My official grow thread! With pics!
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tharoomman
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Thanks for the pictures.
She looks good but you, for sure, need to get some better soil. Even at lowes or Walmart you can get small ish bags of organic potting soil. Look for ones that don't feed over periods of time. Transplant very very carful.
However if you just roll with what you got, I think you'll still get something out of her.
Bad move with the nutes lol. Your lucky that its fox farm trio because in my experience it is forgiving. Still, seedlings are sensitive and until we know what kinda soil that is, we can only speculate.
Love that video btw
She looks good but you, for sure, need to get some better soil. Even at lowes or Walmart you can get small ish bags of organic potting soil. Look for ones that don't feed over periods of time. Transplant very very carful.
However if you just roll with what you got, I think you'll still get something out of her.
Bad move with the nutes lol. Your lucky that its fox farm trio because in my experience it is forgiving. Still, seedlings are sensitive and until we know what kinda soil that is, we can only speculate.
Love that video btw
BiGrEd1011
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BiGrEd1011
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So I didn't over feed the plants. I meant 3 table spoons of the big bloom
BiGrEd1011
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DR.Earth organic soil.
$bkbbudz$
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3 TABLEspoons of any nutrient on a seedling is way over-feeding. You are using an organic soil, which has plenty of nutrients for a seedling to start with. And in any case seedlings have enough nutes of their own to go a couple of weeks w/o feeding in a soil medium.
But, don't take my word for it, take a look at your seedlings over the next couple of days.
HydroRed
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The little seedling sprout doesnt need any feeding yet. Just water it with no nutes until it gets bigger. Also, dont just add stuff because you read somewhere that some other guy did it. Get educated as to why you need to add certain things. Cal mag is usually added to grows using RO water or purified water with no Macros in it to supplement what is missing from the water.
This isnt nearly big enough to be topping or LST'ing yet. Leave it alone and let it gro up and establish a good root base first. I know you are ancy about doing work but you gotta be patient and let it get established first. "You can build a million dollar mansion on popsicle sticks for a foundation, and that mansion will only be as good as what it is built on".
That seedling doesnt have 4 nodes yet. At 4 nodes you will have 4 alternating sets of leaves off of the main stalk above the initial first set of cotyledon leaves.
This isnt nearly big enough to be topping or LST'ing yet. Leave it alone and let it gro up and establish a good root base first. I know you are ancy about doing work but you gotta be patient and let it get established first. "You can build a million dollar mansion on popsicle sticks for a foundation, and that mansion will only be as good as what it is built on".
BiGrEd1011
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Well I thought I was following the same feeding chart that was posted. It's not like they received the full blown 3 tablespoons......I only fed them about 1/4th of a gallon of the water. Even if I did feed them the whole thing what should I do? I'd hate to try and flush or something then be battling deficiencies the whole next two months. I went from thinking I had a decent understanding to now feeling like I don't know shit lol.
Well I thought I was following the same feeding chart that was posted. It's not like they received the full blown 3 tablespoons......I only fed them about 1/4th of a gallon of the water. Even if I did feed them the whole thing what should I do? I'd hate to try and flush or something then be battling deficiencies the whole next two months. I went from thinking I had a decent understanding to now feeling like I don't know shit lol.
BiGrEd1011
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I also use the cal mag due to me using distilled water jugs. I ph my water to 6.5 and havent had an issue with it. Also good to know about the nodes......so I actually have 3....which is what I thought I had. I was watching a "when to top your plants" video and this guy was toping his plants and they were just as tall as mine. Maybe ill wait until I get into veg phase?
SamsonsRiddle
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check out uncle ben's topping technique here on RIU
Bbcchance
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I make my plant training decisions by looking the plant over really well and trying to identify which shape will best suit that plant, I've found some indicia strains do better in a natural shape with the low branches remaining. I do however trim off the sucker branches off of those sides, for height reasons I tend to top my sativas and sativa leaning hybrids, as to when to do it and where that's more of a long term growth decision, try to picture what the plant will look like in the end and shape it a way that will fit your grow area best, my current grow has 4 plants all trained and topped differently based on how they grew in veg, and where I needed them to be in flower(I do a final trim up a few days before switching them) and my autos were the same strain same time, one lsted one left natural, the natural one out performed the lst in every way, sorry for the long post, just saying wait to see how the plant grows a bit first
BiGrEd1011
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It seems like my biggest plant is WELL beyond the others growth wise....so topping would benefit me to help keep them all relatively the same size. Thank you guys for all of your responses.....and sorry about the confusion yesterday
BiGrEd1011
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I'll check it out!! Thanks!!
