Is this a phosphorus deficiency?

Hello, I have a White Widow plant that has been exhibiting some odd behavior. Can anyone confirm or otherwise that this plant needs more phosphorus? Thanks

TRollemup said:

Hello, I have a White Widow plant that has been exhibiting some odd behavior. Can anyone confirm or otherwise that this plant needs more phosphorus? Thanks

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You say you have a WW but there is a stick wih bubblegum beside your plant lol just sayin!

We would need what type of soil you use, are you feeding them, what your water ph? How often you water how old they are, type of light, etc..

Id say its very unlikely that they need more phosporus this early so it must be somethig else.. i do see tho that the leaf seems to be touching the soil.. usually that would make them die so it may have just been that there

New growth has good color and look healthy so id just make sure to give them ph water and maybe start adding some nutrients slowly mainly nitrogen for veg but I wouldnt be too worried if I was you

LMAO, oops you're right my friend, it is my Bubblegum, I have a WW too. I know it's uncommon to have a phosphorus problems this early on but she is exhibiting EVERY sign of it. 31"x31", 600w my/hps, root farm hydroponic soil, the reason the leaf is close to the medium is because I topped off all 3 of my pots with Pro-Mix for the benefit of the mycorrhizae bacteria, Fox Farm Trio nutes, usually around a half gallon twice a week. pH has never tested above 6.7, but is pready consistent at 6.5. I'm clueless..

Ive looked back at some pictures of my WW and seems like I had a similar "issue" when they were much smaller i ended up cutting those leaves and they just kept growing good. Id give them water only once or twice if youre using tap water or very light nute if you use RO water it does wonder I found. Still highly doubt any type of phosphorus deficiency at this point

I read somewhere that when it's a seedling from a seed and not a clone, the first couple sets of leaves get put through the ringer as far as what the plant pulls from them. So basically, I shouldn't worry until or if it affects the new growth?

Yeah agrees just wait it out it looks pretty healthy in every other way.

Alright, I'll post to this thread and let u know if anything dramatically changes. Appreciate your input, happy cultivating!

TRollemup said:

Alright, I'll post to this thread and let u know if anything dramatically changes. Appreciate your input, happy cultivating!

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You can still share even if everythinggoes well. Always fun to see others grows

Ok, I'll let y'all know how it goes. I ended up flushing the roots and sprayed a mild Foliar feeding to attempt a phosphorus infusion via her stoma. Plan on resetting nutes in the am. She perked right up shortly after I flushed her so, I hope I'm on the right track..

Woke up with the ladies this morning and turns out, a flush and phosphorus foliar spray were what the Doctor ordered.. or the horticulturalist..or whatever. She looks vibrant again this morning. Was going to inject a modest amount of nutes this morning but I think I'm going to let the medium dry out a bit. I'm trying to force her to use up these amendments before adding additional nutes.. Does this make sense to anyone else? The other pic is her WW sis.

TRollemup said:

I read somewhere that when it's a seedling from a seed and not a clone, the first couple sets of leaves get put through the ringer as far as what the plant pulls from them. So basically, I shouldn't worry until or if it affects the new growth?

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I wonder what other strains do that..

The only one I know about for sure is Bubblegum. My WW and AK-47 didn't do that. Same soil/nutes/environment. She's a funny acting biatch..

My ladies are THRIVING at this point. Funny thing to show ya'll, I named my WW Wilma and this is what she gave me: a 10 pronged leaf as big as my hand, in the shape of a W! HA!