Twisted Fan Leaf Stems

bebopson

Active Member
Hi All,
Already back with another problem after yesterday's. rgh!

I woke up this morning to check on the plant and suddenly many of the larger fan leaves are bent down or twisted at stem. I am wondering if my flowering nutes are too strong? I am using a 11-35-15 orchid flowering nute from Lowes. Or is this merely overwatering? My plant has been requiring daily waterings but today when I watered it, there was immediately runoff. Seems that it is suddenly not transpiring as rapidly as before. It has been flowering for about 3 weeks now.
Thanks for helping out!
 

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brasmith

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The plants should not need water everyday unless the temps get too hot and dry out the soil that fast. Droopy fans are a sign of overwatering and/or the lights just came on and they are not awake yet. Lift a pot and see how heavy it is while the soil is still wet give it a few days without water then lift to test the dry weight. After a day or 2 without water you'll see your fans perk back up. These plants like to work for food and water so amke by not watering everyday. Go every other day if they are infact drying out that quick. good luck

The food you are feeding them has the right npk ratio for flowering plants but it may be too strong at the full dose. They don't have nute burn.
 

brasmith

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Sure anytime. btw your plants do look nice and green, good work, so aside from the droopy fans they look great and will bounce back soon.
 
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