MajorCoco
Well-Known Member
I'm having problems with my plants. They're almost a month old, and still barely 5" tall. Plenty of nodes, thick stems, and generally good colour, but the side branches just don't seem to be extending. And did I mention they were short. I mean..these things are dwarfs. I AM looking to keep them pretty short, which is why I picked white ice seeds, but this is not quite what I was hoping for! Barely half an inch growth per week , though it has picked up a fraction in the past week!!!
I don't think it's a shortage of light. 320W of CFL and LED at the moment.
I waited about 3 weeks after the pots were first soaked, waiting for them to get nearly as light as a bone-dry soil "test pot" I rigged up. But even after 3 weeks, the pots were still pretty heavy, even though the top 2 inches at least were bone dry. Then a week ago the oldest leaves started yellowing...
I've now given them both a good soaking (I have a 3rd which is 1.5 weeks old but is in a better mix in a much smaller pot) since they look like they need nutes more than they need a full wet-dry root cycle! I added a little maxicrop Seaweed and complete feed into the water, just in case the wormcastings aren't quite covering everything. But I kept it very light. Have I done the right thing though?
Has anyone else had problems like this in a soil grow? Just wondering if the slow growth is going to hit final yield, or if I just need to veg for longer than normal? If the soil holds water really well how do you deal with water "pockets" that don't seem to dry out?
The roots themselves seem ok - starting to poke out in places at the bottom, so with luck this problem will resolve itself soon. But I'm worried about the after effects....
I don't think it's a shortage of light. 320W of CFL and LED at the moment.
I waited about 3 weeks after the pots were first soaked, waiting for them to get nearly as light as a bone-dry soil "test pot" I rigged up. But even after 3 weeks, the pots were still pretty heavy, even though the top 2 inches at least were bone dry. Then a week ago the oldest leaves started yellowing...
I've now given them both a good soaking (I have a 3rd which is 1.5 weeks old but is in a better mix in a much smaller pot) since they look like they need nutes more than they need a full wet-dry root cycle! I added a little maxicrop Seaweed and complete feed into the water, just in case the wormcastings aren't quite covering everything. But I kept it very light. Have I done the right thing though?
Has anyone else had problems like this in a soil grow? Just wondering if the slow growth is going to hit final yield, or if I just need to veg for longer than normal? If the soil holds water really well how do you deal with water "pockets" that don't seem to dry out?
The roots themselves seem ok - starting to poke out in places at the bottom, so with luck this problem will resolve itself soon. But I'm worried about the after effects....