I’m not
sure septoria is what is was...
There are a few factors to consider and I’m hoping some of you will consider some of them with/for me.
I thought maybe septoria because of the nature of some of the spots.
However, it was a
very small pot and the plant was 9 weeks flowering in it so it could also just have been the depletion of the soil leaving nitrogen and, in particular from the looks of them plus the nature of the progression, magnesium and potassium all lacking.
I’m harvesting anyway it but I still want to tap in to the brains trust here, in case it is something else I need to be aware of.
Here’s the leaves. They went from looking structurally great with a fair bit of ‘fade’ (end of life fade). Here they are in the last update a few days ago, for reference:
So all those upper fan leaves turned to this in about 3 days. (Starting at the highest one and progressing down).
So the fade and (some of) the spots and the fact that it was upper leaves (and progressed downward) could easily be magnesium and potassium running out in the soil.
The thing that concerns me is the fast decline to dead and the browning/blackening aspect that looked a bit fungus-like on the back of the leaves especially.
So that’s what made me wonder if it was septoria, or something else other than simply running out of gas - it seems a bit different.
To illustrate how fast they turn nasty, this is that lovely very bottom fan leaf that was looking so beautiful last week. This is after all of the other fans had shrivelled and you can see it just starting on the central leaflet.
6 hours later it looked like this
So seems like something else - I’ve definitely had plants run out of gas before and fade completely right at the end, lose all leaves etc., but I have never seen this kind of necrotic shrivelling before (for want of a better description!) and not seen it progress so fast.
So I am curious about other’s responses to that
It is if no consquence to the Panama as it is slated to be chopped today. A
tiny bit early perhaps but not as early as I’d thought, as it turns out!
As I was ruminating about this leaf issue and about needing to get the lighting schedule in the flower space switched over, the lovely other convinced me it was time to harvest Panama and promised to help ‘tomorrow’ (now today - in a few hours).
I conceded and took a close look with the camera expecting to see many clear trichomes - I was happy to be pleasantly surprised!
Close enough for rock, let’s roll!
It’s a harvest festival... Sour Bubba just went from hanging into paper bags.
The BTi is your best weapon Amy
I’ve been keeping a mosquito dunk in my garden reservoirs for a couple of years now.
It is possible the one in there has ‘run out’ and i need to add another. Things weren’t over wet In the tent at all - but we’re are having a glut of the little buggers outside at the moment and the tent is one door away from the forest, so they’re gonna be here. Usually the BTi keeps ‘em down. I seem to have knocked off the little swell in indoor population for the minute. Have been contemplating the nematodes - i was in contact wth the place that sells them late last year, then many dystopian events have distracted that endeavour. Probably worth getting back to it.
grind up mosquito dunks and mix in top inch of soil,
That’s a good idea - I have plenty of Dunks. I’m going to do that with some! Thanks thirteen
If the outbreak is bad then I revert to bottom water only for a while to let top of soil dry out & put sticky traps right on top of soil too plus over canopy.
that’s exactly what I’ve done this last week.
Had to stop blowing the fan on the soil surface tho - with all the dry DE there...
Dang gnats! They are much reduced from a few days ago now.
) and actually it is only species isralei that works for gnat larvae (and mosquito larvae) So for gnats its BTi that you want.
