3 1/2 Month old plants.. Starting to give up?

[RetiredMatthebrute]

you can mist them but its really no benifit to the plants. they like a nice steady airflow better so make sure you have a fan blowing on them.

your soil is probabally going to remain wet for a good while because the root systems arent developed yet and the plants are still small they are not drinking that much. your going to lose more water to evaporation than anything.

 

[alpha don]

Oh I see. I'll go grab a decent fan when I head out.
Before I do that, I thought I'd give a quick update as to how they are doing.
Day 3 Since new lighting, A week and 2 days since transplant.
I've decided to take out the middle plant, I couldn't endure letting my other plants watch her suffer any longer.
As for the 2 remaining plants (THC bomb on the right, Laughing Buddha left), They are enjoying the new atmosphere very much.
But I noticed a bit of yellowing in the leaves, and I figured it might be due to heat anxiety, so I moved the light up about an inch or two higher.
Pictures below.



Also introducing a new strain ( Pakistani Ryder) into the cycle in a few days. I'll make a new thread for that.
Saving the White Widow and Black Diesel for a clean and more professional grow.

 

[RetiredMatthebrute]

on that 3rd pic what are them spots? is that your "misting"

the left ones stem needs to be buried and the one on the right seems like it has a decent future.

you really need to enclose them or at the verry least spraypaint some pieces of plywood and make a ghetto room.

 

[alpha don]

hmm nope. didn't mist that as directed.
just the 2 symetrical fan leaves at the bottom are real yellow. the rest of the leaves have tiny yellow tips.

im constructing 2 closets at the moment, ive already designed one to maintain the clones.
the other one is big enough to for flowering season.

Leaving moms in the closet under mh 18/6
...right?


EDIT:

Just to add, I can see plant A's tiny roots coming out the bottom of the pot. By burying the stem you mean planting more soil ontop?

 

[RetiredMatthebrute]

hmm nope. didn't mist that as directed.
just the 2 symetrical fan leaves at the bottom are real yellow. the rest of the leaves have tiny yellow tips.

im constructing 2 closets at the moment, ive already designed one to maintain the clones.
the other one is big enough to for flowering season.

Leaving moms in the closet under mh 18/6
...right?


EDIT:

Just to add, I can see plant A's tiny roots coming out the bottom of the pot. By burying the stem you mean planting more soil ontop?

i m kinda curious if you eat mushrooms? just wondering

 

[alpha don]

hahaha no, i'm not hallucinating.

 

[RetiredMatthebrute]

hahaha no, i'm not hallucinating.

well thats good

 

[Thundercat]

MMM mushrooms, its been like 9 months since I've had any.

 

[RetiredMatthebrute]

and yes i mean planting more soil on top, the stem will actually grow roots if you bury it.

 

[greenmonster15]

Based on everything I've read in the last few months (I'm a beginner), you may be overwatering them. I read several posts about successful soil growers and they were only watering once every 7-14 days. If you put your fingers a couple inches down into the dirt and its dry, then it may be time to water again. The wilting sounds to me like this could be the problem.

 

[alpha don]

and yes i mean planting more soil on top, the stem will actually grow roots if you bury it.

Oh wow, thats very interesting. Will do.

Based on everything I've read in the last few months (I'm a beginner), you may be overwatering them. I read several posts about successful soil growers and they were only watering once every 7-14 days. If you put your fingers a couple inches down into the dirt and its dry, then it may be time to water again. The wilting sounds to me like this could be the problem.

hahaha yea, no doubt the primary issue was over watering. along with several other factors but over watering was the #1.
it's been about 10 days since i last watered them and they've repaired significantly.

 

[Flaming Pie]

can we see some update pics?

 

[alpha don]

Sure.
Why not.



The pots are much much lighter now. I'm assuming that the soil has finally dried up. Placing a full pinky-finger into the soil reveals if it's wet or dry.
I will water them tomorrow morning as soon as the light turn on.

I still need to bury the one of the left, and a tip whether I should transplant to a bigger pot or not. (Roots showing at the bottom).

 

[alpha don]

This is just an update of the lighting system being made for the clone dome.
I installed 2 CFL sockets into a sky lamp, transmitted wires to connect to a wall plug.
I've got a 2ft x 2ft x 3ft cabinet to contain the set up in
Just need to pick up some root gel and new pots before the end of this month to start cloning.

 

[Flaming Pie]

Please fill the plant on the right up. Put the soil up to first set of leaves.

 

[RetiredMatthebrute]

Please fill the plant on the right up. Put the soil up to first set of leaves.

dont do this (sorry flaming)

like i said earlier give it another couple weeks then lift plant and root ball out and put dirt on bottom. the one on the left could be filled in though

 

[smokeytokeybear]

Here are the plants , up to date
2 days after transplant

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from what i see your probaly going to have heat issues around the stalk/stem...why didnt you fill up the whole pot with your medium? you should def add more dirt and take it up a cgood couple of inches, they still have a chance..

 

[Flaming Pie]

dont do this (sorry flaming)

like i said earlier give it another couple weeks then lift plant and root ball out and put dirt on bottom. the one on the left could be filled in though

He will have to watch that stem. Hopefully it thickens up, but if it doesnt, have a support ready for it.

 

[bseeds]

the bigger pot is going in rite derection need more soil a lot more light and stop watering so much with proper cotainer and soil amount once every fourth day or when soil is dry about 3-4 inches down, i know its not proper soil for cannibis but mirical potting mix works pretty good ,not soil. the pottng miix thats the roots to grow easy and to breath ihave used it and under a 400 watt grow light 3 to 4 foot tall and got 2.5 dry oz of buds and some of the bottoms needed more light so i never used thoughs so mirical grow potting mix will work and im pretty sure canada has that

 

[alpha don]

You're all correct.

The pot on the right has recovered completely. I am giving it a bit over a week before I start adding soil to the bottom, as recommended by RetiredMatt.
The pot on the left does have a weak stem because I didn't transplant at the time I should have. Also because the pot is not filled to the top with soil.

I just got back from work so I can go pick up some soil, but before I do that I just wanted to add that the plant on the left has drooped since I last looked at it. I noticed that the soil was entirely dry so I watered them.

I assure you that the plants are getting the sufficient light they need now. The change in lighting from a crappy 3ft flourescent to 400w MH revived the plant drastically.

Will post pictures within the next 30 minutes.