no worries bigleague. most people around here don't mind offering advice as long as it's heeded and you ask "good" questions, meaning you did your research but might not grasp it etc.
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no worries bigleague. most people around here don't mind offering advice as long as it's heeded and you ask "good" questions, meaning you did your research but might not grasp it etc.
-shake
Just got back in town. had some good growth while I was gone. I added nutrients today(a little less than a table spoon). The nutrients I have are these little brown pellets. I mixed them in the top inch of soil as instructed, Then Watered. Here is a picture of the plant right after watering.
you still around jew?
Just stopped back by and was expecting an update but none, Will there be any soon, is this just gonna be updated once every week or 2..?
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sorry guys I have intentions to post at least once a week but got distracted with other things. I love to see people are still interested and maybe you can help since I have come across a few problems.
The first picture is what I meant to post last week but never got around to. Everything was going quite well then.
The second picture is the downfall. Leaves drooping, a little yellowing but only on bottom leaves and the first set of real leaves almost dead and slightly brown. I have no clue what is going on. The plant is drying out before watering, with an average watering of once a day. There seems to be plenty of light packed close around. Maybe it is the experimental nutes? they were 10-2-8 which was unusual but they are slow release and this problem came about quite quickly. I doubt there are any bugs on my plant. I have looked and see none and Haven't used anything from outside. The best solution I can think of is to flush and repot. Any ideas? Help please!
i would say either it's either underwater or overwaters, and since you provided the best clue of allQuote:
Originally Posted by BigLeagueJew
"i have no clue what is going on. the plant is drying out before watering, with an average watering of once a day."
you SHOULD NOT be watering once a day! this is way too much. you need to let the pots dry out pretty good before you decide to water. a good way to test this out is to let the pot dry out nice and good (it should feel dry at least down to the second knuckle on a finger when you stick it into the soil). you can also use your index finger and thumb on each hand and grab the rim of your pot. bounce it up and down just a bit. you will get a feel for when she's full and when she's empty.
no one can tell you when to water, as it depends on many factors (lighting, heat, plant size, pot size etc. etc.). i can assure you that once a day is too much.
get to know your ladies. and don't freak out every time she sags a bit. just put into effect all of the things that you are reading and learning on the forums.
remember, especially with a first time grow, people have a tendency to baby their plants. or in other words, most problems are the growers fault!
do you have a pH test kit? if so what's your pH?
hope this helps.
-shake
thanks shake. I'm not positive that my friend waters everyday but probably close to it. I will tell him to water it less. Usually when I check the plant though, all the soil is very dry. I mainly am just "freaking out" because I Don't want the rest of the leaves to die. So should i do anything else beside lessen watering? Should I not re-pot it?
PH for my soil is always very alkaline, usually around 7 when I check it. I will check again soon and post results.
how big is the pot that i's in?
if it truly is bone dry everyday, then yes, you should re-pot.
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Yeah seems to be bone dry. The pot is about the size of a small coffee cup (maybe not as tall) it's about 5 inches tall Id say.
if it get's that dry that fast you need to transplant. it should at least take a couple of days to dry out.
-shake
k transplant is happening today, I will post pics later. Happy 420 everyone.
happy 420. im waiting to see those pics
transplanted this morning. The plant was totally rootbound. I guess that was the problem. Also the soil in the middle of my bag was way better than what was on top and I thoroughly mixed in perlite this time. Heres a pic from Ceres in her new pot.
what a wonderful pic! j/k.
glad she's doing fine.
-shake
haha yeah cellphone + bad lighting = incredible photography
things have perked up a bit. I think the transplant was a great thing for her. Today pinched off some of the lower leaves that were drying and dying. Is there anything I can do with these pinchings like smoke them? haha.
looks awesome. I'm excited to get home to her
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Starting to look better keep at it man.:thumbsup:
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update. Nothing exciting but nothing bad either. Ever since clipping off the dead leaves, growth has picked up. I think though, that when I transplanted I did not really break up the root ball and that it has slowed growth a bit. I think it is rooted now though and I'm afraid to mess with it.
she has now been moved to her new and final home - my room. shes under 6 cfls now on a 24 hour light schedule. and i watered her yesterday until some drips came out the bottom of her pot. no pun intended. just checked on her theres just barely a bit of moisture when i'm more than 2 knuckles deep, also on the low side of moist on my reader. she seems a bit droopy but appears to still be new growth. advice?
