Should I cut the bottom yellow leaves off

cannn · Feb 3, 2018

SchmoeJoe said:
When you make generalized statements that leave people to fill in the gaps it leaves people who are inexperienced in a precarious spot and puts people who know what's being left out to wonder if they dlshould try to fill in the gaps.

I have recently been told off for "critiquing" other people's advice but I'd rather put some people off and make sure the op looking for advice gets the whole picture. I realize you're probably not one of those that I've put off but I just wanted to let you know where I was coming from.

Its cool man. I see your point. I usually take the time to really go into shit and type a long ass post but im feeling lazy today bongsmilie

SchmoeJoe · Feb 3, 2018

cannn said:
Its cool man. I see your point. I usually take the time to really go into shit and type a long ass post but im feeling lazy today

I know the feeling. I'm coming up on the end of a very long night of drinking so I have to keep doubling back over my posts and editing it to make sure I said what I meant to.
In the case of the op we're talking about decent size plants from seed so, flowering or not, they're going to drop the lower fan leaves even without deficiencies.

Smok3yMcChok3y · Feb 3, 2018

SchmoeJoe said:
I know the feeling. I'm coming up on the end of a very long night of drinking so I have to keep doubling back over my posts and editing it to make sure I said what I meant to.
In the case of the op we're talking about decent size plants from seed so, flowering or not, they're going to drop the lower fan leaves even without deficiencies.

Yup that's my experience as well. Could also just be a result of not getting appropriate light all the way down there under the canopy. I'd be curious if people who run vertical or add under canopy fill lighting experience the same.
Edit for clarification. Generally the lowers that fall off don't turn crispy yellow but rather almost gray in some strains and they sort of wilt thus my less light assumption

Rcourt19 · Feb 5, 2018

hi everyone just an update, so i trim the dead ones off no problem but some are still turning yellow but only the ones without buds so i think this is normal as they are probably not needed now as they are flowering.

Rcourt19 · Feb 5, 2018

oh yeah, does anyone have a rough idea, when these will be ready to harvest, i know i need to watch for the trichomes to change colour but just want to have a rough idea, thanks

Tangerine_ · Feb 5, 2018

Rcourt19 said:
hi everyone just an update, so i trim the dead ones off no problem but some are still turning yellow but only the ones without buds so i think this is normal as they are probably not needed now as they are flowering.

Which is exactly why you should follow @Indacouch advice as well as the others who've echoed what he's stated.. The plant is still using those leaves and when you remove them, it just moves up to the next one.
Yellow leaves do not attract fungus gnats/pests. The "color" yellow does but you either have them or you don't. They don't just magically show up. I also wouldn't recommend lolipopping until the 2nd or 3rd wk when the stretch is over or else you risk stunting your plants.
Pay attention to who you take advice from. Go check out their grows and you'll see who knows from experience who's regurgitating what they've "read" on the net.
Google =/= experience.

Rcourt19 · Feb 5, 2018

Tangerine_ said:
Which is exactly why you should follow @Indacouch advice as well as the others who've echoed what he's stated.. The plant is still using those leaves and when you remove them, it just moves up to the next one.
Yellow leaves do not attract fungus gnats. The "color" yellow does but you either have them or you don't. They don't just magically show up. I also wouldn't recommend lolipopping until the 2nd or 3rd wk when the stretch is over or else you risk stunting your plants.
Pay attention to who you take advice from. Go check out their grows and you'll see who knows from experience who's regurgitating what they've "read" on the net.
Google =/= experience.

okay thank you, very good advice,

Tangerine_ · Feb 5, 2018

I think your plants look fine. Just give older yellowing leaves a gentle tug. If it comes off easily the plant is done with it. At harvest I usually have a several because I let my plants "fade out" a bit.
Pruning for airflow is another subject as well as "lollipopping". All strain and grow style specific.
Good luck with your harvest

Rcourt19 · Feb 5, 2018

Hey everyone, thanks for all the advice, much appreciated, just another question are purple stems and leaves normal on plants? thanks again

Tangerine_ · Feb 5, 2018

Rcourt19 said:
Hey everyone, thanks for all the advice, much appreciated, just another question are purple stems and leaves normal on plants? thanks again

Could be genetics, cold temps and/or lock up.

