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There is another solution which can avoid re-potting in the event that you are not ready to re-pot. Take a drill with a 1/8" bit and drill holes in the pots randomly around the pot. This will aerate the soil sufficiently and permit drainage. You'll also encourage air pruning which will promote a denser root ball. Let us know how it turns out. Pictures help! ;)
Emmie...the MG soil is not a debacle, nor are MG nutes...it's fine if you realize what it is, what is in it, what is not and deal with it accordingly...the vermiculite in the bottom is not the end of the world either, although perlite would have been better. There's no need to layer the soil in pots or any of that jazz...keep it simple...KISS! We'll say the second "s" is for silly:wtf: or maybe stoned:stoned:...there are nutes in the soil so you don't have to worry about that....vermiculite made the over watering worse, but now you're aware of that also, so definitely do not over water now...this could actually be good training for you on the tendency to over water...LOL! ;)...just deal with the things that pop up in the simplest manner possible....there is no need to be flushing and layering and adding this or that, or re-potting every other week...just lightly water them and let them grow...Remember the KISS principle...these are weeds after all...Your being a helicopter mom! Now back off and leave them kids alone....you....yes you....stand still laddie...sorry, that last rip and the PF playing made me lose it...LOL! :smokin:
An example of just how tough the weed is. I pulled a male without thought to what was left, and threw it out back. It had been pretty rainy and cold, but that darn plant managed to root again into the ground and kept growing....I had to 'kill' it again a month later when I noticed it when the weather got better.
LOOKIN good so far EM! yea i always over water when i use soil so its for sure a learning process all the time. Your WW are looking good. Nice and green vegitation. One of my all time FAVIOTE STRAINS!!! there gonna be beautiful in full bloom! time is patients EM! everything will pull through for you! Got me seat pulled up!
wow! That is really amazing! I probably didn't kill these little ones yesterday then.Quote:
Originally Posted by WashougalWonder
I was very worried about mine. Everyone was showing horrible yellowing and obviously screaming at me to fix something. Every leaf was affected at that point and if they were not yellow, they were a very sickly looking light green. I pulled the worst looking one and replanted her in a new 1 gal nursery pot with Happy Frog soil. The root structure was appalling. There was no root ball and very little dirt tried to cling to the few roots that were there. There was very sparse root development except at the very bottom of the pot and 90% of all the roots were concentrated in the vermiculite at the very bottom of the clay pot and were sitting in the stale water trapped there. No wonder we were turning yellow and starting to die.
I have repotted everyone now after seeing that. I tried hard to keep all the roots intact and spread them vertically in the new soil. After 12 hours, everyone is still standing tall and not wilting... We will see what happens in a few days but I am hopeful that we are now back on the right track. I also expanded the grow area quite a bit with the assembly of a new 4x4 Sun Hut. Now... after all this, I am going to work on my patience and just watch them for a few days with no more meddling. Live and learn. I will be so much better at this on the next round.
Here are the pictures!
#4, don't freak... thats dirt on her leaves... I will clean her off in a bit
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/e...6-day-23-4.jpg
#3, yellow but still standing!
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/e...7-day-23-3.jpg
#2, yellow in her indifference... fitting in with the crowd better though
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/e...8-day-23-2.jpg
#1, still sporting those dark green new leaves, but really suffering down below
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/e...9-day-23-1.jpg
Happy New Year Everyone!
Emmie
lol... I am trying :) :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by TANKJR
Hush now baby, baby, don't you cry. Mother's gonna make all of your nightmares come true. Mother's gonna put all of her fears into you. Mother's gonna keep you right here under her wing. She won't let you fly, but she might let you sing. Mama will keep baby cozy and warm. Ooooh babe, ooooh babe, oooooh babe, Of course Mama's gonna help build the wall.
Emmie
It's good to see your back on track Emmie. You've learned from this..we've all learned from this, but just as importantly, think of all the people in the future that will see this and learn from it also.:thumbsup:
btw, When I was younger we used to toss the seeds out the window at a favorite hangout, and then find full size plants growing. Hell we even had a plant that started growing in the back seat of a VW!!
Atta girl Emmie! I love PF when I'm blazed, but I'm sure I ain't the only one...:D
Speaking of the hardiness of these plants, I had an old nissan (so old it was actually a datsun!) red p/u truck we used to call the lil red party wagon:thumbsup:...it had a sliding rear window which is where all the seeds went when we cruised around getting high many years ago...needless to say they all wound up in the bed, which was full of junk, rust and dirt and old mulch and whatever else happened to be in there and it sat in the treeline of the farm where all the junk stuff goes when we're done with it, or it's done with us, and was left alone to rust away...A year later I was out there clearing brush and bush hogging down the tree line and looked over and there was not just a few plants in the bed growing...it was a friggin sea of green!!! The whole bed of this lil party wagon was full of two footers growing like gangbusters in what had to be the absolute worst for soil conditions and neglect...old motor oil and grease and dead leaves and what have you...I hate to say this, but I was not growing at the time and I shot them all dead with round up before somebody else saw them...:(
If they want to grow for ya, it's hard to stop 'em!:jointsmile:
I am pleased to report that everyone seems to be surviving the transplant. Not just that, but I am seeing now a trend toward more green instead of yellow. On #1 the first true leaves seem to be beyond repair, but after seeing how remarkably well these weeds withstand abuse, I will wait to report that it is casting aside the worst victims of my ineptitude. These unfortunate leaves are a crisp looking yellowish with hints of purple in some of the worst spots. At the base of these great leaves is still a patch of green, and there lies my hope of recovery in the new soil.
Overnight I see that not only did they all not wilt in reaction to the upheaval, but they are starting to raise up toward the light again, which must be a healthy sign. I can not discern any new growth at this point, but I suspect that most of the activity is now below the surface where a proper root structure is being engineered. I have been thinking about the suggestion that Bigsby gave us of drilling holes around the sides of the pot to encourage a more defined root ball. Why is it not common to put holes in the sides of our containers and could this do anything other than help with aeration?
Lastly, I have been looking closely at #3. Remember the aloof and haughty look? The not being quite the same as the others? When I look at the family all together I see a definite sibling relationship between all the others, 1, 2 and 4. Our #3 is starting to make me think that she is not of the same strain... that she is an adoptee from another family. I am very curious about this one and will be watching closely to see if she continues to look different than the rest. She also seemed to withstand the abuse better than the others, she maintained much more green and still seems to have healthy cotyledons whereas all the others have shriveled up at least one if not both of the cotyledons. Curiouser and curiouser cried Alice...
Here are the pictures!
First, the curious case of the widow imposter? Our proud #3
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/e...8-day-24-3.jpg
#4, the one that used to be called "The Runt" :thumbsup:
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/e...7-day-24-4.jpg
#2, looking good, starting to green up again
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/e...9-day-24-2.jpg
#1, hurting down low, but showing signs of recovery and new growth
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/e...0-day-24-1.jpg
The proud Widow family!
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/e...dow-family.jpg
A quick tease... the top right back corner of the new grow tent!
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/e...nic-breeze.jpg
Everyone have a good day! Enjoy that football! Go Chiefs!
Emmie
Looking much better. :thumbsup:
The one that looks different may be simply a different phenotype, not at all uncommon, especially now-a-days with all the cross breeding out there.