BiGrEd1011
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https://www.rollitup.org/t/uncle-bens-topping-technique-to-get-2-or-4-main-colas.151706/
Jesus so you cut your plant after the 2nd true node?!? lol mmmmm. I may just LST in Veg. and let her do her thing......just so i can get my first grow under my belt.....May try this with my OG kush going in the backyard.
Jesus so you cut your plant after the 2nd true node?!? lol mmmmm. I may just LST in Veg. and let her do her thing......just so i can get my first grow under my belt.....May try this with my OG kush going in the backyard.
Bbcchance
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Lol, don't hate 2nd node topping till you try it, made for a pretty cool plant
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Cannacat
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We all make newbie mistakes and learn as we grow, cannabis is a very hardy plant and can survive all sorts as long as you keep learning and adapting your method. Your plants are just seedlings, like at that stage there's nothing you can really do with them other than go "aww" and even that's probably just my hormones... They're very cute looking seedlings, all they want's enough water, not too much, and a nice humidity so it can take in more water through its leaves while it establishes its roots. Or that's my understanding of it anyway. It has to be strong enough to process extra nutrients before you start adding stuff. But now you know, and as long as you keep checking out what you're doing with them then I'm sure you'll do fine. There's loads of good people on here that are happy to help, and a few that'll make you feel like an idiot for asking but don't worry about them, it's not personal. As long as you're growing, you're gaining knowledge and experience and it's all good. Good luck with your grow 
BiGrEd1011
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We all make newbie mistakes and learn as we grow, cannabis is a very hardy plant and can survive all sorts as long as you keep learning and adapting your method. Your plants are just seedlings, like at that stage there's nothing you can really do with them other than go "aww" and even that's probably just my hormones... They're very cute looking seedlings, all they want's enough water, not too much, and a nice humidity so it can take in more water through its leaves while it establishes its roots. Or that's my understanding of it anyway. It has to be strong enough to process extra nutrients before you start adding stuff. But now you know, and as long as you keep checking out what you're doing with them then I'm sure you'll do fine. There's loads of good people on here that are happy to help, and a few that'll make you feel like an idiot for asking but don't worry about them, it's not personal. As long as you're growing, you're gaining knowledge and experience and it's all good. Good luck with your grow
Thanks! I actually just checked them and my seedlings are growing like a damn freight train. I def. think the 3 tablespoons of big bloom did wonders......No discoloration. The soil is moise at my first knuckle...enough to where ill hold off and water when I get off work at 7am....My stupid ass ph meter fell into my pot and got water in it and doesnt work. Ordered off Amazon and will be here thursday. So ill use a best guess which is normally 4-5 drops of PH down. Thanks for the kind wishes!
BiGrEd1011
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Im not lol I actually am only on my 2nd node I guess. I counted the actual couple of branches on my big girl....kinda fondeled her lmfao. But was stupid excited at how big she is getting. She is the one I can see huge growth with every single day...if her leaves arent fattening her top is blasting threw...I actually may top 1 of my plants. But uncle ben says to wait until she is 5-6 nodes tall? Why not just top now at 2nd node
Bbcchance
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Right now it needs all the leaves it can get to help grow roots, the big growth right now is underneath where you can't see, once the roots are established they are very hardy
$bkbbudz$
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I think you are confusing Tbsp (tablespoons) with Tsp (teaspoons) anyway...I know growing your first cannabis plant is very exciting. But, your plants are still in seedling stage and so far you have had fungus gnats, stunted growth, over-feeding, are talking about topping and LST...dude, calm down. Nothing has killed more plants than over-zealous and under-educated parents 'loving them to death'.
You are a member of one of the best cultivation forums on the WWW. PLEASE take time to use the wealth of information to be found here. Like everyone else I was at one point a new and overly anxious and excited grower. But, I took took time to read and learn for a couple of months before popping my first seed. The benefit of doing so was immeasurable. The plant in my avatar is my first ever plant, I harvested almost 2 oz. dry weight. YOU TOO can cultivate cannabis...anyone can put a seed in some dirt and grow some weed...if that is what you want then you are doing ok. BUT, if you truly want to cultivate the best product you can...there is NO substitute for knowledge.