Rcourt19 · Feb 5, 2018

Tangerine_ said:
Could be genetics, cold temps and/or lock up.

thanks man, they are blue treacle and the day temps are about 75 and about 70 at night

Rcourt19 · Feb 5, 2018

after researching i think it is nutrient lock out

Smok3yMcChok3y · Feb 5, 2018

Rcourt19 said:
after researching i think it is nutrient lock out

Oh? The mango I'm running seems to have purple veins on some petiole. Im like 2 weeks out from harvest and noticed about a week ago. Decided since everything else is ok i won't sweat it. I think it's likely somewhat genetic for mine although night temps get down to about 55.
Edited to add photo of said stem.

As you can tell it's not consistent over every stem so I'm not too sure why it's a thing

SchmoeJoe · Feb 5, 2018

Rcourt19 said:
thanks man, they are blue treacle and the day temps are about 75 and about 70 at night

So it's definitely not cool temps. It could still just be genetics. Some strains have very purple stems without cold temps or deficiencies. If you're still seeing good growth and no other sign of deficiency I'd hold off. If you try to correct a deficiency that's not happening you'll end up with worse problems.

Smok3yMcChok3y · Feb 5, 2018

Tangerine_ said:
Which is exactly why you should follow @Indacouch advice as well as the others who've echoed what he's stated.. The plant is still using those leaves and when you remove them, it just moves up to the next one.
Yellow leaves do not attract fungus gnats/pests. The "color" yellow does but you either have them or you don't. They don't just magically show up. I also wouldn't recommend lolipopping until the 2nd or 3rd wk when the stretch is over or else you risk stunting your plants.
Pay attention to who you take advice from. Go check out their grows and you'll see who knows from experience who's regurgitating what they've "read" on the net.
Google =/= experience.

My only issue with this is that I've been doing what we do since 09. Lost my account back then and had some questions last year or maybe 2 ago so made this account. Also due to my less than friendly leo here I do not keep grow journals or even really post pics outside of the occasional just to illustrate points. More often that not i look for echoed sentiment. Usually a crowds wisdom is better than ones. Unless it's about flushing... Also I use my mobile browser almost exclusively and don't see anyone's sig. Lol

Cx2H · Feb 5, 2018

Smok3yMcChok3y said:
Oh? The mango I'm running seems to have purple veins on some petiole. Im like 2 weeks out from harvest and noticed about a week ago. Decided since everything else is ok i won't sweat it. I think it's likely somewhat genetic for mine although night temps get down to about 55.
Edited to add photo of said stem. View attachment 4084819
As you can tell it's not consistent over every stem so I'm not too sure why it's a thing

Purple mango or regular mango? Even regular mango can show purple hints at 55°.

Nothing to fear, besides with 2 weeks left nothing can be done.

Rcourt19 · Feb 6, 2018

seems to be getting a little worst, should I flush?

SchmoeJoe · Feb 6, 2018

Rcourt19 said:
seems to be getting a little worst, should I flush?

Have you narrowed it down? That is, are you confident about exactly what the cause is?

Rcourt19 · Feb 6, 2018

SchmoeJoe said:
Have you narrowed it down? That is, are you confident about exactly what the cause is?

HEY MATE, It seems to have gotten worst since yesterday after i fed them, i did up the dosage a little, i mixed between 2-3ml of bloom into 2 litres of filtered water, with the ph at about 6.6 and ppm was reading about 450PPM

SchmoeJoe · Feb 6, 2018

Rcourt19 said:
HEY MATE, It seems to have gotten worst since yesterday after i fed them, i did up the dosage a little, i mixed between 2-3ml of bloom into 2 litres of filtered water, with the ph at about 6.6 and ppm was reading about 450PPM

It's either too much or not enough of something and I'm still not even sure sure if it might be a nutrient lockout from your ph.

Did you do a run off test to figure out your soil pH?

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