Stunted growth and leaves curling 'up' like Mg deficiency

truckin · #1 02-23-2008, 06:53 AM

Symptoms:
Stunted growth - it literally just halted. It was going at a great rate last week.

Lower leaves turning yellow then dying. This is moving up the plant (very) slowly.

Some leaf tips are yellow, but barely.

Plant isn't withering and doesn't look limp or weak

SOME leaves' edges are pointing up, like a 'V' shape, like Mg deficiency - but I fed them already.. so I doubt this is the problem.

soil grow, 600w MH, soil isn't dry (I let it dry between waterings), only a few weeks old, feeding slightly with diluted 15-10-10 liquid fert. Tried flushing one plant but didn't make a difference.

Anyone??

250wpride · #2 02-23-2008, 07:06 AM

check for spider mites that what was my problem

apasunee · #3 02-23-2008, 07:07 AM

How long have you been flowering,,, any pics.............

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truckin · #4 02-23-2008, 07:25 AM

I'll upload pics soon. They aren't flowering yet.. a few weeks in veg still.

truckin · #5 02-23-2008, 08:03 AM

Here are some pics. Last pic is of the leaves that fell off the bottom of the first plant.

After taking the pics, I watered (a little) with some Epsom Salt.

beta0701 · #6 02-23-2008, 08:29 AM

Get those out of those cups, you need at least a 3 gallon pot for those roots to really take off.

truckin · #7 02-23-2008, 09:34 AM

So the problem is that they're root bound? They seem too small to be root bound at this point I think, but I'll do as you suggested.

shadymyster555 · #8 02-23-2008, 09:41 AM

Yes I agree, they should have been out of those cups a long time ago.

LowEyeHighGuy · #9 02-23-2008, 09:41 AM

Hell yea, I take them out of the cup at 2 weeks old, put them in 3 gallons and watch them take off!!

truckin · #10 02-28-2008, 05:54 PM

OK, I'm pretty sure they were rootbound.. Absolutely no growth AT ALL for at least two weeks, lower leaves yellowing and dying off, and plant constantly looks like it needs water.

I just transplanted them to 1.5 gallon pots. The roots did extend down to the end of the cups. I didn't see them poking out of the drain holes because the cups had small pebbles on the bottom for drainage.

Thanks for the replies - saved my plants