Questions about the claw from too much N

sL3xx

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I was given this plant by someone when it was just entering a flowering stage. They weren't givinng it any nutes and couldnt even tell me what kind of soil they used. Had some fucked up leaves that werent doing well so I cut them. It was pretty neglected from spending the summer outside in NYC.

I figured I would start giving some nutes so I got GH flora line.

Recently I've been dosing the near the full recommended amount for drain to waste that GH flora recommends. Clearly too much. Started clawing last week, so the past two waterings have just been straight water, sans nutes. Yesterday I ran a few gallons of RO water through it to try to flush the extra nutrients out. The runoff water was pretty orange from the extra nutes, so hopefully it was beneficial.

When should I start feeding again?

Will the clawed leaves recover, or will they stay like this?

Thanks in advance!

 
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MeJuana

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You didn't mention your growing medium or how mature the plant is. Also it is incredibly hard to gauge colors in that light so therefore I can't help with maturity or deficiencies really. But let's say for coco or soil you've already flushed most of the Nitrogen out if that is what you intended to do. No the leaves will not spring back but it does appear to have received plenty of N, reduce the Nitrogen and feed her. This is where I could be more helpful with more info. But for example if she is late in flower I might drop N completely for a plant that is too lush green using only CaMg+ and 1/6th recommended value of a p/k booster.

Those days are behind me now I don't grow using nutrients any longer but I noticed you didn't get any help so I thought I'd give you what I could. You need a better photo and to list your medium, the more info on watering, feeding, and etc the better.
 

sL3xx

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Thank you. I'll get a better photo tomorrow when I can get normal lights on.

Some kind of soil. Basic potting soil I think. It was given to me by someone in the first week or so of flowering and they aren't very helpful regarding what kind of soil.

I am using this chart, the green one: https://www.monstergardens.com/charts/general_hydroponics_feeding_chart/gh_floraseries_drain__to_waste.pdf

I have the whole GH flora series: floramicro, florabloom, diamond nectar, liquid koolbloom, floralicious plus, flora nectar.

To give a guess, I would say I'm at week 7, so I was dosing according to that chart.

When I first dosed several weeks ago I used the wrong chart, I used the recirculating one with higher numbers. ( http://greenbookpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Floraseriesexpertrecircfeed.jpg) I didn't really do a full flush after that, so I wonder if my mistake in dosing has built up and added onto further feedings to cause this overdose.

Hopefully my recent flush with RO water has fixed this. My questions were more just regarding next steps. When should I start feeding again, should i flush again, etc.
 
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