New to growing

[basementbotany]

i'll help ya with that, i want to see your grow!

[keeko]

hey ilovetv247, the only useful info in this thread would probably be from evertkings post.....i found the other people giving out the info was misinformation.

(lets work on your posts)....welcome to the boards, there is tons of useful informtion regarding medical marijuana. how long have you been growing and whats your setup like?

[basementbotany]

ya know, i think you can still post pics. just go to the "post reply" button there by the last post, then click on the paper clip there and upload your photos, i remember doing that long before i had 50 posts

[ilovetv247]

Nope, they must have changed it. There is no icon of the paperclip anywhere when I go to post something. I guess I'll just have to wait. I'm over 1/5 the way there!

[ilovetv247]

Someone asked what my setup was. Briefly, I have a rubbermaid box. I lined the walls with aluminum foil (I know it's not very good, but I don't have the money to buy mylar) dull side out. I have 4 plants in pots. One is about 4 weeks old (from planting the germinated seed) and the others are about 2 weeks.

My 4-week old plant is definitely not as big as it probably should be. I didn't buy any nutrients for it at first, and I left it in the "Seed Starting" soil for too long, which stunted it's growth. Since then, I bought some organic Miracle Grow Potting Mix soil, and some 19-6-12 Osmocote plant food. I accidently put in way too much (I follow the recommended amount on the label -- I later read that you are supposed to cut than in 1/4).

My younger plants are definitely burned a bit; the leaves have yellow and brown spots on them. I tried removing as many pellots as I could, and poured in a lot of regular water. Hopefully it'll help restore them to health?

[ilovetv247]

Another concern I have is that on my older plant, the leaves are all curling up into "hot dog buns". Very peculiar. After some reading, I saw that it might be because they are lacking water, but I water them plenty. I'm wondering if it's because the leave are drying out, even though there's enough water in the soil. I have a fan blowing out the side (it's not blowing directly on the plants, but there is a breeze going over the leaves). Could this cause the leaves to be doing this?

God, I wish I could post pictures so people could see what I mean.

[keeko]

what are the temps in your rubbermaid?

[ilovetv247]

what are the temps in your rubbermaid?

God, that's a horse of a different color...

I didn't realize it until I put the temp. gauge in there, but my temps were up in the high 90s, almost 100 degrees! Fortunately, it was only like that for abour 36 hours (but I'm sure that's more than enough time to do some serious damage to my babies).

Since then, I installed a really nice fan on the side of the tub, and the temp is a constant 77-78 degrees. I could make it cooler if I wanted by turning up the fan, but I figured that's a good temp.

Any ideas why the leaves would be folding up like hot dog buns?

[ilovetv247]

(only 30 more posts until I can finally post pictures!) lol!

[keeko]

sounds like the heat turned your leaves up.....little hard to say without a pic but i would guess that from your post. good to hear you got them temps down