westmich
Well-Known Member
I'm a new grower about 3 weeks in and I ran into a couple of problems. I've been scanning the forums and there seems to be quite a few knowledgeable folks so I humbly ask for your insight.
A little background: I started by obtaining some seeds obviously. Since this was my first grow and knew it would be more learning experience than anything else I used some freebie seeds. Three were from some recent above average bags I had. The rest were from a buddy who had a film canister half full that he had been collecting from good bags over the last five years. My three germinated and about half of the ones of his I used did as well. I used a simple fluorescent the first 10 days to germinate and the initial vegetation. I then switched to my 200 watt fluorescent and positioned it about 2 feet over the plants. My hydro system was a homemade ebb and flow setup with generic plant food. I changed this up six days ago because I was unhappy with how it was working and was told that I really should use a specific hydroponic plant food. Currently I am running the solution about half strength (I was told to work up to 100%) and the light is about 12 inches over the plants. The room has good air flow, stays heated between 65 F during the dark cycle (4 hours) and 75 F during the light cycle, and humidity is around 25 to 30 percent.
My problems: 1) The plants seem to be lengthy and weak. Most have fallen over because the stem will not support the weight, although, they continue to grow. The exception is the two plants in the middle which I started a week later and had more direct light right from the beginning. I was told lengthy and weak were a sign of poor light so I hope I have that problem corrected. 2) I just started noticing a little bit of light-green to yellow in the center of the plant head and some curling on two of the plants leaf tips. Maybe curling isn't the right word. They have irregular shape like chunks are missing and/or ripped. I have no idea what causes this, but I don't see it in the two plants I started a week late - those two seem to the strongest.
Checkout the pics
Zoom right in on the last image - two troubled plants
A little background: I started by obtaining some seeds obviously. Since this was my first grow and knew it would be more learning experience than anything else I used some freebie seeds. Three were from some recent above average bags I had. The rest were from a buddy who had a film canister half full that he had been collecting from good bags over the last five years. My three germinated and about half of the ones of his I used did as well. I used a simple fluorescent the first 10 days to germinate and the initial vegetation. I then switched to my 200 watt fluorescent and positioned it about 2 feet over the plants. My hydro system was a homemade ebb and flow setup with generic plant food. I changed this up six days ago because I was unhappy with how it was working and was told that I really should use a specific hydroponic plant food. Currently I am running the solution about half strength (I was told to work up to 100%) and the light is about 12 inches over the plants. The room has good air flow, stays heated between 65 F during the dark cycle (4 hours) and 75 F during the light cycle, and humidity is around 25 to 30 percent.
My problems: 1) The plants seem to be lengthy and weak. Most have fallen over because the stem will not support the weight, although, they continue to grow. The exception is the two plants in the middle which I started a week later and had more direct light right from the beginning. I was told lengthy and weak were a sign of poor light so I hope I have that problem corrected. 2) I just started noticing a little bit of light-green to yellow in the center of the plant head and some curling on two of the plants leaf tips. Maybe curling isn't the right word. They have irregular shape like chunks are missing and/or ripped. I have no idea what causes this, but I don't see it in the two plants I started a week late - those two seem to the strongest.
Checkout the pics
Zoom right in on the last image - two troubled plants
