Am I growing right ? 2 weeks in

[Luckybuds]

AM I doing this right... I notice a little discoloration with this plant growing white widow ... should it be this green or a little darker... started on the 5th... today we are the 17th of October...
Been using the flora grow system by General hydro pictures shown at the bottom. Let me know if this is correct or if you have any
suggestions

 

[250w HPS grower]

looks fine to me mate, id top it up with more soil tho to cover the neck of the stretch (stem)

 

[Saint Skinny]

Your good bro, she looks pretty happy! I don't see any spots, bumps, curls, or anything else that would be a red flag. Looking at the thumbnail I was a little concerned about the light color but once I opened up it showed up better. If it was me I would stick to feeding regularly. I can see why your worried but genetics play a role in leaf colors too if I'm not mistaken

You seem to have a good eye though. I doubt I would have ever thought about that being a def on my first Grow. If it gets much lighter than that maybe reconsider, just don't overwhelm yourself looking for problems.

Spend time with your girls, get to know them and their habits (ie response to fert strengths) and pretty soon it will be like your conversating with them. I always use a pressure sprayer to water bc it gives me extra time with each girl individually, and I notice stuff I may not have noticed with a quick pour. I also use Gnat Nix, and the sprayer helps prevent disturbances in the GN top layer.
Btw I'll be the first person ready to have a full blown conversation with a plant lol they're good listeners

 

[Luckybuds]

looks fine to me mate, id top it up with more soil tho to cover the neck of the stretch (stem)

Thanks appreciate the help

 

[cindysid]

A foliar feed with kelp or seaweed extract will green her up a bit. What lights are you using?

 

[Luckybuds]

Your good bro, she looks pretty happy! I don't see any spots, bumps, curls, or anything else that would be a red flag. Looking at the thumbnail I was a little concerned about the light color but once I opened up it showed up better. If it was me I would stick to feeding regularly. I can see why your worried but genetics play a role in leaf colors too if I'm not mistaken

We'll these are two different plants.. but the one of them has a little bit of yellow to it here is a better picture

 

[Luckybuds]

A foliar feed with kelp or seaweed extract will green her up a bit. What lights are you using?

600w hps

 

[cindysid]

You should do fine with the lighting as long as you have no heat issues with your set up. I regularly do foliar feedings with seaweed, fish emulsion, cal mag, and silica...not all together but with alternating feedings. It helps me "adjust" the color, and correct problems. I also add silica to my regular waterings. It can prevent a lot of problems.

 

[cindysid]

Also be careful not to water too much. Let your pots dry out until they are "light" between waterings or get a moisture meter. Overwatering can cause yellowing and eventually death.

 

[Silence 208]

Hey man just an FYI every plant has 3 phases seeding, veg, and flower from the time they pop from seed till 1 months old is the seedling stage if you start with a good soil you will not have to feed this entire time only water the soil you start with should with out a question suffice until 1 month after that start feeding at a 1/4 less amount to start then gradually increase to full strength as the weeks go by if you start feeding to early your chances of burning your plants are very high trial and error happens just keep your Temps and air flow good and humidity should be fine I'm currently growing a white widow and a pure kush I'll upload some pics they are 26 days old and I've only fed water thus far

 

[Silence 208]

 

[Saint Skinny]

Also be careful not to water too much. Let your pots dry out until they are "light" between waterings or get a moisture meter. Overwatering can cause yellowing and eventually death.

We'll these are two different plants.. but the one of them has a little bit of yellow to it here is a better picture

I see now yeah, she's not looking as happy as I had thought. Are you:
-following the feed schedule?
-Checking pH?
-adding micro to the solution before bloom/grow? (Pretty sure GH suggests doing this)
-Using a soil that already has nutrients in it, like happy frog? If not what are you using?

Just thought I would throw out a couple things to see if I could help at all

 

[Luckybuds]

Honestly just picked up some premium soil from my local gardening store. BTW I'm in canada... if you guys know of any good soil let me know.

if you notice in my pictures I'm using a well formulated fertilizer formula the flora grow/micro/bloom... and I'm still not sure on how much to give each plant... yes it has a feed chart.. but all it says is how to mix it in water....

I have 2 gallon fabric pots so I don't know how much is too little or too much fertilizer... if anyone has a good idea on how much water or an approximate amount... I used about 1 liter of water/fertilizer then added another 500ml of water for the first full feeding and this was yesterday

 

[Silence 208]

Honestly just picked up some premium soil from my local gardening store. BTW I'm in canada... if you guys know of any good soil let me know.

if you notice in my pictures I'm using a well formulated fertilizer formula the flora grow/micro/bloom... and I'm still not sure on how much to give each plant... yes it has a feed chart.. but all it says is how to mix it in water....

I have 2 gallon fabric pots so I don't know how much is too little or too much fertilizer... if anyone has a good idea on how much water or an approximate amount... I used about 1 liter of water/fertilizer then added another 500ml of water for the first full feeding and this was yesterday

Hey man well its too late now but in the future only use 3-?gal size pots 2 gal pots tend not to be big enough for the entire grow cycle and tends to effect the overall yield and using the flora series by GH is a good line starting with the soil I use 4 kinds not all in one pot lol but I use fox farms ocean forest, sunshine mix #4 , and roots organic ,and also happy frog any will work great now on water with nutes all nutes are measured in use to a per litter or per gallon in ml per gallon just remember that when starting nutes to use a 1/4 of the suggested in the beginning then gradually increase to full strength over weeks you will notice the uptake in the way your plants look now I use 4 gal smart pots and I water 1/2 a gal of water per plant just enough to get a small amount of run off so just evenly soak the soil all the way to the edges but just don't flood the pots at that point you are just feeding and flushing at the same time very counter productive soak not flood then pick up your plants see how heavy they are and wait till they are VERY light weight to water again now most people feed every watering I feed every other week and my crops are always bountiful hope this helps your process

 

[Luckybuds]

Yea we don't have the fox farm here in Canada or that I could find! As for watering I just feed until I get like 15% runoff.. which is about 1.5 litres... so almost half a gallon like u stated.. I'm gonna give it some time.. cus it was only that specif plant doing it. The rest are fine... oh i did accidently drop something on the plant few days ago and it bent the stem.. but I buried it into more soil.. hopefully it can recover... this is what the others look like... let me know if this is better

 

[Silence 208]

Yea we don't have the fox farm here in Canada or that I could find! As for watering I just feed until I get like 15% runoff.. which is about 1.5 litres... so almost half a gallon like u stated.. I'm gonna give it some time.. cus it was only that specif plant doing it. The rest are fine... oh i did accidently drop something on the plant few days ago and it bent the stem.. but I buried it into more soil.. hopefully it can recover... this is what the others look like... let me know if this is better

How old are your plants and what kind of soil are they in if the soil is organic with beneficial nutes already in it you Don't have to feed them they are too young for advanced nutes if you look at my plants above they are 26 days old and no added nutes just ph'd water at 6.5-6.8 that's it and my plants are smelly beautiful girls of corse starting with good genetics goes a long way in the end result