Howdy! The leaves on my plants are pretty dark green and somewhat starting to curl. I recently started to bottom water, but I don’t think water is the issue (unless it’s overwatering). I may be overthinking and they’re fine, but I’d love your thoughts!
by Yahweed
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Usually a good sign when I grow (lots of chlorophyll = high productivity) but someone who knows more than me will probably chime in.
May just need to adjust to the change. Give it some time with bottom watering.
Give them a bit off time, mine do this sometimes but they work it out themselves mostly.
Dark green is fine. I’m not sure this is what’s going on, but in my experience stiff downward curl is from overwatering and possibly environmental factors. I’ve only seen it on plants that were still indoors or had recently transitioned outside.
It doesn’t look horrible and, even if it were worse, at this size it shouldn’t kill them. However I have lost entire tops of larger plants before. The leaves never uncurled and never grew with the rest of the plant. With seedlings it takes a lot of time and effort to get them to recover.
If the curling isn’t very stiff (and downward) it isn’t what I’m talking about. Leaves can curl like this on healthy plants, just as a normal growth phase.
Could be too much nitrogen. The curl and the dark green are symptoms of this. Not saying it is just giving you something to check off on the list of possibilities.