Week 3 of flower, are my girls just hungry or is this a genetic trait? Undersides of my leafs are turning purple, and lower leaves on my plant are slightly yellowing assuming a lack of nitrogen because I just passed the stretch phase. Some advice would be great! Gaia Green 4-4-4, and 2-8-4 Power Bloom. Fed her first day of flipping into flower with a top dress, did 25% 4-4-4, and 75% Power Bloom. The light is a 480watt LED full spectrum. Strain unknown, from a bag seed. Smells tropical and sweet, kinda like papaya. I water every other day usually or when the top soil is dried to keep my microbial life from drying out. I water about a half gallon. Vegged for 2 1/2 months in Happy Frog with some all purpose from happy frog, and 50/50 4-4-4, and 2-8-4 from Gaia. I don't PH treat water but I check it and it's 7-8PH, sometimes I lower it to 6.7 tho if I can. Been told organic doesn't need PH treated water. I water with tap water. When I flipped her to flower I transplanted into a 5gallon pot, with bottom of the pot filled with strawberry fields by fox farm, and 2/3 of the pot with Happy Frog, added in some worm castings, and top dressed the first day of flower with Gaia Greens Bloom and All Purpose.
The leaves look fine other than color so it's probably strain genetics. Your right about the lower yellowing. Time to feed a little N.
it looks like the other plant behind that one is farther along and lost a lot of leaves possible ph problem with your water?
Yeah the plant in the back around week 5 the leaves started to get brown spots and then fully die but they are still green at the base and covered in trichomes so I haven't cut them off to save for when I collect trim. I assumed it was a PH problem but I'm growing organic so I thought it must've been a deficiency like calcium or potassium. After treating her right tho she started swelling up and producing some stanky buds so I've just let her be and expect to finish her with reduced yield. Made a post when the plant started it's issue but didn't get much feedback.
Gaia Green 4-4-4, and 2-8-4 Power Bloom. Fed her first day of flipping into flower with a top dress, did 25% 4-4-4, and 75% Power Bloom. The light is a 480watt LED full spectrum. Strain unknown, from a bag seed. Smells tropical and sweet, kinda like papaya. I water every other day usually or when the top soil is dried to keep my microbial life from drying out. I water about a half gallon. Vegged for 2 1/2 months in Happy Frog with some all purpose from happy frog, and 50/50 4-4-4, and 2-8-4 from Gaia. I don't PH treat water but I check it and it's 7-8PH, sometimes I lower it to 6.7 tho if I can. Been told organic doesn't need PH treated water. I water with tap water. When I flipped her to flower I transplanted into a 5gallon pot, with bottom of the pot filled with strawberry fields by fox farm, and 2/3 of the pot with Happy Frog, added in some worm castings, and top dressed the first day of flower with Gaia Greens Bloom and All Purpose.
just curious did you say you transplanted and flipped at the same time? if so next time wait at least 2 weeks after transplanting to flip it makes a big difference
I usually tend to transplant 2-3 times in veg, once from solo cup to one gallon, then to 5gallon for the final transplant before the switch about a week before I flip. I thought this gave my plant the chance to really stretch its roots into fresh soil once the flowering started.