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PeaceLove&HotSauce

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Hey everyone, new grower here and I'm on Day 11 of my journey. I'm honestly not sure what my plants are supposed to look like at this point, so I just wanted to check in and see what you think.

They look okay to me but the leaves are kinda corkscrewing, almost crinkly looking on some of my girls (lower right plant and upper left plant) and I'm kinda worried about it so I was hoping I could get some feedback. Also, on the upper left plant I'm getting yellowish coloring that almost looks like a genetic thing, but I don't know.

They're in a 3x3 tent with a Viparaspectra P2000, 26" from canopy at 50% power (manufacturer recommends 26"-30" @60% power for seedlings). I was running the last couple days at 60% but I thought that maybe they might've been being hurt by the light so I dialed it back to 50%. These are ILGM Super Skunk photoperiod seeds btw in Ocean Forest soil. Temps between 74 and 77 deg F, with RH between 30% and 40%. 18/6 light schedule. I water when pot is light, basically every 2 days with dechlorinated tap water pH'd to 6.3-6.5.

Any help and/or comments would be great as I'm kinda flying blind right now. If you'd like to see some pics from different angles, just lmk

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PeaceLove&HotSauce

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Wattzzup said:
I would stop using ph water. Organic soil will adjust the ph for you. Just use plain tap. You should NOT be watering every two days for plants those size IME
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Thank you, I will try this but would you still recommend not using pH down knowing that my tap water is pretty basic at 10.5 pH?

edit: Also, I will work on not watering as much as I have been. I know that's a big problem for new growers so I'll try to hold out a little longer between waterings
 
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PeaceLove&HotSauce said:
Thank you, I will try this but would you still recommend not using pH down knowing that my tap water is pretty basic at 10.5 pH?

edit: Also, I will work on not watering as much as I have been. I know that's a big problem for new growers so I'll try to hold out a little longer between waterings
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Your plant will start to droop and when you stick your finger in the soil if it’s wet to the first knuckle it’s too soon. Then water until all the soil is completely saturated and it starts to slowly run out of the bottom.

this is called runoff and you usually want 10-15% of what you put in.
 
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PeaceLove&HotSauce

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Wattzzup said:
Your plant will start to droop and when you stick your finger in the soil if it’s wet to the first knuckle it’s too soon. Then water until all the soil is completely saturated and it starts to slowly run out of the bottom.

this is called runoff and you usually want 10-15% of what you put in.
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Okay, I'll try the knuckle test instead of the weight test. Also, when I water I've been stopping at the first drip(s) that come out of the pot. I definitely haven't been getting anywhere near 10-15% runoff!
 
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PeaceLove&HotSauce said:
Okay, I'll try the knuckle test instead of the weight test. Also, when I water I've been stopping at the first drip(s) that come out of the pot. I definitely haven't been getting anywhere near 10-15% runoff!
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And that’s fine with organic you don’t really have to. It’s just a good practice to get into, because when you start adding nutrients you will need it.

do the knuckle and the weight test. Pretty soon you will be able to tell by the plant.

What nutrients have have you picked out
 
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PeaceLove&HotSauce

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Wattzzup said:
And that’s fine with organic you don’t really have to. It’s just a good practice to get into, because when you start adding nutrients you will need it.

do the knuckle and the weight test. Pretty soon you will be able to tell by the plant.

What nutrients have have you picked out
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Thanks for all the tips! I haven't bought any nutrients yet, but right now I'm planning on using Fox Farm trio. I'd love to go full organic and do the top dress and/or organic tea treatment during flower but my knowledge and research in that area is extremely lacking right now.
 
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PeaceLove&HotSauce said:
Thanks for all the tips! I haven't bought any nutrients yet, but right now I'm planning on using Fox Farm trio. I'd love to go full organic and do the top dress and/or organic tea treatment during flower but my knowledge and research in that area is extremely lacking right now.
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Decide if you want to do bottles or go organic.

Are you planning on potting up to larger containers with more FFOF?
 
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PeaceLove&HotSauce

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Wattzzup said:
Decide if you want to do bottles or go organic.

Are you planning on potting up to larger containers with more FFOF?
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Yes, I planned on potting up to 1G then 3G pots for flower, each with FFOF. I've read that I probably don't need to start feeding for a month and maybe not even until flower if I stick with the FFOF. I also have 1 autoflower seedling (3 days old) in a 3G pot with FFOF and 20% perlite added. I would've added the perlite to my photoperiods seedling cups but I forgot that step :wall:

I think I'm gonna stick with the bottles for now and once I get my 4x4 up and running, I'll have some more room to experiment with organics.
 
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PeaceLove&HotSauce said:
Yes, I planned on potting up to 1G then 3G pots for flower, each with FFOF. I've read that I probably don't need to start feeding for a month and maybe not even until flower if I stick with the FFOF. I also have 1 autoflower seedling (3 days old) in a 3G pot with FFOF and 20% perlite added. I would've added the perlite to my photoperiods seedling cups but I forgot that step :wall:

I think I'm gonna stick with the bottles for now and once I get my 4x4 up and running, I'll have some more room to experiment with organics.
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Looking good, try to keep that humidity up though. Take some towels and hang them so you have the most surface area possible, don't let them sit on the ground bacteria and mold and what not will begin to brew if it doesn't dry out quick enough.
 
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PeaceLove&HotSauce said:
Thank you, I will try this but would you still recommend not using pH down knowing that my tap water is pretty basic at 10.5 pH?

edit: Also, I will work on not watering as much as I have been. I know that's a big problem for new growers so I'll try to hold out a little longer between waterings
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I'll believe 10.5 when it's proven using a good meter properly calibrated or using pH drop test.
 
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PeaceLove&HotSauce

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hotrodharley said:
I'll believe 10.5 when it's proven using a good meter properly calibrated or using pH drop test.
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Alright I found my city's 2020 water quality report online and it appears my meter is reading high. The water report shows shows a pH of 10 with TDS range of 200-463 ppm. I've got the cheap yellow meter from amazon and I haven't used the calibration liquids yet. Got lazy and assumed it was good to go, I'll have to do that this weekend and hopefully get it reading right.
 
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hotrodharley

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PeaceLove&HotSauce said:
Alright I found my city's 2020 water quality report online and it appears my meter is reading high. The water report shows shows a pH of 10 with TDS range of 200-463 ppm. I've got the cheap yellow meter from amazon and I haven't used the calibration liquids yet. Got lazy and assumed it was good to go, I'll have to do that this weekend and hopefully get it reading right.
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City test 10? Holy crap. That's alkaline as hell.
 
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