White Rhino YELLOWING LEAVES

[grey1223]

They sure look hungry to me. It also appears you are using only Micro nutes (Open Sesame, Beasty Bloom and Cha Ching. Did I miss something????? These products usually supplement your primary nutes.

grey1223 Reviewed by grey1223 on 03-10-2008. White Rhino YELLOWING LEAVES Naturally I am a little worried, so I decided to post this, in hopes of some feedback. Have 4 White Rhino ladies.....soil grow w/ 400w HPS in my walk-in closet. Started flowering.....and the first oddity I noticed is it tool a good 2 weeks for pestils to show on a 12/12 cycle (from 20/4) which is longer than any strain I have ever grown. Used FoxFarm Open Sesame (1 tsp to a gallon every other watering) and water every other day, 1 1/2 gallons for 4 plants. Everythiong seemed great. Last week Rating: 5

[stinkyattic]

Oh snap! Missed that! Where's your primary bloom fert? That explains a lot!

[slayer34ny]

Well I guess I mis-understood my supplier....cause I was told the soil was good enough for bloom nutes (Ocean Forrest) and all I am adding to my water is the OPSes,BeastBloomz and Chaching....right now I am on the Beastie bloomz being the middle of my flowering.

So...if I understand you right I need additional stuff in my water all the wat through the grow? The soil I use dosent contain enough....even with a transplant at the switch to 12/12? I have never really gotten the yeild I expected (6th grow) but the quality was always great.

So the advise i need i guess is what to do from here. The plants are 5 wks into flowering...including the 2 weeks it took to show any signs of sex. Just stopped the Open sesame last week...and have just started feeding the beastie bloomz. The help is very appreciated and and I can only hope to return the favor

[slayer34ny]

Only stuff I got at the moment is schultz plant food (10-15-10) will this work as a suppliment?

[stinkyattic]

Your grow guy is correct that Ocean Forest contains a high level of fertilizer compared to other media, but it's still not quite enough as you can see.
OF is too 'hot' for small seedlings, and as with all pre-fertilized media, you should fertilize with caution all the way through... but you still need some sort of plant food. Start out a bit weaker than recommended and work up until you see just a bit of tip-burn, then water heavily on the next feeding (to the point of runoff) and back off to the last point at which the plants were hungrily uptaking the ferts without scorching.

Edit: Shultz isn't the best, but it'll do for now- I would only use it for one or 2 feedings since it has far too much N for a flowering plant, and you are getting close to harvest anyway. All you are trying to do at this point is to keep the yellow from getting much worse, while continuing to put on bud mass. Too much nitrogen can slow the production of buds, so you must use it with caution. It's the first # btw.

[slayer34ny]

Ill keep saying it...thanks again for all the help. Imma try feeding my girls a lil for a few feedings and see how it goes. Will update with new pics too.

Any suggestions for a product to use through my next grow would be helpful. Baring in mind I am trying to keep it simple....soil grow, w/ city water (let sit out fior 2 days) and using the FoxFarm flowering stuff I already have......maybe even pot sizes and when to transplant. Also am buying new seeds and would love any suggestions. Have bought NL and rhino, early misty and crystal. The best producer so far has been the misty. Dare i try femenized seeds????? I get about 50% males at the moment. Seed bank reccomendations appreciated too. Want good genetics

[stinkyattic]

I'm not personally a great fan of femmed seeds for the risk of hermies.
You want a beast? Go with Pure Power Plant... She's a classic, she's a yielder, she's a STABLE line (you can then make your own seeds and never buy them again), and you can find beans online. I got mine from seedboutique (no complaints there) but there are plenty of other vendors and I'm not here to push any one vendor over another.
If you like the idea of the FoxFarm line, and can find it, go the whole way and add the Grow Big and their proprietary bloom fert (big bloom? ehh I'm forgetful) to your OF and supplements and follow the company's feeding schedule. This will make your life easier, since they are all designed to be compatible.

As for pot sizes and transplanting, take a peek at my Donkey Dick grow log. That's how I like to do it personally and find that it is an efficient use of both light and space.

[jchap]

yea looks like them pots where to small

good luck bro :jointsmile:

[CashandPrizes]

OF is too 'hot' for small seedlings, and as with all pre-fertilized media, you should fertilize with caution all the way through

Please forgive for thread jacking but would you mind expanding on this Stinky?

You mean it would be too rich for a freshly popped seed right?

Would OF be too hot for a rooted clone to be planted into?

[stinkyattic]

Yup, exactly- it is too rich for a young seedling. Happy Frog or a cheap seed starting mix from a nursery are much better for seedlings, which don't need ANY added nutes at first.

Transplanting a rooted clone into a pre-fertilized soil, I'd use caution. If the clone was rooted in a plug or peat pellet, or even right into seedling mix or promix, I wouldn't worry about it. If the clone was rooted in a bubbler/DWC/aero type cloner, I'd first plant it into seedling starting or promix and then when it is starting vertical growth, transplant NEXT into the FFOF.
Hope that helps?