All her leaves are dead, should I just cut?

So I have this bloody skunk auto plant, growing in a 3 gallon pot in Happy Frog soil and perlite. Using GLN MegaCrop and Bud Explosion for nutrients. A few weeks ago I encountered what I thought was phosphorus problems. I think it may have been a pH problem or a root problem now. I fed her accurately in my own opinion, and made sure not to over water or anything. I just don’t think she was drinking as the pot would stay damp for a couple days longer than usual.

Long story short... all the leaves died off very quickly the past 2-3 weeks. She still has a lot of white hairs, but I also need to make room by this weekend for other plants. Should I chop her this weekend or leave her? With the few green leafs she does have will she mature quickly in the next week or two? I heard without many leaves the buds won’t grow much more? Or will she be just fine?

What do y’all think?

It has no juice left, top must come down

kindnug said:

It has no juice left, top must come down

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Just the main cola?

Should I leave the mids and popcorn?

I would until it looks similar to the main top, some of the bottom stuff can ripen more.
Looks like they had some sort of problem like overwatering or overfeeding causing lockout.
The buds should fully swell before all the sun-leaves turn yellow/purple + fall.

kindnug said:

I would until it looks similar to the main top, some of the bottom stuff can ripen more.
Looks like they had some sort of problem like overwatering or overfeeding causing lockout.
The buds should fully swell before all the sun-leaves turn yellow/purple + fall.

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Yeah I think that’s exactly what I did. I thought I was being very careful with these two, the coco plant looks great though for my first time growing hydro. I’ll pay more close attention on this next grow. Trial and error right?

kindnug said:

I would until it looks similar to the main top, some of the bottom stuff can ripen more.
Looks like they had some sort of problem like overwatering or overfeeding causing lockout.
The buds should fully swell before all the sun-leaves turn yellow/purple + fall.

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Alright so after chopping the main cola, which surprisingly weighed over a half oz itself dry (22ish grams)... more leaves dyed off quickly the past 5 days. There’s really no leaves on her except for the few very bottom branches. The hairs are turning brown but very very slowly and I know she won’t pack on anymore weight. My other plant is ripening quick unlike this one I messed up, it looks like it has a week tops. While this one looks like it still has weeks left technically as far as the weight/hairs go. I’m debating on just chopping her down besides a few of the bottom branches that still have green leaves. Should I cut the mid and upper canopy? Is it even worth waiting another few days to a week? This Monday will be 12 weeks from sprout.








Still plenty of green at the lower branches



Picture of coco plant today, looking amazing.

You removed WAY to many fan leaves

Probably gonna want to take that top asap, sugar leaves beginning to fade in it.
You can let the bottom ripen some more though, let it get swollen like that top bud

TurboTokes said:

You removed WAY to many fan leaves

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Honestly this plant has been dying a few weeks quickly. from deficiencies and ph problems. All the leaves take off we’re burned up and beyond yellow to where they had nothing to give. Phosphorous and cal ah deficiencies I could flick the leaves and they crumble. I cut the leaves where the deficiencies were and left the green on them. I severely messed up this soil plant weeks ago. What’s left is literally what’s left. This plant was 2 weeks ahead in flower than my coco plant. My coco plant is almost done and this one looks like it had weeks left and they’re going on week 12. I took the loss I know.

kindnug said:

Probably gonna want to take that top asap, sugar leaves beginning to fade in it.
You can let the bottom ripen some more though, let it get swollen like that top bud

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From the coco you’re taking about obviously lol.

I was going to cut it tom or Monday.

kindnug said:

Probably gonna want to take that top asap, sugar leaves beginning to fade in it.
You can let the bottom ripen some more though, let it get swollen like that top bud

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What do you think about the other not so good plant? Just let her run or cut it?

