a quick question.. Did u re-pot them with the peat pots or without?
Good luck with ur grow
Von
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a quick question.. Did u re-pot them with the peat pots or without?
Good luck with ur grow
Von
i took them off, got them nice and wet and just kinda peeled them off.
i had to leave a little bit on the botton of one because a root had started growing through it.
hi peeps just a quick update, Day 25 and alls well.
the babies have taken to thier new soil well and are continuing to grow.
the only slight problem is drainage, i think ive mixed in too much vermiculite, as when i water them, i have to let them drain for a good hour till i can put em back in the room...im not sure if its worth re potting them again though as i can put up with the inconvienience....and hopfully it will improve as they grow.
also, ive lined the bottoms of the tubs with 2 layers of news paper, which isnt helping...bad idea.....should have used paper towels...but hey. ive had to rough up and tear it a bit, and re-poke some holes through the bottom to aid drainage.
seems to be working for now
hey there babystartbud... glad to see things looking much better for you:)Quote:
Originally Posted by babystarbud
babys are looking very good-green and happy:thumbsup: but wouldnt it be a better idea to water the babys in your grow room and place them in a dish or bigger pot with no holes so the runoff would run out of your pots and straight into the dish/bucket.. then after x amout of time and all runoff has came out.. simply pick up the plant pot and tip away the runoff.. so you dont have to water outside your grow room.. as that sounds like a bit of a pain.. anyways hope you get the girls.. cant wait to see them flower;)
thanks for that mrberrys :) yeh thats an idea...will have a look for some trays next time i go past the garden shop.
on the subject of nutes...
im not planning on feeding for a good few weeks yet, but the leafs are looking kinda pale for an indica dominant strain...mrberrys bluberrys leafs lock nice and dark and waxy
ive got some bloom nutes left over from the last grow, so thats covered, but ive also purchased some other nutes for veg and was wondering what was most suitable...
first one i got was B&Q multipurpose 7-3-7
and the other is baby bio 10.6-1.9-1.4
my plan was to use the baby bio for a few feeds, then the B&Q for a couple....by which time they will be ready to flower...
opinions anyone? should i just keep it simple and stick with one or what??:confused:
hey babystarbud.. erm i used baby bio on my first grow.. i wouldnt say i noticed anything bad.. except the taste of my buds was a bit crap... i was advised to avoid baby bio like the plauge as it does no good for a cannabis plant... as for the bnq i duno about that.. but what i do know is that any ferts with blood meal bat guano shrimp meal fish.. ect is a good veg fert ... i use mother earth veg tea for veg its only like £9.50 for 1litre... its better to feed your babys something they are going to thrive on rather then somethin they wont...
pps did i mention mother earth is 100% organic.. thats the way to go .. chems fu$k off:D
i get what your saying about the organics, but surely nirogen is nitrogen, does it really matter weather it came from a rotting corpse or a laboratory?
its somthing thats been confusing me for a while cos chemicals just seem a more accurate way to do things...:(
day 28 just a quick update, getting slwly bigger...
day 31, no fert given yet but they seem to ok without it for now...i am thinking about it though, maybe in a few days...
Hey, Babystarbud...
Well, those things sure came back from the dead! :) Glad you got 'em goin' again. They look a bit droopy, though. Sure they aren't being overwatered? Maybe some heat stress? I'd even venture to say that they look a bit stunted. I know they had a rough beginning, and that could be the reason, but I'd almost want to say I'd try to put some light ferts on them at this point. I'm not a soil expert, but just by how the plant looks, it doesn't look happy (well, they).
Well, good luck. Keep us posted, man!
:rastasmoke:
TGF
thanks for the comments, yes i think they were put back a few weeks by earlier problems, temps are good so i think the soil mix i did maybe not ideal, i thing i put to much vermiculite in, and also, while the soil itself is ok, the texture i dont think is good, it goes muddy when its wet...im not sure if its worth re-potting...think ill just see how it goes
So it is possible overwatering...related...
I think it IS worth re-potting. Your plants are not so big that it is almost time to harvest or anything. You've got a long ways to go. It'd make it easier on ya. Good soil is worth it weight in gold, from what I hear. I'm sure it can 'survive' in that sandy slush, but it's not ideal. And isn't 'ideal' what we strive for here?
:rastasmoke:
TGF
yup, some good points, green frog, thanks:)
there was only one plant, the "runt" of the litter that was suffering, ive now r-potted it, with the same mix, and is showing good growth.
im guessing thats the same plant that i kinda "zoned out with" before potting, because i was really mixing the soil up in the pot when it was very wet,
( i was stoned at the time_) ;)
and enjoying the texture in my fingers, i guess i must have pressed all the air out in the process and turned the medium into a solid lump of mud, once dried...oh well, live and learn!!
now for the update, im really pleased with progress, i fed them for the first time about 24 hours ago, i used somwhere between 1/8th and 1/4 stregnth liquid baby bio 10.6--1.9--1.4, and so far doing great, more vigarous growth, and lots of strong looking secondary branches, i guess with skywalker being an indica dominant, this is to be expected...but it looks great:dance:
but i guess if they are gonna burn, it wont show for a few days yet....
