Leaves starting to roll down

sinclairdankton

sinclairdankton

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I have two plants that just rolled into week 3 of flowering. Some of the leaves are starting to curl down, and they feel dry and rough. One of the plants had about 5 big fan leaves die and fall off from the bottom. The plants have never been flushed. Any ideas? Here are some pictures:
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Other than that, the plants look sorta nice (:
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WolfZen

WolfZen

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Just throwing this out there in the absence of a lot of information... but what is your watering situation like? The drooping looks a lot like under-watering (wilting) to me. And it's hard to tell from the pictures but the pot looks shallow and the soil mix looks airy. (not a bad thing but could fit with simply not getting enough water).

Again, just throwing that out an impression based on what I can see in the pictures and it could be any number of things. Hopefully others can chime in.
 
sinclairdankton

sinclairdankton

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WolfZen said:
Just throwing this out there in the absence of a lot of information... but what is your watering situation like? The drooping looks a lot like under-watering (wilting) to me. And it's hard to tell from the pictures but the pot looks shallow and the soil mix looks airy. (not a bad thing but could fit with simply not getting enough water).

Again, just throwing that out an impression based on what I can see in the pictures and it could be any number of things. Hopefully others can chime in.
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Sorry about the lack of information. I water with 2 liters of water, about every 4-5 days, that is how long it takes for the top of the soil to become dry. Water is always pH corrected to 6.5, no nutrients, 80*Farenheit during the day, 70 at night, not sure on the humidity in the room, but im guessing it is low.

I am also using Roots Organic soil
 
WolfZen

WolfZen

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If it were me, I'd start by increasing the watering schedule for a few days in a row (shouldn't cause any harm) - if that's the issue you should see a pretty rapid improvement. Ideally I'd try watering from the bottom for a few days straight, if you can find a container to temporarily set the pot into to do so. How big/tall is that pot by the way?
 
sinclairdankton

sinclairdankton

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Well, if the frequency of watering was increased, I would start over-watering. Before I started flowering, I was having over-watering issues because I was watering every 3 days, and I find that about 4-5 days seems to be the sweet spot. both pots are 5 gallons.. And no the plants are not LST'd, there is another plant behind that one.
 
WolfZen

WolfZen

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sinclairdankton said:
Well, if the frequency of watering was increased, I would start over-watering. Before I started flowering, I was having over-watering issues because I was watering every 3 days, and I find that about 4-5 days seems to be the sweet spot. both pots are 5 gallons.. And no the plants are no LST'd, there is another plant behind that one.
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Maybe it would be over-watering. But watering from the bottom up for just a few days in a row wouldn't hurt her and would rule that out. It can be surprising how much water they can use when they start to get big. I've had single plants consume over a gallon a day from DWC reservoirs... in any case, hope you figure it out.
 
sinclairdankton

sinclairdankton

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WolfZen said:
Maybe it would be over-watering. But watering from the bottom up for just a few days in a row wouldn't hurt her and would rule that out. It can be surprising how much water they can use when they start to get big. I've had single plants consume over a gallon a day from DWC reservoirs... in any case, hope you figure it out.
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I do not think its over-watering, the leaves have a dry feeling to them. When I had an over-watering problem, the leaves weren't dry like they are. I will bump up the amount of water to about a gallon just to see what happens
 
WolfZen

WolfZen

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No I don't think over-watering is the issue with your current schedule. Just to be clear: I meant that you may be currently under-watering (now that the plant has grown in size)... and if it were my plant I'd start by over-watering for just a few days (at most) just to see if that's the case. Like you said, just to see what happens. It would be nice if that's the issue because that's an easy fix.
 
sinclairdankton

sinclairdankton

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Do you think it could be possible that there is too much nitrogen in the soil? I have never used nutrients though, but that fits aswell
 
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