Need some HELP fast !!!

[SkunkMe1]

Can anyone help me ? I want to transplant my plants today, and i have no idea how to do it. What should i do??? I mean i dont have a clue my plants are 4 and 6 weeks old, and i want to transplant them from 1 gallon into a 4 gallon pots ( plastic ), i read about flushing them with water before transplanting them but im not sure, please if anyone can explain exactly what should i do.

Thanks Thanks Thanks

[orangeman]

First in your new pot half fill it to the point where you think you'll want to put your other soil mass in, next water your soil to the point where you can see the water showing up on the top of the pot or w/e (of the pot your plants are in) then with your middle and index finger between the stem and the rest of your hand on the soil, turn the pot upside down and lightly try to get it out..once you do that put it in the new pot and put more soil in the pot to make a full pot or w/e..

[Dutch Pimp]

First in your new pot half fill it to the point where you think you'll want to put your other soil mass in, next water your soil to the point where you can see the water showing up on the top of the pot or w/e (of the pot your plants are in) then with your middle and index finger between the stem and the rest of your hand on the soil, turn the pot upside down and lightly try to get it out..once you do that put it in the new pot and put more soil in the pot to make a full pot or w/e..
I used a little shot of Root Stimulator by Ferti-lome after each transplant. I never lost a single fan leaf, and I transplanted 4 times on my first grow.

[orangeman]

I used a little shot of Root Stimulator by Ferti-lome after each transplant. I never lost a single fan leaf, and I transplanted 4 times on my first grow.

I want some of that lol.

[the image reaper]

its not as hard as it sounds, but its always a little scary ... as long as your plant is in soil damp enough to stick together, flip it upside down with the plant stem between your fingers, and give the bottom of the pot a good smack, it should slide right on out ... water it after the transplant, but don't fertilize for a couple of days, at least ... :smokin:

[SkunkMe1]

I did everything you recommended now the plants are in new pots.
But i made a mistake one plant is not filled with soil to the surface, is that bad ???
Should i give them light or let them rest ( they had 10 hours of light today ) ???

Thanks alot your advices are priceles :thumbsup:

[orangeman]

I did everything you recommended now the plants are in new pots.
But i made a mistake one plant is not filled with soil to the surface, is that bad ???
Should i give them light or let them rest ( they had 10 hours of light today ) ???

Thanks alot your advices are priceles :thumbsup:

You mean the soil isnt fully covered? Eh...as long as the roots arent exposed to bare air like me and you I dont guess it's a bad thing.

[Dutch Pimp]

When I made my final transplant, into 10 inch pots that would be their final resting place to start the flowering cycle, I cut away about half of the feeder roots (you know the ones wrapped around the ball when you take it out of the pot) and then I cut slices though the tap roots with a sharp knife, from four directions. A little shot of root stimulator, they loved it. It was risky advice to follow for first grow. Nothing ventured- nothing gained! I didn't want them to be come root bound during flowering cycle. Anybody done this?

[SkunkMe1]

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The plant in the white pot is 6 weeks old, and it started to grow some yellow(white green) leaves on the top. What's that about? Am i over watering or over nuting ??? I give them 1L water in 48 hours and i nute them every 5 time with Bio Vega (Biocanna) 3.5-1-5.5 .
I dont know what's the problem ?
Can anyone telling me am i doing good ?

[orangeman]

Well one good method would just to water every 3 days and every few weeks add nutes to the watering..But from the looks it has to do with nutes..I'm not sure but I've seen some plants that were suffering from a nutrient problem and your plant looks similar so the damage is already done, best thing to do is just deal with it.

[SkunkMe1]

Is it a problem to change the way im watering them ?
I thought to give them only water wich i buy ( bottled), or should i prune the top leaves? Any sugestions ?

[SkunkMe1]

When I made my final transplant, into 10 inch pots that would be their final resting place to start the flowering cycle, I cut away about half of the feeder roots (you know the ones wrapped around the ball when you take it out of the pot) and then I cut slices though the tap roots with a sharp knife, from four directions. A little shot of root stimulator, they loved it. It was risky advice to follow for first grow. Nothing ventured- nothing gained! I didn't want them to be come root bound during flowering cycle. Anybody done this?

I did that too, but not to much only to stimulate root growing. I saw that in dvd that teaches you how to grow.

Hope it work's...

[orangeman]

Is it a problem to change the way im watering them ?
I thought to give them only water wich i buy ( bottled), or should i prune the top leaves? Any sugestions ?

I dont think you should prune anything, like I said it looks like nutrient dmg and whats done with that is already done and cant be fixed. I dont think watering in any way is a problem unless it's water you feed your plants as soon as you ran from the sink and it's not even room temp or the pH isnt even balanced, other than that I dont see what you could be doing wrong except giving a nutrient strength that the plants dont like yet.

