MadmanStitch
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my grow room was like in the 90s to 100s cooked my plants but now i know keep an eye on your temps lol
The "What I did wrong" Thread
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Grown n Oregon
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i think the biggest noob mistake is OVERWATERING!!! i hate seeing plants that have big ol' swollen fat blades on the leaves. it drives me bat shit crazy when i see it.
Oh yeah, and about every other mistake know to mankind, but the Neem Death was the worst
Clown Baby
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1. Let my roomate work in the room. He was watering everyday.
2. well. Ive never nute burned my plants... Buy an EC meter! they work! Bluelab truncheon has lasted me years.
3. dont mess with the grow room while youre drunk or too high. I've unplugged pumps and forgotten to plug them back in when im done working. Almost lost a 40 clone batch that way,,, twice
2. well. Ive never nute burned my plants... Buy an EC meter! they work! Bluelab truncheon has lasted me years.
3. dont mess with the grow room while youre drunk or too high. I've unplugged pumps and forgotten to plug them back in when im done working. Almost lost a 40 clone batch that way,,, twice
chusett
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all my mistakes.. lol so many to count.
- I didn't have proper ventilation in the room, temps would reach upper 80's and 90's in the summer. A/c was vented in to tent.
- My first harvest i wasn't aware the plants could grow inches a day, and I would come home from work and 1 or 2 colas would be real close or touching the 600w hps. Luckily i only burned a few colas and wasn't too badly.
- I overwatered seedlings/sprouts. I overwatered clone rooters by soaking them everyday as part of watering.
- Didn't put my lights close enough to the seedlings and some stretched.
- I actually only harvested too early once.. my first grow Snow white. But it was cause i fucked up the nute situation and the plant was very very deficient and I flushed too early.
Other than that here and there i'll forget to water the moms , or maybe not switch the timer when the hours change.. LOL
- I didn't have proper ventilation in the room, temps would reach upper 80's and 90's in the summer. A/c was vented in to tent.
- My first harvest i wasn't aware the plants could grow inches a day, and I would come home from work and 1 or 2 colas would be real close or touching the 600w hps. Luckily i only burned a few colas and wasn't too badly.
- I overwatered seedlings/sprouts. I overwatered clone rooters by soaking them everyday as part of watering.
- Didn't put my lights close enough to the seedlings and some stretched.
- I actually only harvested too early once.. my first grow Snow white. But it was cause i fucked up the nute situation and the plant was very very deficient and I flushed too early.
Other than that here and there i'll forget to water the moms , or maybe not switch the timer when the hours change.. LOL
PeyoteReligion
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I learned that I should grow more plants.
first faulk up light not close enough to the plants/ get them a close as possible without burning them. \
second letting smeone know i was growing which lead to me harvesting to early outta paranoia. turns out that was a good thing cause forced me to get a mmc.
third underestimating how hot lights can get, build something anything to suck the heat from your 1k lights away, dont waste that heat! if its winter time route that hot air to a bedroom closet warm up your house a lil
be humble and learn from others it will save you heart ache
second letting smeone know i was growing which lead to me harvesting to early outta paranoia. turns out that was a good thing cause forced me to get a mmc.
third underestimating how hot lights can get, build something anything to suck the heat from your 1k lights away, dont waste that heat! if its winter time route that hot air to a bedroom closet warm up your house a lil
be humble and learn from others it will save you heart ache
monkeybones
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Invertebrates stealing your calcium
I have always watered with aquarium water. This works great for organics.
My mistake arose when I added invertebrates to the fish tank. Hundreds of dwarf shrimps. Dozens of giant shrimps.
That's fine right? They poop a little different from fish and complexify the aquaponic brew
except invertebrates leech calcium from the water to build their exoskeleton with, and to help with molting
this mean SERIOUS calcium deficiency, and sick plants. which was hard to diagnose for me because calcium is a rare one... usually being even in tap water
now I supplement calcium. not just to the plants but also to the aquarium
I have always watered with aquarium water. This works great for organics.
My mistake arose when I added invertebrates to the fish tank. Hundreds of dwarf shrimps. Dozens of giant shrimps.
That's fine right? They poop a little different from fish and complexify the aquaponic brew
except invertebrates leech calcium from the water to build their exoskeleton with, and to help with molting
this mean SERIOUS calcium deficiency, and sick plants. which was hard to diagnose for me because calcium is a rare one... usually being even in tap water
now I supplement calcium. not just to the plants but also to the aquarium
thebugslaaaa
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NEVER NEVER NEVER OVERWATER YOUR PLANTS!!!! Let them FULLY dry out before you EVER water!!! Over watering kills!!!
monkeybones
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unless you're growing organic. letting it fully dry in that case will kill your beneficials
PeyoteReligion
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What did I do wrong? I didn't FAP HARD ENOUGH!
monkeybones
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you need to wait until it is hard or it doesn't work
Brokeoldbloke
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I vegg'd my plants to pre-flower then they out grew my room during stretch. I had to learn emergency super cropping.