Are my plants going to die??????

oojuanky · Apr 26, 2009

I'M GROWING FIVE PLANTS FROM BAG-SEEDS. MY GROW AREA IS ABOUT 2 1/2 FEET WIDE, 3 FEET LONG & 7 FEET IN HIGHT.

I'M USING FOX FARM SOIL & FERTZ.
CFL's FOR LIGHTING ABOUT 20 -24 ALL 26w 6500K 4 23W 2700K AND 1 42W 2700K AS WELL . NOW MY PLANTS ARE ABOUT 3 1/2 MONTHS OLD IN 3 GAL PLANTERS. TWO WEEKS AGO SOMETHING HAPPEND WITH MY PLANTS THE PH IN THE SOIL WAS WAY OFF SO I ENDED UP FLUSHING THEM WITH PH WATER @ 6.5-7.5 AFTER THAT A WEEK PAST AND THEY WERE IN NEED OF WATERING SO SINCE THEY WERE STUNED I USED 1 DROP OF SUPERTHRIVE THINKING THAT DO THE JOB BUT MADE IT WORSE!

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!
I DONT KNOW IF I SHOULD JUST START OVER OR WHAT ..

Leftyy2k4 · Apr 26, 2009

you need to upload some bigger pics. Those are avatar size.

oojuanky · Apr 27, 2009

Can you tel whats going on with them now?/?

thanks in advance

brasmith · Apr 27, 2009

oojuanky said:
I'M GROWING FIVE PLANTS FROM BAG-SEEDS. MY GROW AREA IS ABOUT 2 1/2 FEET WIDE, 3 FEET LONG & 7 FEET IN HIGHT.

I'M USING FOX FARM SOIL & FERTZ.
CFL's FOR LIGHTING ABOUT 20 -24 ALL 26w 6500K 4 23W 2700K AND 1 42W 2700K AS WELL . NOW MY PLANTS ARE ABOUT 3 1/2 MONTHS OLD IN 3 GAL PLANTERS. TWO WEEKS AGO SOMETHING HAPPEND WITH MY PLANTS THE PH IN THE SOIL WAS WAY OFF SO I ENDED UP FLUSHING THEM WITH PH WATER @ 6.5-7.5 AFTER THAT A WEEK PAST AND THEY WERE IN NEED OF WATERING SO SINCE THEY WERE STUNED I USED 1 DROP OF SUPERTHRIVE THINKING THAT DO THE JOB BUT MADE IT WORSE!

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!
I DONT KNOW IF I SHOULD JUST START OVER OR WHAT ..

Do not start over they can be saved, no worries. They do look bad but not bad forever. Are you still in veg? or have you switched to a flower cycle 12/12? No more superthrive, especially if they are on a flower cycle.

Okay when you flushed to correct the ph, which was a good thing, the flushing rinsed out the nutrients that you had previously fed the girls. Now you just need to feed them again with your veg food. Start out with 1/2 the reccomended amount per gallon of water to kick them back into action. If you are still vegging them let them veg for another week so they can recover. If they are on flower cycle (veg food okay for getting going again) after a week start them on their flower food. Things should get back to action soon, good luck and keep us poated on progress.

oojuanky · Apr 27, 2009

Yea i'm still in veg dont wanna switch to flowering untill they start looking pritty. But should i flush once again or just start feeding them with 'grow big' & big bloom thats what i was using for veg??

One other thing can cfl's cause heat stress? Temperture is about 74-79 the highest temp ever was around 82 but just for a day or so. Lights being 2 1/2 inches away from plants.

Lots of thanks!

brasmith · Apr 27, 2009

oojuanky said:
Yea i'm still in veg dont wanna switch to flowering untill they start looking pritty. But should i flush once again or just start feeding them with 'grow big' & big bloom thats what i was using for veg??

One other thing can cfl's cause heat stress? Temperture is about 74-79 the highest temp ever was around 82 but just for a day or so. Lights being 2 1/2 inches away from plants.

Lots of thanks!

If your soil is damp-dry go ahead and feed them your vegging food, just go with 1/2 what they reccomend per gallon. So if the recipe calls for 1 teaspoon of food per gallon of water, use 1/2 teaspoon per gallon. I went and looked up the npk values for both and you really just want to feed them the grow big (for vegging plants) for now. The big bloom is for the flowering phase of growth.

It is hard to cause heat issues with cfl lights. They can be close to the tops of your plants with no issues. 2 1/2 inches away is good.

After you feed them you should begin to see the yellow start turning green. Luck with the ladies

oojuanky · Apr 28, 2009

okay i just fed them with growbig so i'm gussing like two weeks before they start looking normal again. Now how much water do i give them when watering is needed ?>? I'm growing in 2 1/2 gallon pots i been giving them a little over a cup of water when needed. Dose that sound right little more little less?

thanks

brasmith · Apr 28, 2009

oojuanky said:
okay i just fed them with growbig so i'm gussing like two weeks before they start looking normal again. Now how much water do i give them when watering is needed ?>? I'm growing in 2 1/2 gallon pots i been giving them a little over a cup of water when needed. Dose that sound right little more little less?

thanks

Since you are using 2 1/2 gallon pots you want to water them until you see run off out the holes. This makes it so the soil is completely wet. The plants like to work so if the bottom of the soil is dry (1 cup of water doesn't make it to all the soil) the plants roots will only go as far as the damp soil is. If you mix a gallon of water and food you should be able to adiquately feed 3-4 plants with this amount.

Since they are lacking some basic nutes right now once you have fed them you should notice a green differance within a couple of days. They will devour the nutes they need right away.

Hope this helps. Keep us posted with recovery pics.

oojuanky · Apr 28, 2009

Awsome you been lots of hellp i really appreaciated i'll keep you posted...

Thankz

oojuanky · May 17, 2009

how can i fix this phosphorous deficiency?? My plants leaves and stems are purple. Their also taking long to grow all the leaves are small. What do you think i should do???

The pictures are from right now!

itsgrowinglikeaweed · May 17, 2009

You've been giving them FF ferts right? And in proper doses? What is your Ph?

oojuanky · May 17, 2009

My ph is between 6.5-7.5 and yes i'm using fox farm nutes. Why do you ask?

itsgrowinglikeaweed · May 17, 2009

I asked because if they're in FF soil getting FF ferts. in the proper doses they should not have a phosphorus def. UNLESS the ph is off, which could be the case. Anything over 7 is to high. 6.5 to 7.5 is really a large range. 6.0 is 10 times more acidic than 7.0 Any sudden changes in Ph will give you plants fits too.

oojuanky · May 17, 2009

well a week 1/2 ago the ph was way to high so i flushed with ph water and started feeding them with grow big. but there still looking the way they do. what would you try to do now?

itsgrowinglikeaweed · May 17, 2009

You say you "flushed with Ph water" what is Ph water?

oojuanky · May 17, 2009

i flushed with 6.5 water lol..

oojuanky · May 17, 2009

this is what they looked like two weeks ago>

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oojuanky · May 17, 2009

johnny961 · May 17, 2009

It looks like you watered the hell out of with no fan running on them.

oojuanky · May 17, 2009

well there in 3 gallon buckets how much water should i be giving them when needed? untill sum water runs off the drain holes right lol?

Are my plants going to die??????

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