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0508090914.jpg
can you smoke them?The pinchings I mean?:jointsmile:
oh and btw good growing.:thumbsup:
we tried to vape the pinchings. Didn't really do anything. I think it is too early in the plants growth. I will take more pinchings when shes developed more.
We repotted again because last repot we didn't break up the soil enough. It was and has been pretty rootbound. We broke it up a lot this time but some of the roots ripped a little. Hopefully she will make a full recovery. I will post pictures later but im too tired now.
Look's like she's thirsty,you'll need a bigger potter,and,or,water more often.
Dive:stoned:
No need to fuss with the root ball at all when transplanting. I transplant when the pot is failry dry. I tap around the sides and bottom of the pot to loosen it up, holding the top of the soil in my hand I invert the pot and place it directly into the new pot. I then add the soil and water it in. Place the pot out of the direct hot sun (light) for a day.
No smoking them little bottom leaves. My cat likes to chew on them though. (She ate my Z10 seedling, so I have to be careful of that).
Shov :thumbsup:
Hey everyone,
she does seem to be growing, which is good. and bigleague said above, we recently transplanted to a new bigger pot. we also LST'd some of the lower branches. still there is a problem with drooping though, i've been using the wet/dry cycle method suggested earlier in the thread, so i give her a good amount of water (until a bit drips out the bottom of the pot) and only water again when the soil is almost completely dry. I'm curious what you think about this, and peoples thoughts with regard to her droopiness. any advice is much appreciated. oh, and she's under 6 cfls constantly with the temp between 74 and 79 degrees.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0514091731.jpg
due to indoor complications I believe we are moving outdoors...
more details later.
Let us know what's up bud. A few of us wanna keep tabs on Ceres.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigLeagueJew
begood:jointsmile:
Yeah, I'm interested as well.
I heard that its better to keep your plant under light for 18 hour's and 6 hour's off in complete darkness. during the veg state because it alows it to grow more and the stems get stockier and thicker wich in the long run give's bigger budds :jointsmile:
:D I hope ceres is getting bigger :thumbsup:
unfortunately, we had to move outdoors. she has a new home now in an open part of a forest near my house. the good news is right before she moved, she started looking a lot better than some of the previous pictures. new growth and four strong lower branches with their own offshoots. I will try to go snag a picture as soon as i can, if not over the weekend, then monday. lets just hope she doesnt get eaten, stolen, or destroyed! thanks for keeping up folks.:thumbsup:
after almost two weeks since the transplant, without seeing or watering her, we finally got to go check up on her. she is doing extremely well, she has grown atleast 8 inches i'd say, perked up completely, and has some bigass fan leaves. it was almost dark, so with flashless cellphones we couldnt get a picture, but i PROMISE we'll get one up in the next few days. i'm also 70% sure she is a female, but i'll try and get some close-ups to post, so you guys can gimme your thoughts. :thumbsup:
Take EGR 360 and get back to me on that 70% number.
here are some pictures that i took yesterday.
fiska: shut up, and i am gonna change that 70% to a 98%, since i looked yesterday in the light, and i could see the white pistils emerging from the bud sites, and there are no balls.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0604092011.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0604092015.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0604092018.jpg
looking pretty good. she has grown a good bit!
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here are some pictures that i took yesterday.
fiska: shut up, and i am gonna change that 70% to a 98%, since i looked yesterday in the light, and i could see the white pistils emerging from the bud sites, and there are no balls.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0604092011.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0604092015.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0604092018.jpg
Here are some more photos to add. By the way we also added some salt to keep the damn slugs away. Take it easy of Fiska, clearly he is new.
Headshake said "remember, especially with a first time grow, people have a tendency to baby their plants. or in other words, most problems are the growers fault!"
Once you left the weed alone to do it's thing it did it's thing! Perked up and everything :thumbsup: Good job on the transplanting and such; she does not look to be complaining at all :)
Yes I agree but I also think it had a lack of quality light before. It has been really sunny around here the last few weeks and I bet Ceres loves that as well.
Hey great to see your grow to stage it is will you keep on posting us, I'm 18 days into a indoor grow. here's whats been going on so far take a look and see what you think!
http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/...ml#post1996713
Good growing
good to see the support. We will keep posting.