can anyone tell me the problem?

mrtfish

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IMG_20110919_123549.jpgIMG_20110919_123543.jpgIMG_20110919_123532.jpgIMG_20110919_123523.jpgIMG_20110919_123514.jpgthe plant looks amazing for my first ever grow i was curious if its a male or female its really hard to tell, i think i see pistols but im not sure and also 2 leaf tips are dead and i was wondering what the problem is
 

mrtfish

Member
its almost a month old i have it in 12 12 to find out its sex and its seed starting miracle gro and schultz plant food 10 15 10 and its tap water but i let it sit for a few days before i use it, i read somewhere that its easier on the plant if you let it sit, im still a nood!!
 

cranker

Legal Moderator, Esq.
the leaf tips are nute burn. It's too young to sex, anyone saying they can tell a sex on a plant not showing any signs is just blowing smoke.
 

DuMpSteRLoVe216

Active Member
give it veg nutes i just got some alaskan fish fertilizer 5-1-1 from lowes for $8,but you dont need to feed it till the cotyledons fall off
edit:thats why you have nute burn
 

Richard4vt

Active Member
looks female to me. dont worry about the leaves its very very minor. what lights are you using? cfl's?
What???....I wish I had your powers of perception because thats damn impressive

haha

But foreallydough......your plant looks good, just a little bit of stretch that looks like it has been resolved. Patience, patience, patience...if she is on a 12/12 schedule and is 4 weeks old it will show its sex soon enough

-PEACE-
 

nog

Active Member
that looks like the soil is a bit rich for the young plants, they will probably get over it as they grow, dont feed them yest just repot to a bigger container with a better soil if they still have the burnt tip problem
you wont know yet as it looks too young. what kinda soil, nute and water ph?
 

Richard4vt

Active Member
he still has cotyledons he shouldnt of fed it at
I've never heard of this cotyledon feeding rule before but I guess it could make sense. I always was under the impression that the cotyledons yellow and fall off due to a lack of light from the growing canopy and the fact that they are just tiny, useless, and get barely any light after the first 2 or 3 weeks....but you're theory of the plant basically eating the nutes out of its cotyledons seems like it could be plausible.

Either way I think the key point here is this....if you're in decent soil, there really isn't a need for nutes during the first 2-3 weeks of the plants life, sometimes more....and if you do see signs of underfeeding then start out slowly, using 1/4 strength or less for the first couple of feedings. LESS IS MORE

-PEACE-
 
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