My babies growing very slow???

420swed

420swed

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Alright i have 16 plants outdoors altogether i have 8 northern lights and 3 Afghan x Mazar and 5 clones and they are about one month old and only about 7" tall with 4 sets of leaves and they are about 30 days old from seed and they were placed outside at 8 days old. Each hole has 2-3 20L bags of soil so my question is i have only one plant in Miracle grow nursery care soil and its about twice as big as all the other plants and i have the others (15 plants) in organic potting soil the brand name is GOLD and i paid 1$ a bag nut at wall mart its 3$ a bag so i was wondering could it be the soil stunting the growth or that i didn't use nutes yet or what could it be ????
 
Mysticlown150

Mysticlown150

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I mean also if every other plant is in gold potting soil and has the same feeding/nute regimen then maybe it is the MG soil. or maybe its just a runt.
 
simpsonsampson420

simpsonsampson420

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420swed said:
Alright i have 16 plants outdoors altogether i have 8 northern lights and 3 Afghan x Mazar and 5 clones and they are about one month old and only about 7" tall with 4 sets of leaves and they are about 30 days old from seed and they were placed outside at 8 days old. Each hole has 2-3 20L bags of soil so my question is i have only one plant in Miracle grow nursery care soil and its about twice as big as all the other plants and i have the others (15 plants) in organic potting soil the brand name is GOLD and i paid 1$ a bag nut at wall mart its 3$ a bag so i was wondering could it be the soil stunting the growth or that i didn't use nutes yet or what could it be ????
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does your soil have any perlite or anything in it for aeration and drainage??

my guess is that your miracle grow plant is doing better do to the fact it is getting an abundance of nutes.. and being outdoors it can utilize them better because of the amount of light the sun gives to them... although i do agree miracle grow is usually a bad idea... IMHO i would start feeding your other plants some veg nutes.. they prolly are smaller due to the fact they arent getting nutes... start out at about 1/4 to 1/2 strength with the nutes until your plants can get used to them and you see how they react... but you really should start feeding them..

good luck
sampson
 
Evil Buddies

Evil Buddies

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Buy some organic bone blood and fishmeal and follow the insturctions on the packet is really cheap also can buy some poultury manure pellets. Very cheap easy to use if u can pick up some organic liquid seaweed or kelp would be good to. Whats the weather like where you are if its cloudy and not gettin a lot of sunlight they could be not growing as fast due to the lack of light. Hope ur babies pick up and grow into big monsters.

Evil
 
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jrod1234

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Don't worry man I use MG soil all the time and it works as good as any soil out there just make sure u add perlite to it for extra draining ability and don't fert for a little at least untill them seed leaves die off then start. If your getting slow growth and the new growth is light in color hit them with some light ferts or take a look at your watering make sure they are getting dry enough and wet enough, hell i still use a moisture meter to make sure.
 
420swed

420swed

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simpsonsampson420 said:
does your soil have any perlite or anything in it for aeration and drainage??

my guess is that your miracle grow plant is doing better do to the fact it is getting an abundance of nutes.. and being outdoors it can utilize them better because of the amount of light the sun gives to them... although i do agree miracle grow is usually a bad idea... IMHO i would start feeding your other plants some veg nutes.. they prolly are smaller due to the fact they arent getting nutes... start out at about 1/4 to 1/2 strength with the nutes until your plants can get used to them and you see how they react... but you really should start feeding them..

good luck
sampson
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The soil came with perlite but i know its not enough and no i didn't add any.And yes i was planing on using nutes as soon as i can i was thinking of using either 20-20-20 or 20-5-5 still not sure yet.

Evil Buddies said:
Buy some organic bone blood and fishmeal and follow the insturctions on the packet is really cheap also can buy some poultury manure pellets. Very cheap easy to use if u can pick up some organic liquid seaweed or kelp would be good to. Whats the weather like where you are if its cloudy and not gettin a lot of sunlight they could be not growing as fast due to the lack of light. Hope ur babies pick up and grow into big monsters.

Evil
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Alright ill look for that today and i know its not my grow spot because they get direct sun light almost all day.

jrod1234 said:
Don't worry man I use MG soil all the time and it works as good as any soil out there just make sure u add perlite to it for extra draining ability and don't fert for a little at least untill them seed leaves die off then start. If your getting slow growth and the new growth is light in color hit them with some light ferts or take a look at your watering make sure they are getting dry enough and wet enough, hell i still use a moisture meter to make sure.
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No iam not using miracle grow for all my plants just one of them and its growing faster then the rest not slower.

