Help: Bottom leaves starting to yellow

[Vinny133]

Quarter Pounder Auto by Canuk Seeds. Just starting week 5 of flower. Noticed yesterday that some of the lower fan leaves are turning yellow. Other than that, although short, plant is doing well. Soil is Fox Farm Ocean Forest Last feed was two weeks ago using Gaia Green organic dry amendments. Water PH 6.3 to 6.8. These nutes are slow release, usually top dress every 3 weeks or so. Thoughts?

 

[CannaFish]

they look good. i would continue the dry fert regimen as long as it is low in nitrogen.
does gaia green have a feeding schedule? I've used dr. earth dry ferts and they do a good job of outlining when and how much to feed.
I worked towards finding a simple grow method that's easy to source. I use ocean forest with dr earth bloom ferts top dressed 2-3 times in flower.

 

[Vinny133]

Using Gaia Green 2-8-4 Power Bloom at this stage. they recommend top dressing ever 3 weeks or as required. Maybe this is one of those “as required” moments as these buds seem to be swelling fast.
will give it another feed and see what happens. Thanks for taking the time to respond.

 

[CannaFish]

that sounds like a good plan. since they are already yellowing @ 5weeks of flower, and it takes time for the feed to break down you could go ahead and feed now at 2 weeks instead of 3.

 

[bobrown14]

Prolly slight Ca deficit but its nothing to worry about. Not much to do about it either.

I get a lot worse than that earlier in flower.

When the plants start flowering they will naturally use up stored nutrients in the older fan leaves and that's completely normal. You should continue to have more of this show up as you get closer to harvest window.

If you want larger plants you need to go photo period specially if you want to grow organically. Folks that grow big ass AUTO's are using fertilizers 3 times or more a week.

Your plants look good and healthy.

That 1 plant I can smoke that up before your next harvest .... so plan your grow so you dont run out if you like running AUTOs. Photos are going to be stronger meds.