Dark ruby stems and brittle leaves *pics*

So here's my Bubba Kush clone.. I'm not entirely sure what to do about this.. Flush or possibly foliar feed? I'm using Alaska fish emulsion and also bloom.. I have blood and bone meal at my disposal as well. Any thoughts would be most appreciated.

Ohh, and it's actually vegging, not sure why they were flowered initially, but an awesome dispensary was giving them away for free, so I decided to take one and reveg it.

That plant looks very sad... and it looks like it might be suffering from heat stress... What is the temp in the room? Possibly rootbound as well, have you tried to transplant to a bigger pot.

It certainly is sad.. Temps are high, generally between 80-85.. Also, when I got it (about a week ago) it was just in a rockwool cube with roots grown through it and dried out. But the plant was still very healthy looking, and it didn't have the red stems.

Nutrient Disorder Problem Solver
To use the Problem-Solver, simply start at #1 below. When you think you've found the problem, read the Nutrients section to learn more about it. Diagnose carefully before making major changes.

1) If the problem affects only the bottom or middle of the plant go to #2. b) If it affects only the top of the plant or the growing tips, skip to #10. If the problem seems to affect the entire plant equally, skip to #6.

2) Leaves are a uniform yellow or light green; leaves die & drop; growth is slow. Leaf margins are not curled-up noticeably. >> Nitrogen(N) deficiency. b) If not, go to #3.

3) Margins of the leaves are turned up, and the tips may be twisted. Leaves are yellowing (and may turn brown), but the veins remain somewhat green. >> Magnesium (Mg) deficiency. b) If not, go to #4.

4) Leaves are browning or yellowing. Yellow, brown, or necrotic (dead) patches, especially around the edges of the leaf, which may be curled. Plant may be too tall. >> Potassium (K) deficiency. b) If not, keep reading.

5) Leaves are dark green or red/purple. Stems and petioles may have purple & red on them. Leaves may turn yellow or curl under. Leaf may drop easily. Growth may be slow and leaves may be small. >> Phosphorus(P) deficiency. b) If not, go to #6.

6) Tips of leaves are yellow, brown, or dead. Plant otherwise looks healthy & green. Stems may be soft >> Over-fertilization (especially N), over-watering, damaged roots, or insufficient soil aeration (use more sand or perlite. Occasionally due to not enough N, P, or K. b) If not, go to #7.

7) Leaves are curled under like a ram's horn, and are dark green, gray, brown, or gold. >> Over-fertilization (too much N). b) If not, go to #8…

The plant is wilted, even though the soil is moist. >> Over-fertilization, soggy soil, damaged roots, disease; copper deficiency (very unlikely). b) If not, go to #9.

9) Plants won't flower, even though they get 12 hours of darkness for over 2 weeks. >> The night period is not completely dark. Too much nitrogen. Too much pruning or cloning. b) If not, go to #10...

10) Leaves are yellow or white, but the veins are mostly green. >> Iron (Fe) deficiency. b) If not, go to #11.

11) Leaves are light green or yellow beginning at the base, while the leaf margins remain green. Necrotic spots may be between veins. Leaves are not twisted. >> Manganese (Mn) deficiency. b) If not, #12.

12) Leaves are twisted. Otherwise, pretty much like #11. >> Zinc (Zn) deficiency. b) If not, #13.

13) Leaves twist, then turn brown or die. >> The lights are too close to the plant. Rarely, a Calcium (Ca) or Boron (B) deficiency. b) If not… You may just have a weak plant.

Looks like simple overwatering to me.

Hmm, well I have a lot to think about here. I'm leaning towards some sort of deficiency, I've had the ruby stem problem with passed crops, but it was all during flowering.. Never this early into veg. And it was a problem I never really corrected, so this really worries me. I'd like to actually get a worthwhile harvest and a completely healthy plant outta this run. I've done several indoor harvests using other nutes, but when I switched to alaska ferts I've been having a hard time keeping my girls healthy. Anyone have any tips or advice on the subject? Perhaps I'm missing some micronutrients? Veg is 5-1-1 and bloom is 0-10-10, I usually mix about 1/4 cup of veg per 2 gallons of water and I've never really had trouble with nute burn, maybe I should bump up the dosage? I doubt it's a pH problem, unless it's caused by the nutes themselves, as I've grown several completely healthy plants with this water using different nutrients.

Although it's probably a nute problem, I'll add this little tidbit of info....when i switched my plants to flouros,(they were under HPS for a week, first) one of the three strains turned purple like that, just not quite as bad. It's probably unrelated, but I thought I'd throw that out there as a possibility.

Hey, thanks for the reply! Could be part of the problem, it is putting the plant through hell revegging it and completely switching it's environment. The necrotic spots and droopy/brittle/dying foliage are my biggest fears tho, I honestly wonder if this little fucker will even make it at all.

Stoneded said:

So here's my Bubba Kush clone.. I'm not entirely sure what to do about this.. Flush or possibly foliar feed? I'm using Alaska fish emulsion and also bloom.. I have blood and bone meal at my disposal as well. Any thoughts would be most appreciated.

Ohh, and it's actually vegging, not sure why they were flowered initially, but an awesome dispensary was giving them away for free, so I decided to take one and reveg it.

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I have two plants that are also doing something strange they appear to very in goo shape an I mean they fucking smell like some DANKy DANK but at the bottom of each stalk they BLACK with a with a wite powerder like residue on it the other 4 plants are fine any ideas!!!

besides it being a defficentcy , what are ur temps at night cycle,? i think its from them getting 2 cold idk plants turn purple when thier cold right?