leafs curling

[gigimarga]

This auto blueberry's leafs are curling. It started about 3 days ago in light warrior and at the time the soil was very wet so I think it was due to being over-watered but now the dixie cup is dry and it doesn't seem to be recovering and the leafs seem to start losing their intense green.

Should I give it more time or should I water now? I plan on watering more lightly but I just don't know when the right time is.

gigimarga Reviewed by gigimarga on 12-31-2011. leafs curling This auto blueberry's leafs are curling. It started about 3 days ago in light warrior and at the time the soil was very wet so I think it was due to being over-watered but now the dixie cup is dry and it doesn't seem to be recovering and the leafs seem to start losing their intense green. Should I give it more time or should I water now? I plan on watering more lightly but I just don't know when the right time is. Rating: 5

[pushit]

I would personally go ahead and water. Now the Light Warrior only has about a week or so worth of nutes in it so the plant will start to turn a lighter shade of green before its time to transplant. What soil are you transplanting into?

[gigimarga]

Planning on 25% perlite and the rest ocean forest. Should that be ok or should I add some light warrior to the mix?

[pushit]

I use the same soil. I personally wouldnt mix perlite into FFOF. I used to do that and everything turned out good but i was told that their mix is specially blended to give the plant all it needs. Basically the soil is as close to perfect as can be just the way it is. I have been using it awhile now with great results. With the FFOF you shouldn't even have to add nutes til about 3 weeks into flower. Just 6.5ish phd water while in veg as long as you transplant around every 6 weeks or so. The light warrior is great for seedlings IMO. The thing with it is there isnt alot of food in it for the little ones so they tend to turn a lighter green before its time to transplant. I use around 6-6.2ish water while they are in the Light Warrior since its more peat based. Thats just the way i do it. The light warrior will tend to repell water as you probably already know so its best to water slow. If you mix up the soil in the bag before you use it, it tends to soak a little better. I hope this helps you a little.

[gigimarga]

Ok, I watered it slowly until I had a very little bit of runoff with a small amount of calmag and big bloom. These autos seem to be on the bleeding edge. The time it takes hitting and missing with them is not worth the time they save during growth. Hopefully my experience will provide the right information on them.

[pushit]

Ok, I watered it slowly until I had a very little bit of runoff with a small amount of calmag and big bloom. These autos seem to be on the bleeding edge. The time it takes hitting and missing with them is not worth the time they save during growth. Hopefully my experience will provide the right information on them.

Just watch it with the calmag and bigbloom. The seedling is still pretty young for nutes. I personally just water around 6ish phd water til transplant time and then the FFOF will take care of the rest.

[gigimarga]

Water was RO so the calmag was to make up for the lack of any micro nutrients. After the calmag, the PPM was about 140. With the tiny amount of big bloom I added, the PPM was 170. My sink water is around 800 ppm and filtered water is over 600 ppm so using that is not an option as I have no idea what's in it.

[gigimarga]

Ok, so today something weird happened to my auto blueberry after transplanting it from the party (dixie) cup into a ocean forest/perlite/light warrior mix. Is it flowering? It's so small though.... Will it grow more?

It's only 5 cm across and I'm pretty sure those look like mini-trichomes.

Lesson to learn from this is that autos need something light like light warrior to start but they don't like being root-bound so a bigger container is necessary to start from. However the problem with that would be over/under watering as they are easily flooded due to being seedlings and easily under-watered due to their roots not reaching very far down.

Any suggestions on how to manage feeding it for its whole like in light warrior? How big should its container be?

[GanjaRobPDX]

Light warrior is great for starting seeds or clones, but is simply too spendy in my opinion. Also, there are many other mediums that will do the same or better for far less money.
If you use ocean forrest soil or almost any other soil it is best to cut it with 50% perlite. perlite has two functions. 1) drainage. everyone thinks about that as the only reason perlite is used.
2) perlite loosens the soil and makes it easier for roots to penetrate, thus increasing the growth rate of the roots and the plant over all. Finding the right mix of perlite is key. too much perlite and the roots wont grow into it, too little perlite and the plant will grow slower than you would like. I have yet to see a soil or medium that required more than 50% perlite.
perlite has nothing to do with available food.
If you are growing cannabis, be prepared to learn how to feed a plant properly. no mix is going to feed all cannabis strains equally in a way that helps them meet their potential.
The one reason that you dont see more feed recipes on here is because environment has a lot to do with what to feed a plant. just the lighting alone in the room dictates nutrient strength. then there is strain, soil/medium, heat, humidity, plant size, grow system... too many factors to juggle. Since none of us know these parameters, it would be nearly impossible to put together a feed schedule for you.
Anyone willing to try to put together a feed schedule with the info you provided would only be taking a shot in the dark at best. That's why I am not posting any feed suggestions.
Aside from the fact that you're growing an autoflower strain, the container needs to be large enough to support root growth with out the roots becoming bound up.

[burgertime2010]

I know its too late but .....iron and sulphur. Babies like those minerals.