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UnknownRemedy

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I'm 4 weeks into flowering. I used a super soil in 5 gallon pots with adding a top dressing every couple of weeks & using an organic compost tea. I'm in a 2x2.5 tent. I'm using the ac self watering base because I work long hours and have my daughter every week.

I see some yellowing and some necrosis that looks like it started at the bottom and up. She had some light stress + one of the colas is about 10 inches from my light. I've been dealing with issues as they come so it hasn't been perfect. But my plant was looking healthy up until end of last week.

There's about 4 more weeks of flowering left, should I top dress with a bloom?

Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. I also have metrics from my controller if anyone's interested.
 

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Budzbuddha

Budzbuddha

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Welp … yield ( for a better word ) will not be very much. Plant is hella stretched , lanky . Most of the fans look like they are missing.

Only the very top of the plant will have the most mature flowers - all the under growth is larf.

Biggest issue - you threw “ Super Soil “ , compost tea and Top dressing together. WCGW ?

You have 3 different nute sources trying to be the main one. You literally could have run super soil as long as it would feed ( probably many weeks alone ) and plant pulls what it wants without hyperfeeding it.
Looks like you locked out some elements. Hard to do an adjustment if you continue to dump feed down its throat.

Plant would have been better off trained in beginning to form a flat canopy that way all budsites would get a chance. Your light is high in distance because if the plants stretch - so the lowers get a fraction of light and will never see full potential.

These things are correctable when you run a new plant.
 
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HydroKid239

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I second the soil being overly loaded, and it’s complicating things down there. Way more than needed, even using organics. A top dress in normal potting soil should suffice. An occasional tea with microbes, or if they are asking for something more.
I top dress bi-weekly, and when I do I water in with fish shit by fish head farms. I don’t water til run off, and never let the soils dry out completely.
 
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UnknownRemedy

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HydroKid239 said:
I second the soil being overly loaded, and it’s complicating things down there. Way more than needed, even using organics. A top dress in normal potting soil should suffice. An occasional tea with microbes, or if they are asking for something more.
I top dress bi-weekly, and when I do I water in with fish shit by fish head farms. I don’t water til run off, and never let the soils dry out completely.
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It's what I was kinda thinking. It wasn't quite bi weekly. I was inconsistent on top dressing and using a tea. It was probably closer to every 3-4 weeks. But this was my first successful grow. So live and learn. I appreciate the advice.
 
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UnknownRemedy

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Budzbuddha said:
Welp … yield ( for a better word ) will not be very much. Plant is hella stretched , lanky . Most of the fans look like they are missing.

Only the very top of the plant will have the most mature flowers - all the under growth is larf.

Biggest issue - you threw “ Super Soil “ , compost tea and Top dressing together. WCGW ?

You have 3 different nute sources trying to be the main one. You literally could have run super soil as long as it would feed ( probably many weeks alone ) and plant pulls what it wants without hyperfeeding it.
Looks like you locked out some elements. Hard to do an adjustment if you continue to dump feed down its throat.

Plant would have been better off trained in beginning to form a flat canopy that way all budsites would get a chance. Your light is high in distance because if the plants stretch - so the lowers get a fraction of light and will never see full potential.

These things are correctable when you run a new plant.
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Yeah she's lanky because I accidentally light stressed her in the beginning. I did top once, but this is my first grow so I was a little hesitant.
I used the top dressing mostly with fertilizer when she was vegging in a smaller pot. And I thought the compost tea(made using the super soil) would just help it out in flower. But obviously it was a bit much. Next time I won't be so heavy handed. Thanks for your input.
 
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UnknownRemedy

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Budzbuddha said:
Dont beat yourself up about it - things happen.

Start a new plant
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I seriously appreciate the kind words & help.

At this point I was thinking of letting her ride out until harvest, even with lower yields, and harvesting what I can. Try to get experience in curing before I have a bigger yield to figure it out. Do you think it would be worth it for the experience alone?
 
Budzbuddha

Budzbuddha

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Had plants myself that went sideways - no matter how well i thought i treated them.

Shit happens.
You will be fine - keep things simple and you will see better results.
 
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