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JN811 said:

looking pretty good man.. I think ur using a bit too much nitrogen though, thats whats causing the leaves to be slightly clawed..

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Cheers JN TBH it's just a general hydro nutrient that i'm using and cant really adjust the amount of any particular part of it.

This is what i'm using



The NPK on the bottle says 10/5/15 I was using Formulex up until this week when I changed over to this stuff, it was recommended by the tech guys at growell.co.uk

I think it looks really nice, can't wait to get ours going

DevilishlyKatt said:

I think it looks really nice, can't wait to get ours going

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I'm looking forward to seeing you two's grow too, it's really exciting isn't it?

Hay folks seem to be having some issues with my baby. I don't know if this is the same problem I have been having with over watering or not. What do you think?

The leaves seem to have brown marks on them but only on the old growth not the new.



Could this be a nitrogen problem as JN811 suggested? or do I really need to get a timer quick smart to get this over watering under control. The growell tech guys said I shouldn't need a timer on the pump but others on here have suggested that I do.

I'm confused.

BU5T4 said:

I'm looking forward to seeing you two's grow too, it's really exciting isn't it?

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Yeah, we have a lot of other stuff growing in the house too, but this is just a whole other level of fun

DevilishlyKatt said:

Yeah, we have a lot of other stuff growing in the house too, but this is just a whole other level of fun

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Well i'm growing my MJ and a mustard plant that feeds my bearded dragon. Just chop it and it re-grows back. The beardies love it.

No, it's from the nute burn you had. Once you do damage to the plant like that, the damage is permanant. That's why you look to the new growth, to know if the problem has been corrected. You don't have a Nitrogen problem.

dam man looks like it could be as if summ of the food u use for them has splashed up on the leaf and killed the Chlorophyll in that sector of the plant or u could just have over reactive xanthophylls and carotenoids but dont wanna get to tec for now lets just say that i recon its a bern but im only a neewb lol keep us posted in very interested .

Thanks guys/gals yeh the new growth doesnt seem to have any of that on it so I dont think i'll worry about it too much.

Can too much air blowing against your plants leaves damage it? Just a thought as a few of my leaves seem a little dry. Should I be spraying them with water or foliage feeder like you do with other types of plants?

those spots are nute burn. I said too much nitrogen may be causing ur leaves to claw, which is a seperate issue. They look fine now just keep an eye on it..

From what I've seen, the only way too much air can hurt your plants, is if it's too cold, too hot, or too strong (bending/breaking them). Otherwise, no. You can spray them - some do. If they are getting enough feed through the roots though, no lockout, you don't need to.

i found that spraying the plants will diss collour them coz of the clorine in the h2o in uk fudg noes wot they putting in our drinking suply thats y i drink goood old beer lol pitty plants cant have a brewsky with me lol

LOL thanks folks i'll avoid the spraying and just keep the fans running constant until I can get my new grow tent and have more control over my temps.

Thanks for all the advice I really appreciate it.

I'll be adding some new pics shortly, my plant seems to have taken another spirt of growth and now seems to be giving off a very mj type smell, is this normal for a mj plant that is only 3 weeks old?

Yep - so far, every strain I've grown has begun to give off that smell around three weeks of age. The stronger it is now, the stronger it'll be in flower.

DoeEyed said:

Yep - so far, every strain I've grown has begun to give off that smell around three weeks of age. The stronger it is now, the stronger it'll be in flower.

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Ah sweet thats good to know, Thats me just hit week 4. Is there any limit as to how long to veg for? As far as I know from what I have read it is all about space restrictions and I still have a good 4 feet left to play with.

Here is a couple of updated pics, as you can see I have added some mylar to the top of the nft tank as I noticed when I did my nutrient change that there was some green growth where the other holes are and I thought by covering it with mylar this would stop this.





I also noticed a couple of leaves where struggling to get light as the other leaves where blocking them and they had wilted somewhat. So the mylar at the bottom should hopefully reflect some light upwards and resolve this issue and so far so good. The leaves that were wilted have perked up and I have also turned the tank round so the plant is getting light slightly differently.

What do you think so far? Seems to be lots of new growth and it has bushed up somewhat too.

Would it be wise to trim some of the leaves that are blocking the light from the lower leaves? at the moment I just tucked them down under the other leaves but I reckon they will just pop back up again.

Oh yeah I also added a circular air stone to the nutrient tank to add some more oxygen to the nutrient solution, don't know if this will make much of a difference but I thought it was worth a try.

Looks really nice!

DevilishlyKatt said:

Looks really nice!

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Thanks Katt

Extra air is always good. She looks lovely! No - do not trim off the leaves! If there are one or two she doesn't need, she'll drop them herself! Once you start to flower - you'll have more space between those nodes, and she won't be so crowded. As for height - plan on her stretching to roughly 3x her height, when you switch. So I wouldn't let her get any taller than say, 10"-12". That will give you about a three foot plant. If you didn't have the space restriction, then no, there really isn't any restriction. People keep their mother plants in veg sometimes for years, the same plant.

Looks good! I need to cart a freaking wardrobe upstairs from the shed b4 we can start but with a broken arm that just aignt happening on my own haha

DoeEyed said:

Extra air is always good. She looks lovely! No - do not trim off the leaves! If there are one or two she doesn't need, she'll drop them herself! Once you start to flower - you'll have more space between those nodes, and she won't be so crowded. As for height - plan on her stretching to roughly 3x her height, when you switch. So I wouldn't let her get any taller than say, 10"-12". That will give you about a three foot plant. If you didn't have the space restriction, then no, there really isn't any restriction. People keep their mother plants in veg sometimes for years, the same plant.

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Hay DoeEyed thanks again for the great advice. I think i'm going to give it another week of veg then swap it over to 12/12 as I dont want to risk out growing the space I have. I cant believe it will triple in size when it decides to flower.

Am I right in saying that when flowing it will take another few months before harvest time? I guess I have plenty of time to read up on this part.