I'm a 1st time grower. I live in Northern California (Bay Area).
I got a few clones from the local medical Mary J club 2 weeks ago. They were all roughly 5 inches tall when I purchased them. One is doing great(Bubba Kush, Indica), one has only a couple leaves drooping with the rest of it looking fine(Super Silver Haze, Sativa/Indica), and the other is slowly turning yellow and dying(Blue Dream, Sativa).
For now, because I'm ill-prepared becuz of $, I'm using the 5 cfl's that are in my bathroom. They're 4 feet from the tops of the trees. They're on at all times for the vegetative stage. My walls are painted glossy white, so reflection is better than off of dark walls, but I'm pretty much just using the bare bulbs, which are 15 watt = 65 true watts each. There is consistent fresh air becuz of the in-n-out to the bathroom while home and the vent/exhaust fan is on while at work. The bathroom itself is approximately 5 feet wide and 10 feet long by 8 feet tall. The temp has been right around 80-85 degrees lately. Should I open the AC vent in the bathroom to decrease the temp? As for the humidity, I'm not sure how to measure that, but it's generally not very humid in Cali. Although it is a little humid in the bathroom after a hot shower...

I'm using large containers from the start so that I don't have to transplant them later and risk shock. I've got 2 trees in a 5 gallon square container with soil that's 10 inches high, and 2 more (one's trying to rebound from a puppy attack...lol, I'm not including that tree in my discussion) in a 10 gallon square container with soil that's 12 inches high.
Both contain the same makeup of soil. The bottom halves of the containers are filled with Miracle Gro garden soil. The top halves are filled with an organic gardening soil comprised of fir bark, forest humus, peat moss, perlite, worm castings, poultry manure, bat guano, kelp meal, oyster shell and dolomite limes (ph adjusters). Then I dug holes 5 inches deep and 4 inches in diameter for each tree, and filled them with a blood/bone meal fert, which is what I WAS TOLD BY THE CLUB GROWERS to do.
I'm watering ONLY when soil is dry (finger test 2 inches deep), using tap that's been siting for 24 hours to evaporate all possible chlorine. I give each tree roughly 1 cup of water per watering...(I've read that watering slowly and generously once per week is best. I do that for my peppers too. Is this recommended by anyone with success???) I've also misted them once a day with water only, at different times in the day(foliar feeding). NEVER put in full sun when misted either! Just started putting the trees in the living room during the day to get sun, but was told not to do so becuz of the magnifying power of glass. So I put them outside in the sun today for the 1st time, and one of the trees, super silver haze, limped over after 30 minutes. The other 2 did just fine in full sun at 95-100 degrees, INCLUDING the yellowing tree. Gave the SSH some water and put it in the shade, and it sprang back up after 20 minutes.
I've just tested the water for the 1st time. It measured 6.0, which I've read is perfect. I have NOT checked the ph of the soil becuz it costs WAYYYY too much $.
I tried for the 1st time today giving the yellowing tree a feeding of nutrients. I bought an all-purpose 'Colorburst' plant food with an NPK ratio of 3-1-2...24% Nitrogen, 8% Phosphate and 16% Potash. I did a roughly 35-40% solution. I've not added anything else, no teas, nothing.
No signs of any insects either. And I don't believe it's an auto flower strain.

Picture 1: Bubba Kush
Picture 2: Super Silver Haze
Picture 3: Blue Dream (problem tree)

Thanks in advance to all who respond to help. MUCH appreciated.
wild95cat Reviewed by wild95cat on . 3 trees, all growing differently in the same conditions. I'm a 1st time grower. I live in Northern California (Bay Area). I got a few clones from the local medical Mary J club 2 weeks ago. They were all roughly 5 inches tall when I purchased them. One is doing great(Bubba Kush, Indica), one has only a couple leaves drooping with the rest of it looking fine(Super Silver Haze, Sativa/Indica), and the other is slowly turning yellow and dying(Blue Dream, Sativa). For now, because I'm ill-prepared becuz of $, I'm using the 5 cfl's that are in my Rating: 5