i hate growing!!!!!

[Weedhound]

all 6 plants are dead!!! i finally pulled them the yesterday because they never grew, even after transplanting them to smaller pots and better soil with more perlite.......so what you see in the pics above is what they looked like at 34 days! no new growth and wilting leaves so i just pulled them............$68US down the shitter! what a waste! i have since purchased seedling trays, better soil, some perlite to add to the soil and a electronic pH soil tester.....right now i have 3 bagseed seedlings going strong outside with only partial sunlight because its about 100F here so i don't let them get full sun all day so as not to fry them..... my pH is between 6.5 and 7 and they seem to be doing fine.......nice and green, no yellow. hopefully these will be ok. so far so good! does anyone know when these should start flowering outside in california? i don't really know when the days are 12/12 here. i know the days have started getting shorter, but obviously not short enough to induce flowering. any help would be appreciated..... 2 seedlings are from a bag of some good stress bud, and one (the oldest and biggest) is from a bag of bomb, so don't really know when to expect a harvest........

I'm impressed......sounds like you revamped your entire growing regimen. Good for you to put in the work!! Your plants will reward you down the road.

There's such a HUGE difference between those who actively study and work at the craft and those who just approach it half-assed with no effort or equipment, poor lighting etc but really seem to feel they are due an excellent harvest. Your thread here shows beautifully the difference between one and the other......and I have NO DOUBT you will have some fine plants at the end. :thumbsup:

Best of luck.

[allrollsin21]

and then there are those that put in the time, equipment, and research, yet still blow it...

I am not not one of them

[TheMetal1]

Glad to see you didn't beat yourself up too much over your loss. :thumbsup:

This one's for you :jointsmile:

Seriously though, I can't say enough about how important a seedling starter mix was to me when I experienced problems. Like I said, I had almost the exact same characteristics going on (yellow leaves, stunted growth, etc.). You said that you got new soil (and it could be the bomb :thumbsup but no matter how much perlite you stuff into soil (like my composted manure and humus) it is NOT going to be as light and fluffy as a seed starter. I wrote this on another thread somewhere, but I've seen plenty of logs that show people dropping a bean into like a 5 gallon pot, with fertilized soil, and having a great grow... BUT for me, after taking them out of my soil (nuted at like .5-.5-.5) and putting them into some F.M. Quick'n Easy Seed Starter... it was seriously like I had adopted completely new plants.

So...
1: Small pots
2: Seedling starter mix
3: Fatten up that rootball
- then transplant to a SLIGHTLY larger container. That way they are nice and established when they are introduced to the new soil.

For reference...
This rules: http://boards.cannabis.com/basic-gro...ency-baby.html

and this is a sweet thread too: http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-faqs...large-pot.html

Sorry to go on and on... and I'm not trying to tell you what to do. :thumbsup: I just went through a lot of the same, and I want you to succeed just like I did. :jointsmile:

Stay and Keep :jointsmile:

[djh420]

hey thanks for the advice.......it is very much appreciated. I have a Jiffy Windowsill Greenhouse that's meant for starting seeds. Hopefully this will work with my (5) Lowryder #2 beans i have........the other bagseed seedlings that i have right now (only 2 now, not 3 three as stated before.....I stepped on one on accident! long story) were started in Super Soil with added perlite and they seem to be doing just fine. You guys think i should use the Jiffy or just use the Supersoil/perlite as with the other seedlings? I do not want to kill these last (5) LR2 beans i have....I will be growing the LR2 indoors in a small homemade grow box with (2) 50watt hps and (2) 23watt cfl, so 146watts total for 2.5 square feet. I'm just about finished building the box, just need to hang the lights and finish making the carbon filter. It has a passive intake at the bottom with an electrostaticly charged filter over the intake and at the top a 50cfm exhaust fan pushing out the hot air into a homemade carbon scrubber (need to finish making it).... it will also have a small fan inside to circulate the air. As far as light reflection I just bought one of the car windshield sun reflectors and peeled it apart (both sides are reflective, so peeling it apart gives me twice as much reflective material!) and covered the inside of the box. I won't start growing with this box till winter because its to hot right now. I plan on running the lights at night so it'll be cooler...... i will try to give periodic updates of my seedlings i have right now and also post pics............ thanks again for the advice and interest!!!!!

[NaughtyDreadz]

guys dont you remember in grade 2??? making a bean sprout??? same thing... for the first bit you just need water and a tiny bit of soil... (and maybe a cotton ball)