Phosphorus deficiency, should I chop down early?

greenestimes

Active Member
Okay I thought I would add a description since no one is responding LOL So they are 9 weeks into flowering and it appears as if the plants growth has been stunted. I think it is phosphorus deficiency because there is red in the stems and purple and blue dying leaves. Where there's bud you can see a lot of frosty white trichomes but not to much amber. I have lost all my leaves as well haha so much for trimming... it appears as if they are really hurting. What do you guys think should I harvest now or hold off for a bit?

Grow Room spec
2x 15,000 lumes 150w hps
32in H, 26in W, 13in D
6in carbon filter and fan
miracle grow soil

Side note: A while back I had heat issue where my lights were coming on in the middle of the dark cycle, going unnoticed for several hour a few times, without the fans on. At this time of timer malfunction the room would reach temps over the 100 degree F mark.
 

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Jonus

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It is hard to give you an accurate assessment from the pics, but what it looks like is what happens when plants suffer a combination of stresses from light stress, heat stress, over feeding and soggy root stress. Add to that the tipping and training. What is the strain you are growing and what is the expected flowering time?
 

greenestimes

Active Member
No hermie's thankfully and they were bag seeds so I have no clue what strain they could even possibly be. I decide to chop them down, down right everything on the plant was looking worse by the day.
 

BeefSupreme

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Dude your temps are waaaay to high. at 84º F plant growth virtually stops. Keep your temps around 72-78 if you can.

You should also flush them 10 days before harvest, especially with miracle grow soil or else the taste will be really chemically. Flush them with at least twice as much water as the size of the pots (ie 3 gallon pots would get 6 gallons to flush)
 

darkdestruction420

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under 90 is fine, 84 and up doesnt virtually stop plant growth. I know that for a fact. your ideal temp range is alright but they do fine w/temps in the 80's. plus-how hot does it get where you live? where i live 90f+ days are common during summer. so outside or w/enough airflow and c02 temps of 90+ can be fine. for flushing your answer is good. i do 3x's the size though.
its good your helping as much as you can, dont take this the wrong way or anything.
 

McGyver

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WoW umm thanks for the info ya cause im guerrilla growing and the temps here over the summer are generally 90-95 degrees... and by that time my plant should be like 7-8 weeks old..
 

BeefSupreme

Active Member
under 90 is fine, 84 and up doesnt virtually stop plant growth. I know that for a fact. your ideal temp range is alright but they do fine w/temps in the 80's. plus-how hot does it get where you live? where i live 90f+ days are common during summer. so outside or w/enough airflow and c02 temps of 90+ can be fine. for flushing your answer is good. i do 3x's the size though.
its good your helping as much as you can, dont take this the wrong way or anything.
He didnt say he has CO2 and that would only allow him to go a few degrees higher anyways. Certain strains are ok at those temps, but most of them are not
 
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