Other than growth being a little slow I think my grows going okay. However, my biggest plants leaves are starting to curl at the base and I'm getting some yellowing on the 2 smaller plants. Do these girls look okay? Is it time to start nutes?
First grow. Are my plants okay?
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Do you think I should start nutes next water?
It's FF happy frog mixed with perlite and amended with worm castings and kelp. I wasn't sure if the yellowing was a sign that I'm getting low on nutrients.
farmingfisherman
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Plants look okay? If the soil is hot something like ffof then you are good for a couple of weeks. But looking at the size of the plants I'd say you could begin to feed at a light ration working towards full strength pretty quick depending on how the plants respond. Newbie with a few grows now under the belt. Good luck!
Maggs707
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The "yellowing" that you're seeing is just bright green new growth. That's a good thing! I live to constantly see bright green new growth on vegging plants. They look fine. Happy Frog is what I use as well, and it's pretty light on nutrients, but has a lot of awesome microbial life in it. I don't think you need to feed yet, but if you do just use 1/4 strength. And as always, make sure you pH your feed!
farmingfisherman
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Yeah I would start to feed them some. The purple stem could also be a sign of a nutrient issue. So did you amend the soil yourself and if so how much kelp and wc did you use, I ask cause I like the build your own soil method but have never done it.
Mainly concerned with like this yellow stripe in the attached pic. Couldn't really find anything online about it. And some of the green growth has definitely started to turn yellow at the base of the leaves. I seem to be dealing with a little bit of heatstress coupled with over or underwatering. Watering has been a nightmare to figure out in these 5 gallon pots. Some parts of the plants seem to be exhibiting overwatering symptoms and some parts are exhibiting underwatering.
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Yeah I would start to feed them some. The purple stem could also be a sign of a nutrient issue. So did you amend the soil yourself and if so how much kelp and wc did you use, I ask cause I like the build your own soil method but have never done it.
I'm getting some redness on all of their stems. I thought that was normal... lol.
Amended it myself. A small scoop of kelp and a big scoop of worm castings per 5g pot. I have some fresh compost/worm castings and some coco i want to utilize next time i mix my own soil.
Hey guys, quick question. Last time I watered I gave some nutes and now my plants are showing some light signs of nitrogen toxicity. I'm not super worried since I know they'll use it up shortly. But that brings me to my question - next water should I still give PK? Or only water?
7" tall and one of them is preflowering my dude
Doug Dawson
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Welcome to RIU, always nice to see a new gardner joining the hobby. They look nice bud. I am a coco grower and have not used FF so I won't comment on that but you got some good advice going. I wish you luck.
Did you see my question about nitrogen toxicity? A LOT of new growth has happened since those pictures were taken. I'm getting dark leaves and some clawing. The very tips of new growth are also a lime green color and its a pretty noticeable edge of different color. I'm thinking I have some nitrogen toxicity. So if I have n-tox, do I stop nutes all together? Or continue to dose a small amount of PK to aid in uptake of nitrogen. My understanding is that there is a relationship there.Welcome to RIU, always nice to see a new gardner joining the hobby. They look nice bud. I am a coco grower and have not used FF so I won't comment on that but you got some good advice going. I wish you luck.
Doug Dawson
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I would say just PH'd water on next watering. There is some great info with pics on N toxicity here, give it a read. It might help. https://www.growweedeasy.com/cannabis-plant-problems/nitrogen-toxicity
Bigjacky420
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fine bro lol