sawmiller
08-18-2010, 10:25 AM
What is your experience level? 1st timer
Your Equipment:[/B]
.1) Type and wattage of lights. CFL's - 3 above, 1 each side (5 total)
.2) Distance from tops? 4 inches
.3) Reflector type? homemade box lined with tinfoil
.4) Is there a consistent fresh air supply? no, but 1 plant in 72 cu ft closet
.5) Do you have an exhaust fan and a circulation fan? circulation fan on for 15 mins, 8 times a day
.6) What are the bulb wattages, kelvin ratings, and schedule? 5x23W ?kelvin, 18/6 schedule
Your medium:
.7) Specific brand and type of soil peat beased potting compost from UK garden centre with 20% perlite
.8) Size of container. at present a 5 inch pot, transplanting up in stages as roots grow
.9) Did you use peat pucks (or similar) to root clones or germinate seedlings? No - into same soiless mix, in 3 inch pot
Your nutrients and water:
10) Source of water? Tap - pH 6.8
11) Method of checking water ph. pH pen
12) Method of adjusting water ph. Not done so yet - water runoff is steady at 5.6
13) Specific brand and N-P-K ratio for each bottle. Not yet used any fert (see below)
14) How often are you watering between feedings, and how much per watering? Sits on capillary matting, water only
15) Any additives or tea's? None
16) Are your ph levels stable Stable
17) What is your ingoing water's ph? ...your runoff ph? In - 6.8 Runoff - 5.6
18) Do you foliar feed? No
Your growroom:
[B]19) Indoors or outdoors? Indoors
20) What size of closet, room or hut? 72 Cu Feet
21) What are the temps and humidity levels while lights are on? 25C, 55% ...With lights off? 22C, 50%
22) Have you seen signs of insects in the growroom? No
Your strain:
23) What strain are you growing? White Widow feminized
24) From seeds or clones? Seed
25) Is this an autoflower strain? No
The story so far (Tragedy or comedy....you decide)
Seed germinated well and grew fine. reached 4 pairs of leaves and I rinsed roots and attempted DWC in bubble bucket. Using 10% concentration of the chempak hydroponics nutes from my garden centre. Within 18 hours severe burning apeared on leaves....worse at the bottom of plant. Transplanted back to soil after 24 hours flushing in water in bubbler, worried my bubbler was in some way wrong.
Growth continued well but damaged leaves yellowed, withered and died. Dark green growth appeared from lower nodes and I topped the plant when 8 inches high.
Early fan leaves continue to yellow and then wither and I remove them when they get crispy. New growth from top is looking good, but now leaves at bottom are beginning to yellow, and some leaves showing brown, damaged areas at tips.
What do I do now?.....cut of top and try to root it, leaving growth at bottom to expand? Keep going? Start again? Run around house tearing hair out? Forget the whole idea and turn to strong liquor?
Photos of the poor little plant below
Please help...
Your Equipment:[/B]
.1) Type and wattage of lights. CFL's - 3 above, 1 each side (5 total)
.2) Distance from tops? 4 inches
.3) Reflector type? homemade box lined with tinfoil
.4) Is there a consistent fresh air supply? no, but 1 plant in 72 cu ft closet
.5) Do you have an exhaust fan and a circulation fan? circulation fan on for 15 mins, 8 times a day
.6) What are the bulb wattages, kelvin ratings, and schedule? 5x23W ?kelvin, 18/6 schedule
Your medium:
.7) Specific brand and type of soil peat beased potting compost from UK garden centre with 20% perlite
.8) Size of container. at present a 5 inch pot, transplanting up in stages as roots grow
.9) Did you use peat pucks (or similar) to root clones or germinate seedlings? No - into same soiless mix, in 3 inch pot
Your nutrients and water:
10) Source of water? Tap - pH 6.8
11) Method of checking water ph. pH pen
12) Method of adjusting water ph. Not done so yet - water runoff is steady at 5.6
13) Specific brand and N-P-K ratio for each bottle. Not yet used any fert (see below)
14) How often are you watering between feedings, and how much per watering? Sits on capillary matting, water only
15) Any additives or tea's? None
16) Are your ph levels stable Stable
17) What is your ingoing water's ph? ...your runoff ph? In - 6.8 Runoff - 5.6
18) Do you foliar feed? No
Your growroom:
[B]19) Indoors or outdoors? Indoors
20) What size of closet, room or hut? 72 Cu Feet
21) What are the temps and humidity levels while lights are on? 25C, 55% ...With lights off? 22C, 50%
22) Have you seen signs of insects in the growroom? No
Your strain:
23) What strain are you growing? White Widow feminized
24) From seeds or clones? Seed
25) Is this an autoflower strain? No
The story so far (Tragedy or comedy....you decide)
Seed germinated well and grew fine. reached 4 pairs of leaves and I rinsed roots and attempted DWC in bubble bucket. Using 10% concentration of the chempak hydroponics nutes from my garden centre. Within 18 hours severe burning apeared on leaves....worse at the bottom of plant. Transplanted back to soil after 24 hours flushing in water in bubbler, worried my bubbler was in some way wrong.
Growth continued well but damaged leaves yellowed, withered and died. Dark green growth appeared from lower nodes and I topped the plant when 8 inches high.
Early fan leaves continue to yellow and then wither and I remove them when they get crispy. New growth from top is looking good, but now leaves at bottom are beginning to yellow, and some leaves showing brown, damaged areas at tips.
What do I do now?.....cut of top and try to root it, leaving growth at bottom to expand? Keep going? Start again? Run around house tearing hair out? Forget the whole idea and turn to strong liquor?
Photos of the poor little plant below
Please help...