First time grower---losing my plant fast---please help!

[Stomper420]

It looks strong enough for anouther transplant so do it. Then take that top off your bucket and put your light 5 inches or so from the plant. 18/6 means 18 hrs lights on 6 hrs lites off, just like summer time. Set that up and she should/could go back into vegitive stage were she will grow much more. What you have there is a plant in flower thats 1 bud. After some time like a couple weeks youll notice new growth. Let her ride that way for a month or more because shes gotta reveg if she can. Ive done it so so can you. Get a small fan for air movement too. Good luck and let us know how she grows..


Peace!!!

[rattlingdags]

funnybunny if your in MG soil then flushing may well not have the effect of lessening your nute overload. If I've understood what I've read on these type of soils then pre-fertilized soil work on a time release system that is activated through watering. TANKJR here on the forum is one of the few who can consistantly make MG soil work for him. Maybe he'll spot your thread here and help out.
Perhaps its also worth considering a very careful, gentle transplant into a much smaller pot and soil without so much added feeding. Fox Farms seems to be a popular brand over there, and if the soil doesn't already have it added 20% or so of perlite mixed in will help with drainage. A smaller pot will make it easier for you to water correctly and not end up with a soggy stagnant mess of soil and rotten roots.
You'll definately need fresh air coming in there, old air needs to come out and a small fan to circulate air and ruffle her leaves just a little. She'll like her temperature to be in the region of 75 degF and not too much cooler than that when the lights are off.
Sufficient lighting is also important and there's quite alot of options available for you to choose from. There's a whole section on the forum dedicated to lighting and how its done. You need to be aware that a plants lighting needs change when you go from the growing phase to the flowering phase (not only switching the lights off to 12/12). Plants need a bulb that not only is a decent wattage but the correct kelvin rating (this is the colour temperature of the bulb) and you should see this on the packaging. For the grow phase a kelvin number of 6500 is good and for flowering look for a number in the region of 2700k.

[funnybunny219]

I retested my ph level after lushing and your right, it didn't have much of an effect. The level was stil at around 8.4. I got some Earl May top soil yesturday and a smaller pot. I think my next step today is going to try to transplant. I'm a little nervous because I'm going to try to knock off as much of the MG soil that I can. My plant does seem to be doing a tiny pit better, it anything not any worse lol. The set up that I currently have does not allow me to option to place a fan anywhere for ventilation though. I do have a small floor fan in the closet I could turn on, however the set up that I'm going back to, getting rid of the 5gl bucket, is just a box with a whole cut out of the top for the light to sit. I did read a thread on how to build a grow box, I've got most of the supplies for this already. Just need to get a few more today. Building this grow box is my goal for this coming weekend. There is going to be a fan on the top blowing air up and out, then at the botton I have 2 90 degrees pvc elbows I'm attaching so that air can be pulled in from this way to get ventilation. Thank you so much for your advice! Slowly but surely I think I'm getting on the right track to being able to make sucessful grows! I appreciate everyone's time!

[funnybunny219]

Got my plant transplanted again. This time I placed it back into the smaller original box I had and put it into a more sensible size pot. I put it in some Earl May top soil. I didn't want to rob my plant of all of it nutes so I it made a mix of about 80% top soil and about 20% of the MG potting soil I had it in. The top soil I'm alittle worried about because it looked like mud, a hard clay liek mud but I guess being as it is a weed, weeds grow wild in that kind of environment so hope all goes well. I did get a ph tester but I am completely lost on how to work it. No matter where I stick it, even in the top soil and ground outside, it says it had a ph reading of about 8.4+ ...I may have to return this and get a different style of tester. If anyone knows anything about the rapitest digital plus ph meter or how it works, please let me know! Thanks!

[funnybunny219]

Welp my lil plant is dead...turned on the light several hrs ago...went in to take a quick peek and the light had fallen inward squishing my plant, and the bulb burned it up super sad about that one lol...of all the work I've put in and all the problems she tried to over cover...leave it to the light falling in to do her in lol...wow...

[CanGroIt]

That sucks! Are you still going to try again?

[rattlingdags]

Oh what a shame, that a real buggar for you. What a way for her to go although many a plant has lost life and limb through a lighting mishap. But at least if your wanting to try again you'll know how to get started better and with all the info here you'll find it far less a upward hill climb.

[funnybunny219]

Yes I do what to try again! I have gathered almost everything I need to make a new grow box, where the light won't fall in lol...and yes I do know a lot more about the "how tos" for a much more sucessful grow next time. I think this time I'm going to start with some reg seeds just because I'm sure I still have a LOT more to learn. Then when I get a good grow system down I want to order some nug seeds. Thanks for all the advice given!! I really appreicate it and your time! I feel a lot more comfortable and confident starting this next plant...which will actually be MY plant from start to finish this time!

[CanGroIt]

Good on ya! Glad to hear you're not giving up!

Nug seeds? Do you mean feminized? Also if you are going to use "regular seeds", be sure to germinate more than one. Would hate to find out that your first successful plant turns out to be a male, then you would have to start all over again......

Good luck!!!!

CanGroIt::::::

[funnybunny219]

I'm not 100% sure what that means. I'm assuming that the seeds form the better cannabis plants would yield the same strain. So buying seeds from those better strains would grow better smoke than seeds from the regs strain. I have some seeds soaking in water in the dark. Told I was suppose to wait until they start to sprout than plant them. I think this is the germination process. Thanks for the good luck!