Plants slow growth

[ProPheT 216]

Your lack of light …….. Check the (Stretched nodes)
150w would barely do a single.

More Light - More Growth

I agree with that 2

 

[Budzbuddha]

5-7 gallons of FFOF would easily carry a plant alone without feed. Of course there are voracious strains out there - hangry bitches but normally it would suffice before showing any depletion. I would get longer runs out of it by just matching my water to it. Keeps the buffering going longer .

Out of bag 6.3 ish - I use tap ( city water already has calcium and magnesium ) ph‘d around 6.6 / 6.8 and pretty much that’s it.

Give them time - plants initially can burn , get dark or show some excess issue - let it go.
Plant will acclimate ….. this is the stage where most growers fuck up. They will overthink the medium and or “ issue “ and dump even more unnecessary nutes into ….. an ALREADY highly nuted soil base.


What size is your grow space ? …. You should be shooting for 35 watts or better per square foot.

 

[ProPheT 216]

5-7 gallons of FFOF would easily carry a plant alone without feed. Of course there are voracious strains out there - hangry bitches but normally it would suffice before showing any depletion. I would get longer runs out of it by just matching my water to it. Keeps the buffering going longer .

Out of bag 6.3 ish - I use tap ( city water already has calcium and magnesium ) ph‘d around 6.6 / 6.8 and pretty much that’s it.

Give them time - plants initially can burn , get dark or show some excess issue - let it go.
Plant will acclimate ….. this the stage most growers fuck up. They will overthink the medium and or “ issue “ and dump even more unnecessary nutes into ….. an ALREADY highly nuted soil base.


What size is your grow space ? …. You should be shooting for 35 watts or better per square foot.

Or 200-250 watts per plant to keep it super simple

 

[Budzbuddha]

Yep

 

[Southernontariogrower]

Currently soil nutrients a week after transplant. Obviously there is some stretching. 4 Gro planner 150s at 70% light

How do you like those lights? One should veg a 4x4 area or come very close. I have 4 big citrus trees and a kiddie pool and only run 350watts, almost 2 4x4 areas, 600watts plus in flower tent. Just a thought but running all 4 grow planners I'd drop power under %50 or even to 20%. See how they react and go by that! Is easy to meet DLI in veg, come flower l go %100 and keep light as close as possible. Please update when possible as I'd like to See how your grow goes!

 

[Jsnbaxter]

@Jsnbaxter can you post up some full pics please and can you clearify 5-7 lb air pots.?

lol my bad 5 gallon.

 

[Jsnbaxter]

He said he hasnt fed yet.. that the plants have been feeding from the soil so far.. i think he has 5 plants in 7 gallon air pots.. hard to be certian from his first post.. he typed lb. instead of gal.

I haven’t fed because they were transplanted a week ago

 

[Jsnbaxter]

Autos or photos?

Photos

 

[Jsnbaxter]

See the tip burns on the leaves ? They're getting food, i was thinking maybe root bound.. its possible they need more food though

They were potted a week ago, but yes that one has tip burn. Sativa dominant so I overfed accidentally

 

[Jsnbaxter]

If cloth pots no need to uppot. Other than that some training might help. They look pretty good so far. Hard to tell size but 90 days is a long veg to me, once flipped they will take over the tent. Might be over thinking it as they look healthy to me. Best of luck come flowering time. They will be mature now and that will change growth pattern also. You must be a very patient person, most don't veg so long.

I kept waiting for them to get bigger. Yeah I know 90 days is long but I was thinking they were stunted. How does it change the pattern? Good or bad?

 

[Jsnbaxter]

My first thought is about what air pots basicy do. Air prune. Once the roots think they cant expand they prune off. Your roots have stopped growing, even tho they have space they have hit the edges and don't know it. They weren't forced to maneuver, they just stopped growing. 3 mths is a long time. Just my first thought

Ah. So I basically waited a month before each time I potted up. Do you think the roots got bound the first pot and didn’t grow much after that?

 

[Jsnbaxter]

Your lack of light …….. Check the (Stretched nodes)
150w would barely do a single.

More Light - More Growth

I have 4 150s, but yeah I think they weren’t close enough and intensity wasn’t high enough

 

[Jsnbaxter]

How do you like those lights? One should veg a 4x4 area or come very close. I have 4 big citrus trees and a kiddie pool and only run 350watts, almost 2 4x4 areas, 600watts plus in flower tent. Just a thought but running all 4 grow planners I'd drop power under %50 or even to 20%. See how they react and go by that! Is easy to meet DLI in veg, come flower l go %100 and keep light as close as possible. Please update when possible as I'd like to See how your grow goes!

These lights are pretty dope. 5x5 4 of them. I ran 40% early on which probably wasn’t enough then I bumped to 60 and now I’m at 70%

 

[Southernontariogrower]

I kept waiting for them to get bigger. Yeah I know 90 days is long but I was thinking they were stunted. How does it change the pattern? Good or bad?

as the plant reaches maturity it develops different, like stretching etc. After 90 days of veg my girls filled my tent half way to the light, after flipping. I had about an inch to spare in the end. They trippled in size after flipping. Depends on plants lineage. Mine were almost pure indica, surprised the hell out of me! I think l put Supercropped clone in about 3 weeks ago. Not worried about running out of room lol!

 

[ProPheT 216]

Ah. So I basically waited a month before each time I potted up. Do you think the roots got bound the first pot and didn’t grow much after that?

I doubt it. If you were up potting then they should be fine as far as pot space. Drop those lights, look for tacos, back your light off a lil. You will probably have signs of a lil heat stress through your grow but get those lights down and power thru it.

 

[Jsnbaxter]

I doubt it. If you were up potting then they should be fine as far as pot space. Drop those lights, look for tacos, back your light off a lil. You will probably have signs of a lil heat stress through your grow but get those lights down and power thru it.

Aye aye captain. Thank you

 

[Jsnbaxter]

One more question. What’s a good temp to flower? I read 75-85 is good throughout

 

[ProPheT 216]

Aye aye captain. Thank you

I keep my room at 70-72 so the tent draws in that air keeping the tent 80 to 85

 

[Jsnbaxter]

I keep my room at 70-72 so the tent draws in that air keeping the tent 80 to 85

I’m thinking I’ll leave the tent open. What would be ideal temp

 

[LeastExpectedGrower]

I’m thinking I’ll leave the tent open. What would be ideal temp

You kind of need to know the leaf surface temperature to dial in an ideal temp. With most full-spectrum LED boards it's usually something like -2f degrees or so. I try to keep my lights on temps in the 82-85 range and for lights out I'm in that 75-78 range, and my LST offset is 2 degrees as measured with an IR thermometer.