Three weeks in...and gets the Claw..with pics

Ok here is the deal:

400 watt hps 12" to 26" away from plant
2x6x6 with mylar room
temp is from 74-83
Fox farm three part nutes used at half strength at ever other watering
miracle grow potting soil
12/12 light schedule for the past three weeks
12" pot unknown gallons
plant is 30" tall
Bag seed
water almost every other day
havent flushed yet
fans blowing onto plant

Ok this is my first grow but i have read lots of stuff on here about it.. the problem is that i noticed a few days ago some of the smaller leaves coming from the buds are curling under like a claw and i am not sure what to do first... i dont have a ph kit so i dont know the ph.. i use well water if thats any help... also some of the fan leaves seem kinda droopy... Another question is my plant is topped but it has lots of big branches with lots of little buds, should i get rid of some of the smaller ones to make the others get bigger? Also are these buds as big as they should be at three weeks? I hope i didnt leave anything out...THanx everybody!

Hey i have exact same problem but my top ones are a picture of health its just the lower ones curled under spider like, i haven't a clue what the problem is i have chose to just ignore it. goodluck i hope you can figure it out

me to i have this problem i cant test my ph becuz i dont have a kit but i use distilled water so i dont think its ph but i could be wrong and its just the lower fan leaves and the upper leaves look good.

Hey, i have tested my pH and its 6.8 so prob not a pH problem

Well if all three of us have had the same problem there has got to be somebody that has had this happen also and found a cure..

a few people told me underwatering so i increased the waterings, after day 1 it did seem to improve a little i think,but day 2 looked worse, so then i just went back to my original watering schedule, as i didn't want to drown her. Personaly i think because mine is a satiavia, and is almost 4'tall all the energy from the plant is being concentrated to the newer uper growth, yours is tall too right?

Yes i think my plant is too tall also it like 40 inchs already... i think its either nutrient lockup or something else i really dont know thats why i asked on here...thanx for trying to help

well i can tell you its not a pH problem, under or over watering it cant be a lack of light as i added lots more lights arround my plant 4 days ago and no change, and it can't be a nute lock problem as i have only gave it 2 feeds to date and the first 1 of them was a 1/4 strengh, actually i am going to give her some nutes tomorrow as thats the only thing i think it could be, but if you have been giving yours nutes maybe not, after just cheking your first post i noticed you are about 3 days infront of me in the flowering stage, maybe its some kinda shock due to the change in light cycles? if you find out what the problem is and how to fix it could you please pm me? and i will do likewise. Good luck with it anyway bro

what was that ph of. the water/nute mix or the soil.

i`ll put money on it your salting up and getting lock out. because your in mg soil that has nutes in it and your using fox farm nutes on top and they are a strong mix.

if your still watering every other day then i feel that is to much and also aids in the salting problem.

Thanx BONZ and BAZ... i just flushed with about three times the water as soil so in a few days i will let you know what kinda results i get thanx for everything

let it dry up now untill the leaves are just starting to wilt. dry like it was never watered. then water till you just start to get run off.and keep to that feed schedule. may take a week to dry up

You might wanna try Epsom Salts - about one or two teaspoons per gallon of water every watering. It helps strip out any salts that may have built up and the plants will love it.