8 week year old plant growing slow and small

Hey guys I am a first time grower just pretty much winging it. I am using the aerogarden hydroponic system. I started my nutrients after the 2nd week. The plant has a nice thick stem but just doesnt seem to be where it needs to be at this point for me to start the 12/12 light cycle to get it to bud. I am using Miracle Gro all purpose which contains24% Nitrogen 8% phosphate 16%potassium then small amounts of boron iron copper manganese and zinc...i also added a touch of hydrogen peroxide attached are 3 pictures. 1 showing the whole plant, 1 showing just the top and 1 showing some dying leaves.....would love some feedback and opinions. Its almost 8 weeks old and still growing just so slowly and lower level leaves starting to turn yellow and brown

dude you title gave me a brain fart... "8 week year old plant"... 8 weeks old... ahh I got ya.. I thought from the title it was a mother growing for a year and eight weeks.. lol


and why is your xbox photo bombing every picture?....lol... fucking hilarious... I know you didn't mean to but its funny..

you may simply be under nourishing the plant.... but by reading everything you have.. I would almost let the plant go for a week on straight water then restart your nutrients... if it is too much nutrients the plant will survive and flush the rest out, if it is too little, the plant wont die on just water, and a slightly lower yield is better than one with disease..

Heres a link on nutrient deficiencies it can help you determine which problem you have... http://gardening.about.com/od/gardenproblems/a/NutrientDeficie.htm

dude your pots are way to small root bound

YOU ARE BURNING YOUR PLANTS BRO

That Miracle Grow you are using is very potent for beginners to use on cannabis if you look at the ratios of NPK and compare them to what most cannabis specific products use. For this, start using this product at a lower dose. 1/4 to 1/2 of what is recommended can work, but if you're already doing this and it's still too strong, then you may want to cut the dosage down even more. If you're doing MORE than what is recommended in an effort to try and push your plants, well, then you are burning your plants and stunting growth, and that'd be why they are so small.

Remember, if you plant seedlings in soil WITHOUT slow release fertilizer, it can go 2 weeks without needing to be fed ... If you plant seedings in soil WITH slow release fertilizers, you can let them go for 3-4 weeks without having to feed them. If you feed them before these times, you WILL burn. Esp with potent feeds like yours that are more meant for houseplants & garden veggies, not cannabis.

Hope this helps!

ha thanks for the commentary, im just keepin it real. I threw this thing together real quick in my closet not thinking anything would happen. Now I got a 1 ft plant growing slow as hell. Id love to see it produce something and then ill try it the right way but i cant seem to get the nutrients right I either under feed them or over feed them.I cleaned out all the nutrients so well see how it goes, Thanks again

slimshdyx2 said:

ha thanks for the commentary, im just keepin it real. I threw this thing together real quick in my closet not thinking anything would happen. Now I got a 1 ft plant growing slow as hell. Id love to see it produce something and then ill try it the right way but i cant seem to get the nutrients right I either under feed them or over feed them.I cleaned out all the nutrients so well see how it goes, Thanks again

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No prob man, glad to help

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It could also be caused with low light levels. What are you using?

not sure, its the grow bulbs that come with the aerogarden indoor hydro kit

xbox totem of vigor huh ?

u r plant looks like it has low light as refered , find out what light u got ( type and wattage ) and the distance u got it from plant , if its light ( my money on that ) it will start deotarte sometime soon , get a cfl buld of any wattage and get it close to the plant ( about 1-2 inches ) from the plant , if it starts to grow again then u found out the source