What would you do with this Bubblegum?

11 years ago

last modified: 11 years ago

Hey guys,

I've got about 70 plants going right now and they're all in pretty good shape, except this Bubblegum. It's only about 4 inches tall and looks to have deformed leaves. Haven't seen any bugs in my area and this plant gets the same treatment as the rest -- water every 3-4 days, fertilized once with some tea I made from Dr Earth. Maybe it got a strong dose of the tea or perhaps this is what you get with unstable strains at times. Sort of looks like something has been nibbling on leaves but again, no issue with the other dozens of plants it is next to. Leaves here are darker than the rest of my plants.

What would you do to try and get some normal leafage going? I would consider murder if this thing is going to be a runt with little to no production. I have way too many others that are thriving to deal with that and could use the real estate for something else. Pot is 6 inches wide and eight inches deep.

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centexan254 zone 8 Temple, Tx
11 years ago
I would do some half strength MG and see what it did. If it is not showing signs of pest then I would just keep it going. Some start like that. Then they take off.

Are the others in the same sized pots. I have several that I potted up that appeared to lag behind the ones in smaller pots at first. Once the roots took over the larger pot they took off like gang busters.
SoCarRob (Zone 7)
11 years ago
Just give it time and some TLC. It may surprise you yet.
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ryang23
Original Author
11 years ago
Centexan, yes all except about ten have been upgraded to those pots. The rest have taken off nicely. Not sure if the picture does it justice but the leaves look like they got scalded...kindly bubbly, maybe that's why it's called bubblegum ;)

We'll see what some tlc does...or maybe I'll forget about it and see if turns the corner on its own
woohooman San Diego CA zone 10a
11 years ago
Have a beer and relax. Looks fine. More often than not, early leaf deformation straightens itself out.
Seysonn_ 8a-NC/HZ-7
11 years ago
That is not a deformed leaved, to me . I have about 20 varieties ( all growing side by side ) and just a few HOT and SUPER HOTS have similar appearance. It is just the nature of it.

Seysonn