Drooping leaves

[B2K]

Starting a few days ago my bottom leaves started to droop down toward the ground. They haven't turned yellow, still dark green. I trimed the larger leaves off the plant. Now a few days later the leaves are still dark green and all the bottom of the plant is drooped straight down toward the ground and now even the top leaves and starting to droop. I thought it might be from over watering so I haven't watered it in a few days. Can anyone help me?

 

[the75bag]

its over watering or you have bugs eating your roots pick the pot up and see how light it is i go mu weight for how often i should water

 

[who'sdat]

im having same issue i think its over watering for my situation, patience is hard just want my girls to grow already

 

[Punk]

Hey Bro,

I think we tend to over water more than we think. There's been times when I've neglected(by my standards) a plant by ignoring when I think it needs water, and by doing that, I actually make the plant healthier by doing less, hence the "less is more" approach. Cannabis is a rugged form of plantlife....Remember that you're working with females here, and even though they're plants, they're still woman... they like the 'bad boy', 'treat me like shit and I'll respond positively to you' mentality. hehe!


It takes a knack figuring out what the right amount of water is and how often. You need to factor in the container size and the amount of root development thats occured. So a plant that's just been potted up to a larger container, there's a lot of dirt with no roots, so when you saturate the soil with water, it sits in there a lot longer.

In my opinion, you want your plants to be a bit cramped in their container. An extreme case of a bad idea would be planting a seedling in a full 5gallon bucket of dirt. You see people do it too. People say, if you stick your finger in the soil and its dry up to your second nuckle, its time to water. Bullshit. It's that kind of advice that we take to heart and end up with sick ladies.

 

[B2K]

Hey Bro,

I think we tend to over water more than we think. There's been times when I've neglected(by my standards) a plant by ignoring when I think it needs water, and by doing that, I actually make the plant healthier by doing less, hence the "less is more" approach. Cannabis is a rugged form of plantlife....Remember that you're working with females here, and even though they're plants, they're still woman... they like the 'bad boy', 'treat me like shit and I'll respond positively to you' mentality. hehe!


It takes a knack figuring out what the right amount of water is and how often. You need to factor in the container size and the amount of root development thats occured. So a plant that's just been potted up to a larger container, there's a lot of dirt with no roots, so when you saturate the soil with water, it sits in there a lot longer.

In my opinion, you want your plants to be a bit cramped in their container. An extreme case of a bad idea would be planting a seedling in a full 5gallon bucket of dirt. You see people do it too. People say, if you stick your finger in the soil and its dry up to your second nuckle, its time to water. Bullshit. It's that kind of advice that we take to heart and end up with sick ladies.

amazing advice, thanks a lot guys. Ya I've been using the finger method and it didn't see to work out for me, will I be able to tell when the dirt is dry enough by the look of the leaves?

 

[Punk]

amazing advice, thanks a lot guys. Ya I've been using the finger method and it didn't see to work out for me, will I be able to tell when the dirt is dry enough by the look of the leaves?

I use weight to determine when I need to water.

When you lift up the plant and feel like there's not much water in there (compared to how heavy it is just after you water it)

A good soil is at least 20% air, so it will get noticably lighter when it drys out.

 

[deoss69]

dark green leaves could also be a nute prob but try the water first make sure its phed right and then check the ppm of nutes to maintain it in the right balance . to much nite can make leaves turn dark green as well. if the lack of water dont turn shit around try a flush and then let it recoup and correct ph and ppm for next nute cycle .remeber patiance is a vertue and most of us dont have it when it concerns nuggs hope it helped and gl also look into the mj plant probs thier is a link in thier to the mj abuse page that has lot of pics in it to help you get the feel for what might be going on

 

[CrackerJax]

Just water it thoroughly, and in a few days, when the leaves droop....then it's time to water again. So much easier and more accurate.

 

[droch123]

do the pot test lift the pot when it is completely dry it should be very light then water throughly and check the pot again it should have gained a noticeable amount of weight its a fool poof plan very light pot needs water heavy pots dont

 

[figtree]

just watch your plants, they WILL tell you when they need water, or food.

 

[B2K]

All great advice thanks again, but I don't know how much the pot weighed before there may have been too much water so that I will have to use in the future. But as for now the plant is 4-5 days without water and the leaf droop still seems to be getting worse, now the top leaves are drooping almost straight down and the edges of the bottom leaves have begun to curl under. Am I just being too impatient and it will get better with time? or is this a sign it may be from nutes or bugs?