Strange Coloured Leaves

[bongonaussie]

over the last few weeks I have noticed the strange coloured leaves on the SPC Indy plant I have growing outside ATM.. I have grown this strain outside on a number of occasiona and have never had leaves like this..

 

what do ya think..plant looks very healthy and should be ready in a week or 2..

[bush buggered]

gday m8. i've seen something very similar to that a few times. on my plants it looked like a silver tint.

it also appeared to be spreading. i put it down to a mould of sorts. i cut it out and the imediate area was ok

but it just sprung up elsewhere. good luck with it cos it do'nt look good....cheers....B.B....

[Oz]

Definatley no bugs on the underside of your leaves?

[SukonmiSkunk]

when you wipe it does in come off?? or thats the actual colour of the leaves?

 

looks like powdery mildew but im not too sure.. ive only ever seen pics of it.. never actually had it....

[Frazz]

Bongon i had Powery Mildew on my Pumkins looked very like your problem, its common on pumpkins, zucchinis, grapes, strawberries, roses etc, it saps the plants vigor and spreads all over if not controlled

 

there are treatments like milk and water srayed all over and underside of leaves .. there is another spray from bi-carb soda, vegtable oil and umm i forget the ingredients ... but there are none toxic treatments

 

just a suggestion

[Uncle Arthur]

Bongon your plant looks great mate.

 

At this time of year outside it's not at all unusual

 

for some plants to start displaying all sorts of

 

different colours. It's a combination of a lot of

 

things that causes it. None of them of any concern.

 

All through flowering MJ sucks up a lot less Nitrogen,

 

as it's time to grow is well and trully over. Especially

 

if you did the right thing and switched from veg to flower

 

nutes. Flower nute mixes contain no or very little

 

Nitrogen. If you also flushed well before the switch, the

 

plant's only choice if it needs N is to suck it out of it's

 

stored reserves (the leaves). As the stored nutes in the

 

leaves start being depleted chlorophill levels drop and

 

you start to see underlying pigments. These pigments

 

were allways there but were being masked by the

 

chlorophill. This is all a good thing as none of us like

 

the chlorophill in the final product. This process helps

 

to produce a much smoother smoke and a quicker

 

cure. Also, Cooler night temps help to bring out these

 

other pigments.

 

IMHO bro. There is nothing to worry about.

 

Dont pick too early!!!!! And for these last two weeks

 

onlygive Oxygenated Water. No more nutes. The

 

different colours will probably become alot more

 

prominant and you will be smoking some very sweet

 

buds very soon.

 

Check this out for a bit of colour loss!!!

 

 

 

 

PS:Even if I'm wrong about this (It has been known to happen)

 

I still wouldn't be doing anything about it.

 

2 Weeks from harvest anything you feed or spray on your plnt at the moment

 

will be detrimental to your smoke.

 

Hope this helps

 

cheers

[WantDaChronic]

wow thats really odd, never have i seen that happen before if that stuff doesnt wipe off, i'd let the plant go the week or 2 it needs to mature, but if it rubs off or you can taste the mould after you harvest, i would throw it all in the compost bin

[bongonaussie]

thanks for all the replies..

 

BB..Mate I hope your wrong about the mould.. it never entered my mind..although I havent rubbed the leaf yet, I am sure it wont wipe off..

 

OZ..Pretty sure nothing under leaf..

 

SS..it seems to be in the colour of the leaf..if it is powdery mildew, I will be surprised...they have recently had a dose of liquid potash (searles) and a dose of heavy weight.. P = 13..K = 15...2 weeks before that they got a dose of Flourish (searles)

 

Fraz..Gee ya got me thinking now mate..I will check leaves and take more pics tomorrow morning..its in a garden with a half a dozen mango's..their leaf colour looks o.k.

 

Uncle..thanks for all of that.. at this stage I hope you are on the money..lovely girl ya got there Uncks..

 

 

WDC..fucking queer hey mate..hope things are o.k. with her as her buds are sticky smelly bitches..

 

cheers

 

 

this is the only other pic I have of plant...this was taken 18 days ago..leaves look ok to me then..

[Frazz]

yea that last pix looks good but those 3 pix together, they look freaky like some drift from the spray-painter got them ... its good they only gotta short time to finish ... hang in there Bongon

 

[thc24]

hey there bongonaussie,

 

thripes maby last year my outdoor plants where hit hard with what i think was thripes. Lower leaves looked bug damaged while above newer foliage was a silver colour with less spots.

 

sprayed with an insecticide new foliage returned to normal but stained or eaten leaves never came back from near death.

 

My plants finnish well though dont think the yield was effected, Unsure if you should be using an insecticide so far into flower but do check for bugs or there marks on lower to centre leaves..