Why are my plants drooping? any help appreciated

[stonerlibrarian]

My 4 autoflowers have all been relatively happy for 6 weeks. Apart from breaking the main stem off of my Blue Critical everything has gone smoothly. But now all my plants (besides the Blue Critical oddly enough which is the only one looking happy and healthy) are droopy.

I'm growing organically with Gaia Green, pro-mix hp, and worm castings. I started with tbsp of 4-4-4 per gallon, and then at week 4 I added a 50/50 ration of 4-4-4 and 2-8-4 gaia green bloom (at 2tbsp per gallon) as a top dress and watered it in with a compost tea (EWC, organic molasses & soluble kelp). They were looking unhappy a few days ago so i made another EWC tea also with molasses, worm castings, and kelp. Other than that I've just been watering them every 2-3 days with tap water or water from my rain barrel at around ph 6.5-7ish.

Anyone have any insight into what's going on. Is this nutrient burn or over watering, or even light burn (they stretched fast this week and I keep moving the lights up but they got close a few mornings)?

 

[Doug58]

Google search

Excessive doses of nitrogen-rich vegetative growth base nutes can cause clawing in leaves. Sometimes, they will even canoe. Similarly, overdoing it with the phosphorus and potassium during flowering will cause curly cannabis leaves and scorch the tips. Chlorosis is a common symptom in both cases.

 

[stonerlibrarian]

Thanks doug

 

[Arthur]

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guessing you have a ph issue in the root zone.

 

[Mushinronsha]

I am far from the last person you should ask... lol but if coloring is good and I just had droopy leafs. My first guess would be over watering.

 

[BII]

No matter the cause(s) of the problem, it looks about time to shift to cutting down the N and going to a bloom nutes feeding profile. Or if you the plants are overfed (looks like it could well be), maybe just try no nutes for a bit other than maybe some bloom (P-K) supplements.

 

[The Bedroom Gardener UK]

Looks like over N, dark green leaf & clawing.

 

[stonerlibrarian]

Thanks for all the help everyone. Ya I think it's too much Nitrogen and overwatering.

I've left them alone for 2 days now and they are perking back up a bit.

Thanks

 

[stonerlibrarian]

No matter the cause(s) of the problem, it looks about time to shift to cutting down the N and going to a bloom nutes feeding profile. Or if you the plants are overfed (looks like it could well be), maybe just try no nutes for a bit other than maybe some bloom (P-K) supplements.

Thanks I think this is it. Still a newb. oops. just water for a week.

 

[stonerlibrarian]

Hi, Now they are showing signs of calcium deficiency and most of the leaves are dying. I tested the run off and it was around 5.5 (as low as my cheap test goes). My soil is way too acidic which sort of explains all the weird symptoms. Although there may have been overwatering, there are definitely weird lock out issues going on because my soil is too acidic. I watered today with normal tap water (7.8 in my city). If it's going in the right direction in a few days I'll keep watering at higher without any ph down. I hope that helps. I'm gonna make up a tea and add a tiny bit of dolomite lime a bit of basalt rock dust which as magnesium and calcium.

Does that plan make sense?