Lower leaves

this is my first grow its verrrry low budget and im having another issue can anyone fill me in why my top leaves look healthy but my lower leaves are curling in and drooping i got 3 900lumen cfl lights water once every other day its on a 12/12 cycle now for almost 3 weeks should i be able to tell the male/female?
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mrjones574

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hey you should be able to tell the sex by now if not very soon....I cant tell from the pic but the first one my be a female....look for fine white hairs at the nodes( nodes = where the leaf/branch meet the stalk) leaf curl not sure but i think you may need to transplant to bigger pot my friend
 

Ringsixty

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plant is female
next time...dont be cheap, fill that pot up with soil.
how much water do you give every other day? a cup, how much?
you maybe be over watering.
what nutes are you using?
More lighting would really help.
cfl lighting needs to be as close as possible...that be why she is stretched.
 

Ringsixty

Well-Known Member
why ya gotta insult the guy by calling him cheap? most likely he didnt know any better
haha... not trying to insult him. Just trying to help him learn the basics.
Like he said. Verrrry low budget grow. (Cheap ??)

If he had filled that pot up. He would have had a larger root system. Higher probability of a healthier, larger plant.
 

joeme69

Member
maryjane are very vulnerable, so you have to take really really good care of em or they will stress the fuck out. It should already show its sex by now. Female plants usually have pistols shooting out while male plants have nut sacks hanging between the main branch and the smaller branches that grows out. 12/12 in 3 weeks i always have buds the size of popcorns already. It looks to me that you are using some cheap dirt that is compact as fuck.... I've worked with dirt and hydro, so to me it may be over watering.... I water my plants ONLY when it starts drying on the surface of the dirt... Next time if you wanna go cheap, then go with miracle grow(green bag). Miracle grow has all the nutrients in it already that will last for up to 6 months.... When i water them, i usaully only water them with PH water with no nutes at all until the last month of flowring because i always notice by that time, its in need of nutes... I've grown straight whole cycle with miracle grow before without nutes and it also turns out to be pretty good in yields too.....
 

chickengutz

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Finish filling the pot with soil. If your tight on cash go steal a neighbors plant, or go steal a shovel and put any soil in there. you WILL get rootbound and get a super shit yield. I'm not hatin, just sayn. If I can be of any assistance PM me bro.
 
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