First Grow Day 3

Do they look like happy plants?

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Mello136

Mello136

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Barely seeing any growth at all. Nutes at 1/2 of recommended veg nutes and 1 tbsp molasses to 1 gallon of water. watering every 2-4 days (alternating feed/plain water). 128w 8440 lumens 65k (2 are 27k). Temps been constant at 72 give or take 5 degrees (heat wave brought it up to 81 for 2 days didnt seem to bother the girls). Rh at 50% give or take 5%. PH 6.7-7.0 for the most part (once had a bizarre reading like 1.3 so i blamed it on the tester and retested) 2 fans blowing above each plant. Plants are about 6-8 in tall and about 5 in diameter (roughly). Other info would probably be lights were about 3 in away (moved to 6 in for better heat control) and plants are in fairly large pots.
 
hbbum

hbbum

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The last thing in your post is likely the culprit. If I start in big pots, they always grow slower up front while the roots are exploring.

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Mello136

Mello136

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hbbum said:
The last thing in your post is likely the culprit. If I start in big pots, they always grow slower up front while the roots are exploring.

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That means I am ok then right? Their exploring their tidy cats buckets lol. I'm going to call this grow "Kitty Litter". LMFAO
 
lowryderlove

lowryderlove

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Mello136 said:
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Barely seeing any growth at all. Nutes at 1/2 of recommended veg nutes and 1 tbsp molasses to 1 gallon of water. watering every 2-4 days (alternating feed/plain water). 128w 8440 lumens 65k (2 are 27k). Temps been constant at 72 give or take 5 degrees (heat wave brought it up to 81 for 2 days didnt seem to bother the girls). Rh at 50% give or take 5%. PH 6.7-7.0 for the most part (once had a bizarre reading like 1.3 so i blamed it on the tester and retested) 2 fans blowing above each plant. Plants are about 6-8 in tall and about 5 in diameter (roughly). Other info would probably be lights were about 3 in away (moved to 6 in for better heat control) and plants are in fairly large pots.
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Picture one looks like it has some mold in the pot. Maybe I am just very high and seeing it wrong lol. 128W for a how many plants? That would be good for one maybe two plants. Also -- I have never seen your light setup on how close they are during most of the time. If you wouldn't mind could you snap a pic so we can see. It's still progress none-the-less brother! I am too high to go snap a pic of my plants right now. I don't think I did today at all LOL. plus the lights are already out lol... bsy day.
 
Mello136

Mello136

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lowryderlove said:
Picture one looks like it has some mold in the pot. Maybe I am just very high and seeing it wrong lol. 128W for a how many plants? That would be good for one maybe two plants. Also -- I have never seen your light setup on how close they are during most of the time. If you wouldn't mind could you snap a pic so we can see. It's still progress none-the-less brother! I am too high to go snap a pic of my plants right now. I don't think I did today at all LOL. plus the lights are already out lol... bsy day.
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2 plants in the closet the rest are outside. Not worried to much about them. Want to get this inside grow going. It's not mold, it's ground up eggshells for calcium. LOL. Pics up in about 5 min. Lights usually at 3in but i raised them to 6 in due to a rise in heat last 2 days.
 
Mello136

Mello136

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She's at 81.6. Decided on maximizing the amount of light I have by keeping only one plant under them. So, "kitty litter" is under 128w 8,440 lumens 65k and 27k (3:1 ratio) top of plant is 3 in from the lights.
 
jartlow

jartlow

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Mello136 said:
Any training?
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Actually no. But kind of. I topped one, did small lollipoping on two (the nute burnt ones), and left the main one alone to do a side by side. The topped one ended up being male and was discarded. I'll probably top if not scrog next time if I continue. I do feel that these are rather small.
 
Mello136

Mello136

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jartlow said:
Actually no. But kind of. I topped one, did small lollipoping on two (the nute burnt ones), and left the main one alone to do a side by side. The topped one ended up being male and was discarded. I'll probably top if not scrog next time if I continue. I do feel that these are rather small.
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I'm thinking of scrog for next time, maybe some LST (the same thing in essence)
 
lowryderlove

lowryderlove

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They are so yellow mellow. They are way better than your previous attempts but at this point there is something else wrong that we aren't quite pin-pointing.

They should be huge gorgeous ladies by now, and looking at the pic makes me wonder whats up.

I urgently suggest you get a HID light. It's hot where your growing already and the CFLs so far away aren't doing any favors. If you have to have a far away light a 150 W HPS or similar at same distance would give you better bang for buck.

I dont know the strain but she seems short and streched out and not very sturdy. At 41 days or so that stem shoudl be really thick and she should already show sexual maturity.

The plants in yor post above the one on top of mine are what I am talking about. The one up abvoe my post looks a bit better.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?
 
Mello136

Mello136

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Well we were having heat issues and the size of the pot I started in had to do with it as well. Soon, I will have a better light coming in. Possibly Tuesday. Hopefully that will help get us more shoots! They have been growing but extreeeeeemely slooooww. Oh and the yellowing is more camera and pot reflections. She's not dark green or yellow, more in the middle. 3rd picture made it look really yellow.
 
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