[SkunkMe1]

Thanks orangeman you are very big help to me...
Can i put them on flowering stage now or is it too early? I have a space problem and i heard they double the size on flowering stage. They are 4 and 6 weeks old. The sick one is 6

[orangeman]

Thanks orangeman you are very big help to me...
Can i put them on flowering stage now or is it too early? I have a space problem and i heard they double the size on flowering stage. They are 4 and 6 weeks old. The sick one is 6

Well you can flower when ever you think it's ready because it depends on the grower and if they are satisfied with the size and all and if I were growing yes, I would flower now. Because it's said that once the plants start flowering it's possible they can double in size so they say when you prepare to flower do it expecting it to double the size it is at the moment and yeah to me it looks ready, also if it gets too big just prune it and you can sort of balance the size out.

[SkunkMe1]

ok i will do that, ill start tomorrow. Is there anything i should do before switching from 18-6 to 12-12 ???
I used hps 400w for veg. stage im planing to use it for flowering also.

There is something else, my plants pre-flowered can you determine are they females?


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[orangeman]

ok i will do that, ill start tomorrow. Is there anything i should do before switching from 18-6 to 12-12 ???
I used hps 400w for veg. stage im planing to use it for flowering also.

There is something else, my plants pre-flowered can you determine are they females?


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Here is a pic as close as i could get it

Those look like females to me, and you keep saying you use 400w for veg, but what bulb are you using? MH or HPS? and there is nothing you should do for switching but set a time for the change, I'd recommend 8 a.m-8 p.m ;).

Oh and yeah, try to give them more P than N and K during the flowering time, didnt know if you knew because you asked about what you should do and all.

[KHAN]

There is something else, my plants pre-flowered can you determine are they females?


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The flowers will start futher up the plant, by the top nodes.

[SkunkMe1]

I use HPS bulb 400.
And thanks again, ill do it as you recommend from 8 to 8 ;) starting tomorrow.

Hope they are girls :) :) :) would make me very happy...:dance:

Can't wait to see my first buds comin out

I'll keep you informed with pic's for everything :thumbsup: (and ask for help)

[orangeman]

Well I could be deeply wrong but I'm pretty sure those other pics had a nute problem but if they were under a HPS light maybe that could be a prob too? It's stated that vegetating plants and seedlings grow better under the blue spectrum of light so a MH light or something would be used for that...If you ever get the extra $300 (lol) i'd recommend buying this.

http://www.nblighting.com/optilux.htm

I'm recommending it because if you were using HPS for vegitatitve unless you didnt know that MH is better or didnt have the money for two bulbs maybe your ballast doesnt support MH lights?

They mail in a brown box so unless some one is extremely nosy they wont know whats in the box and they send you the light already set-up with a timer if wanted and HPS or MH bulbs.

[SkunkMe1]

For now i'll try it with this bulb cause i already made some investments, but for the next crop im going to do it for sure. I hope this will work for now!!!

By the way i dont know if i mentioned it, my plants are both Skunk#1. Next time ill have 4 sorts min. It's because they told me its the best plant to grow for beginers.

Whats the best NPK solution for flowering ???

[orangeman]

Anything with P higher than N and K..nothing is actually a wrong mixture.. it could be for example 12-30-12, 20-20-20, or 5-10-5, really doesnt matter just make sure that middle number is higher because marijuana plants use phosphorus for bud growth, K is just used to keep it healthy and fight diseases and N is used for the leaf and stem growth so it's obvious you'd want more P for buds :p. And what ever you do dont cut the leafs or prune now when you get into flowering because when you do your plant will use most of it's energy towards more branch and leaf production and wont be as focused on growing your buds so when ever you prune..dont do it during the flowering stage ;).

[OmegaVermelho]

Hy there SkunkMe1, like Orangeman said HPS is all about red spectrum so next time consider using some CFL´s or a MH for veg cycle (if u have the money), but anyway what i want to say to u is 4 u to check out this video from this dude, he uses the same seeds as u (Skunk #1), but in the first week he uses a simple 40w CFL just for the germination, and then HPS all the way....check it out and let me know what u think of it


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-259262713655286519&q=cannabis

hope u liked that, cheers from Omega..

[SkunkMe1]

Hi omega and thanks for the link the video was cool (helped alot) i wish i had that kind of space... By the way my plants are doing great, i think it was the small pot that caused the trouble. Leaves are becoming green again (thanks god):thumbsup: Im going to post some pic's soon.

Won't prune orange promise. I want only the best for my babys.

[SkunkMe1]

Hey i started flowering stage and i can say im happy, my sick plant is healing as you can see, its becoming greeeeeen again.


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Any sugestions please write.....i appreciate your help
What do you think if i start a thread of my growing cycle ( have all pic's) ???

[orangeman]

They are lookin righteous, and if you'd like to create a new thread but post it in the indoor area :).

[SkunkMe1]

Thanks man i hope nothing goes wrong again.....

By the way i started a thread in indoor area if you want to see how it went, i couldnt post all pic's but ill do it next days, it's called SkunkMe1 updates:)