mine. Get other opinions and make your own choices.

$bkbbudz$ said:

Well, IMHO the drooping and dark green color indicate a nitrogen toxicity. The tips of your leaves are 'clawing'... tell tale sign of excessive N.

IF THIS WERE MY PLANT...I would flush it with a couple of gallons of water to wash out salts and then let her get good and dry. I also would not begin flowering for a couple of weeks to make sure the toxicity has or is clearing. But again...this is your plant not mine. Get other opinions and make your own choices.

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Clawing and twisting leaves can happen with over watering as well tho.....hard to diagnose plants from pictures

highdave said:

Soil food web? Isn't that part of the life cycle of plants and microbs? Plants dies falls down. Microbes eat it then shit out nutrients for the next generation.

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You are being a little simplistic here, because you can't compare that ecosystem and life cycle in nature with what you have in an indoor setup!

Budzbuddha said:

You don't want decaying matter just laying on the soil .... The main reason is ... Bugs.
It will entice bugs to thrive there .
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Ahh bugs good point. Not all are your enemy. And usually brought from one garden to another. Or bringing a contaminated plant into your garden. Obviously indoor, outside shits bound to happen.

Hessam said:

You are being a little simplistic here, because you can't compare that ecosystem and life cycle in nature with what you have in an indoor setup!

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K.I.S.S.
I try to break it down as simple as I can from what I understand, which is VERY limited mostly reading and watching people fuck there crops up ,In a nut shell isn't that what happens? Just need the worms and birds to round it off. Rich soil, Add some worms and cover crop sprinkle some hay. Teas every week and you got yourself a no till. Maybe I'm wrong and most likely am.

OK. I'm definitely going to leave them for a week before watering again. I just switched to 12/12. I picked up some miracle gro bloom booster for the nutes during flowering. More leaves have died and are drooping. I really hope they snap back.

I would of thought N tox too. Not just the clawing, look at the colour of the leaves, they are matt, very dark green.
If it were just over watering wouldn't all leaves be showing signs? Some are still praying

kingconsto said:

OK. I'm definitely going to leave them for a week before watering again. I just switched to 12/12. I picked up some miracle gro bloom booster for the nutes during flowering. More leaves have died and are drooping. I really hope they snap back.

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IMHO MG is crap...I would get some tomato plant food

kingconsto said:

OK. I'm definitely going to leave them for a week before watering again. I just switched to 12/12. I picked up some miracle gro bloom booster for the nutes during flowering. More leaves have died and are drooping. I really hope they snap back.

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What you have isn't fertilizer to be used threw the whole flower cycle. It's booster meant to be used once or twice in the middle of the flower cycle, and even that is debatable. Having that much phosphorus in the soil can affect the uptake of other nutes like magnesium, manganese, zinc, and iron.

Unfortunately I live in a place that only sells miracle grow. I know, it sucks. The soil, nutes, everything is all miracle grow. I have no options.

kingconsto said:

Unfortunately I live in a place that only sells miracle grow. I know, it sucks. The soil, nutes, everything is all miracle grow. I have no options.

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I'm talking about the NPK ratio not the brand.