Hey guys, I've been growing an autoflower fem plant for the last 5 weeks, and it's started the flowering process. I have noticed that both sapling leaves have turned yellow and fallen off (which I hear is normal), however, the next set of leaves (two full leaves seen in picture) is now also starting to turn yellow. The progress has been very slow, it's taken about a week for the plant to get this yellow this far at the bottom leaves. I'm scared it might be a N deficiency, or perhaps my pH levels are off and causing nute lock. I don't have a pH reader yet so I couldn't say what the pH is but any ideas on what this is? Should I be worried? I gave the plant 1/4 strength 20-20-20 miracle grow when the 1st set of true leaves appeared. I upped the strength to 1/2 a week later, and I've been only giving it fertilizer every 5-7 days, watering in between every 2-3 days or so. I've got two computer fans for intake and outtake. The plant has looked immaculate till now, super low maintenance, probably due to the small pot size. I've just switched one light over to a 2700k bulb (60 watts), and also have one 6000k light (80 watts) for the flowering phase. I've got about 2000 lumens going on it right now. Both lights I'm using are CFL's, however one of them is 6000k. I had heard that this light spectrum is okay for usage during the entire plants life. I had had a 6500k bulb (60 watts) and a 6000k bulb (80 watts) until now.
I was told that with these autoflower fems, they'll grow regardless of the amount of light it receives (hour wise), but since I'm seeing hairs on the tops I am going to switch it to a 18/6 schedule until harvest. This is my first grow, so I do realize there are a lot of things I am doing cheaply.
I gave it a 1/2 strength dose about an hour ago, so we'll see if that fixes the problem. Perhaps my fertilizer days are spread too far apart? I'm thinking that now that the plant is starting to flower, the plant is demanding more N.
Thoughts? Tips? Thanks in advance!
Sorry for the sideways images. I'm hitting the enter key on this right before passing out.
I was told that with these autoflower fems, they'll grow regardless of the amount of light it receives (hour wise), but since I'm seeing hairs on the tops I am going to switch it to a 18/6 schedule until harvest. This is my first grow, so I do realize there are a lot of things I am doing cheaply.
I gave it a 1/2 strength dose about an hour ago, so we'll see if that fixes the problem. Perhaps my fertilizer days are spread too far apart? I'm thinking that now that the plant is starting to flower, the plant is demanding more N.
Thoughts? Tips? Thanks in advance!
Sorry for the sideways images. I'm hitting the enter key on this right before passing out.