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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

headshake Reviewed by headshake on 09-07-2010. Nice To Be Growing Again!! Whats up everyone! its been a while since i have been back here and growing. just got the new place and i figured id do another SUCCESSFUL and completely ORGANIC grow. The 3 Strains im going to be working with is SUPER SLIVER HAZE, MAZAR x AFGHAN OG KUSH , and the lovely AURORA INDICA. The grow will be taken place with in a CFL GROW BOX. The lighting will be 4 23w CFLS (need to get one more light socket assembly) and 2 42w CFLS inside a custom made hood i made out of metal ducting. In total Rating: 5