Tip of leaf is clawed on otherwise healthy plants please help CFL Grow?

Elvish

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Hey guys just after a solution for a problem I'm having on my plants. This is my first time growing under CFL's so go easy haha.. Just got back from a holiday and my left my roomate to water it. It has only received water and no nutrients for the last 2 weeks, When i left it was looking very healthy and strong. Just checked the pH of our tap water and it is 7.9-8.1. Thought it could of been rootbound because of the strange growth (Really short and stocky) so I transplanted into a slightly larger container today, it was alittle bit but no to bad. . This time I have put bigger holes and a 2inch layer of perlite at the bottom of the pot for better drainage. Flushed it with about 5litres of water as they soil was dry. The plant is 4 weeks old and is silver kush strange growth with really tightly spaced nodes (Could just be because of CFL's I'm using). I'll attach some pictures of the setup and leaves. Thanks in advance.
IMG_6802.JPG <<<<Claw leaves
IMG_6806.JPG << Thick stems (Had fan running before but now its winter so turned it off.)
IMG_6807.JPG <<< Reallyshort and stocky growth already up to seventh node)
IMG_6801.JPG << Just another shot of the leaves.
IMG_6808.JPG<< Light setup (Long fluro 2x18 watt one 6000k one gro-lux purple)
IMG_6798.JPG<<< At the top there is 3x26watt 6000k, 1x15watt 4000k, 1x15watt 6000k) On either side in the white clamp lamps there is one 26watt 2800k warm. Total wattage on one plant is 196watt which is roughly 10200 lumens.
 

Bud Tipps

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Looks like it has a bit too much nitrogen which is why it's dark green and clawing on the fan leaves, but you say it hasn't been fed for 2 weeks?

Short and stocky growth is most likely genetic. If you want it to stretch give it less light.
 

Elvish

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Yes it hasn't been fed anything but water for 3 weeks now... Less light? would moving the lights further away from the top have the same affect?
 

Elvish

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Ok i wont water it again until say the first 2 inchs of soil are dry. See if it improves.. Thankyou Chuck
 

chuck estevez

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Ok i wont water it again until say the first 2 inchs of soil are dry. See if it improves.. Thankyou Chuck
you should water according to weight, pick up the pot, when it is light, time to water, if it has any weight, it still has water in it.
 

Rebs4220

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^ i agree with chuck, you normally DONT wanna guess when to water it cause then you run into overwatering or under watering your plant, the lift method does work! good luck
 

Elvish

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Thankyou, its been 3 days now but still seems quiet heavy, must have been waterlogged haha see how it go's by the weekend. Is having new growth sprouts though.
 

Rebs4220

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well thats good that theres new growth :), also try putting a fan and letting it blow on the soil or on the plant it helps the soil dry out
 

Elvish

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well thats good that theres new growth :), also try putting a fan and letting it blow on the soil or on the plant it helps the soil dry out
Would it be more beneficial to have a fan blowing to help the soil dry out or warmer grow rooms temps? (Thats why I turned the fan off) As the room was never getting over 20-22degrees but during the night was dropping to 6-8 so I decided to turn the fan off?Im not in a position to install any form of heating at the moment.
 

green217

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Would it be more beneficial to have a fan blowing to help the soil dry out or warmer grow rooms temps? (Thats why I turned the fan off) As the room was never getting over 20-22degrees but during the night was dropping to 6-8 so I decided to turn the fan off?Im not in a position to install any form of heating at the moment.
keep the fan, evaporation is rapidly accelerated with air flow, hence your soil will dry out faster with it than with out, by far.
 

cassinfo

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Over water for sure. I had that issue b4..pot took too long to dry so I carefully took the girl out the pot and within 24hrs she was dried. Outside roots did dry up and died but the bitch was tough as she provided Mr.Jones with some top notch smokes. Vickie peach was her name.
 
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