went throught the same thing. as long as you didnt rip off the main root, you should be fine, just let your plant recover. and to sex just wait untill your area has 12/12 sun and darkness.im a new grower and ive been growing for 2.5 weeks...for this being my first time all im using is some soil and regular sun light im doin 14hrs sun 10 no sun i was wondering how i can save my girls im not sure which one is female and which one is male..the first two that came up were white seeds the third was a black ive named them mary, jane, and dopey...i just transferred them into a bigger pot.i tore off two of the plants roots..is that a problem. the other plant still has roots attached and i replanted it...what should i do to save them?
Welcome to RIU!Hi,
Just checkin in.
Got my first grow in a closet, with 5 plants (bag seed).
2 of them about 3 weeks old, up to 5 inches 3 nodes.
3 at 2 weeks old with 2 nodes ready to transplant two of em, the third one is a runt.
Have had PH issues (working in that with a little vinegar water), heat issues with 8-27 watt cfls and two 45 watt cfls.The 45 watters are in the red spectrum and 7 of the 27 watters are blue, with one lonely 27 watter in red spectrum. I cut a hole in the wall and put in a vent a placed a fan against the vent to draw out the air, with another fan at the opposite end of the closet to push the air towards the vent fan. I also have a smaller fan hung next to my lights also pushing air toward the vent fan. This set-up lowered my temps from 100 degrees f to 88 f. Who knew that cfls got so hot!
I will be switching to a 600 watt hps for flower and will run the blue spectrum cfls with it to get a bit of uvb spectrum.
I am using soil with bat guano, worm castings, blood meal, bone meal, miracle grow, perlite, and a bit of epsom salts.
I have been feeding with a 1/4 strength solution of fish emulsion (yuk) and liquid seaweed.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I've also done a soil nute test and found all of my levels to be good except for my high PH (7.7) and low phosphorus, I am guessing that the low phos. may not be too bad for veg. but disastrous for flower.
Should be good, keep your plants short.yo im new to rollitup and indoor growing. just asking is a 400w metal halide overkill for 5 young plants?
You should check out the grow room design threads and then try to plan out a good ventilation system for your set-up. Once you get a plan post it and people will help.hey; i just joined. but like 2 weeks ago i started growing. and i know i'm in the early stages but i heard something about needing ventilation; and i'm pretty stumped on how i'm supposed to do that. so if you guys could give me some tips; that'd be great : )
Your plants have had no light for four days?I have a question. I just started growing a couple plants in a closet / cabinet set up. They're only four days old and there a little less than an inch high. For the past four days they've been sitting in the dark, that is unless I've gotten them out to check up on them.
My question is how do i know when my plants are ready for a lighting cycle such as 18/6? The leaves haven't really fanned out yet, so do i wait for that or can i just get them in the rhythm earlier?
I'm starting them under some pretty potent LED's then ill be switching them to a MH setup. Let me know when its good to start lighting your plants.
-Thanks