Advice for a beginner...

Jack Skellington · Mar 14, 2018

I've recently started a tent grow after a few months research i thought i was well prepared but so far my luck hasn't been great a little info on the grow it's a 2x4x5 tent with a 4" exaughst fan also use a small space heater and a decent size humidifier i grow in mixture of coco coir and perlite in 3 gallon smart pots also i use AN three part ph perfect micro grow bloom for base nutes if i ever get that far ive lost six seedlings and im not sure why any advice would be helpful thank you for your time. P.s all my seeds have been autos and this girl in the picture is blueberry i apologize for the quality of the pictures

projectinfo · Mar 14, 2018

First piece of advice, wipe your camera lense, or if you are shakey, lean up against something when you take a picture,.

Or if your plants and bouncing around so fast that you cannot take a Clear picture than you have one of two problems.

1. There is currently an earthquake happening and you should find a doorway or get outside.

2. Your plants are possessed and you need to get outside. And call an exorcist.

chiqifella · Mar 14, 2018

control your environment, increase fresh air exchange/movement, learn to water/feed correctly, provide quality proven light, read a grow bible,
use proven genetics from a proven supply, learn signs of a finished bud, prepare a properly controlled drying area, learn to grow organic style and arrive in bliss.

drsaltzman · Mar 14, 2018

You need CalMag+ in coco/perlite.
There's no nutrition in just coco.
CalMag+ has a little N in it.
That's all you need to get them started right.

Roger A. Shrubber · Mar 14, 2018

i still don't feed them anything till the coty leaves start to fade in coco, but you have to keep an eye on them, because they'll start fading a lot faster than they will in soil. i actually like to give them a dose of 1/4 strength flower nutes first, then start the veg nutes. the flower nutes promote root growth, and after 2 or 3 days of the roots growing like crazy, the top will start to take off as well

Roger A. Shrubber · Mar 14, 2018

as far as your problem, don't have enough details. whats happening to your seedlings? are they coming up? do they get to a certain size and die? do the leaves die, or does the stalk shrivel up?........
borrow a better camera, or get a tripod, pictures would help a lot.what kind of light, what are the average temps lights on and off? whats the RH in your tent? the nutes may say ph perfect, but i wouldn't trust that. i've found after a couple years experience, that coco does very well if you ph it to 6.1 with small occasional swings a couple points up and down. and where did you get your coco? cheap coco can have a couple of problems, they collect it along beaches where coconut trees grow, so if they don't process it well, it can be full of salt. and they usually won't charge it, so it will really suck up the magnesium. try soaking your next batch of coco in water that's been ph'ed to 6.1, with a good dose of cal-mag. i'd also add some h2o2 to your water, about 15 ml per gallon if you use the 3% stuff from the store. it helps keep the coco sterile, dissolves old root material, and aerates the coco.

Beachwalker · Mar 14, 2018

Jack Skellington said:
I've recently started a tent grow after a few months research i thought i was well prepared but so far my luck hasn't been great a little info on the grow it's a 2x4x5 tent with a 4" exaughst fan also use a small space heater and a decent size humidifier i grow in mixture of coco coir and perlite in 3 gallon smart pots also i use AN three part ph perfect micro grow bloom for base nutes if i ever get that far ive lost six seedlings and im not sure why any advice would be helpful thank you for your time. P.s all my seeds have been autos and this girl in the picture is blueberry i apologize for the quality of the picturesView attachment 4105346 View attachment 4105347 View attachment 4105346 View attachment 4105348

.. consider learning in soil :hump:

-good luck

Jack Skellington · Mar 14, 2018

projectinfo said:
First piece of advice, wipe your camera lense, or if you are shakey, lean up against something when you take a picture,.

Or if your plants and bouncing around so fast that you cannot take a Clear picture than you have one of two problems.

1. There is currently an earthquake happening and you should find a doorway or get outside.

2. Your plants are possessed and you need to get outside. And call an exorcist.

Lmao yes ill be sure to do that in the future.

