My Indoor Grow,

[Jennylynnm6280]

Yes the leaves all fell off at once about a week ago. The plants have not been transplanted at all, They are in the original pot they were planted in. But it is a big enough pot, The pot is 9" wide and 8 " tall. To be honest I do not know what kind of plants they are. I got the seeds from a friend. As per lights I am using a 400 watt, 4 foot flourescent light. And a basic 2 foot grow light that I have about 2 inches above the plant. I have a fan in there for oxygen but I do not have it directed towards the plants because they blow around too much. I also have aluminum foil lining the sides of the closet so the light can bounce off and hit all areas of the plant. It is about 80-85 degrees in the closet. I water them once every 2-3 days. And once a day I rotate them as well. I will get a picture soon and post it. Thanks

[LetsSeeYa]

Yes the leaves all fell off at once about a week ago. The plants have not been transplanted at all, They are in the original pot they were planted in. But it is a big enough pot, The pot is 9" wide and 8 " tall. To be honest I do not know what kind of plants they are. I got the seeds from a friend. As per lights I am using a 400 watt, 4 foot flourescent light. And a basic 2 foot grow light that I have about 2 inches above the plant. I have a fan in there for oxygen but I do not have it directed towards the plants because they blow around too much. I also have aluminum foil lining the sides of the closet so the light can bounce off and hit all areas of the plant. It is about 80-85 degrees in the closet. I water them once every 2-3 days. And once a day I rotate them as well. I will get a picture soon and post it. Thanks

Well its what i thought. You cant plant more then one plant in a pot. If i were you and i would do this yesterday, is re pot them in separate pots. Thats the only thing you can do IMO to keep them alive. Weed plants have ton's of roots and that size of pot there in, there is no way they will grow. The pot is good for one plant and thats it, what you see above ground you will see below ground, so whats happened is they are fighting for room in there. So, like i said id re pot them in there own pot asap. Your going to need to slide them out into a tub of water and try an untangle the roots. You might loss some, but better then all of them. I hope they are still in veg. cuz your odds are better, but must be done or they will just continue to loose leaves till there gone and the leaves are what keeps the plant alive.

Good luck and let me know how it comes out. Oh and plant them deep as roots will shoot out the stem:rasta:

[Jennylynnm6280]

That makes sense. I will do that now and let you know tomorrow or in a few days how it worked out. Thanks so much because to be honest I had no clue you could do that. Thanks again. It was a big help!!:thumbsup:

[Jennylynnm6280]

Well, I tried what you said to do and low and behold my plants are dying I woke up this morning and all the leaves were dropping down. Oh well, I will have to read up more and start a new batch. Thank you for your advice though. :rasta:

[LetsSeeYa]

Well, I tried what you said to do and low and behold my plants are dying I woke up this morning and all the leaves were dropping down. Oh well, I will have to read up more and start a new batch. Thank you for your advice though. :rasta:

Well i never said thats all ya gotta do. Give them time to grow roots and establish itself in there new pots. Just water and keep under lights and new growth should start:rasta:

[Jennylynnm6280]

Oh ok I thought they were done for lol. So what do I do now? Just treat them the same and wait for them to get stronger again? The stems are still standing straight but all the leaves are all drooping down. Does this mean they are not dead or or not going to die? Thanks:jointsmile:

[LetsSeeYa]

Oh ok I thought they were done for lol. So what do I do now? Just treat them the same and wait for them to get stronger again? The stems are still standing straight but all the leaves are all drooping down. Does this mean they are not dead or or not going to die? Thanks:jointsmile:

You really need to do some reading. I cant say if your plants will make it or not, but they have a better chance in there own pot.

After transplanting did you water them? If so great, now just keep an eye on them and water when they get dry. If i were you id keep them moist for now to get your roots established, but dont over water. Really you need to read, i would go to ''basic growing'' section and read the stickys, the top threads on the section. This will answer a ton of questions there, so you will understand what to do. Also id like to see a pic of the plants:rasta:

[Vancefish]

Good looking CFL grow LSY! :thumbsup:

My "kinda wild" grow log is similar in that it too is a trial grow intended to learn from. Only real differences are I did some LST, topped one, and went natural on one.

So far I've under potted, over watered, under watered, and got root bound. When I re-potted I got nute burn, and got to flush the soil. NOW, I have nute deficiencies and started BC nutes (for Hydro, I'm in soil) watered down to 1/3rd of 1/5th, so 1/3 strength of 1 gal mixed into 5 gallons of water, then set PH to 6.2. I started them on filtered un-PH tested water that turned out to be 7.8. Then bought an aquarium PH test kit. I also had to few lights and have added more and more as I've gone along.

Personally I think this was the smartest thing we could do as noobs to indoor. I can't tell you all I've learned for these three "trial" plants.

Good on ya! :thumbsup:

Oh ok I thought they were done for lol. So what do I do now? Just treat them the same and wait for them to get stronger again? The stems are still standing straight but all the leaves are all drooping down. Does this mean they are not dead or or not going to die? Thanks:jointsmile:

As for you Jenny, These plants fight each other HARD for grow space. However they are quite hardy, being a weed. They do need their own pots or one will eventually kill the other two.

I posted a link to a guide on how to make bonsai moms. In this guide you can see the writer re pot his ailing plant after a year in the same soil and pot. He flushes the plant with RO(reverse osmosis) water before the re-pot. Then actually CUTS OFF the edges of the root ball AND then cuts off the bottom of the root ball before putting it in new soil. As you can see, the plant recovers very very well.

I posted THIS because it shows the level of root damage these plants can take without killing them.

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LSY is correct though. Once separated they will need some recovery time but should be fine after a while. Pics would make it easier too.

Read, read and then read some more. Once you've read everything you can find,... Hunt for more to read. Then when your sick and tired of reading. Start some plants. THAT will lead to more reading.

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LSY, the plants don't need much N during flower. they need only a small amount...and seeing as how yours are still nice and green i don't think they need the N. worry about the P and K. if you have to hit them with your 20-30-30 (or whatever) go with about 1/3 strength and then don't feed them that again.

how long have they been flowering for?

i just shot you an email. so get back to me and i'll get that stuff out by next week at the latest. i'll try to get it out tomorrow though.

also for the big bloom or tiger bloom check out here. they have the big bloom for $9.90/quart and the tiger bloom for $13.90. they are located in twinsburg ohio so hopefully shipping won't be too expensive.

your plants look really good. don't get discouraged. indoors is slow, especially under CFLs!


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[Jennylynnm6280]

After I transplanted them into their own pots I did water them pretty good with some miracle grow patio mixed in with the water. After I woke up this morning I went to check on them and the stems were still standing strong but all of the leaves were depressed and drooped right down. I left them there because Lets see ya told me they need to get used to the new pot. To my surprise literally only about 3 hours later, There was new growth already starting in the crotches of the stem. I cannot believe how fast that new growth came in after transplanting them. I have faith now that they will be ok as long as I allow that new growth to continue the best I can, although the existing leaves are still very much drooped down. As dumb as this sounds I have to buy new batteries for my camera so I can post some pictures of the plant in which I will do tonight for you guys. I would have been completely lost and thinking that my plant was completely dead if not for you guys telling me this stuff. I will definatly keep everyone updated. Again thanks guys!! :clap::clap: