droopy leaves after feeding

I fed my two plants four teaspoons per gallon yesterday (Grow Big) and they are drooping a tad. I know its not over watering because I usually wait 3 days to water them and they been doing fine, they have never drooped before. I thought they could take the heavy feeding because they were bigger but I guess not. Only thing to do is wait and hope until they perk back up. Thanks.

I just switched to 12/12 too btw

Have you fed them before? If not you need to start them off small, like 1/4 strength at first and work up to full...pics always help..good luck

Yes I fed them before when I started out I gave them only one teaspoon as seedlings, gradually working my way up. I know a lot of people post their pics online here but I mean is it really safe to do that?

Completly safe. I wouldn't go posting a picture of your address or anything, but pics of your plants if perfectly safe.

its safe unless you take photo with ur personal details

Here are two plants (one fim'd one not) in 30 gallon pot. If you can notice the lower fan leaves are drooping some and I spotted this (nute burn?) on a fan leaf. thx

Place that Temp/RH gauge somewhere in your grow space at top of plant height...
You want the info from where your buds will be, not down at the soil...
Maybe 10 f degrees different...
Good luck man...

LWD said:

Here are two plants (one fim'd one not) in 30 gallon pot. If you can notice the lower fan leaves are drooping some and I spotted this (nute burn?) on a fan leaf. thx View attachment 2609514View attachment 2609516

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Nice plant/s man, is it 1 or 2 in that 1 pot? Shoulda grown them in seperate pots, and it looks like you spilled some water on her while lights were on, water on her while lights are on can act like a magnifying glass and burn those spots on the leaves...good luck and looking good

yup i get spots like that if i splash water on my leaves sometimes, well i did before i started usign a wetting agent for foilar feeding. anyways plant looks great nothing to be to concerned with

Are you following a feeding schedule or just the bottle?
Do not feed more than 1x a week- follow a feeding schedule for your nutes (Let me look- I'll post it if I have it!)
and do NOT water on schedule...
when you feed, mix 'per gallon' but feed each plant as much as the soil will hold- some runoff is wanted, and all the soil should be saturated...
then do not water the plant between feeds unless the top 2 inches of soil are dry, AND the planter feels light... if it is only a day or so before feeding, and they get too dry, give them a SMALL drink to hold them over- otherwise, water deep-exactly as you do when you feed.

Ok-- just realized a couple things--
#1- you went 12/12 while using Vegging nutes.... and #2-- you are using only 1 part of a 3-part nutrient system.. in Veg, thats ok, but you will very likely get deficiencies in flower and they will take their sweet time blooming without more P-K....

here is the Fox-Farms recommendations for SOIL... why I no longer use FF- a big chemistry set that has too many high-priced components IMO.. there are easier and IMO better nutes out there for soil grows... but many people swear by Fox farms, and I gotta admit- ChaChing Rocks!!

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Product list:

Grow Big--$16
Tiger Bloom--$16
Big Bloom --$16
Open Seseme--$23
ChaChing--$23
Beastie Bloom --$23
And the Optional : Bush Doctor Sledgehammer--$26

There is a 3-pack available for $65 of Open Sesame, Cha Ching and Beastie Bloom IF you can find it!

The last 4 Products are used in small quantities and only at specific times during the grow -- so if you know someone who wanted to go in on the 3-pack with ya, it would be worth it!

Here's the FoxFarms Feeding Schedule for Soil... Hydro is MUCH more complex, unless you use bubblersthen you can follow a Phasic feeding schedule (At end of weekly schedule!)


FOX FARMS FEEDING SCHEDULES


WEEKLY FEEDING- per Gallon
Sprouting and week 1--BigBloom 2TBS
week 2-- 2tsp Grow Big + 2TBS Big Bloom
Week 3--3tsp Grow Big + 2TBS Big Bloom
Week 4--JUST 3 tspGrow Big + 1/4 tsp Open Sesame
Week 5 same as week 4 unless going 12/12--

Week 5- OR--day 1 of 12/12-- 2 tsp Tiger Bloom +1TBS Big Bloom + 1/2 tsp Open Sesame
Week 6--same as above
Week 7-- 2 Tsp Grow Big + 2 tsp Tiger Bloom +1TBS Big Bloom + 1/4 tsp Beastie Bloom
Week 8-- 2Tsp Grow Big + 2 tsp Tiger Bloom +1TBS Big Bloom + 1/2 tsp Beastie Bloom
Week 9-- 2 tsp Tiger Bloom +1TBS Big Bloom + 1/4 tsp Cha Ching
week 10-- Same as above
Week 11--2 tsp Tiger Bloom +1TBS Big Bloom + 1/2 tsp Cha Ching


At beginning of week 11--Check Trichomes-- Flush if ready.. otherwise, continue as with week 11 every week until you flush!


Also recomended--but not a nessesity--
Bush Doctor Sledgehammer (prevents lock-out)
use 2 drops per gallon of water between feedings starting in week 4 of 12/12



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So I am not suppose to use Grow Big during flowering? Am I suppose to use Tiger Bloom all by itself excluding Big Bloom?

LWD said:

So I am not suppose to use Grow Big during flowering? Am I suppose to use Tiger Bloom all by itself excluding Big Bloom?

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I didn't see anything in the pics to indicate that nutes were the culprit in the drooping.
Can you give a better side view?

I don't see anything worth mentioning in the pics except the beginning of spotting, nothing that a little more cal/ mag wouldn't fix.
And, as far as going by the "recommended" schedule by FF, you should use that as a guideline, but learn to read your plant......
Maybe she can take more than the "recommended", or needs more than what they say.
I have 2 plants going side by side right now, and they have 2 different feed schedules AND strengths that I give, simply because one is predominantly Indica, and the other is mostly Sativa.
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Side view, do they look droopy to you?

You are fine with using veg ferts like Grow Big during flowering. I use Grow Big through the first couple weeks and stretch. Often people make the mistake of switching to 12/12 and then using some sort of bloom fert with very low N in it and tons of P which actually does not keep your plants green and healthy throughout. And no your leaves are not all supposed to turn yellow and die by the end of flowering. As mentioned above be careful with being on a schedule as you gain experience you will be able to tell what the plant needs when. I usually let the soil provide the nutes up until about week 4-5 then start feeding and do a feed, water, water, feed kind of schedule but as the plant grows and demands more I start to up things a little. You also do not need to go out and buy all those products I use something like a Grow Big 6-4-4 for veg and a Dyna Grow 7-9-5 throughout flower the Dyna has all the micros in it as well. Keep it green and keep it simple until you learn more about the plant your growing and growing in general. Your plants look fine, they could be a bit more perky but that should correct itself once you get on track with watering and feeding. I feel the weight of my pots every couple days and can tell when they need watering.

LWD said:

View attachment 2612719Side view, do they look droopy to you?

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Maybe a little, but not bad.
If anything, maybe a little warm in there.
What temp you got going on?

hey bakatare666, temps peak at 90 on hotter days. I was mostly able to keep it at 81 most of the grow.

LWD said:

hey bakatare666, temps peak at 90 on hotter days. I was mostly able to keep it at 81 most of the grow.

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Ya man, get them temps down!
80 is OK, but the 90's will make her droop.

yeah thanks man