stunted growth

[Weedhound]

One last note--I used a moisture meter for awhile and it sucked big time. The stuff that was wet it said dry and vice versa. I think I tossed mine under the wheels of my car one day and I don't miss it a bit.

Weedhound Reviewed by Weedhound on 11-16-2006. stunted growth I tend to ramble sometimes, like most stoners, so please bear with me. Iâ??ll try to stay on point, but thereâ??s a lot of stuff to say. So I guess youâ??ll have to allow for some rambling. But flame if you must. Also, please try to keep in mind this is only a medical, fun, hobby, type grow. This grow is for personal use only and itâ??s a learning thing. But I would like to be rewarded for my efforts with some decent smokage someday though. Sadly, my plants are stunted. Iâ??ve tried a lot of Rating: 5

[bejay]

starting over is always an option as they should be alot further along in 2 months would not hesitate to use superthrive on them to see if it will help them come out of it.
would keep it simple with good potting soil and perlite you dont need any rocks.

[qdavid]

One last note--I used a moisture meter for awhile and it sucked big time. The stuff that was wet it said dry and vice versa. I think I tossed mine under the wheels of my car one day and I don't miss it a bit.

Thanks. Good on ya Weedhound. Aussies say that and I kinda like it. Yeah, it took stupid 'ole me until I dropped an empty pot I was looking at, and it came apart, before I figured out how they worked. Meanwhile my first gow died while I scratched my head. Why...., I oughta...., sue the bastards. This grow ain't breathing too good either, even with the pots opened up. But it is awful easy for those bases to get stuck into the holes, and then sometimes a pain in the ass to pry them apart, so I'm just discarding them. I'm doing sort of that pencil thing. But I'm using 3 stick pens (we got a bunch of 'em) that I taped together to make a triagular base for each pot. Thanks for those words on that meter. I was always suspicious of it. I guess the 'ole "finger in the dirt" method is the best anyway. Under the wheels of your car. Damn. :thumbsup: Probably would have still worked about the same after that. Damn things.

[Weedhound]

Sounds like the pen thing will work fine. Well you are smarter than me because someone actually showed me how those pots and bases work and I still blew it....think I got em at Walmart. Oh that meter thing made me crazy! I could SEE the soil was wet but nooooo....You will find once you settle your drainage problems that your plants will be much more forgiving if you overwater a little....not a lot...a little. If you have something you can stick up into the holes to help areate that will help drainage too. Careful of the little roots tho.

[Tupamaro]

after 2 months you should be almost ready for harvesting.[

Damn dude. You be the fastest mofo around.

2 weeks veg, 6 weeks flower. not that hard to calculate. 8 weeks on my calender usually means 2 months.

[qdavid]

I tried that kinda carefully poking up through the drain holes to aerate with a wooden chop stick. One plant"s taking off. It worked!But one of the babies is still dawdling. I guess I'm just gonna kind of watch and hope, for a couple days, and see what happens. Got some RO yesterday. I plan on Ph adjusting, and adding a drop of superthrive in the dawdlers water tommorow. Maybe even wait another day before more water. I'll just have to see how she's doing. Each plant has a different schedule, the runts. But one of 'em's taking off anyways. THANKS. By the way. Ain't 2 wks. veg a little short? Math never was my big subject though.
For clones I can see it. Don't mean to piss you off or anything. Just curious. "Flame if you must".

[Weedhound]

Glad to hear one shorty is moving on up. I had some really poor drainage in some outdoor stuff I grew and even after I corrected the problem they never did get to their full potential. My understanding is that too much water keeps the roots from being able to grow and when I pulled my little devils (I gave them a month in new potting soil) they just never did develop a healthy root system. It's a live and learn thing you know?

Tup, are you doing clones? I'd sure as hell love to get my grow down to 8 weeks from 12--I start from seed; 2 weeks seedling, 4 weeks veg (top everyone at least twice) then 6 weeks flower. I tried cloning once awhile back but completely sucked at it (what a shock!). I did try one set that I didn't top but was not impressed with the resulting yield.

[socialinjustice]

do you know how many lumens your lights are putting out?

[qdavid]

do you know how many lumens your lights are putting out?

I threw out the packages but I think it totalled up to like 2600 X 6 = 15,600 range, or something like that.

[Tupamaro]

By the way. Ain't 2 wks. veg a little short? Math never was my big subject though.
For clones I can see it. Don't mean to piss you off or anything. Just curious. "Flame if you must".

your plant could triple in size during flowering. so basically if your growing indoors its a good idea to put them into flower 2 weeks in. i mean 2 weeks your plants should at least be on its 3rd or 4th node.