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[Cede2Weed]

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[Cede2Weed]

and finally

[fenderninja]

lookin good, i wish all my "pots" were even like yours, who the hell knows what my potential canopy will end up like

[Cede2Weed]

Having a few issues with plants, please see pics. Any help with problem plants will be greatly appreciated.

Pic 3 shows some droopiness

Pic 5 shows an abnormal "vein"

[Cede2Weed]

a couple more pics

[daihashi]

My wife says I have a problem. I have moved a chair and a radio in the closet with my babies and sometimes I just sit there and stare at them, all the while doing my best to refrain from watering/over loving them.

Hope for pics tomorrow :smokin:

lol that is a problem indeed. I used to have the same problem. I killed well in between 50-100 plants starting out due to over loving or not knowing enough about my soil, ph, etc etc. I can say it's much easier to refrain from looking at them constantly after you've been in the grow for a while or completed a grow.

Refrain from the love, your babies will show their appreciation by growing up nice and beautiful for you :thumbsup:

[daihashi]

Having a few issues with plants, please see pics. Any help with problem plants will be greatly appreciated.

Pic 3 shows some droopiness

Pic 5 shows an abnormal "vein"

pic 3: Either underwatering (soil looks dry) or it's just not as hardy as some of the other plants. I've had some seedlings that always just remained droopy no matter what I would try to do for them. Just make sure the soil is consistently moist and neither dry nor wet while they're still small.

Pic 5: Abnormal vein? Do you mean the yellow vein in the actual big leaves there or the purple in the stem.

If the former then it could be a potassium deficiency. K deficiencies will turn yellow in the veins of the leaf and then eventually the whole leaf will turn yellow/brown and die.

However your plants look too young to be needing potassium and they are defiitely not rootbound. Do you know what the ph of your soil runoff is? Also what type of soil are you using? Are you feeding with any nutrients yet; if so what kind and how much/how often?

If it's the latter is usually normal in early growth.. up to 4-6 weeks I found. Anything past that I find to be a fairly good sign of being rootbound. Nothing for you to worry about yet.

[hudson88]

Hey cede,

They're really coming along, I'm not sure what you mean by the abnormal vein either, I really wouldn't worry about that. I've had the red stems going on in previous grows, what are your night time temps like? I've always seemed to have low temps when i've had them.

I'd say the droopiness was overwatering personally but I could be wrong, both under and overwatering cause droopiness. What's your watering schedule been like the last few days, how much? how often?

[Cede2Weed]

Hey guys, I was referring to the vien that runs through the leaves. On a couple of larger leaves it appears the vein is yellowing a little. I am probably paranoid (wonder why) and it is nothing. They have really hit a growth spurt since the transplant.

I do not have a ph meter. I know I MUST get one. After our cold specll where temps in closet dipped into the mid-50's two nights in a row, my temps have ranged between a low of 65c and a high of 78c. I expect the highs to start increasing as ambient temps rise this summer.

As to soil. My local foxfarm retailer is discontinuing foxfarm brands. This led me to purchase their last three 3-packs they had. I am not using them on this first grow as I am saving them for my better seeds next grow. On this grow I am using a Scott's Premium Potting Soil that has time released nutes in it good for four months. I know this is not recommended, but I had it laying around. It is a .07 - .01 - .03 mix designed for potted plants.

After reading Daihashi's post at lunch, I gave each plant 2ounces of water. The growth since then has been pretty good. After letting them dry out after initial transplant watering, I had given them an ounce of water a day.

Another thing to consider. I may have inadequate lighting. I have them under 6 26w 6500ks 1600 lumens each. I have twice that many watts/lumens for flowering but had initially planned to go through veg where I am. I really expected some attrition before flowering. Don;t want to jinx myself, but I think they are all going to make it to flowering. If that is the case, I am going to flower them as soon as the are mature enough.

Hope to have all females but want to prepare for 50%male. In any event, I cannot properly plan my space until I know how many females I am dealing with.

Sorry for the long post, but....

They have been in dirt for 2 weeks. Should I expect them to be mature enough for flowering at 4 weeks? I realize that would not be ideal. I may put them back into veg after sexing, but I am very anxious to get these plants sexed.

[mandalane]

:hippy:short and stubby, but looking pretty dang full. good luck cede!