Somebody please help a little old lady

One do look like a female to me and looks nice...I'll let the growing stars on this site to led you though..But i will sub you journal...I'm over 50 older than you ..I'm growing my meds..why not?smile welcome ............." So there you have it, how I went from being a fine upstanding law-abiding citizen to a dangerous stone-cold criminal. So far, no black sedans with men in sunglasses drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes parked across the street. I've been watching for them. " .....Funny stuff you are halarious....hehehe

Okay, thanks to all for the replies, esp. bigfattone for making me feel extra welcome and warlock for the specific and detailed advice. I'll keep it short from now on. I thought from reading one of the FAQ's ya'll wanted all of the details.

I wasn't quite sure if the advice was for both plants or just the one that looked sick, so I only flushed the sick one. I forgot to say in original post it doesn't have miracle-gro anymore, I got rid of it when I transplanted. (Big one still does.) Only earthworm castings mix and organic garden soil, 50/50. I've added coffee grounds, mostly just sick one, when I have more grounds, I'll add more to the big plant. I assume I should feed tomato fertilizer to both? The bottom leaves on the big one are starting to turn yellow in the last couple days (but no brown-black little spots on veins like little plant). I'm guessing N deficiency, too? Finally, since bugs are under control, they are back together, sharing 135W LED bloom and 125W feliz 2700K CFL.

I still can't believe these are the "tall weeds" that some friends of mine back in KY stumbled onto growing between their rows of corn. They removed the plants, and the following morning they found all their cows had been shot. marijuana is allegedly the largest cash crop in KY. I would hear that much would be grown in the Daniel Boone National Forest, hardly native conditions. I'm finding my two fussier than the other things I grow in my garden. But then really the big one is doing pretty well and the little one got off to a bad start (maybe genetically weak seed that Darwin meant to be culled?) so maybe they aren't so bad after all. It couldn't possibly be that I'm a failure as a parent to my little green children, too. Still, does anybody else appreciate that they can't talk to complain?

Originally Posted by Lululady

Recently Plant One has had some 1/4 strength 10-15-10, foliar, and had a soil feeding a while back. Otherwise, nothing else.

Plant Two same as above but has had MgSO4 also recently, and Milk of Magnesia (MgOH, ph was 4).

Why on earth did you apply Milk of Magnesia? Especially such a low pH on soil? It should be ok, just don't do that anymore. Epsom Salts is something different and ok to apply every now and then.

Both have been planted in 1/2 Miracle Gro and 1/2 potting mixture w/bacteria, worm castings, etc.

I wouldn't flush or do anything crazy, yet. That mix looks moist enough. Are you doing organics, or sorta organics?

Looks like something might be noshing on plant#1. They don't look all that bad, if you don't fix/love them to death. I don't see any emergency.

Can't tell sex with my old eyes, but looks like you have some alternating nodes, so they will show soon.

Do you garden or anything?

Wet

i looked at your soil lovely lady and i'm thinking you have a lot of good stuff in it, but it is dense and with little O2 at the root zone. that is why you have spots with rings. a better mix with more perlite would have eliminated the lack of O2. you can transplant into a lighter mix still. don't be afraid. just cut back the plant a little to make up for any root loss. ezpz. i can't see any signs of sex yet. you may see male preflowers before you see signs of female preflowers as that is the genetic makeup of cannabis. males flower first. just remember this if you forget everything else. the soil has to be moist, fertile AND well drained. don't go overboard on nutes. it's a slippery slope. good luck.

That's funny, I was wondering if drainage might be an issue. I even picked up some perlite today. It must be ESP, or maybe we're soulmates or something . When I repotted the smaller one, I didn't use any Miracle-gro, that cut way back on the Perlite. I've noticed it's taking longer to dry out than the bigger plant. I got another plastic pot now, too, so I'll change it out of the clay pot it's in, too. That thing is really heavy to haul around.

