First off, today, my plant is 5 weeks old, at 9.5 centimeters.
Why is it growing so slow? Haven't given it any nutes yet either. AS you can see, there are some brown blotches on the bottom left leaf. Whats casuing this?



A closeup of the branch:



Another pic.



Whats wrong with my shit?

i would say if that is your light in the back round its toofar away. what kind of light are u using? if its a cfl get it about 1-2'' away from your plant. i have a plant about the same age its not that tall yet.its getting its fith set of leaves and only about 2'' tall how many lums you got i have 7900. with a 150w cfl. and it looks kinda droopyhow offen do you water? do u have a water meter if not get 1 u might be over watering it. but get the light closer

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for one its overwatered

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Nonono, that isn't my grow area, i have a grow box for that, I just took the plant out and put it on my computer desk to take the pictures. I got 2 CFL's, 2 1 foot fluorescent tubes, and 2 PC fans as the intake/outake exausts for my growbox. Yes, I was overwatering, I've realized that. I've now spread my waterings a few days apart. Their lookin not as drooopy already. What i'm wondering is, what are those brown blotches? And is my slow growth rate uncommon? And would the ovewatering have cause the slow growth?

For 5 weeks it looks rather small.

What soil are you using?

What are the N-P-K levels of the soil?

How is the drainage of your soil?

CFM of your exhaust fan?

Any pics of your grow box/way lights are set up?

Temps?

Do you pH your water?

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I just thought of something. Could it be root bound? Becuase it literally stopped growing, and its kinda droopy after I spread out my watering cycle, so its not overwatering anymore. What are signs that its root-bound? If so, I guess it's time to trans-plant now eh? AND i can see the roots through the bottom drain holes, I'm pretty sure its root bound, fuck it, i'm transplanting to a bigger pot. See if that remedies it.

You could try transplanting but, your not giving it any nutes? How come no one commented on that...

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If it has a fairly a large drainage hole in the bottom you might be able to see the roots growing next to it or into it, and droopy leaves with sufficient watering is a sign of being root bound, in the second pic there it does look like a nutrient problem. I'd transplant regardless into some regular potting soil with pearlite or something for drainage.

I'm kinda new to this growing scene, but I've done my research, spent countless hours reading growguide after grow guide, I went through almost all the archives of this forum reading old posts back almost 2 years, and on many other forums. One area that's still kinda gray to me is nutrients, I'm strapped for cash, like a very TIGHT budget. I know ferts will only costs a few bucks a bottle. So tell me, what should I look for at my local garden centre? Give me the best and worst nutes I could buy.

for a cheap nute that you can buy at home depot or lowes; try cactus juice.

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