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Just wanted to say hi to everyone and to see what may be going wrong with my plants. I am growing outdoors, I have about 6 plants, 3 in 2 gallon pots that seem to be doing ok but do have some spots that look I guess like rust spots , but the leaves look like they are doing good besides that, can anyone tell me what may be causeing the spotting??

the other plants I have yet to transplant and I think that is the cause of the tops to start dying and the leaves to turn down, is this correct?

I water every 2 days, and fert.. every week with mirical grow ( the blue stuff that ya add to water ) . is this a good thing to do ? as I am a first time grower. the stage they are in, guessing the best way to tell you is AT THE FIVE LEAF stage with new tops growing.

any advice from anyone would be great, thanks.

wampuscat said:

Just wanted to say hi to everyone and to see what may be going wrong with my plants. I am growing outdoors, I have about 6 plants, 3 in 2 gallon pots that seem to be doing ok but do have some spots that look I guess like rust spots , but the leaves look like they are doing good besides that, can anyone tell me what may be causeing the spotting??

the other plants I have yet to transplant and I think that is the cause of the tops to start dying and the leaves to turn down, is this correct?

I water every 2 days, and fert.. every week with mirical grow ( the blue stuff that ya add to water ) . is this a good thing to do ? as I am a first time grower. the stage they are in, guessing the best way to tell you is AT THE FIVE LEAF stage with new tops growing.

any advice from anyone would be great, thanks.

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By five leaf stage do u mean 5 sets of nodes? Nodes are the spots where the leaves grow in sets off of the main stem. If you are using 2 gallon pots you should only water about every 4 to 6 days depending on how hot the environment is. The key is to keep the soil kind of loose when you transplant, and then if u stick ur fingers in about 3 inches down and its dry, then u need to water. Ur babies are about the same size as mine I think, so if the plant looks thirsty u can add a cup or so of water closer to the stem (not right around close, you dont want the stem to stay wet). But make sure you are pHing your water! Good Luck on ur grow man!

I guess nodes, I am new to this and learning the term.. of what things are called. 5 nodes mean a 5 bladed looking leaf ? I read the page about plant probs and think its my water, I have forgotten to let it set out b4 I water, I will start doing that. I am going to have to get some pH level testing stuff, can you give me some hints on what to get or need?

thanks for ya help

Ok this new site is fucking me up? how do I start a new thread???

wampuscat said:

I guess nodes, I am new to this and learning the term.. of what things are called. 5 nodes mean a 5 bladed looking leaf ? I read the page about plant probs and think its my water, I have forgotten to let it set out b4 I water, I will start doing that. I am going to have to get some pH level testing stuff, can you give me some hints on what to get or need?

thanks for ya help

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The bladed (or serrated) leaves are called fan leaves. The place where the sets of leaves grow out from the stem are called nodes. While the plants are little, these leaves will sprout straight across from each other. When they are mature, the nodes will sprout in an alternating pattern on the stem. I don't ever leave my water sitting out, not that it's bad. I got my pH tester at the local hydro shop for like $7. Make sure the pH levels on the tester range from about 5 to about 8.5. Optimum pH level is 6.5. If your pH is too low, just add a little baking soda and retest. If your pH is too high, just add a little bit of vinegar and retest. (Just a little bit of vinegar). You can use "pH up" or "pH down" which can be bought at the grow shop also, but it's alot more expensive.

A big hi too everyone on here!

Ok first off Im new here and I have been growing for around 2 years. My set up consists off a 1.70 metre high by 75x75 budbox, 400watt hps grolux with a pro ultra reflector and 2 4 " fans with acoustic ducting and rhino filter.

I have grown Diesel lowrider twice
Top 44
Sweettooth
Cheese from clone ( i found in my mates bathroom )
Sharkshock from Mr nice seeds

I had no problems part from one strain Sharkshock. I started these in January this year and there all but finished it said 7-9 week but these have taken me 5 months to grow.
I had major problems with these seeds i dont know if it was the time off year or the plant genetics. Out of 15 seeds 6 germinated and looked healthy throught the grow period which was 4 weeks
I normally veg for 2 week then straight into flower. Anyway after i switch it to 12/12 they took another month to show their sex thankfully they were all girls. After around 3-4 week of flowering 2 started growing weird and what i mean by that is they resembled ferral weed.
I kept a close eye on them trying everything from flushing, low fert feeding, stress releivers and so on eventually i had to kill them. My reasoning for the mutation/ferral plants was put down to poor genetics or stress in the early stages any more ideas on this would be helpful.
For the four that were left i harvested 2 out of four because they matured alot faster than the others i got an ounce from both plants. These plants resembled Lowriders or dwarfs because of their size both where 50-65cm.
I have one plant drying and one plant that is getting chopped for drying today.
I will post some pics of the 2 when they are ready.


Peace


MCHammerBash69

hi new to this game growing that is been smoking 15 years lost 1 lung thriught it still smoking away tho thought id try a little tree party for my self but could do with bit ov advive if any one can help right ill start by saying im on week 4 ov flowering 2 cheese , and 4 hawiian snow , plants there about 3 and half to 4 feet high with buds all over the place glowing away im on 12/12 hour lights i was using dutch pro original bloom hydro/cocos a nd b for the first 3 to 4 weeks ov veg then turned em to flower gradully then stop using the dutchpro and went on to just canna boost forlast 4 weeks ov flowering my babies are looking great all loverly green with huge buds growing but and heres my but 1 plant out ov the 4 snow plants is going a bit yellow but all the others 3 snow and 2 cheese are doing great now heres my question can i just use canna boost all theway through flowering and on its own just the boost and water till i find them ready to flush for the last step or do i need to put somet with the boost i no boost goes great with pk13/14 but do i really need it there looking fat and sweet at 4 weeks apart from the 1 plant i mentioned is the 1 plant going yellowish for a main reason or is it just a dummy out ov the lot as its the skinniest and least branches and leaves and buds as the others can u help me or am i just worring over 1 dummy and thats it or will the rest go yellowish if i dont feed somet else with the boost the others dont look like there gunna change from loverly green but will they if i dont add owt with the boost or can i stop worrying and carry on feeding boost only and kee;p an eye on em ill post some pictures asap ov the party in a tent

Welcome to the thread boostiful! Just a quick tip though, if you use punctuation and forget the slang like "ov" you will get more responses. The people on here don't respond to stuff that is hard to read. Good luck on your grow!

hi im new here and have a quick question and wanted to know if anyone else had this issue....
two breeds one ww and the other church both stayed in the cotyledon stage for 3 wks and now the only one actually starting to grow the "true" leaves (serrated) ones is the church.
started them in jiffy seed starting mix then after 2 and a half wks of not growing i moved them to ff ocean soil and the church finally started to sprout new growth
all of the environmental factors were and should have been perfect for growth i.e. plenty of light, right amount of water, pH is at 6.6-6.8, proper ventilation etc...

just wanted to know if anyone had ever experienced this super slow growth and what they did to correct it or should the grow just be scratched

theyre now almost a month old (not dead) and are still in seedling stage, they look healthy too.... this is just freakin weird P.S. sorry dont have any pics but just imagine a seedling in the cotyledon stage and green slightly yellow with two serrated leaves about .5 cm and a deep green (and about 3 cm in height for the church and 2 for the ww and the ww has only two little hairs for serrated leaves

The bladed (or serrated) leaves are called fan leaves. The place where the sets of leaves grow out from the stem are called nodes. While the plants are little, these leaves will sprout straight across from each other. When they are mature, the nodes will sprout in an alternating pattern on the stem. I don't ever leave my water sitting out, not that it's bad. I got my pH tester at the local hydro shop for like $7. Make sure the pH levels on the tester range from about 5 to about 8.5. Optimum pH level is 6.5. If your pH is too low, just add a little baking soda and retest. If your pH is too high, just add a little bit of vinegar and retest. (Just a little bit of vinegar). You can use "pH up" or "pH down" which can be bought at the grow shop also, but it's alot more expensive.

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thanks , that is just what I needed to know, very nicely explained and easy to understand.

about the water sitting out, I read that somewhere, that if you are on city water, to let it sit out side or in a window seal for a day, to let the clorine and some other things out, not sure if thats true or not.

wampuscat said:

thanks , that is just what I needed to know, very nicely explained and easy to understand.

about the water sitting out, I read that somewhere, that if you are on city water, to let it sit out side or in a window seal for a day, to let the clorine and some other things out, not sure if thats true or not.

