Hey, so first time growing full organic. Im in a living soil and im in flower. Ive given two bloom top dresses but it seems to be stuggling to process. It has slight nitro tox from giving grow top dressing before the strech but I cant figure out whats going on here if anything? Any ideas?
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I should also mention its only affecting the top of the plant, so it seems its not mobile but it looks like P or K to me!
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Could I actually have made a noob mistake here.
Have I overwatered it?
Could the clawing, red veins and spot actually be linked to overwater stopping nutrient uptake?
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Looks like some wind burn and sunburn. Seems environmental info numbers are needed please.
Sunburn (purpleing) seen on petioles up top but not on lowers. Same for this tallest one stem going from green to purple up top. All other I see look perfect
Windburn will claw and burn as your pictures shown above. Got pistil fizzle happening. Some leaflets looking unhappy and makes me wonder on VPD.
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No numbers its living soil. Theres no run off to measure. I simply top dress every two weeks and give it microbe tea. Dont even need to PH cause it buffers it all.
So you think its just windburn and sunburn?
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I’m living soil as well. Not those numbers, VPD - Temp and rH numbers. I wanted to check respiration of leaves.
I’m pretty good on deficiencies, and I was thorough looking it over before responding. This is what I see, but maybe @Low may see a deficiency or confirm diagnosis
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Oh, those numbers lmao its 1.25kpa pretty sure. 25c/77f and 52-55%rh
Ive turned down light to 80% for few days to see and ive lowered the fan speed in half.
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Top only likely high light levels. Takes a lot of wind to get burned. Over watering potential- yes.
Wind burn in these pics. Accompanied with high light levels. Directly in front of oscillating 16” fans. They get all twisty and funky looking.
Being a salt guy I start all my trouble shooting with the medium, and watering practices. 
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It probably is wind TBH. I added two fans about two weeks ago and the clawing started shortly after.
Likewise with the red. I bumped the lights to max and it started going purple.
So it all makes sense tbh
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That makes sense. Most of my upper shoots getting exposed to the “elements” the most often turn purple towards the end. Just one of those things bro. Just gotta tinker and adjust here and there. You are still early in flower, just watch.
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Self watering base discounted overwatering.
Thanks for the second look @low.
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Sh!t sorry- I skimmed
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Saw the black base so I could be wrong and it be a riser. Edit: I’m wrong it appears to have legs on closer look at just that.
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Yeh thats just a riser to lift the autoflower up because I have a fem plant still.in veg. I top water.
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You could be underwatering? Believe it or not the concentration of nutrient uptake increases when the moisture content decreases. I believe its a metabolism thing, like a ratio issue. It isnt so much that the plant is eating more but its drinking less. Kinda like when you get dehydrated and your piss gets super yellow and concentrated. The issue I see a lot when people soil grow is either too much water or too little. Both can be equally as bad. Of course, that may not be the problem but its a real good place to start. The cloth pots are kinda notorious for drying out a bit fast.
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Sorry to chime in but I do not see any major issues. Looks sativa or hybrid leaning sativa. Very very nice painted nails. Just there on uptake. Cannabis can handle way more light than you can toss right now. Typical light stress I have found is canopy heat. I get fully purple stems and center veins with some strains. Wind burn with hard fans I can see. Wont hurt much. She could be tossing her colors out. If no overwater, top dress proper amounts “adjust to plant size/uptake. Cant take it out.”. And life is good, I say ride cowboy. Just what a blind living soil caveman sees. If life is strong you dont have to recharge it a lot. It will grow. Give a couple weeks and we see I suggest.
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Im starting to thinks its normal colouration. I was worried because its pineapple express auto. And that normally doesnt change colour but it comes from Trainwreck, known to turn red. So. I possibly have a pheno from that side of the family.
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Is there any advice for living soil you can offer?
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Hi,
I have been growing in living soil for a few years but outdoors. I did have a few issues with watering.
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Channeling. When watering, the soil developed tunnels and was not wetting the entire pot. I used a chopstick to very gently aerate the soil and slowed down my watering speed.
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Soil became hydrophobic. I had a couple pots where the soil would repel water. Yucca powder to the rescue.
Hope this helps. There is a member here @MeEasy that grows beautiful plants in living soil indoors. I have tagged him in to see if he has any ideas.
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Keep it simple.
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