time to transplant and flower??!? hmm... pics!@#!!!

good day riu! hope all is well

My 4 lil babies are 36 days old, cfls, soil, occasional ff grow big.

pH is the problem i think... the three smaller ones have yellow bottom leaves. but look good other than that... I watered and fert two days ago.. the yellow seems to have stopped spreading but the bottom leave are just crumbling away.. ahhh!! pH was about 7 and the water was 5.8-6.0 in pH

The odd thing is that the biggest one has the least amount to light (5 cfls, 2 being 2500k and 14w, 3 being 5000k and 25w) and has ZERO problems with discoloration... ALL have the same soil and water/fert schedule.. Oh, and for learning purposes I transplanted from seedlings to:

the 3 problem childs are living in about 2-3 gal pots
the big baby that is problem free was initially the weakest link so I put it straight into a 5gal pot from seedling.
(I water the 5gal less frequently than the smaller ones)

My pH meter may just be shitty tho, it was about $10 from lowes.
I say this bc all the soils read pH 7+ and the big baby in the 5gal pot reads a pH of a rather BASIC 7.5- almost 8!!!?

SO, If its not pH then I dunno wtf the problem in with the lil bushy babes..
All the soil is mg, added perlite, and vermiculite

DO you pros here on this glorious website suggest that I transplant the lil guys into 5gal pots and start flowering soon?
my room is 4x4x6 with 6 being the apex, but its an attic grow so the top slants down from 6 feet to about 2.5-3 feet.

In preparation for transplant I created a new soil mix, and is as follows:

1) NEW bag of SOIL MIX
This soil is a pre mix soil and is the 52 mix from Fafard
--It is a mix of soil (birch i think), small portions of: vermiculite, sphagnum peat moss, and perlite.
-- this makes up ABOUT HALF OF THE TOTAL mix i made, probably slighlty less than half
2) I then added more peat moss.. 1/4 of total mix

3) Also added to the mix, 2 quarts bag of perlite, a good deal more vermiculite, some dolomite lime, and some epsom salt(about 1/2 cup)

OH, and I got real lifted the other night and just for the hell of it added a double portion FF tiger bloom to 1 quart water and sprayed it in the new soil while mixing the whole time... DUNNO IF THAT WAS A GOOD CALL??
whatcha think?
should I add anything else to the new soil

so... yea.. thats all I can think of for this thread..

Sorry about the lenngthy text but I know some pros really do read it all!! tryna be as informative as I can...

THANKS for the help in advance and may whatever believe in bless you for the tips/rips!!!
AZ

36 days from sprout
about 40 from start of seed germination

Pretty sweet CFL set up you got there. Just curious whats the temp like in there?

thanks man,

i insulated the room best i could, and now since the outside temp is gettin hotter its getting a lil hard to control.
On average the temp stays at about high 70's-85 max... Im dedicating today to help counter that high temp tho..

if you transplant wait a couple week before flowering. the roots grow most in veg so you want them to grow into the new soil before flowering

needs nitrogen

ROFLhacks said:

needs nitrogen

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thats what I was thinking as well... I added some coffee grounds (good N source), about a week/week n a half ago.. and have fertilized w/ ff grow big two times since initially noticing the yellowing... the fert is 6-4-4 think I need something with a higher % Nitrogen?

tusseltussel said:

if you transplant wait a couple week before flowering. the roots grow most in veg so you want them to grow into the new soil before flowering

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thanks, so basically needa transplant today!!

My new soil mix look good for flowering??

just a thought pre-transplant...

I saw a root fert at the hydro store the other day... maybe mis that in with my soil in a low dose?

anyone else have anything to add?
questions/comments greatly encouraged!!!

be nice, neutral, or mean as hell.. Ill be happy with anything.. Im high, semi-bored, and am gardening/pondering all day!!!

Your mother was a hamster and your father reeks of elderberries

Astral Zoom said:

anyone else have anything to add?
questions/comments greatly encouraged!!!

be nice, neutral, or mean as hell.. Ill be happy with anything.. Im high, semi-bored, and am gardening/pondering all day!!!

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I never heard of using coffee grounds, you probably shouldn't do that. I'd up if not double your nute dosage.

ROFLhacks said:

I never heard of using coffee grounds, you probably shouldn't do that. I'd up if not double your nute dosage.

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Ill up dosage on one and see the outcome. And yea, plants love coffee grounds in moderation! High Nitrogen and it helps lower pH if you need it too... Again, I only did the coffee to one plant and its fairing a tad better than the other two..