The difference between the Soil plant and the Coco plant in terms of maturity really isn't surprising, at least to me and my experience. I've used both mediums and my past soil runs don't even compare to my coco runs, both in maturity rate and over all plant health. If I were you, I'd pat myself on the back though. Both plants, despite your perspective, look pretty darn nice. Dry it, cure it and enjoy it...seems you deserve it. And a little food for thought; generally speaking, while the pistils are a good indication of maturity, they are not wholly correlated to maturity; your trichomes and their appearance will prove to be a much better indicator if you can learn to read them.

CannaCountry said:

The difference between the Soil plant and the Coco plant in terms of maturity really isn't surprising, at least to me and my experience. I've used both mediums and my past soil runs don't even compare to my coco runs, both in maturity rate and over all plant health. If I were you, I'd pat myself on the back though. Both plants, despite your perspective, look pretty darn nice. Dry it, cure it and enjoy it...seems you deserve it. And a little food for thought; generally speaking, while the pistils are a good indication of maturity, they are not wholly correlated to maturity; your trichomes and their appearance will prove to be a much better indicator if you can learn to read them.

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Appreciate the feedback. I think I cut her pretty accordingly starting with the cola, then mids then lower branches that mostly had popcorn. I have a good feeling I’ll yield a little under a half pound honestly. I’ve already weighed 3 oz from the smaller soil plant that was not fully mature dry. And still have some left to trim/weigh. Once it’s all done and cured in a week I’ll post up some pics with final weight in the curing/harvest section.

A half pound?....damn, I should be asking you the questions, not the other way around...haha. Good job my friend; let us know how it turns out.

CannaCountry said:

A half pound?....damn, I should be asking you the questions, not the other way around...haha. Good job my friend; let us know how it turns out.

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Thanks man, it’s dank af lol. Some is curing some is still hanging drying. I’ll have a final weight by Monday I’d assume. Just giving a rough guess, I already weighed 3 oz up dry and that’s not even the half of it all so I guess we’ll see. I gave a little nug to my foreman and co workers and they all loved it lol. Buddy said is tastes really good even with only a couple days curing, he said of purple was a flavor that would be it lmao.

Lucky bastard...haha. Enjoy!

My my my...very gorgeous bud you've grown! If you have a 30x microscope, and there are still lots of clears, I would let her continue...better to have her limp over the finish line than not at all. She has enough green to continue maturing trichomes if that is the case. Again, very nice plant!

Logan Burke said:

My my my...very gorgeous bud you've grown! If you have a 30x microscope, and there are still lots of clears, I would let her continue...better to have her limp over the finish line than not at all. She has enough green to continue maturing trichomes if that is the case. Again, very nice plant!

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Thank you, thank you. Very proud of it, my best grow so far, no doubt. First coco attempt ever as well and I am beyond impressed for a first timer. Best plant out of the past two grows. Health wise, color, yield, taste, smoke. I love this Bloody Skunk Auto strain already and sweet seeds products. I have another seed of this strain left, along with sweet seeds Devil Cream Auto in my tent that just went into flower whoch is another purple strain. They’re both from “the red family”. She’s actually all cut down, both plants! They went 12 weeks and honestly could of went longer but I feel confident harvesting these two. Sweet seeds says 8-9 weeks from germination so they went a while... anyways here’s a few pics.

Project Ponics said:

Thank you, thank you. Very proud of it, my best grow so far, no doubt. First coco attempt ever as well and I am beyond impressed for a first timer. Best plant out of the past two grows. Health wise, color, yield, taste, smoke. I love this Bloody Skunk Auto strain already and sweet seeds products. I have another seed of this strain left, along with sweet seeds Devil Cream Auto in my tent that just went into flower whoch is another purple strain. They’re both from “the red family”. She’s actually all cut down, both plants! They went 12 weeks and honestly could of went longer but I feel confident harvesting these two. Sweet seeds says 8-9 weeks from germination so they went a while... anyways here’s a few pics.

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Hell yes, awesome job my friend. I hope one day I can be as successful.

atleast you got bud... Nice!

Do you let your run-off pool in the tray during waterings?