What is wrong with this plant?

[matt2]

[Ganja Guerrilla]

you have bugs!!..............Thrips or leaf miners, remedy is the same

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• Dissolve 25 ml of liquid dish soap in 4 litres of water.
• Spray on leaves , undersides in particular, till its dripping
• Do not use laundry detergent.
• you can also add tea made from garlic

spray every week till problem is over

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[matt2]

The spray has helped but I noticed a few leaves not ending at a point, like in the middle of the picture below. What is this caused by?

[Ganja Guerrilla]

it was most likely eaten when it was smaller & you didnt notice or youve had more visitors

1 leaf ....no worries...glad to see the other issues are under control

its still cold @ nite where you are?

your plant needs a shot of magnesium (lightning in color between the viens)
1 teaspoon of epsomsalts to 1 gallon of water, water as usual with it

have you been feeding this plant? If so I recommend a fert change

Miracle-Gro® Water Soluble All Purpose Plant Food (they make several fertilizers be sure its this one)
http://www.miraclegro.com/index.cfm/...c0236933b0a7a4
Fertilizer Analysis: 24-8-16 with micronutrients
2 level "Teaspoons" per gallon of water, (reduce this by 50% first time application) feed every other watering till flowering

Budding ferts I recommend Fertilome, Root Stimulator and plant starter....
the NPK is perfect: 4-10-6
2 teaspoons per gallon of water every other watering........ use this as your water ...discontinue use 3 weeks prior to harvest...flush last 2 weeks...thats it no water .....

[matt2]

It drops to high 50s/low 60s at night.

I've only fed the plant a few times. Twice with a Miracle-Gro plant food. However it was a 15-30-15 and I read it was a bad choice.

Yesterday I fed the plant a different food - Expert Gardener Azalea, Camellia, and Rhododendron plant food with a NPK of 30-10-10. I reduced the feed to one teaspoon instead of two. Will this food be sufficient until flowering?

And to make sure, you suggest feeding every other watering? Will that induce flowering? My plants are 60 days old and haven't shown signs of sex yet :/

[Ganja Guerrilla]

i knew it got cold at nite, you can see it in the light green tops of the plant

as to the ferts, the NPK values are pretty good , if the plants respond well , your good to go, however azeala food is always acidic....so becareful

feeding will not induce flowering, however we can force the issue


SEXING
take a cutting, put the cutting in a glass of water, with 1 drop of SUPERthrive ...........use an old CD on top of the glass to support the plant from falling in the water. put the cutting in a dark cupboard for 36 hrs....change the water...and now give the cutting only 8 hrs of lite a day....change the water every other day including the drop of SUPERthrive
IF your dilligent about the lite schedule and the water changes you can sex this cutting within 14- 20 days

[matt2]

I'm happy to report that this plant is still healthy and has shown signs of preflowering although it's not visible in the picture above.

Should I began using a high phosphorus fertilizer now?
Also, can a clone still be taken from the plant?

[Ganja Guerrilla]

get your clones now

wait on the phosphorus ferts till you see the bud pistils forming, your in pre flower and there is an appreciable growth spurt, your about to go thru, they need still more nitrogen in this growing phase

[matt2]

Just to update






I've chosen Tiger Bloom (http://www.planetnatural.com/site/tiger-bloom.html) as my fertilizer. I didn't get any clones but I have four more plants in pots. None of them have flowered or show sign of sex yet. Do you think they will produce anything?