Outdoor plant's leaves turning yellow. Please help!

[TheLMF 0]

Hello Everybody!

 

 

I have a problem with my favorite plant Green Chili.

 

 

Her growth was crazy stunted (stayed under 8 inches for 3 months of begging, but I was too attached to throw her) and now she is now bigger than our grill, so that's pretty cool! Sadly many of her leaves are turning yellow. They aren't just happening at the bottom of the plant but just randomly throughout her. Her leaves have been turning for a couple weeks now, and she is now into her 3rd week of flowering and we have kept her outside under the real sun. (as opposed to the fake one i guess...?)

 

Some pics:

Zoomed in picture of one yellowing leaf

Zoomed out on one side

...and the other side.

 

I give her 25% strength of FF nutes on the schedule. Any help would be amazing. I was told not to attack a N deficiency for sure, but that's all I know right now. =/

[The Joker 705]

Maybe someone can explain better... But here is my guess.

 

How big is your pot? Sometimes a plant outgrows the pot.

 

I thought ( and I may be wrong) that yellowing leaves are a sign that the plants root system had reached its limits.

Pluck them off and see if the yellow continues on new leaves or if it stops.

 

How do the buds look up close? Nice and green?

[_seedfiend_ 1]

That does look like an N or general NPK deficiency to me. Leaves generally yellow from bottom up but oldest leaves or shaded leaves will go first as they are less efficient. They could also yellow on each branch from bottom up.

It could also be the plant just has too many leaves and it's trying to lose some of them? It's quite crowded in there...

[DesertGrown 3,093]

Hey there LMF...

 

If it was an N deficiency there would be more yellow/yellowing leaves than the pics show. Also, if you are giving it balanced nutes there should be no deficiencies at all... even though the plant has started to flower, it still needs some N to sustain growth. 25% of normal feeding may not be strong enough for the plant to get the proper nutrition it needs to thrive.

 

Some plants experience some sort of leaf die-back, usually due to poor air circulation around/through the center of the plant.

[Big Sky 19]

to remedy this transplant her into a larger container and flush with a 50% strength nutrient solution..

shes in a 5 gal from the looks..def has outgrown the bucket for sure-

and only getting 25% solution in this phase is def to low- you should be ramping up right now and peak out at weeks 5-6 of flowering-

then ramping back down till the flush

[TheLMF 0]

Great, thanks for the help everybody! I will transplant her into a larger pot (will 10 be enough?) and gradually increase the nute strength.

[legaltoker 32]

If she is already flowering i wouldnt transplant her (just my opinion). If it stays outdoors all the time, i would cut the bottom off of the pot and burry the pot a few inches in the ground. the roots will travel into the ground below and will no longer be rootbound. This will not put stress on her at all, transplanting would a could reduce yeild. She looks really good overall, nice work.

 

ps. green chile plants are my favorite

[Big Sky 19]

Great, thanks for the help everybody! I will transplant her into a larger pot (will 10 be enough?) and gradually increase the nute strength.

 

10 gal is great! i would of went 8 but thats me being a soil saver

its ok to transplant in the first few weeks of flowering, tech these are your transition weeks..preflowering but in a super thriving veg state of sorts-

 

transplant-

if it needs room-

give it room-

otherwise i will be a struggle to keep her in health during the flowering phase of growth-

outdoors plants root systems can reach over 100 feet from the center -

in this perspective- 5 gal, is choking the shit out of a plant that size-

yeah mj is a hard plant to kill, it will bud and give a decent harvest in 5- but with the extra root space the plant can develop bigger fruits , its steady working with room to make new roots..working is a good thing..if shes working shes putting on lb's

[robogro 2,460]

bigger the pot the better... Roots have a way of growing similar to a bush or tree... same diameter as the foliage/branches.

 

this is a pic of some , in the background, and the one I am holding after an outdoor season. That is just the ones that came out of the ground, a lot of roots broke and stayed in the ground..

 

[Billman 381]

Robo,

I would give my left nut to have the skills and space to grow a tree like that. WTF DUDE!

 

 

Peace\ and again God Damn Robo that is amazing.