hi friends. the topside of my plants' stems and branches are a purple color, is this normal? im currently have a problem with my oldest plant, the tips of some of the leaves are brown and crispy, but on the younger leaves the brown spots are in the center of the leaves. could these be signs that my plant is too close to the light? the plant hasnt really showed any signs of slowing down growth and otherwise looks fine. will these brown spots become green again? thanks for any help. socki
A pic would be great...sounds to me like a defficency though...i'd look into ur pH and ferts...though a light purple stem is fine, the browns spots are ur concern....
hi Vokal thanks for replying. my cam isnt that great so this is the best pic i could get. if it doesnt help much i can take another.
Yeah i can't see any spots just brown leaves...try to get another pic (maybe a top view)...also explain ur setup a bit, that'll help narrow it down (soil type, pot size, lighting, plant age) Vokal
the leaves at the top which are fairly new are kind of scrunched up, thats not really normal is it? some of them have brown parts as well =[ these shots are from the top
hey again. this plant is a little over 2 weeks old, im using miricle grow potting mix which has miricle grow plant food in the soil but i dont think it's the cause because up until a few days ago the plant looked perfectly healthy and i have several other younger plants that look fine. for now my box is coated with aluminum foiland im using 5 26watt cfl's, one 45watt cfl and one long 20watt floro tube and a fan to move the air around. 4 or 5 days ago right before i noticed the brown leaves i transplanted this plant into a 3 or 4 gallon pot because the soil looked like it was a bit compacted, i lost quite a few of the roots while trying to get the old soil off of them, that was my stupid newbie move. also the temp in the box has been around 80 degrees, a little higher but i think i just fixed that. so maybe the problem was from the heat and the lights being to close?? socki
thats usually not the sign of heat stress so i don't think thats your problem, from what you said it sound like you've covered all the basics in preventing anything else from happening. Though theres one thing in there i really don't think is a good idea to use...Everyone says that The Miricle Grow soil has a tendency to devleop hot spots of fertilizers and well your browning of the outside leaves is an exact sign of over fert. If you can i would get it into some basic potting soil with perlite for good oxygen exchange. Unfortunatly the brown parts are dead but as long as it isn't continuing to show up on new growth your fine. You have a hell of a lot of light for one 1 plant, so just make sure you keep up good watering/proably fert practicies to get the most out of all that light. For now just sit back and watch her grow, sounds like ur plant will be fine.
thanks again for the help Vokal. lol i should have said it earlier but i have 7 other plants in my box as well from 2 days to 1 1/2 weeks old. they all seem to be doing great and yeah its pretty bright in the box =D watch out for my grow journal coming soon!! socki