brettmccft0
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I have about 15 plants growing outdoors right now, all organic using a SuperSoil blend. Recently on a few of the plants, a few of the lower leaves have seemed to randomly yellow/brown and die which is an obvious nitrogen deficiency. They dont quite look to be flowering yet, but are stretching out a bit and this is the first time any of the leaves have yellowed, and the growth does not seem to be slowing. They are only in 5 gallon pots and have been growing from clone since the last week of May.
I've never NOT fed my plants, so Im wondering if this is just a normal way that a plant moves fast moving nutes like nitrogen in an organic environment during that explosive early flowering stage when not given extra supplements. It would make sense because I LST and never prune any leaves, so it might be more efficient for the plant to just suck an older leaf dry than to try and move nutes up from the roots. I am going to start spraying it with some light nitrogen solution if this persists, but right now Im thinking of it more as a thought experiment. Anyone have any thoughts on the matter?
I've never NOT fed my plants, so Im wondering if this is just a normal way that a plant moves fast moving nutes like nitrogen in an organic environment during that explosive early flowering stage when not given extra supplements. It would make sense because I LST and never prune any leaves, so it might be more efficient for the plant to just suck an older leaf dry than to try and move nutes up from the roots. I am going to start spraying it with some light nitrogen solution if this persists, but right now Im thinking of it more as a thought experiment. Anyone have any thoughts on the matter?