Thanks for the replies
 
simpsonsampson420

simpsonsampson420

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420swed said:
The soil came with perlite but i know its not enough and no i didn't add any.And yes i was planing on using nutes as soon as i can i was thinking of using either 20-20-20 or 20-5-5 still not sure yet.



Alright ill look for that today and i know its not my grow spot because they get direct sun light almost all day.



No iam not using miracle grow for all my plants just one of them and its growing faster then the rest not slower.

Thanks for the replies
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for veg i would use the 20-5-5.. and maybe throw a dose of the 20-20-20 in every 3rd feeding... also start out light on the nutes and then add more.. just to make sure your girls respond well to it... like i said its easier to add than it is to take away..
 
420swed

420swed

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Alright here some pics just to show uses what i mean. Ok in the first pic its one of my plants in the organic potting soil and the secound and third pic its the one in miracle grow and in the last pic its just another one in the organic soil. Hope this will give a better idea.
 

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420swed

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CanadianBacon said:
i would pretty much leave em looks like they are doin ok to me maybe abit more light but they will eventually grab and grow.
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yeh that what i was thinking also that the roots didn't spread enough yet but when they do they are just going to rocket.

Where in Canada are you from? Iam also from Canada.
 
kremnon

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jrod1234 said:
Don't worry man I use MG soil all the time and it works as good as any soil out there just make sure u add perlite to it for extra draining ability and don't fert for a little at least untill them seed leaves die off then start. If your getting slow growth and the new growth is light in color hit them with some light ferts or take a look at your watering make sure they are getting dry enough and wet enough, hell i still use a moisture meter to make sure.
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there are plenty of problems using MG. just read up

ur better off going to the local nursery and get sum good organic potting soil.

anything is beteer than using MG. those chemicals are nasty. wouldn'd even grow my tomatoes in it.

have u ever seen the MG nutes it's blue powder!!!!!:blsmoke:
 
MR M3RKLEZz

MR M3RKLEZz

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yeah m.g is shit i had 3 plants in mg an as soon as some one said it was shit and burns your roots an leaves i got it straight outta that now im usin canna coco pro plus soil an added my own perlite they seem to be doing fine now there 19 days old an there a little bigger then yours
 
420swed

420swed

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Evil Buddies said:
Buy some organic bone blood and fishmeal and follow the insturctions on the packet is really cheap also can buy some poultury manure pellets. Very cheap easy to use if u can pick up some organic liquid seaweed or kelp would be good to. Whats the weather like where you are if its cloudy and not gettin a lot of sunlight they could be not growing as fast due to the lack of light. Hope ur babies pick up and grow into big monsters.

Evil
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I bought the organic blood and bone meal that was mixed together last night its 7-7-0 and i paid 10$ for a box of it so iam satisfied but i couldn't find the fishmeal but i found some liquid organic nutes that was called "bloom" but i didn't buy it because it would most likely be for flowering. So what else should i get with the blood and bone meal? or would this be enough?
 
Evil Buddies

Evil Buddies

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420swed said:
I bought the organic blood and bone meal last night its 7-7-0 and i paid 10$ for a box of it so iam satisfied but i couldn't find anything else like the fishmeal but i found liquid organic nutes that was called "bloom" but i didn't buy it because it would most likely be for flowering. So what else should i get with the blood and bone meal? or would this be enough?
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You need higher nitrogen nutes for vegging so anything that is high in nitrogen will be good, best to stick with organics. You could actually use your own urine as its high in nitrogen. Just mix the urine with water and use this when watering. I know it sounds disgusting but it works and free. Will only use i would say 1 part of urine to 15 parts of water. Using undiluted urine will burn the roots so if you choose to use this make sure u dilute it well.

Good luck

Evil
 
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Onegaes

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My clones are also not growing very fast. I've got them in a plastic greenhouse where it gets very hot and they still get sun. I take them out to get full sun when it isn't cloudy. They're about 2" tall. Not sure if I should be feeding them already. Just got 'em 2 weeks ago. Grow medium is potting soil for flowers. Any, all help would be appreciated.
 
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