Hola fellow budsmen. This picture is one of two plants(the other is doing somewhat better) out of nine that weren't male (pretty sure I know how I stressed the poor fellows). They were bonus Skunk#1 seeds thrown in with my Nebulas(the four I sowed all went male, arrr) purchase. The bud areas appear to be doing quite well - even the flower-area leaves are starting to res up. However, as you can see, the fan leaves appear to be systematically bitin the dust. I had already cut off a bunch of yellowing leaves before I took the pics. Any suggestions? I ain't so smart - none of that fancy book learnin' and such for our family - so thorough answers are much appreciated. Oh, and they are in three and five gallon(pictured) pots, if it matters. Also, at this stage, is it advisable to start trimming away other healthy leaves that may be blocking bud sites from getting more sunshine(these are outdoors)? Thanks so much.
Hmmm, I tried a "secret recipe" from a rose gardener I know - alfalfa meal, fish meal, epsom salts and kelp meal mixed at a 2-1-1/2-1/2 ratio and added to the soil mix (which was black gold potting soil, with a little extra compost, some extra vermiculite, some water retention granules and some charcoal). A decent sized rose plant was supposed to get 2 cups of the fert mix, so I believe I used about 3/4 cup for the plant. Then a constant 1-3 drops/gal. Superthrive in their water and an occasional 20-20-20 water soluble fert added at low strength. A few weeks ago I started feeding with Dynagrow, a flowering fert mixed at low strength. I think that's what I did, but I smoke too much(or not enough?), so all info is not guaranteed 100% accurate. I went over to the overgrow site for a study session, and my best guess is a nitrogen difficiency, but I'm well into flowering now so I don't know if I should be going heavy on the nitrogen - I was thinking of giving it a little blood meal (trying to keep as natural as is reasonable). Any help for a first-timer is much appreciated. Jimminy Jesus, this is soooo exciting.