I recently got my medical marijuana card and this is my first grow ever. So my first set of babies have been going through some rough times. I'm fairly sure I did the first big newb mistake and tried to drown them right away. Heres some info and pics.
7x13x9 room w/ two 600watt HPS bulbs in cooltubes. 6 inch centrifugal fan on the cool tubes. Theres also a 8 inch fan on a Phresh filter. All ducting leads outside the room and theres a oscillating fan in the room as well. I've had the plants for 5 days.
Day 1- 11 plants arrive already about 1 foot tall, in red plastic cups, rootbound. I lightly watered and placed the lights about 2 inches from the top of the plants. Cold weather, temp in room about 60 degrees.
Day 2- Light watering. Noticing leaves turning yellowish and sagging. (thinking lack of nutrients) 60 degrees.
Day 3- Transplant to 2 gallon pots of Foxfarm Ocean Forest, and watered them heavily. Pretty damn sure I almost drowned them. Added heater to the room, temp raised to around 70 degrees.
Day 4- Came home w/ a PH meter to find 2-3 fan leaves turning very yellow/brown and after testing my PH realized my tap is 7.5-8.0. Fearing over watering and PH I re-planting them in Ocean Forest and lightly watered using vinegar to lower the PH. I got the water PH down to 6.5, and when mixed with 1 cup of soil then tested the soil drained water was about 6.0. 70 degrees. Moved the lights up a few inches.
Day 5- Plants look a little greener, had to remove a few big fan leaves that looked pretty done for. They still look droopy but I haven't seen them turning more yellow. One or two look as if they MIGHT be perking up a bit. No watering. Looks dry on top but the soil is moist when I stick my finger 1-2 inches down. 70 degrees.
So... How do they look? I'm feeling better about their survival. The person they came from got busted the night after I got them. So since the cops didn't get these girls, I can't bare to let them die. Also, should I use light nutrients or just water for now? They guy at the grow store said Ocean Forest doesn't need anything for the first couple weeks. Thanks a ton in advance for all the help this forum gives! I've learned so much in the past 5 days from this site alone.
7x13x9 room w/ two 600watt HPS bulbs in cooltubes. 6 inch centrifugal fan on the cool tubes. Theres also a 8 inch fan on a Phresh filter. All ducting leads outside the room and theres a oscillating fan in the room as well. I've had the plants for 5 days.
Day 1- 11 plants arrive already about 1 foot tall, in red plastic cups, rootbound. I lightly watered and placed the lights about 2 inches from the top of the plants. Cold weather, temp in room about 60 degrees.
Day 2- Light watering. Noticing leaves turning yellowish and sagging. (thinking lack of nutrients) 60 degrees.
Day 3- Transplant to 2 gallon pots of Foxfarm Ocean Forest, and watered them heavily. Pretty damn sure I almost drowned them. Added heater to the room, temp raised to around 70 degrees.
Day 4- Came home w/ a PH meter to find 2-3 fan leaves turning very yellow/brown and after testing my PH realized my tap is 7.5-8.0. Fearing over watering and PH I re-planting them in Ocean Forest and lightly watered using vinegar to lower the PH. I got the water PH down to 6.5, and when mixed with 1 cup of soil then tested the soil drained water was about 6.0. 70 degrees. Moved the lights up a few inches.
Day 5- Plants look a little greener, had to remove a few big fan leaves that looked pretty done for. They still look droopy but I haven't seen them turning more yellow. One or two look as if they MIGHT be perking up a bit. No watering. Looks dry on top but the soil is moist when I stick my finger 1-2 inches down. 70 degrees.
So... How do they look? I'm feeling better about their survival. The person they came from got busted the night after I got them. So since the cops didn't get these girls, I can't bare to let them die. Also, should I use light nutrients or just water for now? They guy at the grow store said Ocean Forest doesn't need anything for the first couple weeks. Thanks a ton in advance for all the help this forum gives! I've learned so much in the past 5 days from this site alone.
