Nice To Be Growing Again!!

[headshake]

i noticed yellowing and browing of the lower leaves so that to me means that its getting to much N so i flushed it this morning.

yellowing of leaves doesn't mean you have an excess of N, it means you have an N def. the browning of the tips can just mean that the leaves are dying off. if you had an excess of N then your plants would be a deep, dark green, almost blue.

it can also mean that you aren't getting enough light. your CFLs should be 1-3" from the top of your plants. and even then their canopy penetration is gonna lack.

yea i water every 3 days or if its bone dry a knuckle deep, but ill bump it up to 4 days for a while.

don't worry so much amount the amount of days, but learn to read your plants. they will tell you what they need, just like with the N def. pick up one of your pots with your thumb and index finger from each hand. it should look like a diamond, with the pot being held by the rim in the middle. bounce it up and down gently. do this when they are dry and then again after watering. you will fill a major difference. when the fill light and empty, it's time to water.

your plants are over-watered in just about every one of those pics. you can tell this by their light color, and the droop. it's just the leaves that are drooping and not the petioles so this indicates over-watering. if it were under-watering the petioles would be drooping off of the stem as well. a healthy plant's leaves will point slightly up, with a small crease in the blade at the midrib.

I watered my Mazar x Afghan OG KUSH today but i flushed it with 3 1/2 gallons of distilled water so im hoping that does the trick with the soil. but im still waiting on my Mazar to see the sex so im hoping for a female. if not im gonna use its male pollen (hoping for female tho) and put it on a AI clone. Heres some pic updates!

are you watering with distilled water as well? if you are then you definitely need that calmag. i know you picked some up. distilled water has basically no mineral content what-so-ever. you have to add it in, hence the calmag.

when you are doing your final flush then not using the calmag would be acceptable as you are trying to rid the plant of all it's minerals.

and dude, you shouldn't even be worrying about trying to breed until you have your game under control. i'm not being rude, i'm being real. once you get things in hand, then go for it!

so my ph is 6.4 in my soil so i dont think its a PH problem.

how are you testing the pH of your soil? what about the ingoing/out-coming pH of the water/nute mixture you are using?

with the over-watering (plush flushing you are doing) you are leeching nutes out of the soil. this is going to affect your pH. the good part though is since you are using organics, your pH just needs to be under 7 and your good to go. the organic acids act as chelates for your nutes.


keep reading man. you have the right ideas, but there is massive room for improvement. glad you are growing again!


-shake

[camoxnhx]

it can also mean that you aren't getting enough light. your CFLs should be 1-3" from the top of your plants. and even then their canopy penetration is gonna lack.

I have my lights about 1/2 inch to 1 inch above my canopy. The only time i raise them alittle bit is when the leaves are on the bulbs themselves. For bulbs im using 2 42W and 4 23w CLFs so thats about 9,100 Lumes.

don't worry so much amount the amount of days, but learn to read your plants. they will tell you what they need, just like with the N def. pick up one of your pots with your thumb and index finger from each hand. it should look like a diamond, with the pot being held by the rim in the middle. bounce it up and down gently. do this when they are dry and then again after watering. you will fill a major difference. when the fill light and empty, it's time to water.

your plants are over-watered in just about every one of those pics. you can tell this by their light color, and the droop. it's just the leaves that are drooping and not the petioles so this indicates over-watering. if it were under-watering the petioles would be drooping off of the stem as well. a healthy plant's leaves will point slightly up, with a small crease in the blade at the midrib.



are you watering with distilled water as well? if you are then you definitely need that calmag. i know you picked some up. distilled water has basically no mineral content what-so-ever. you have to add it in, hence the calmag.

when you are doing your final flush then not using the calmag would be acceptable as you are trying to rid the plant of all it's minerals

Makes perfect sense! I thought i would have to water every 3-4 days or when the top soil is dry. the funny thing is after the top soil was dry it still almost felt the same weight after i watered it. For the leaves being droopy that also makes sense too and i couldnt figure out why on others plants there leaves are tilting up and my were tilting down and drooping all the time.

and dude, you shouldn't even be worrying about trying to breed until you have your game under control. i'm not being rude, i'm being real. once you get things in hand, then go for it!

True that. no pun taken your just keeping it real. I just get a bit ahead of my self.

how are you testing the pH of your soil? what about the ingoing/out-coming pH of the water/nute mixture you are using?

with the over-watering (plush flushing you are doing) you are leeching nutes out of the soil. this is going to affect your pH. the good part though is since you are using organics, your pH just needs to be under 7 and your good to go. the organic acids act as chelates for your nutes.

I let my Gallons of water sit about 2 days before watering and i shake it 2 or 3 times during that period to make sure it doesnt get stagnit. As for a PH testing kit i have a Gro Check PH stick tester. My soil is at a 6.6 as of today.

keep reading man. you have the right ideas, but there is massive room for improvement. glad you are growing again!


-shake

This was a good 1 on 1. Thanks for all the advice and info. I'm always poking around for new stuff to learn on here!

P.S.
nice fucking ETCH N SKETCH. Thats some sweet stuff right there :thumbsup:

[camoxnhx]

So its been 8 days since i have updated my grow log. My bagseed is now becoming my faviote! shes growing big and abundent like a little Green Monster. I have started to LST her. Im going to go get rooting gel and rockwool cubes, and a clone tray because im gonna cut some clones here in a week or 2 then im putting my plants into flower.

Now my AURORA INDICA was getting 3 bladed leaves then down to 2 blades now back to 3. Im keeping a eye on it tho.

here are some pic updates. the frist five are of the AURORA INDICA

[camoxnhx]

BAG SEED :dance:

[drudown11]

start some new plants up bro.

You would be lucky to get 2 grams out of those things. So i think your time might be better spent on trying to improve where you went wrong

[headshake]

you might want to think about using some jiffy cubes to clone instead of rockwool. it's just plain ol' easier. you don't have to pre-soak them and they won't jack with your pH. you can get a back of 50 for like $15 or so. as soon as your clones are rooted well then just through them into the dirt. simple.

just my $.02.


-shake

[camoxnhx]

so just a quick update. I found out that with my PH meter was completely f'ed up so i got a PH kit from the local hydo store and the PH of my nutrients was a whopping 7.9.... YIKES! so i applyed another dose of nutrients with PH down in it so i dropped it down to 6.0. The Aurora Indica is now starting to produce 4 bladed leaves since i have been trying to fix the PH. I cut a clone from the AURORA INDICA and now im waiting for it it root. Got some EARTHJUICE Rooting Gel and some rockwool cubes (sorry shake didnt see your reply before i left to get them). I soaked the rockwool cubes in 5.5 PH water for 30 minutes. Ill upload pics later on tonight.

[camoxnhx]

some pic updates. nutrients and aurora indica

[camoxnhx]

sorry had a stoner moment and forgot to upload. here are the pics.

[camoxnhx]

AURORA INDICA. shes getting 5 bladed leaves now!!!!