Newbie CFL Grow..Could use advice and criticism

[killa12345]

Here are more pics with potential problem areas:

Pic 1: One of the leaves has this on the tip....(The only one though)....Not really worried

Pic 2: This is right after watering (1 minute) But the plant is turning downward and some of the leafs in my garden are taco'ing maybe 6 leaves out of all the leaves on all the plants...

Pic 3: One of the draining holes for the cups.....are the roots poping out a problem

Pic 4: another pic of the roots on the very bottom of the cup

Are these plants showing signs of rootbound?

Any suggestions would help
Killa12345:thumbsup:

[justanotherbozo]

then yeah, the roots popping out the bottom will only make transplanting more difficult and also damaging to the roots, if the roots are at the bottom of your cups, i'd transplant into larger pots, not too much larger either, i've become convinced by everything i've read here, especially StinkyAttic's threads, that you're better off transplanting several times into slightly larger pots than just doing it once into a big pot, better, healthier roots. i'd also just trim that dead shit off that leaf, i don't know if it's necessary but i do it anyway and it hasn't seemed to hurt my plants. i may be wrong but i believe that dead shit like that will spread down the leaf, if you trim it, it should stop the spread. then, you'll only have half a leaf but it will be healthy.
anyway, toke amongst yourselves

bozo,
peace, love, dope

[zebulon]

No i don't think that they are rootbound yet, but Bozo is rite whit the continuous transplanting....imo you should wait a bit longer whit the transplant, till the plants develop stronger roots....
And i think that it would be maybe better if the drain holes would be on the bottom of the pots, and not on the side, so excess water can leave more easily, because the plants look a bit over watered....

[killa12345]

There are large holes also on the bottom a little better than a 1/4 inch.

[Technique2]

Just stoppin by to see your progress. I like you had issues where my plants were drinking A LOT more than I was providing. (well in my case the older sprouts)

Make sure you peek in on my little operation.
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[SimonMakus]

Put those babies in some bigger containers, and they'll thank you for it. That's actually a lot of nice root growth for that young of a plant. Go ahead and grab some 1 gallon pots and switch those ladies out. Trust me, you'll be watering less My from-seed plants go to three different homes over their lifecycle. Some ppl do even more though!

Bozo, I disagree about cutting off the dead tip. The pic doesn't even show us what the problem is (maybe work on your focus, Killa :smokin: ) and until we find out, don't cut anything off. Necrosis should not occur in a plant that young. I'm betting it's a pH issue, but we'll see.

[Technique2]

Put those babies in some bigger containers, and they'll thank you for it. That's actually a lot of nice root growth for that young of a plant. Go ahead and grab some 1 gallon pots and switch those ladies out. Trust me, you'll be watering less My from-seed plants go to three different homes over their lifecycle. Some ppl do even more though!

Bozo, I disagree about cutting off the dead tip. The pic doesn't even show us what the problem is (maybe work on your focus, Killa :smokin: ) and until we find out, don't cut anything off. Necrosis should not occur in a plant that young. I'm betting it's a pH issue, but we'll see.

This is EXACTLY what I am planning to do. I have 4 - one gallon MATCHING pots as it stands, but I also have access to some mix-match one gallon pots as well. I am a person that appreciates uniformity so I like for everything to be consistent so as not to create any placebo effects. (nothing like blaming that un-initiated for YOUR fowl-ups)

I eventually plant to procure some 5 gallon containers to transplant to for their final home, but that is a LONG time from now so I can hold off.

killa12345,

You should definitely transplant ASAP to avoid un-due stress, stunted growth or complications later on when you are FORCED to transplant. Nice Growing!

[killa12345]

Update:

One Monday i posted problems with my plants....thanks to some of the people out there i determined the ph was way to low for safety...
Tap Water= 7.6 ph
Soil Runoff= 6.0 ph ( way too low)

So i flushed the plants....none of them showed much improvement but stickyattic said it would work.....and i believe her....

Soil dried out mostly as you will see from the pics on transplant day.

Well its a sad day today some of the babies had to go....Well not really...I decided to transplant today into 5 and 6 in pots....The problem is only 6 plants fix into the box this way so..I knew this day would come just not soo soon....i choose the plants that looked the best to transplant....The other 6.......Well those went into 1 gal pot....and placed outside just in case.....

The soil mixture i used was 1 part black gold cow compost/1 part organic potting soil with no ferilizers (found at local nursury)/ 1 part perlite.

I added 8 or 9 tsp. of Dolomitic Lime to the mixture for Ph because i used about 10 gals of soil/compost

Bought 10 soil ph test kits.....now i should be able to get a good read.....soil reads at 6.9 ph......i think thats going to be better...
Bought some plant ph up/down...placed one drop of down in my gal of 7.6 ph water.....knocked it down right at 6.7.....Think this is also going to help....Also stinkyattic told me to go back to 24 hrs of light which i started on monday also...

Here are some pics of transplant day...Sorry for the sh*tty pics
its like 100 F outside....want to get back in the A/C

Till Next Time
Killa12345:thumbsup:

[killa12345]

On another note:

My seeds from Dr. Chronic came yesterday.....which was only 6 days from the night i ordered them including the weeking...he sent shipping conf. on Friday so they took 3 days to get here....Some where in the US....

Heres some more pics from Transplant day..



See You all Soon
Killa12345:thumbsup:

[zebulon]

They look great....nice work so far....:thumbsup:
Remember to give they enough water...and soon you can maybe start to give them some grow nutes...low dosage of course...
Keep it up....:jointsmile: