Bad, bad, baby sitter.

Hey yall,

I had a babysitter get a bit overzealous with the watering/feeding schedule wile I was gone. Or so I suspect.

The biggest sign of stress is the dry leaves, the stems are still full of water but the actual leafs are crisp to the touch and can be easily broken off.

The leaves are also curling up and showing fading of color into the vein.

My suspect is it got super dry then heavily fed/watered after that. I'm open to your thoughts but mostly looking for your input on turning the girls around.

They are quite wet today (my first day back) After they dry out some I plan to flush 3x pot size with 10-25% nute. In hopes to clear out the excess and allow for new growth.

Here are the details:
The girls are 30 days into flower Grape Ape OG and Trainwreck OG.

Organic soil mix with: Hummus, lime, coco, meal's, worm castings, pearlite, rock dust, green sand, sea weed, fish emulsion and azomite with some additives like aloe, coconut and guano.

1k hps 3+ feet from cola tops. (air cooled)

R/o water with roots organic line as supplemental feed.

Temps are between 69-78F with humidity from 28-60.

Using new type of air pot that is 5g with upwards cone that goes into the pot allowing for airflow at the root ball. Ultimately only letting a 4g soil max.

Here's the shots:


Thank's for reading.

Are all the strains reacting the same or are some more than others?

ouch. buds still look OK though and pretty close to the finish line. should be able to salvage, albeit withsome significant weight and quality loss.

The Grape ape is taking the brunt of it. 1/3 of the Trainwrecks is powering through the most of it, with quite a few soft/green leaves left. But yes, all reacting similar.

I agree with the loss, I'm trying to minimize it but I don't know if at 5 weeks I can get much foliage to grow to support more bud growth.
Any ideas aside from the flush at 10-25%?

BluJayz said:

The Grape ape is taking the brunt of it. 1/3 of the Trainwrecks is powering through the most of it, with quite a few soft/green leaves left. But yes, all reacting similar.

I agree with the loss, I'm trying to minimize it but I don't know if at 5 weeks I can get much foliage to grow to support more bud growth.
Any ideas aside from the flush at 10-25%?

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pray to allah.

I'm not a proponent of flushing, particiulary with an organic soil.

Your issue could be from over watering, but my hunch is that these plants are over fed. You have an organically amended soil, and you're feeding them soluble nutrients on top of it. Blood meal, plant available alfalfa meal, etc can absolutely crisp your leaves up a bit.

IMO I'd top dress some castings and/or apply a compost tea. From there I'd stick with just using water and leave the nutrients out.

Good luck