Hi guys, first time poster here.
Where I live we've been getting constant >+100°F temperatures in the shade lately and my plant is definetly feeling it. Growth has slowed down and a lot of bottom leaves have been going from OK to yellow and dead in about 1 or 2 days, which may seem like a nitrogen deficiency, but I tend to think that the heat is responsible since I've been fertilizing with Biogrow (2 mlxL) and Alg-A-Mic (1,5 mlxL) once every two waterings since it was 1 month old with no problems what so ever, other than a mild phosporus deficiency which killed a few leaves every couple of weeks, totally maneageable and very different from what's been going on since the extreme heat is present. I've increased watering from 3-4 days to 2-3 days with no luck. At 13:00 PM leaves are all down because of the heat, like the plant is frying, and when I put the plant under the partial shade of tree that is next to it the leaves go back up to normal.
My question is this: the plant grows on an interior garden surrounded by walls, so I can choose if the plant gets direct sunlight from 10:30 to 13:30 PM or from 12:30 to 16:00 (it's been growing all of it's life with direct sunlight from 12:30 to 16:00). I know that this little sunlight is not ideal but can't do anything about it. I'm thinking that if I move the plant so it gets direct sunlight at 10:30 and then get covered by the shade of the tree in the afternoon could really help with the heat issue since it is in the afternoon when the heat really starts to go up. In the morning the plant could get direct and then rest in the shade when T° rises afterwards...
The problem is that plant should start to flower right about now... will I mess with it's photoperiod if I make this move and stress it out? It would get direct sunlight about 3 hours earlier and will stop recieving it 3 hours earlier than what has received in it's life. Total time outside will of course be the same. I considered using shade cloth but I haven't been able to find some that filters <80% where I live, so I think the tree is my only chance. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
It is a 3 month old G13 Haze from Barney's Farm. I know that the overall health of the plant is fine, but the speed of this problem has increased rapidly over the last week and will definetly become a bigger problem if I don't solve the root problem.
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Leaves go from normal to this in about a day and die the next day. I'm getting a PH/EC meter to discard a PH imbalance, but I understand that PH imbalances affect the entire plant (not only the bottom leaves) and don't cause leaves to die this fast.
Where I live we've been getting constant >+100°F temperatures in the shade lately and my plant is definetly feeling it. Growth has slowed down and a lot of bottom leaves have been going from OK to yellow and dead in about 1 or 2 days, which may seem like a nitrogen deficiency, but I tend to think that the heat is responsible since I've been fertilizing with Biogrow (2 mlxL) and Alg-A-Mic (1,5 mlxL) once every two waterings since it was 1 month old with no problems what so ever, other than a mild phosporus deficiency which killed a few leaves every couple of weeks, totally maneageable and very different from what's been going on since the extreme heat is present. I've increased watering from 3-4 days to 2-3 days with no luck. At 13:00 PM leaves are all down because of the heat, like the plant is frying, and when I put the plant under the partial shade of tree that is next to it the leaves go back up to normal.
My question is this: the plant grows on an interior garden surrounded by walls, so I can choose if the plant gets direct sunlight from 10:30 to 13:30 PM or from 12:30 to 16:00 (it's been growing all of it's life with direct sunlight from 12:30 to 16:00). I know that this little sunlight is not ideal but can't do anything about it. I'm thinking that if I move the plant so it gets direct sunlight at 10:30 and then get covered by the shade of the tree in the afternoon could really help with the heat issue since it is in the afternoon when the heat really starts to go up. In the morning the plant could get direct and then rest in the shade when T° rises afterwards...
The problem is that plant should start to flower right about now... will I mess with it's photoperiod if I make this move and stress it out? It would get direct sunlight about 3 hours earlier and will stop recieving it 3 hours earlier than what has received in it's life. Total time outside will of course be the same. I considered using shade cloth but I haven't been able to find some that filters <80% where I live, so I think the tree is my only chance. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
It is a 3 month old G13 Haze from Barney's Farm. I know that the overall health of the plant is fine, but the speed of this problem has increased rapidly over the last week and will definetly become a bigger problem if I don't solve the root problem.
Leaves go from normal to this in about a day and die the next day. I'm getting a PH/EC meter to discard a PH imbalance, but I understand that PH imbalances affect the entire plant (not only the bottom leaves) and don't cause leaves to die this fast.
