Is my plant healthy?

Better Call Paul

Better Call Paul

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I am an inexperienced grower and I think my plant might not be happy. The leaves are always a bit droopy even when soil is dry. The new growth is very pale and the tips of leaves are sometimes twisted or cupped. She is under 24/7 led light and the temperatures go as low as around 20°C at night. The pH of the water I am using might be a bit off too. Please tell me if there are any obvious signs of stress in the plant so that I can help Her. Btw, she came from a royal dwarf seed from rqs and is about 40 days old from seed.
 
Hugo Phurst

Hugo Phurst

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I don't know shit about Autos, but 24/7 light just sounds wrong. IMO a plant needs down time, I'd give it at least 8hrs of dark a day
 
sensi8739

sensi8739

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Looks like PH lockout causing at the very least a nitrogen deficiency. Are you on tap or well water? What medium are you using? Bottled nutrients or slow release inside the soil? In any case, at the very least... Get a PH pen, of a packet of paper strips. A cheap pen for $15 is better off than not knowing at all. Try to flush your pots out with RO or Distilled water. Get a good bit of runoff coming out of the bottom to help reset or flush your medium a bit. After that... depends on what you are doing. If it is a soilless medium and you are running bottled nutrients, then hopefully you washed out the salt buildup and can then put a low dosage of nutrients back into the medium to perk the plants back up. If you are in organic medium with slow release compost or something, then just give it time or transplant into a larger more balanced medium and hope it grows out of it.

Good luck though!
 
Better Call Paul

Better Call Paul

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sensi8739 said:
Looks like PH lockout causing at the very least a nitrogen deficiency. Are you on tap or well water? What medium are you using? Bottled nutrients or slow release inside the soil? In any case, at the very least... Get a PH pen, of a packet of paper strips. A cheap pen for $15 is better off than not knowing at all. Try to flush your pots out with RO or Distilled water. Get a good bit of runoff coming out of the bottom to help reset or flush your medium a bit. After that... depends on what you are doing. If it is a soilless medium and you are running bottled nutrients, then hopefully you washed out the salt buildup and can then put a low dosage of nutrients back into the medium to perk the plants back up. If you are in organic medium with slow release compost or something, then just give it time or transplant into a larger more balanced medium and hope it grows out of it.

Good luck though!
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I'm using dechlorinated tap water with some plagron nutes, growing in potting compost and some perlite. I seem to have misplaced my ph pen but a new pH probe Is on its way. I will use pH indicator solution in the meantime, but I don't like using this as its time consuming. I will take extra care when balancing the pH and hope this helps. Thank you.
 
Better Call Paul

Better Call Paul

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Hugo Phurst said:
I don't know shit about Autos, but 24/7 light just sounds wrong. IMO a plant needs down time, I'd give it at least 8hrs of dark a day
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I don't think anyone has demonstrated that autos perform better when given a day/night cycle as of yet, and I know of a few people who grow under 24h light without problems so I don't believe this is an issue. 8h with the lights off is an awfully long time, I have grown before with a 20/4 cycle and that seemed to work just as well.
 
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