I poked around the net and looked at more pics of nute problems and feel no more enlightened. Just as I think I might have found one of my problems I'll find another site that will have info that rules it out. My big plant has a couple fans that have a new problem as of yesterday. I give up. Hopefully the coffee grounds will fix it up. Coffee does wonders for me. But I did get it narrowed down to one of 8 different things.

Cool kitty avatar, Dannyboy!

Just saw this reply. I don't know how I missed it. Too late, I already flushed the little one, and today added transplanted and added perlite. Poor thing just probably wants to be left alone now. So far it looks none the worse for wear. If anything a little better, but the transplant was a rough one. I swear the roots were crazy glued to the pot. Maybe in the morning it won't be looking quite so well anymore. But its draining great!

Yeah, I garden. Though not necessarily well. Sometimes I kill things. I added the Milk of Magnesia to bring the pH down fast, without having to add anything to the mix except Mg. Hey, it worked pretty well. The pH has stayed right around 6.5 ever since. And it was 4.

ok .. as most Ppl. in here I did`t read it all (most tho)

and yea dont feel bad about your ages ..
my mom (63) dont grow but thinks its realy cool I do .. she is like one of them 69`r who smoked her self back then ..

seems like you had a lot of problems going on with your plants .. but hopefully most of them is fixd ?

Im a fist time (indoor) grower myself and found this link very usefull ..

http://www.420magazine.com/forums/ho...need-know.html

best of luck and keep it simple and try to use logic (plant logic)
and remember even tho ther is a lot of realy nice and helpfull Ppl. in here and other places and some might be great gatners/growers ther are also a lot of missguided/bad/nubish advice on the net .. dont belive evrything you read .. get as much info as possible and then make up your own mind based on all your new knoleges ..

Pretty big post but I managed to skim through it and I think I may be able to help you out

And getting tracked is way easier than most people think, everyone's internet has a special IP address to it so that address only needs to be traced. Fortunately cops usually like making big busts, they usually aren't looking for small timers like the people on this forum because we're usually just people who have a hobby and enjoy what we do. They're usually looking for people connected to other more serious crimes. Anyway

Your first plant looks beautiful, especially for a first time grow. I love the training that you've done to it and your prior gardening experience will be a blessing for you, but it can also be a bit of a curse because it's a little different in a lot of ways. marijuana is in fact a weed, but think of a marijuana plant as a child. ANYONE can grow one, but without knowing what the plant needs and making sure you provide everything for it then the plant will turn into crap. There are a few things to consider though. marijuana loves soil that is light and airy, if you give them a coco/perlite mix they'll take off! If you can get Fox Farm soil then mix that up with the coco/perlite. Miracle Grow tends to have time released ferts in them which may explain some of the problems you're having now. Another thing to consider is that some strains are extremely sensitive with their pH levels and NPK levels where as other strains are just as forgiving. It's possible that your problem plant was just a bad seed or it's a finicky strain.

Your plants also don't look like they're flowering just yet, so the particular nutrient mix you're using isn't good for veg. That's actually a pretty good mix for the transition from veg to flower (if diluted of course), but I'd definitely go with something that has more nitrogen during veg and something with more phosphorus and potassium in flower. During veg, marijuana plants need lots of nitrogen. Either attempt to find yourself a good nitrogen fertilizer or try making your own compost tea with bat guano and earthworm castings, there are plenty of great recipes on here for compost teas and they don't burn the plant like chemical fertilizers. Do your best to flush the plant and start feeding with food high in N and give it less P and K.

Also how's your ventilation in your grow room? Do you have an intake and an outtake? Do you have fans circulating in there? Your one plant looks really healthy and the stem is huge so I'm guessing you at least have some fans in there which is good. But make sure it's also properly ventilated and cooled if it's too hot in there. And if bugs ever start giving you a problem, just boil up some cayenne peppers with some garlic and onion and dilute it with a bit of water and then spray the hell out of your plant with it. The bugs will die trying to eat your plants

Those are just a few things, I hope I helped you out in some way. Keep growing your plants out and researching these forums, this way your next grow will be better. They always get better, just keep having fun with it and doing research and asking questions and you'll get it