Thanks
woooooo, picture bump, miss jane is looking pretty good, slight yellowing but she's about ready to shoot off
She is a bit more on the tips of lower leaves, but I think once they get the adjusted water they will do better I hope!
Your plants are showing some really nice early growth, those leaves are going to be beautiful when those plants start their veg cycle. Nice and compact looking nodes so far too. Great! They should be ready to gobble up some nitrogen quite soon.
Couldn't agree more. Mine are for personal use as well! Don't think I could part with em unless it was in smoke
While MJ is a sun loving plant hps can be a bit intense for babies the size of yours. When my grass was still young, about the age of yours, I kept my 400w HPS about 35 inches away from them. It wasn't until vegetative stage (when in nature it would be switching from early spring to late spring/summer) that I brought my light down to about 16-18 inches and added ventilation to account for the extra heat.
Thanks! The bit about the light is really helpful, it seems like everywhere I read says around 18 inches as the norm which is why I was hesitant to raise it, but just having it up higher until the vegetative stage makes more sense. We didn't make the composte ourselves, we will probably start doing this soon to benefit the many plants we have going round the house, but this is just a buy in. I will hold off on feeding then and I think we'll raise the light up a bit tonight. That makes me feel better about the water, I don't want to overdo it, but the soil really seems to dry out. I've got lots of water adjusted and ready now so I'm looking forward to seeing the improvements.Couldn't agree more. Mine are for personal use as well! Don't think I could part with em unless it was in smoke
While MJ is a sun loving plant hps can be a bit intense for babies the size of yours. When my grass was still young, about the age of yours, I kept my 400w HPS about 35 inches away from them. It wasn't until vegetative stage (when in nature it would be switching from early spring to late spring/summer) that I brought my light down to about 16-18 inches and added ventilation to account for the extra heat.
Also, you've mentioned a lot about nutrient issues and PH problems. In this early stage of life nutrients are not so important as you might think. Your plant will not begin to consume nitrogen en mass until it reaches vegetative stage. I had great success with plain mildly fertilized potting soil, and didn't receive any bat guano until they were about 16 inches tall. about as soon as they Also, high PH will lock out a lot of nutrients including nitrogen so it's very possible that your plants will begin to show improved colour and health after some routine PHing. A lot of people wait until the plant has produced its first 5 pointed leaf and entered the vegetative stage of growth to begin adding nutrients at their recommended dosages. Your vegetable compost (I'm assuming is some you've produced on your own) will probably have plenty of nutrients to at least get your plant to veg stage, at which point you'll notice it will become a glutton.
AAAAAnd another thing; I read somewhere along the line that you were feeling the need to mist soil between the 3-5 day spaced waterings. In my experience small 4" pots dry out so fast they can require watering as often as once a day under an HPS light. It may not feel like it to the human hand but HPS lights put out a remarkable amount of energy that while maybe not fully accessible to a human hand is as plain as day to a plant leaf. The more a plant leaf consumes in light energy (resulting in accelerated photosynthesis) the more it perspires and in turn the more water it consumes through the roots and leaves. This drying effect is further accelerated by the simple heat produced by the light itself. Also, moving air can greatly accelerate the perspiration process. My recommendation is invest in a cheap moisture meter at your local store, water as soon as it's dry, never go beyond moist, and your plants will always have the perfect balance of moisture/oxygen in their soil, especially with the vermiculite and perlite you've provided them.
Cheers, please feel free to ask any questions if you have them.
Haha, I know, she's a threat to the whole operation!! Actually she's a threat to the whole house, especially our toes whilst we sleep... demon kitteh lolhahaha, marmalade cat knows toooo much, just gunning for a chomp! reminds me of garfield always eating johns pot plants
We decided to use the same mix of organic veg composte, perlite and vermiculite, but used a bit less of the p and v. 
I haven't, but we did have the light quite close to begin with so I think having it higher up is the key for now lol. It is something to consider for future grows, we will improve on things as we go. Thanks for the idea
Yeah, I think we'll just have to have a play and see. With the size of the grow space and having the doors open it really shouldn't be too hot, but obviously that wasn't the case when we had them much closer! It would be nice for simplicity's sake to keep it the one type of light socket, but it's hard to say what we will and won't do as we go, I just want to keep the wardrobe itself from getting too much going on inside/around
Yeah, that's why I'll probably go with something a bit bigger than what we started, but not as big as the ones they are in now.
They're already perking up
Great job! Just takes the right soil and timely waterings.
Yeah, it definitely seems easier to keep them happy in the big potsThey're already perking up
The girl that I put into a 1.5 gallon pot sooner than the others ended up being my biggest, healthiest looking girl. So there's some merit to be had for young plants in large pots!
Yuna looks a little thirsty to me in that picture, but maybe that's just transplant stress?
Anyway, I am heavily medicated... but everything looks quite good from here.
cheers
Yuna might be thirsty already, it felt slightly moist when I poked my finger in, but she has had her leaves all fanned out like the other two the past two days. She didn't show any signs of stress the day of or after the repotting so I'll give her a lil top up tonight.