Weed Leaves Curling

Hi,

I am a newb to growing i dont know much. I recently set up a little room/closet about 2ft x 3ft. I have a 24 inch agrobrite flouresent grow tube (two bulbs) in there about a foot away from my tallest plant. I just recently tranplanted it into a bigger pot - note the curling was going on before i did so. i dont have a timer but i try to give it about 12-18 hrs of light a day. I havent watered much beacuse in hearing thats whats causing it. Also there are little dents in the leaves (all this is on the 9th node out of 10-going from bottom being 1 and the top being 10).

ANY suggestions on what and why this is happening.

Thank's

ANY Suggestions on what this could be

How old is your plant? 12 - 18 hours (fluctuating) is going to stress that plant out whether its in Veg or Bloom. Stick with as close to a set time as possible, eg 18 hrs.

The leaves curling in most new growers case is almost always over-watering. Seriously..if you are in soil...let the top inch or two of soil DRY before watering. I actually prefer the "hefting" method to see how much water each plant has. This will work in your case since it sounds like you only have one plant. If you had say...50 or so..hefting the pots to check how dry they are might be a bitch.

As far as the "dents" I can't help you. If you can, upload some pics and I am sure someone else will be able to.

get a timer the last thing you want is to hermaphrodite it by having the light schedule fucked up. walmart has a digital one for less then $10

+rep me please

I planted her On july30th. I usually let the top of the SOIL to get dry an krusty before watering, also im not using any nutrients. I Just planted 5 other plants. As for the light time im going to get a light timer tomorrow. So your saying its from watering to much nd stress?

I am posting a pic now might not be very good but good enough.

Here is the pic of the dents and curling

WusSupHoez420 said:

Here is the pic of the dents and curling

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Uhm..I dont see it?

How can i upload them. i used photobucket and got the link but i posted it and im not seeing it. is there a easier way lol

Did you just post the link directly into the text box? You need to click the little image icon to use a link like that. Its the little box with a mountain on it, between the earth with a chain "link" and the "quote" bubble.

hey man, if your growing under a floro then a foot away is far far to far away. a floro if you want to get as much out of it as you can, should be 2 inches from the new growth.

Yep, agree with Jordisgarden. I am currently under fluoro's and my lights are about 2 - 3 inches away. Otherwise your plant is going to stretch like hell for that light, and according to my light meter my plants could actually handle about double the light they are getting right now.

HID lighting needs to be at least a foot or so away from the tops of plants. Leaves can almost touch fluoro bulbs with no issues.

thanks guys here is the pic of the dents and curling

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m279/WusSupHoez/herererererererere.jpg

well there she is. can anyone tell me y it has dents and leave curling

Okay the dents are still new to me to be honest. However, your leaves are fringing upwards. I believe you said you felt you were over watering...and this can actually be a sign of it. The plants are trying to transpire, but can't. So the leaves curl trying to expose as many stomata (essentially pores) to the air in an effort to release as much moisture as possible.

Ironically, leaves will also do this if the soil is too dry. The plant still wants to transpire, but can't because there is no moisture. Some of mine were recently doing this when I let the soil dry out slightly too long. Best way to tell for yourself is to gently shove your finger down in the pot (as carefully as possible of course, watch out for roots). if its wet down there then you should probably let them dry a bit longer. If its just barely damp...you should probably water. From what I recall a good water to medium (soil) ratio is about 1/4 - 1/3 amount of water to how much volume to your bucket. So a one gallon bucket, you would use 1/4 - 1/3 gallon of water.

Also, good soil that drains properly should be kind of like a sponge when damp (wet, not soaked). When you squeeze it (soil) in your fist and let go it should compress and then start to spring back a second later. Hope this helps.

EDIT:

Do you have ANY idea what your temp and humidity levels are at on an average? If not, I suggest buying a digital thermo/hygrometer...they are pretty cheap. I actually picked mine up at RadioShack lol.

much help thanks

temp is around 72-77. i have no idea what the humititiy is