GreenPower
08-07-2009, 10:25 PM
This is so pathetic I'm embarrassed. I haven't grown in over 10 years, which was outdoor and I was going to try my hand at a small indoor grow. Here's the embarrassing part. I thought I wouldn't have a successful first grow so to get my feet wet I bought some seeds from a cannabisseeds dot com. I knew they weren't the best but they were cheap and good to practice with. They had a sale a while back and after some initial reviews them seemed ok and the deal seemed good. After ordering the seeds I found more reviews and things didn't look so good. Turned out the genetics were very poor, poor plant growth and poor germination rates. I ended up getting a refund and the seeds so this attempt turns out to be free. I haven't set up anything indoor so I germinated these seeds 16 days ago, 10 Himalayan Gold, 10 Super Silver Haze, and 15 White Widow, all feminized. They were healthy a few days ago, now they're dying and the leaves are curling and at first I though something ate bits off one or more plants. Then I saw another plant leaf with a chunk missing from it and the chunk was on the soil.
I could have done so much better with this but I had read and read and read this forum and others and I just had to do it and time was running out and I started it before a long weekend of work so I know how bad my setup is to begin with. I had read so many different ways to start but in the future I think I will use the method here that uses what looks like a modified cloner.
Thanks for everyone's help.
What is your experience level? Novice
Your Equipment:
.1) Type and wattage of lights. Sunlight, 14 hours 30 minutes in the South.
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Your medium:
.7) Specific brand and type of soil Miracle Gro Seed starting pro mix (It was recommened by one of the better seed banks but I don't think people here like it!)
.8) Size of container.- 10 ounce cups.
.9) Did you use peat pucks (or similar) to root clones or germinate seedlings? No
Your nutrients and water:
10) Source of water? (tap, bottled or filtered) What's it's ph before adjusting? Distilled water, I didn't check the pH!
11) Method of checking water ph. (ph pen, test strips, aquarium test kit...) N/A
12) Method of adjusting water ph. (phosphoric acid, white vinegar, hydrated lime, PH Up...) N/A
13) Specific brand and N-P-K ratio for each bottle. List dosages (quantity per gallon) and current feeding schedule. N/A
14) How often are you watering between feedings, and how much per watering? Almost when the soil on top looks dry when I would spray water.
15) Any additives or tea's? (Superthrive, CalMag, molasses, Mother's Earth...) No.
16) Are your ph levels stable, or do they fluctuate? I don't know.
17) What is your ingoing water's ph? ...your runoff ph? N/A
18) Do you foliar feed? If so, with what, how often, and at what time do you spray? N/A
Your growroom:
19) Indoors or outdoors? Outdoors
20) What size of closet, room or hut?
21) What are the temps and humidity levels while lights are on? ...With lights off? It's about 77 -95 right now and it get's hot quick once the sun comes up. Very humid
22) Have you seen signs of insects in the growroom? N/A
Your strain:
23) What strain are you growing? (Indica dominate or Sativa dom?) 3 different kinds as listed above, Himalayan Gold, Super Silver Haze, White Widow
24) From seeds or clones? seeds
25) Is this an autoflower strain? no.
Pic 1--Group shot.
Pic 2-- A close up of two of the white widows. These were two of the first plants to look like they had be eaten. As you can see I have another problem with their placement as the seeds got too close. The leaves that were eaten were quite large and these 2 were much healthier just 3 days ago. Below them is a slow growing midget Himalayan Gold. I think the experienced growers can see the effects of poor genetics in play but the ends have some damage.
Pic 3--More ailing widows. The cup containing the 2 seedlings also had signs of what looked like something ate them, especially the one on the left side of the cup. The widow in the upper right has the chunk I was talking about earlier but the leaf part was in the cup. End of leaf damage visable too.
Pic 4-- Close up of the chunk from the widow in the upper right as mentioned in pic 3.
If something was to eat them it could have only been insects or birds from where I had them and not small animals.
I could have done so much better with this but I had read and read and read this forum and others and I just had to do it and time was running out and I started it before a long weekend of work so I know how bad my setup is to begin with. I had read so many different ways to start but in the future I think I will use the method here that uses what looks like a modified cloner.
Thanks for everyone's help.
What is your experience level? Novice
Your Equipment:
.1) Type and wattage of lights. Sunlight, 14 hours 30 minutes in the South.
.2)
.3)
.4)
.5)
.6)
Your medium:
.7) Specific brand and type of soil Miracle Gro Seed starting pro mix (It was recommened by one of the better seed banks but I don't think people here like it!)
.8) Size of container.- 10 ounce cups.
.9) Did you use peat pucks (or similar) to root clones or germinate seedlings? No
Your nutrients and water:
10) Source of water? (tap, bottled or filtered) What's it's ph before adjusting? Distilled water, I didn't check the pH!
11) Method of checking water ph. (ph pen, test strips, aquarium test kit...) N/A
12) Method of adjusting water ph. (phosphoric acid, white vinegar, hydrated lime, PH Up...) N/A
13) Specific brand and N-P-K ratio for each bottle. List dosages (quantity per gallon) and current feeding schedule. N/A
14) How often are you watering between feedings, and how much per watering? Almost when the soil on top looks dry when I would spray water.
15) Any additives or tea's? (Superthrive, CalMag, molasses, Mother's Earth...) No.
16) Are your ph levels stable, or do they fluctuate? I don't know.
17) What is your ingoing water's ph? ...your runoff ph? N/A
18) Do you foliar feed? If so, with what, how often, and at what time do you spray? N/A
Your growroom:
19) Indoors or outdoors? Outdoors
20) What size of closet, room or hut?
21) What are the temps and humidity levels while lights are on? ...With lights off? It's about 77 -95 right now and it get's hot quick once the sun comes up. Very humid
22) Have you seen signs of insects in the growroom? N/A
Your strain:
23) What strain are you growing? (Indica dominate or Sativa dom?) 3 different kinds as listed above, Himalayan Gold, Super Silver Haze, White Widow
24) From seeds or clones? seeds
25) Is this an autoflower strain? no.
Pic 1--Group shot.
Pic 2-- A close up of two of the white widows. These were two of the first plants to look like they had be eaten. As you can see I have another problem with their placement as the seeds got too close. The leaves that were eaten were quite large and these 2 were much healthier just 3 days ago. Below them is a slow growing midget Himalayan Gold. I think the experienced growers can see the effects of poor genetics in play but the ends have some damage.
Pic 3--More ailing widows. The cup containing the 2 seedlings also had signs of what looked like something ate them, especially the one on the left side of the cup. The widow in the upper right has the chunk I was talking about earlier but the leaf part was in the cup. End of leaf damage visable too.
Pic 4-- Close up of the chunk from the widow in the upper right as mentioned in pic 3.
If something was to eat them it could have only been insects or birds from where I had them and not small animals.