I think I made a mistake.

Humboldt.215

New Member
Stoney Greetings All!

I have been out of the grow scene for awhile, about 10 months I believe, but after firing back up I have ran into a problem.

After completing a 'OK' first grow again I decided to change the dirt in my cheap "soil bed" it is nothing more than a flexible wading pool I grabbed at Kmart a few years back, this here is where the questions arise.

I turned the soil over, re mixed in more perlite and added fresh bags of the original soil (fox farm ocean forest) and then transplanted my rooted clones, since they were healthy & tall I buried them above the oasis cube and maybe a inch or more of the stems.

It appears my grow has been in limbo, not really getting noticeable growth, could the plants be putting vertical growth energy into rooting off the stems? Did I set my operation back about 3 weeks?

My regular grow has proper soil beds and is performing top notch. Both are using new 1K bulbs, but temperature has also been a problem lately, so cold could be a influence.

As you can see I am not sure where the problem lies or is it a combination


attached is just some eye candy from a past grow
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schuylaar

Well-Known Member
Stoney Greetings All!

I have been out of the grow scene for awhile, about 10 months I believe, but after firing back up I have ran into a problem.

After completing a 'OK' first grow again I decided to change the dirt in my cheap "soil bed" it is nothing more than a flexible wading pool I grabbed at Kmart a few years back, this here is where the questions arise.

I turned the soil over, re mixed in more perlite and added fresh bags of the original soil (fox farm ocean forest) and then transplanted my rooted clones, since they were healthy & tall I buried them above the oasis cube and maybe a inch or more of the stems.

It appears my grow has been in limbo, not really getting noticeable growth, could the plants be putting vertical growth energy into rooting off the stems? Did I set my operation back about 3 weeks?

My regular grow has proper soil beds and is performing top notch. Both are using new 1K bulbs, but temperature has also been a problem lately, so cold could be a influence.

As you can see I am not sure where the problem lies or is it a combination


attached is just some eye candy from a past grow
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pics would be helpful from current grow.
 

vostok

Well-Known Member
Its always best to transfer clones to a seedling mix first, those a brand new roots going to a very hot soil, that you have tried to dilute with perlite and old used nuted soils ....lucky you to get this up at all, even transplanting to a mix of perlite and your old used soil is best to avoid any nute burn and or transplant shock, that will only delay harvest considerably ...use light color in the 2700k or common hps light get get these clones to root quicker, but yes temperature is a serious issue and not to be taken lightly, maintain 75f/25c or just below
 
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