Please help! Droopy Plants

cool thanks for the info...I had tried tap water in the beginning and I think that was one of the issues they had...once I switched to the britta I could definately see a difference that looked to be directly linked as far as I could tell...so I'm thinking if 200 to 100 was that much an improvement goin from 100 to 10ish or 0 if possible would be best to start. I did a lot of reading on RO systems and found that the last step in 6 filter systems makes it better to drink taste etc don't know why water with nothing in it wouldn't have the most prefered taste but maybe it would feel weird on your teeth cause it's so hungry for molecules or somethin the ions. For plants it seems that as close to 0 as possible is ideal and add nutes from there...for humans it seems that some treatment filters help taste and benefit like some calcium in trace parts so it's not pulled from your teeth etc...I'm debating on getting one cause our tap water is at 190-200 and that's just not acceptable for plants or drinking...the cheapest I could find 3-5 stage systems was 100 bucks a bit more with storage tanks and pump(s) etc

I chopped one down today, I was 99% sure it was a male as I could see several ball like lookin things in one pocket...I took a pic but not sure how good it's gonna be, I'll post it a little later. down to 8 potential I'd be happiest with 4 or 5 so hopefully the food I'm adding today will help expedite the sexing process

That's always what I look for...several pods together before I'm really sure it's a male. Sometimes it can take awhile to be really sure.

The RO system I have is only a three stage basic since I only use it for the fish and plants. I don't know if a 100/gpd system would hook up the same way especially as you plan to use the water for drinking etc...so pays to check I'm sure. I have been EXTREMELY happy with what it has done for my plants and could not be convinced to change back at this point. If you have had problems with your original tap water then yes, this is the way to go for you. Aren't we bad once we start tasting a tidbit of success? :D

Growing these plants has become extremely addictive in and of itself to me and sounds like you are heading down the same path..:)

I cut another male down today I think I got a better picture of this one so lemme know what ya think but I was convinced it was male...actually most of the ones that had any sign of sex a week ago seem to be all males hopefully I'll have atleast 2 girls I'm fairly sure about 3 more males but I'm gonna give em another day or 2

I have the res at 5.9 and just over 600ppm ( 2/1 teaspoon maxibloom/koolbloom with a bcuzz stimulator )

Anyway I'll get a pic of some of the tops...1 of em that looks male is all white and bushy at the top I'll get a few more pics later tonight...

Yes that's a male. Bummer. The good news is that generally the males show first (I guess so they can be ready to jump on the females) so you will usually see them before the females (except for the preflowers.) The ones that lag and take forever are usually the babes. Males also tend to be taller and lankier looking then the females Neither of these things are set in stone however so always best to wait and make sure. :) ;) The leaves on your plants look great ASD! Nice and healthy from this photo. Keep it up.!! :thumbsup:

Hi always...

Looking oh-so-much better! Glad your babies recovered.

Hey mack good to see ya unfortunately bad news

ok well I've just finished chopping some more down...one of the males looked awesome it had a tight cola forming but it definately had a lot of balls showing too

Out of the 9 to start 6 have been confirmed males...I believe the original giant that I topped has shown female there is one node with 2 little white hairs comin out so atleast the pruned and biggest tree is gonna be a female...of the 2 left to sex one is a short stout indica which has really nice development and node distance and the other is a thin weak looking thing that got overtaken by the taller males so I'll have to see if it will recover and thicken up

I'm pretty sure about the 1 female but I'd love to get the stout indica atleast as another girl cause they were the 2 best looking ones of the bunch and it would make up for the 2/9 female/male ratio I read somewhere that stress makes em more likely to be male so maybe that messed them up even with the stress I'll be pretty bummed with only one chick...

I'm going to be taking clones off the big female and I guess just wait and see on the other 2 at this point...I'm also planning to start another round of seeds that I'm thinking about just growing and sexing really early to find the girls and just cloning from there rather than growing them as big as I did this time...

With all the males I cut down it's sad that none is even worth smoking...except maybe the top of the hairy lookin one it did look pretty sick with the little bush on top haha I might try to catch a buzz off that when it's dry but I can't imagine it'll work

Time to pray the last 2 are girls

I've cleaned out all the stray roots and moved the remaining girls to the corner spots...From now on I'll call the best girl Eve as she was biggest from the start and first to show pistils...the thin weak one will be called Olive...and the dark leaved stout one Zola

I'm not positive the last 2 are girls yet but I'm just being optimistic :D

I have a clone of Eve started already and it seems to perk the leaves up when I put the dome on and after a while of the dome bein off it seems to droop back down...Not sure how the clone should really start to look and all that but it's definately been more than 2 weeks...the very tip of the leaves are yellow and on one of the bigger fan leaves yellow is spreading so any advice would be appreciated

I'm thinking about getting or making an aerocloner cause once I know which are girls for sure I'm gonna take more clones from Eve and Zola if it's a girl...I'll wait and see how olive shapes up before I bother messing with her

I'll post a pic a little later tonight

PS.....PH is almost 6....ppm is almost 600...the water level should drop slower which will be nice as they were drinkin a few gallons a day with all 9 ;)

Yes ik'm told stress can make more males than females.....if you are going to clone though it won't make any difference at that point. I will check in to make sure the last two are girls......here's hoping....

I've noticed the ph climb faster than before with the bloom nutes...I'll have to keep an eye on the speed it rises...

The pic shows Eve at the top left Olive at the top and the bottom right is Zola

The pic is kinda blurry but it shows well enough the size of em...

Olive seems to have a hard time holding the leaves up...not sure if it's just a bad plant or what but she's definately thin stems

Yer right about the clones...Eve is a definate at this point unless she goes herm on me and as long as Zola is a female I'll be taking clones of those 2 because of the traits...Eve is a fast grower and Zola has a very dense node setup...I didn't even top her and she's got 7 cola's the same amount as Eve which was topped

I'm not sure how well the clone of eve is working out but I'm thinking I gotta get a cloner cause the dome doesn't really allow for much growth with only a starter plug

WH have you heard that seeds produce more yield with higher potency? and if so how much more than clones? I'd rather just run with clones unless seeds are really that much better I guess I could run a batch for seeds...

It'll be interesting to see how the smaller ones react now that they aren't being smothered ;-)

Here we go! Pistils and everything! Now the fun begins!