Marcus_in_the_Darkus
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Greetings MNS faithful! I'm soliciting some advice on what I can/should do about some curly leaves that have recently shown up on some Vietnamese and grail haze plants. This is my first foray into organic soil, which I sourced straight outta compost from the garden of @BuzzardsBay. The plants have been doing great, and are now one month from germination. A few days ago I up-potted them to 7" pots and, on the advice of BB, cut the compost 1:1 with peat moss. At that time I used some organic fertilizer that I had, which is the dried out remnants of red wriggler castings and stuff I had left over from my experiments with worm bins. I pulverized this stuff and added a couple teaspoons to the mix for each plant. The plants continue to look great but now I'm getting some pretty significant curly clay leaf, especially on the sexiest Vietnamese plant. A search of the interwebs says it's most likely overwatering, nitrogen toxicity, or possibly too much sun or heat. It's been fairly cool since they were transplanted, so I don't think that's it. The seedlings thrived in full sun and August heat before I up-potted, so I don't think that's it. Which leaves overwatering and too much nutrients. Given the remnants of hurricane Ida are on their way, I'm wondering if I should move the plants inside to prevent further over-watering. I'm interested in your thoughts and advice.
Here's the Vietnamese plant V1 (heh, aka BuzzBomb), showing the strongest claw leaf tendencies.
And here's some of Nevil's grail work from Oz (outback haze x NH21xMML and NH18xMM x NH21xMML) showing claw leaf mostly in the top-node, developing leaves.
Here's the Vietnamese plant V1 (heh, aka BuzzBomb), showing the strongest claw leaf tendencies.
And here's some of Nevil's grail work from Oz (outback haze x NH21xMML and NH18xMM x NH21xMML) showing claw leaf mostly in the top-node, developing leaves.