Is this nutrient burn or a deficiency of sorts

Dudeness

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I've got two outdoor headband plants in their first 2-3 weeks of flower that were repotted one week ago. I consulted the RIU community prior to repotting and, if you're interested, the thread can be found in the outdoor forum under the title "Outdoor headband with droopy tops." Basically, my plants were root bound and were repotted in 15 gallon fabric pots (from 7 gallon) with 5 gallons of TGA super soil on the bottom and half way up the side and the rest with 2-3 gallons of Roots Organics Soil. The plants seemed immediately happy in the new pots with leaves nice and perky. But, after two days, maybe a dozen leaves or so developed burnt tips, first turning yellow then eventually brown and crispy. The burn was mostly on lower leaves, and was also much worse on the lower leaves, and about mid-way up the plants a few of the larger fan leaves also have burnt tips. Also, a few of the lower, internal leaves have begun turning yellow and can be easily removed with hardly any force at all. Otherwise, the plant still looks nice and healthy. I'm a little concerned its budding slow for nearly 3 weeks flower, but i think repotting might have slowed it up a step, so maybe it's really more like 2 weeks flower.

I'm thinking repotting in the straight super soil may have caused some nutrient overload and burnt up the tips a little. Of course, they'd been originally planted in straight super soil so I guess that might not be the case. My logic is that since they'd been in the original super soil for 2 months the nutrient content must have been somewhat diminished and when replanted in the fresh soil they were a little overwhelmed.

the only other option would be some sort of deficiency, but i'm hesitant to treat any deficiencies because if its nutrient burn adding anything to the soil would probably be a catastrophe.

I've uploaded some pictures to help with the diagnosis: the first is showing the overall plant (minus the top because it had my neighbors house behind it... looks pretty healthy i think); the second is a lower leaf ; the third is a fan leaf midway up the plant; 4 and 5 are bud shots (look kinda small to me); and the last is a shot of one of my favorite branches... bottom branch busting with bud sites.
 

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Bugeye

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Looks pretty good to me. I would not describe her as over fed at all, just well fed. She was starting to take from the fan leaves for flowering so the new dirt should really help.
 

Dudeness

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good to know. As a relatively inexperienced growers, i'm constantly second guessing myself. It's great to have a community of people who know to lean on. I tend to dive headlong into things and, although inexperienced, I feel my general understanding of cannabis cultivation is reasonably high. I've read Jorge's book twice over and have spent countless hours perusing forums. But, at the end of the day, when you're staring something in the face for the first time, and action is required, it's easy to stutter.

I assumed slight nutrient burn was the issue but, fuck, I don't know for sure. So, thanks to all you guys helping me out.

I'm pumped to keep moving forward with my education. I've read about the book teaming with microbes and, during a search, found there's another book by the same author called teaming with nutrients. I intend to read both and many of the other books devoted to organic gardening. I've got a BA in biology and, I'm telling you, with some books and a little inspiration, there's nothing you can't figure out in your living room, on your couch, from a book, and nearly for free that you'd pay a small fortune for at a an "institution of higher learning." Plus, you can rip the bong as you learn ... something that's highly frowned upon at lecture
 

Dudeness

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Shit, while i'm at it, i might as well ask, do you guys think it'd be okay to continue treating powdery mildew with organocide as flower progresses. It does such a great job of knocking the shit out for like a week at a time. I don't plan to continue spraying the ladies down top-to-bottom, but would spot treating be okay?
 
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