heres hoping they wont!!
the main problem with the soil is that it really "holds" the water, i think ill cut out the vermiculite almost totally with my next grow, or at least down to about 10%
nice
thanks! im kinda flying blind because its only my second real grow,
they are slow starters but hopefully will bloom into beutiful butterflires lol
i like what i see.... lol they are looking great! keep up the good work! as for nutes i say they should be ready for a weak feeding... unfortunately i think your out of luck if you want them to turn into butterflies but... you can hope, i guess lol - good luck...:)
thanks abbatoir :) theyve had a 1/4 stregnth feed of 10.6-1.9-1.4 and it seems to have gone down well, if all remains good i may up it to 1/2 or 3/4 stregnth in a couple of waterings time....
yeh, do that, remember when you flower them youve gotta feed every watering...and if you can try to get a nute. with more phospherous when flowering, those nutes dont have nearly enough... sounds good so far tho ;) - good luck
Nice job making those babes turn around babystarbud! S
day 35,
thanks bree, pezo, abatoir and everyone for the comments, the little beasts have deffinatley enjoyed the addition of a bit of nitrogen, no burn at all and getting bigger!:) i guess i cant hope for more at the mo...
they are smelly little bleeders though, when i bought my inline fan, i got it as a kit which included a carbon filter...which is still in its plastic bag...my last plants hardly smelled at all...
..but i think im gonna need it for these beasts, theres only 5 plants and they arnt even a foot tall yet and you can smell them as soon as you walk in the house if the extractor hasnt been running for long...:thumbsup:
dont smell of weed, though...very hashy smell...
i guess with skywalker being bluberry x mazar, it has alot of afgani & thai in its bloodline hence the smell
thats exactly the same as mine cept mine has so much more growth on the internodes and undergrowth if u no what i mean. Mines 10 '' high and 18 '' wide, whats urs? ( and mines on the 8th node, urs?)
Yay i got a thanx just for sayin nice lol
the main one pictured is 7 inches high from soil to the highest part,
and 14 inches wide, from longest tip to tip.
if im counting right its got 10 nodes, but they are kinda double nodes, so maybe its classed as 5?
anyway, its one fat smelly little bitch!
pezo, have you got any pics? are you growing skywalker too? what light ETC. are you using?
sorry not skywalker, white widow
200 watt envirolite blue spec, 1 small fan, growing in shed in built grow room
Day 37
all going well, some slight fert burn, but only mild and on only 1 plant....so i think ive got lucky...
this ones just been watered...no more fert added yet, i dare not push my luck after last time, lol
day 40, second feeding today, for a change i gave them a half dose of 7-3-7 multipurpose, rather than the 10-2-1 i used to start with.
the one in the middle is the runt, but it looks ok, just a bit behind the rest.
check the bushyness! :rastasmoke:
day 41,
the food seems to have gone down well and the watering was needed, looking much more perky today
oops forgot pics
nice! looks like mine lol, why are ur leaves droopin? U over watering? thats what mine are doin.
the pics in post #69 need watering, post #71 shows them about a day later, about 18 hrs after watering
quick update, and slight problem, i belive this is lack of nitrogen but was hoping for some second opinions, ive read it could also be lack of magnesium.
ph is still good...
ive given them a half & half feeding today with the same nutes as previous, 10-2-1 and 7-3-7.....now im thinking i maybe should have given them a straight dose of 10-2-1.
i dont have any micro-nutes apart from my bloom fert, 10-9-19 which has a long list...but i guess its not worth using during veg.
day 47,
feed problems sorted, but what the hell!!!!! one of my plants has literally collapsed, ive never seen this before, the plant itself looks in great shape, theres no sign of physical trauma, its just gone all floppy:confused: :mad:
all the other plants are fine, just this one, what the hell!!!! any ideas anyone?????
ive propped it up on a stick.
please....:(
dutchlover was right, ive just watered and improvement already!
thanks!
i think its agrevated by my soil mix though, which is too dense, my moisture probe indicates that the bottom half of the pot is fine, but top half is (was) bone dry.
i live and learn.
might be a good LST method for fast sharp bends....every cloud has a silver lining.....what a rewarding plant :)
2 of my white idow did the same, healthy to floppy. couldnt put my hand onnit.so I took them out ther pots and the roots where potbound. Maybe bigger pots ? it seemed to sort my prob out. Hope you get this sorted and real soon love.
peace.
im thinking possible rootbound also, as ive read leaf tips curling under is a sign...the plants dont look very big for the pots though....but this s my first indica, so maybe they have more root structures...i dinno :( i hope not, as some of mine are. was hoping to flower in the next few weeks...
thanks..
I think they look ready to be repotted. Good Luck, I'm watching...boy that sounded creepy but you know what I mean. B
hmmmm......im kinda torn on this one....
i dont really wanna have to re-pot them as they are looking great again now,
but i think they could do with it.
thing is, the density of my soil means i would have to wash the root ball down quite severely as the soil will be caked up big-time around the roots,
( my soil is to dense really )dunno if i want to stress them that much...
i hope i can get away with it....opinions?