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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!


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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: