i hate growing!!!!!

[djh420]

well i have 4 lowryder #2's in some cheap Hyponex potting soil in 10 inch pots. 2 of them are 15 days old, 1 is 14 days old and the other is 13 days old. they are growing outdoors with direct sunlight from about 8:30am till 6 or 7pm. the rest of the daylight hours they are in the shade........its middle of june so days are long
they are all really small still. the 3 oldest are barely starting to show the 3rd set of leaves......the first two sets of leaves are only single blade leaves and looks like this next set of leaves will be the first 3 blade set. anyway......for the first week i had them in a spot that only got 3-4 hours of full sun, then i put them in the spot they are now with all day sun and i gave them some 1/4 strength Miracle Grow tomato food (it was all i had). the weather here is about 100-105 degrees F. the day after i put them in full sun the leaves were curled like a taco and pointing upward. and now the bottom leaves (not the round leaves but the first set of serrated leaves) have been yellowing from the tips and moving inwards..... what is wrong? i read all about pH and nutes, etc. but i just don't know what to do!! i thought weed was as easy to grow as a weed! if i knew it was going to be this difficult and confusing i would have never dropped the $68 for the LR2 seeds( which by the way 3 were smashed, 3 didn't germ, and that's why i have only 4 seedlings right now....thanks a lot DR. Chronic......they did arrive in 4 days from UK to US, though..) these plants are all really small and other pics i have seen for 15 day old LR2 are like at least twice as big...... this is so disappointing. i was hoping for an ounce from each plant and at least one male to get more seeds....but these plants are so tiny i'll be surprised if i get 3 grams from each...........tomorrow morning i will try to post pics if someone can show me how.........maybe with pics someone can help me out........they are growing so slow its frustrating!!!!!!

djh420 Reviewed by djh420 on 06-25-2008. i hate growing!!!!! well i have 4 lowryder #2's in some cheap Hyponex potting soil in 10 inch pots. 2 of them are 15 days old, 1 is 14 days old and the other is 13 days old. they are growing outdoors with direct sunlight from about 8:30am till 6 or 7pm. the rest of the daylight hours they are in the shade........its middle of june so days are long they are all really small still. the 3 oldest are barely starting to show the 3rd set of leaves......the first two sets of leaves are only single blade leaves and Rating: 5

[illnillinois]

it could be worse. I spent 80 bucks for cheese seeds which didn't show up, and all i have in my pots are bag seeds from commercial brick weed.

I have one plant that had it leaves fused together, it set it back really far and makes it looks tiny next to others that broke ground the same day.

dont give up..

[djh420]

wow wasn't expecting that quick of a response from someone. (i mean it was of no help to me and my sick plants, but it was still a response.......) i literally just finished posting it and was looking to see if it posted and i already got a response........cool, but i still need help though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[illnillinois]

Im sorry, I was looking to see what your plants problems were.
I am a first time grower and try to take in a lot of info.. Get a pic, stinky is the shit at giving a pic the once over, and nailing the problem on the head..

Good luck with your grow

[stinkyattic]

Too young to feed. You may have fried them with MG. You have to wait until there are 5 sets of adult leaves to give any food at all. High temperature makes overfert problems much worse.
Post pics for better info.

[djh420]

here's some pics of the oldest and biggest....which is still tiny. can you believe its 15 days old!! also a pic of the 13 day old which is even smaller!!!!! the 1st 4 pics are the 15 day old and the last one is the 13 day old .what is wrong? i tried to take better pics but this is as good as my camera will do...........anyway help would be appreciated.....

[Weedhound]

Getting worse fast.....

[prettykitty]

Well - I dont know if this info will help, but I started with clones. You have to be careful with clones to make sure no diseases or bugs exist, but I haven't had a problem so far. I even started making my own clones for future use. Besides, they are already coming off of females, so you dont really have to worry about sex, and they usually are only $10 each (which is cheaper in the long run considering that not all you seeds will produce!)

So anyways, its really hard to grow young plants in that high of temps, I have a hard enough time getting max growth out of 75 degrees, so thats part of the problem. The solution? grow indoors under a grow lamp if you can - if not, maybe you can set up a fan to cool them off.

The other part - as StinkyAttic said, no fert for babies. Foxfarm makes a soil perfect for seeds, my friend tried it and they popped right out. I made the same mistake a while ago..... Do you have anywhere you can get cutlings from (maybe a friend?). I have found clones to be really ez to make and root.

[jchap]

from the pics, get better soil!, dont water too much

[Dyranty]

my soil kinda looks shitty like that too. My most mature plant has gone through hell. Approaching 3 weeks. It has yellow cotyledon leaves and the tips of my first real leaves are yellow too.

I'm worried it might spread up the leaves soon. I put them out in direct sunlight before i got my lamp and they roasted. I recently overwatered them expecting high UV but it wasn't bad that day

It hasn't been all that hot here in WNY but the UV ray's have been horrible.

My suggestion would be to keep them shady or non direct Light if your temps/UV are high right now where you are. I have Fluor tubes now but i'm worried between the overwatering and recent exsposure it will get worse.

Can yellow leaves turn back green? or at least stop yellowing? or is it too late by the time it happens, espcially this young?