Jack Skellington · Mar 14, 2018

chiqifella said:
control your environment, increase fresh air exchange/movement, learn to water/feed correctly, provide quality proven light, read a grow bible,
use proven genetics from a proven supply, learn signs of a finished bud, prepare a properly controlled drying area, learn to grow organic style and arrive in bliss.

Ive read quite a bit of info including online grow bibles but yes there is still alot of dialing in i need to do before its a successful tent thanks for your input

Jack Skellington · Mar 14, 2018

drsaltzman said:
You need CalMag+ in coco/perlite.
There's no nutrition in just coco.
CalMag+ has a little N in it.
That's all you need to get them started right.

I guess since i felt they were too young for nutes i thought that included calmag as well but i think your on to something thanks for your time.

Jack Skellington · Mar 14, 2018

Roger A. Shrubber said:
i still don't feed them anything till the coty leaves start to fade in coco, but you have to keep an eye on them, because they'll start fading a lot faster than they will in soil. i actually like to give them a dose of 1/4 strength flower nutes first, then start the veg nutes. the flower nutes promote root growth, and after 2 or 3 days of the roots growing like crazy, the top will start to take off as well

Thank you for the advice

Jack Skellington · Mar 14, 2018

Roger A. Shrubber said:
as far as your problem, don't have enough details. whats happening to your seedlings? are they coming up? do they get to a certain size and die? do the leaves die, or does the stalk shrivel up?........
borrow a better camera, or get a tripod, pictures would help a lot.what kind of light, what are the average temps lights on and off? whats the RH in your tent? the nutes may say ph perfect, but i wouldn't trust that. i've found after a couple years experience, that coco does very well if you ph it to 6.1 with small occasional swings a couple points up and down. and where did you get your coco? cheap coco can have a couple of problems, they collect it along beaches where coconut trees grow, so if they don't process it well, it can be full of salt. and they usually won't charge it, so it will really suck up the magnesium. try soaking your next batch of coco in water that's been ph'ed to 6.1, with a good dose of cal-mag. i'd also add some h2o2 to your water, about 15 ml per gallon if you use the 3% stuff from the store. it helps keep the coco sterile, dissolves old root material, and aerates the coco.

I soaked my coco overnight in distilled water as i was unsure of the qaulity average temps around 77 im using incandescent bulbs till they are couple weeks old yes ive planted them in 3's i believe could of been damping they did not make it past two weeks old they just fell over one day so i decided to do one girl at a time like this blueberry from ilgm till i can find the reason there dying. Thanks for the input

Cold$moke · Mar 14, 2018

Now now i have given my seedlings nutes since the first true leaves show

but its just you can easily give too much

I have grown plants to the end with their cotyledons intact and big as your thumb

Jack Skellington · Mar 14, 2018

Beachwalker said:
.. consider learning in soil
-good luck

I felt coco and perlite was the grow of the future lol but yes maybe should have started simple . Thanks

Cold$moke · Mar 14, 2018

Doesnt get much simpler then coco and perlite

Jack Skellington · Mar 14, 2018

Cold$moke said:
Doesnt get much simpler then coco and perlite

Perhaps i just have a brown thumb but i dont want to give up and i felt maybe some of you ganja jedi's had some wisdom i was missing

Budzbuddha · Mar 14, 2018

Last time I had a brown thumb , I had to pay the girl extra ... Just sayin

Cold$moke · Mar 14, 2018

Jack Skellington said:
Perhaps i just have a brown thumb but i dont want to give up and i felt maybe some of you ganja jedi's had some wisdom i was missing

Just use a coco nutrient formula
And cut the recommended dose on the bottle by around a half and work em up from there

Dunno if i make jedi status .

Beachwalker · Mar 14, 2018

Jack Skellington said:
I felt coco and perlite was the grow of the future lol but yes maybe should have started simple . Thanks

I don't know about that bro I'm a grower from the past

I see a lot of the same and very similar problems particularly with noobs in coir, but maybe it'll work out for you
-best of luck

Jack Skellington · Mar 14, 2018

Budzbuddha said:
Last time I had a brown thumb , I had to pay the girl extra ... Justsayin

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