Newbie Needs help! Nute Burn? Defiency?? Pics included..

[pilot011972]

I am flowering and one day I think I added too much Tiger bloom because I started to notice my leaves turning. I am about three weeks from harvest and need to know if I killed or hurt my plant? I have only been feeding her water since I started noticing the spots. Anyone, please let me know what I should do. Thanks!!!

 

[researchkitty]

If you fed them too high of a ppm of nutrients, just flush them with clean pH balanced water, then go back to normal. If you just feed them water now, they wont "recover", get it back to "normal" and let them recover. Focus on new growth, as the old growth wont really heal much at this point. Your buds look fine, just a little fan leaf damage.

 

[pilot011972]

Thank you.I couldnt believe I put like 2 teaspoons of tiger bloom in a big cup of water and put the whole cup in.. lol... I guess I wanted her to bloom now!! :O) Thanks for the suggestion and I will giver her some PH balanced water. On a side note, what are your thoughts of putting her on 8/16 schedule now or should I just keep the 12/12 until I harvest? This is my first grow.

 

[michojay]

Why would you ever put them on a 8/16 sched? That would never help a plant I mean unless you want less bud. stick to the basics!! eaze up on the nutes and you'll be good also in my honest op. it looks like you've got a bit more than 3 weeks to go just my thoughts. How long you been in flower for?

 

[pilot011972]

MichoJay,
I would say a good three weeks of flowering. I started to flower and she kept growing, so I shut the light off for three days and she went straight flowering from that point on. I thought I heard somewhere that you should go to 8/16 near harvest time but I will stay to basics. Do you think another month?? Thanks for the info.

 

[michojay]

they always grow for the first bit of flower that is what I call the final stretch. no where in nature do they ever have full darkness so I don't see any reason that this would help them into the flowering stage, also alot of people come up with these crazy things like 8/16 or 24 dark periods then they parade it all over like its some kind of scientific miracle but really it will do nothing for you in the long run!!! Really the best thing that you can do for your plants is not stress them out!!! stable light, stable nutes not to high not to low, clean air and good oxigen for the roots I.E. not over watering and good light you'll have the best weed in town!!! good luck.

 

[michojay]

Also what are you flowering under? please tell me thats not a L.E.D. please

 

[Brick Top]

Thank you.I couldnt believe I put like 2 teaspoons of tiger bloom in a big cup of water and put the whole cup in.. lol... I guess I wanted her to bloom now!! :O) Thanks for the suggestion and I will giver her some PH balanced water. On a side note, what are your thoughts of putting her on 8/16 schedule now or should I just keep the 12/12 until I harvest?

Did you read the instructions on the container? 2 to 3 teaspoons per GALLON of water for general purpose feeding and recirculating systems and for heavy feeding 4 teaspoons per GALLON.

You were likely over the heavy feeding ratio in that you used 2 teaspoons; "in a big cup of water" of indeterminate size.

Should you change your light cycle to 18/6? Only if you want more problems.

Vegetative growth phase = 18/6
Flowering growth phase = 12/12

This is my first grow.

That was rather evident .... but now that you have clarified things and we all have a firm grasp of the obvious we can all move on now.

 

[Brick Top]

Also what are you flowering under? please tell me thats not a L.E.D. please

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