Downward pointing leaves

[naturalmystic]

HI guys i took these clones of a mates plant and origannly had them in a cupboard during summer , there in garden soil mixed with cow manure only small amounts of manure , i was feeding them a hydroponic solution mixed at normal rates part a and b etc , i started thinking the cupboard was to hot even though it was only a fluro 130watt and there wasnt much circulation i had a fan in there , but the leaves seemed to start shrivelling up almost and pointing downwards , i thought it was heat stress and have had them outside ever since , dismissing the cupboard all together untill im better prepared for hydro , i have cut back the worst of the downward curling leaves have given them a dose of epsom salts and mild doses of seasol over the last couple of months , there looking green and healthier but i know there still not quite right , any advice would be appreciated . Im having difficulty loading images will keep trying .

[naturalmystic]

[naturalmystic]

A better pic of it , like i said i have chopped it back abit , but its the downward leaf curl thats worrying .

 

 

 

[naturalmystic]

heres the other one it looks worse but thats partly cause i just chopped alot of it , but this one did have more of the curling leaf , the older leaves before the problem seemed to keep there health but the new growth was coming out deformed like this , thanks for any help in advance .

 

[grow jo]

How big were the plants befor you choped them , are they root bound?

[naturalmystic]

no they werent that much bigger gro jo , the chop was mainly to get rid of larger curling leaves and promote new healthy growth , it has seemed to of worked on the larger of the 2 plants but its still not quite right , yeh maybe it is a root problem , but it seemed to happen when they were young like fresh clones about 3 weeks old . Its a nice strain so i want to try and get them healthy again .

 

cheers

[Tom]

You need a better soil mix, garden soil traps too much moisture and doesn't allow good air circulation around the roots when used in pots, when using soil I like to use the Dynamic Lifter brand mixed with 30% - 40% perlite.

 

[naturalmystic]

Thanks Tom yeh i might give that a shot , how do you think id go transfering them into straight perlite medium for hydro , might be abit tricky ?

 

cheers

[Tom]

Just rinse as much of the soil off as possible then plant them into the perlite and start feeding them hydro nutrients, if you are hand watering them it may be better to use a 60/40 coco/perlite mix.

 

[naturalmystic]

Thanks tom yeh i might give it a shot i think see how we go im such a stoner so it probably wont be till next week mate like everything else haha , but once again thanks