day 10

shouldnt they be bigger

A little bit bigger, sure. What's your lighting like?

6 cfls 2 42 watts 2 27 wats and 2 23 watts

how far away? how often and how much are you watering? what kind of soil is that? how are temperatures doing? whats your ph?

temps are 80 to 85. lights are a few inches away. imm using topsoil with organic compost. i water about every otherday. not sure about my ph tho. im gunna get a meter soon

2hiegh4u said:

temps are 80 to 85. lights are a few inches away. imm using topsoil with organic compost. i water about every otherday. not sure about my ph tho. im gunna get a meter soon

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i still dont c any perlite in that soil perlite = lite airy well draining soil which mary luvs .

i actually thought it was draining to fast

i think your watering too much, in fact im almost 99% certain you are. lol, the plant needs wet and dry cycles for good root growth. that soil looks like it retains alot of water too btw

mine was 4 inches tall when it was ten days old, but it was stretched. but still had the same amount of leaves. yours are doing great. i think they are about the right size for 10 days. b patient and they will do wonders. just think about how hard it is to push them new fan leaves out. oh and btw you definitely want to get some perlite into the next mixture for future plants.

darkdestruction420 said:

i think your watering too much, in fact im almost 99% certain you are. lol, the plant needs wet and dry cycles for good root growth. that soil looks like it retains alot of water too btw

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really? i often would you suggest? i was thinkin ph

i think you might be watering to much. because the light sounds ok to me. i have 4 40w cfl in my little room, 1 on each plant and it looks like this after 2 days.


try staying away from watering for like 3 days or something and see how they like that.

and usually it wont be a ph problem that early unless you got really bad soil.

good luck hope you figure it out

thanks man. im gunna hold off on watering for a while. let ya know how it goes

darkdestruction420 said:

i think your watering too much, in fact im almost 99% certain you are. lol, the plant needs wet and dry cycles for good root growth. that soil looks like it retains alot of water too btw

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didnt help man. they almost look the same

2hiegh4u said:

didnt help man. they almost look the same

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Are you talking 10 days since you planted the seed, or since the first signs of life appeared?

Ok. First of all, go get a PH meter. If you want to grow anything you need one. They only cost 30$. Believe me, you will be thankful.

Second, right now, I would just use one CFL per plant. Stick that bulb close, around 1 inches. You will have to check on the plant and move the light if needed.

Thirdly, when you water, let the pot get bone dry,...light as a feather. Its very hard to underwater plants and its much easier to recover a plant from it....just water.

Don't worry so much. You will learn a lot and make a lot of mistakes. Soon that thing will be shooting up like crazy, there are slow periods....like right now, where your plant is forming roots. Soon you will be amazed how fast she grows.

2hiegh4u said:

didnt help man. they almost look the same

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look is the key word, its root system is growing/developing right now, it will soon start/grow a canopy to match its roots size.

im get brown spots and the tips of some or turning a really dark color

post some pics, maybe we havent fixed the problem yet I guess. have you tried flushing the soil or fed them recently?

ive been watering every three days.i thought there were too young for any nutes.

dont have a camera right now wish i did.

im thinking because my soil is full of bark.

they are too young for nutes. I was wondering if u had tried it, its an error lots of growers do make. hmmm, have you gotten your ph reader yet? you could try flushing the soil with ph'd water to fix it.

should be comin in soon. ill keep you posted. thanks