Hello all,
Ive been growing since the end of october, and have been doing a lot of LST on my 4 babies (probably started a little later than i would have liked). I figured giving them a chance to be tall bushy plants is better than just plain old tall. Anyway im starting this thread because the majority of my leaves only have three points or fingers to them. there are some 5 point leaves as well but they are way outnumbered.
a brief background, the plants are clones (mothers from seeds all with 5 point leaves), and had 5 point leaves earlier in my grow season. for the better part of the past 2 months, i have bee battling a fungus gnat infestation in my soil (ive tried organic powders, sprays, sticky traps, and nematoads but none have dont the job for more than a week. I currently ordered Knock-Out Gnat granules which contain the BTi bacteria which apparently attacks the larva which feed on the plants root tips and decomposing matter. hopefully this works).
because the plants have had this infestation, ive been trying to cut back on my waterings to keep the soil a little more dry, however its never dried out. because ive been scaling back on the waterings, for the last month (at least 3 weeks) the plants have not "feed", because the water i was giving them had the nematoads in it.
now that you have all the info on my ladies, any idea whats causing the 3 points? is it all the LST and they just need more time for the lower growth that has been forced to grow more a chance to establish themselves, or is it because of the stress from the gnats? or possibly even a lack of nutrients? the soil is a compost/ mirical grow moisture control mix so the soil definitely contains natural nutes.
any suggestions as to what i can do to get my 5 points back? and maintain healthy colored leaves for the future?
I NEED HELP! any responses would be greatly appreciated!
also, if they do continue to stay three pointed, this wont have any affect on yeild will it? ive read contradictory posts.
thanks in advance!
-Chris
Ive been growing since the end of october, and have been doing a lot of LST on my 4 babies (probably started a little later than i would have liked). I figured giving them a chance to be tall bushy plants is better than just plain old tall. Anyway im starting this thread because the majority of my leaves only have three points or fingers to them. there are some 5 point leaves as well but they are way outnumbered.
a brief background, the plants are clones (mothers from seeds all with 5 point leaves), and had 5 point leaves earlier in my grow season. for the better part of the past 2 months, i have bee battling a fungus gnat infestation in my soil (ive tried organic powders, sprays, sticky traps, and nematoads but none have dont the job for more than a week. I currently ordered Knock-Out Gnat granules which contain the BTi bacteria which apparently attacks the larva which feed on the plants root tips and decomposing matter. hopefully this works).
because the plants have had this infestation, ive been trying to cut back on my waterings to keep the soil a little more dry, however its never dried out. because ive been scaling back on the waterings, for the last month (at least 3 weeks) the plants have not "feed", because the water i was giving them had the nematoads in it.
now that you have all the info on my ladies, any idea whats causing the 3 points? is it all the LST and they just need more time for the lower growth that has been forced to grow more a chance to establish themselves, or is it because of the stress from the gnats? or possibly even a lack of nutrients? the soil is a compost/ mirical grow moisture control mix so the soil definitely contains natural nutes.
any suggestions as to what i can do to get my 5 points back? and maintain healthy colored leaves for the future?
I NEED HELP! any responses would be greatly appreciated!
also, if they do continue to stay three pointed, this wont have any affect on yeild will it? ive read contradictory posts.
thanks in advance!
-Chris