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I heard the same thing in reference to the water used for germination, but I'm sure it's a good idea for your setup too.

ive lived in two cities and have left 5 gal of water out to use then used tap water on half if it made a diference the plants didnt show it

ok my freind thanks for the advice now do u have any real hints and tips that might help please some advice thats y were here int it not just to see who can spell or not any real advice or hint and tips any useful grower can help with many thanks for ur reply tho greatly received just wish u had better advice for me and on the subject this site is used for growing not how to teach people to spell correctly well love to some real advice please anyone out there who can help or am i really on the wrong site

boostiful said:

ok my freind thanks for the advice now do u have any real hints and tips that might help please some advice thats y were here int it not just to see who can spell or not any real advice or hint and tips any useful grower can help with many thanks for ur reply tho greatly received just wish u had better advice for me and on the subject this site is used for growing not how to teach people to spell correctly well love to some real advice please anyone out there who can help or am i really on the wrong site

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What would you like to know? What stage are you in? How many and what strain?

ok my freind to say u found a couple or more spelling mistakes not bad to say u didnt even read it properly right ill say again im in week 4 ov flowering 2 blue cheese and 4 hawiian snow there about 3and half foot to nearlly 4 foot high they are all spot on but one is going yellow plus its very skinny and hardly any branches on it to say its nearlly 4 foot plus the 2 cheese and 3 ov the snow are looking great budding away just the 1 snow out ov all six is nearlly all yellow plus very branchless and only bout 5 little buds on it the stem is about 5 mil thick so its well astablished they were in veg for just 4 weeks then veg for last 4 weeks do u think it may be a herme or just not a good 1 to start with its budding but not like the others they are fat and loaded with buds the snow is a sativa shall i dump it and get the space saved for the other 5 or let it carry on or wot any advice given greatly received u can see in my pictures ov them there all nice and green just that 1 plant

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thanks you 2, that helps me with what I wanted to know

Hey everyone I just joined and I have a few questions/uncertainties that you guys might be able to clarify. I'm about 2 weeks into my first grow, here is a pretty good approximation what I am using:

Soil: 3/5 Miracle Grow Organic, 1/5 perlite, 1/5 sphagnum peat moss
Lights: Two 2' Cool Blue Fluorescents (placed about 5 in. from plants), also using tin foil around lights to make them more efficient bc i know this isnt a whole lot of light to work with


Main things I'm worried about are 1. Will my plants get enough nutrients? I bought some 30-10-10 (NPK) fert just in case but havent used it yet. I've also thought about using rainwater i heard it is high in nitrogen and has some othe trace elements. 2. Do i need to worry about the soil's pH? (I read that perlite is slightly basic and might level it.) I'm on a low budget and really dont want to spend a lot on a pH tester.


Thanks for any advice guys, lovin the site too!

New member here folks! Been lurking for awhile and came across some GREAT info. Hope to return the favor!

MidMo420 said:

Hey everyone I just joined and I have a few questions/uncertainties that you guys might be able to clarify. I'm about 2 weeks into my first grow, here is a pretty good approximation what I am using:

Soil: 3/5 Miracle Grow Organic, 1/5 perlite, 1/5 sphagnum peat moss
Lights: Two 2' Cool Blue Fluorescents (placed about 5 in. from plants), also using tin foil around lights to make them more efficient bc i know this isnt a whole lot of light to work with


Main things I'm worried about are 1. Will my plants get enough nutrients? I bought some 30-10-10 (NPK) fert just in case but havent used it yet. I've also thought about using rainwater i heard it is high in nitrogen and has some othe trace elements. 2. Do i need to worry about the soil's pH? (I read that perlite is slightly basic and might level it.) I'm on a low budget and really dont want to spend a lot on a pH tester.


Thanks for any advice guys, lovin the site too!

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If your sprouties r still little (about 5 in or so), then u have plenty of fert. I'm using an MG 4:1 w/ perlite, and my soil is a little hot. Yes, u need to worry about pH. I bought my pH tester at the local hydro shop for 7 bucks. Instead of using pH up and pH down to adjust it (that is very expensive) just use baking soda to raise it and vinegar to take it down. It takes just a couple drops of vinegar tho. Your pH should be at 6.5. I tested mine and it was higher than 8.5... That would have severely decreased plant growth if I had used it.