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wow. I really wished I had waited to take pictures. These plants pretty much exploded in growth overnight. I don't know what the hell happened but I'm happy about it. :jointsmile:
So another update. All the plants died except for the one I transplanted when I found out the soil was nuted, not died but they're pretty much screwed/stressed/doing poorly. Guess I should've transplanted them all but I was going on rhizome's advice. No way he could've known either. The plant that was transplanted into promix soil is thriving and looks beautiful. All the other plants are pretty much goners.
I've started germinating 9 more seeds. I will be planting them in rapid rooters and then sticking them in promix.
The good plant will probably veg an extra 3 weeks until these plants catch up and are ready for HPS.
Also this plant looks like it's showing some sex thingies? I'll see if I can get some pics.
Scratching my head, You sure did encounter a lot of problems with this start of grow, Im going to be honest about a few things. Soil with nutrients is not a bad thing, even for seedlings, I have all kinds of nutrients in my soil, That's what the plants need to grow healthy. Another thing that Super Thrive is no good, I hear people using that stuff and it's just the worse stuff you could use for cannabis and esp. seedlings. The nutrients in the soil is good enough to grow a healthy seedling. Another thing That perlite is not needed in a seedling tray or those small pots you have. You gotta have a good mix of soil in there for them to grow healthy roots and perlite does not have anything in it. Just a waste of space honestly. When you transplant and want to use a mix of that then sure it's ok.
The problem with the nutrients is not that it's there but rather that it burns the plant because there is too much in the soil for such a young plant. The only difference between my plant that is thriving and beautiful and the plants that are not doing so hot is the fact that the good plant was put into really good soil and the other plants stayed in composted soil which is burning them up. I've tried flushing and letting them dry out with no resolve.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokeStack2
I didn't use the super thrive since no one chimed in.
I never said I used perlite in the seedling tray. I used rapid rooters in the seedling trays.
All the plants received the same watering schedule. Were used in the same soil, used rapid rooters.
There's only one variable. I transplanted my good plant into promix soil early on. In either case I don't feel this was a waste as I did learn alot.
Thanks for the reply, I've been looking to get input for a while now whether it be good or bad. I'll post comparison pictures of my good plant vs the average plant in the other soil.
Well your learning so that's good, I just hope you have some better luck. Do what you think is best for your next batch of seeds. And if you want to keep them out of nutrients than thats fine.
I think just for the first 3-4 weeks. I've just had such back with nutrient burn that I'd rather stay away from it completely. Which thanks to the advice on another board member I finally have some soil that is KNOWN to be good. Now I have zero excuses.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokeStack2
4 of my 8 seeds have sank. I'm going to give them another 24 hours in the cup of water before I stick them in a paper towel/zip log bag to germinate.
I'll probably start another grow log as this one is just full of bad expierences. Going to start fresh completely.
Alright sounds good. Good luck with everything.
Here's a pick of the one plant that survived the second group of seedlings.
It's currently going through LST and has turned into a beast of a plant. It's probably about 10 inches and bushy as hell. Currently a little under 5 weeks old.
I have my other set of plants growing.. currently about a week and and a half to 2 weeks.
i only have 1 grow box setup. hopefully it doesn't turn into a monster over the next 3 weeks while I wait for the other plants to mature.
pic 1: Top view
pic 2: another top view
pic 3: side view
good organic soil without any nutes will produce just about as big a yeild and as nice buds as using all kinds of special nutes, especially if you don't get the nute strength right. Maybe try a little bud nutes (P/K) when the buds start growing.
Your plants look like they are pretty happy right now.
Shovelhandle
That's a 3 gallon pot, I have it mixed about 50% promix soil, 50% fox farm ocean soil, and just started using nutes at 1/4 strength. Currently using Age Old Grow organic nute solution. It's 12-6-6 NPK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shovelhandle
Going to keep increasing the dosage 1/4 - 1/3 strength until I see signs of too much nitrogen or flowering comes. Which ever comes first.
Shovel, do you know about how long I should let the side shoots grow before I start tying them down/tucking. I want them to get longer than the initial nodes that grew before the side shoots came sprouting out. That way all my leaves, old and new get some light.
Currently it's so bushy There's no light getting to the main stem (though I can fix this, just waiting for things to get longer unless someone tells me that I should try otherwise.)
Thanks for the reply.