should i cut my losses and start over

these pics are from day 18 flower, not sure where i went wrong but i obviously have major nute nuke. i switched over to Terra Bloom by Super Natural on my first feeding in flower, half strength. wonder if i shld chop her down and start over? 3 gal pot, fox farm mixed with plain soil and perlite. feeding every 3-4 days, 2x4x4 tent, 400hps. new growthis whispy, fried and dry, been feeding straight ph water last couple feedings

Looks like heat/light damage. The lower leaves are ok. The highest leaves are crispy.

How far is the light off the plant?

SouthCross said:

Looks like heat/light damage. The lower leaves are ok. The highest leaves are crispy.

How far is the light off the plant?

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Yep, I was thinking too much heat & some leaves are curling from overfeeding.
Probably not too much light, given the wide internode spacing.

more leaves would have allowed the plant to use your hot ferts-ff plus food every four days

thats what i thought, they stretched to within 6 inches, so i put them in trellis net, now they are about 16-18" away

temps have been reaching 81 with lights on, gets down to 62 with it off. think i should toss her? or will it produce? only my second grow.

and the main cola snapped off while training her, wonder if that may have causes some stress. i turned my ballast down to 75% to help reduce heat issue as well.

gxsmit8 said:

temps have been reaching 81 with lights on, gets down to 62 with it off. think i should toss her? or will it produce? only my second grow.

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Run it! I've finished plants that were doing MUCH worse & they turned out better than expected.

thanks for the advice/encouragement, will do!!

gxsmit8 said:

and the main cola snapped off while training her, wonder if that may have causes some stress. i turned my ballast down to 75% to help reduce heat issue as well.

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No biggie. It will actually help your plant grow more horizontally.
Then again, everything grows horizontally in a SCROG.

I only do Viking funerals for bugs, and that's rare. Most problems can be handled, even in flower. The real question becomes how long will it take the plants to recover, and how much will yield be reduced? Sometimes it really is best to just nuke everything and start over, but this is not one of those times.

thank you... i asked what people thought about my plant a few days ago and overwhelmingly told that i had nute burn, however they never saw the pic of the whole plant. heat/light stress makes more sense. so i will go back to my flowering nute schedule.

Next time leave your fan leaves on the plant you'll be able to pick up on problems quicker