CBD BudMan
Well-Known Member
I've got a beautiful sativa, Wild Lady from @Table Mountain Sativa Co , that's got some curling of the large fan leaves... most of them, in fact. Can people here please help me figure out what's going on, please?
Some history:
So, there's been a few spider mites on her... and there's been a much larger infestation of black scale as well. This is when I 1st noticed 2 or 3 leaflets curling at the tips. I started treating by spraying all the plants with neem seed oil, once a week. After the second treatment, I added Take Down RTU to the weekly schedule. I then changed to twice a week with the Take Down, stopping the neem on all the plants after seeing some "tacoing" of the fan leaves on the Wild Lady.
It appears to me that the Wild Lady is showing some heat stress as she's been a bit droopy. Symptoms of heat stress have now been reduced greatly after stopping the neem and continuing to spray with Take Down every 4 days... but the leaf curling is continuing to increase to most of the fan leaves. If the morning temps are cooler, the droopiness is almost gone, but not quite.
None of the other plants have shown any signs of droopiness, leaf tacoing, or leaf curling... Only the Wild Lady. My Hydro Shop guy doesn't feel like there's anything to worry about, but I'm the one in my garden, and I'm of the opinion that this is not good at all.
Please help me with your thoughts, diagnosis, recommendations and/or anything else that may be helpful.
Here are some pics:
Thank you so much for your help on this...
I Love My Girls...
Some history:
So, there's been a few spider mites on her... and there's been a much larger infestation of black scale as well. This is when I 1st noticed 2 or 3 leaflets curling at the tips. I started treating by spraying all the plants with neem seed oil, once a week. After the second treatment, I added Take Down RTU to the weekly schedule. I then changed to twice a week with the Take Down, stopping the neem on all the plants after seeing some "tacoing" of the fan leaves on the Wild Lady.
It appears to me that the Wild Lady is showing some heat stress as she's been a bit droopy. Symptoms of heat stress have now been reduced greatly after stopping the neem and continuing to spray with Take Down every 4 days... but the leaf curling is continuing to increase to most of the fan leaves. If the morning temps are cooler, the droopiness is almost gone, but not quite.
None of the other plants have shown any signs of droopiness, leaf tacoing, or leaf curling... Only the Wild Lady. My Hydro Shop guy doesn't feel like there's anything to worry about, but I'm the one in my garden, and I'm of the opinion that this is not good at all.
Please help me with your thoughts, diagnosis, recommendations and/or anything else that may be helpful.
Here are some pics:
Thank you so much for your help on this...
I Love My Girls...
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I agree with the blood meal being too hot to top dress. It's great for nitrogen but easily overdone. It's a quick release, so it's readily available. If top dressing your pots are of interest to you might I recommend something slower releasing like feather meal, or if that's too slow releasing for try some nitrogen rich bat guano. That nitrogen rich bat guano also brings chitosan to the table. Most bat guano is phosphorus rich from fruit feeding bats, but the nitrogen rich comes from insect feeding bats. All in all you caught the issue rather quick and your plant still looks lovely.
