Worst seedling you were able to save

Came home yesterday to this.
Apologies for the HPS


Couple questions.
1 is this ready to harvest?
2 does anyone see anything wrong?
3 should I flush?
4 will this help get light to the bottom side of the plant to make my lower buds bigger?

Seriously though

Bruce Banner is the strain. It’s in Roots Organic. I woke up yesterday and felt the pot. It felt like it would make it and I didn’t want to over water. After seeing it upside down I watered it.

Two hours went by checked the tent again here it is.

Moral of the post new growers don’t give up or freak out. Stay calm and be patient.

I guess it’s finally growing again. My other 3 are way bigger it’s so far behind. Hopefully it picks up the pace. Time for Bruce Banner to Hulk the f up.

The one on the top right is gold leaf. It’s had exact same conditions as the others but has mag def on leaves. It’s too early for genetic traits to be showing up isn’t it? Up to this point I’ve let it go considering it’s called Gold Leaf. But I’m starting to wonder if it’s too early.

I have not ph’d water up to this point because I was going to go organic. I’ve changed my mind and I’m going GH 3 part with me adding Epsom.

Wattzzup said:

The one on the top right is gold leaf. It’s had exact same conditions as the others but has mag def on leaves. It’s too early for genetic traits to be showing up isn’t it? Up to this point I’ve let it go considering it’s called Gold Leaf. But I’m starting to wonder if it’s too early.

I have not ph’d water up to this point because I was going to go organic. I’ve changed my mind and I’m going GH 3 part with me adding Epsom.

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Ph is important for nute uptake, might be too acidic or alkaline, which can cause lockout or issues of nutrient intake.

What kind of water you using? Base ec/ppms?

lime73 said:

Ph might be tad too acidic, which can cause lockout or issues of nute intake.

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i haven’t ph anything so far it’s all been straight tap which is over 8. They have only had a few waterings. I was going to be all organic and not ph but I changed my mind and bought a new ph meter for this grow.

lime73 said:

Ph is important for nute uptake, might be too acidic or alkaline, which can cause lockout or issues of nutrient intake.

What kind of water you using? Base ec/ppms?

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Tap water with base ppm 250. I just calibrated my ph pen so it should be all good from here. I’m mainlining so most of those leaves are coming off. I just wasn’t sure why one strain was doing it. Then the strain is gold leaf. But I would assume it’s way too early for genetic stuff like that to start showing up.

Did you plant all the others in the containers they’re in now?

hotrodharley said:

Did you plant all the others in the containers they’re in now?

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All of them started in those cheap cardboard pots. It was a bad idea. Then I moved them to 1 gallon containers because they were getting so dry so fast. with Bruce looking that bad I watered him let him recover. Then I repotted him as well. Im thinking it’s about time to jump to 3 gallons with the bigger ones. But I’m not sure. Here they are now.

Wattzzup said:

All of them started in those cheap cardboard pots. It was a bad idea. Then I moved them to 1 gallon containers because they were getting so dry so fast. with Bruce looking that bad I watered him let him recover. Then I repotted him as well. Im thinking it’s about time to jump to 3 gallons with the bigger ones. But I’m not sure. Here they are now.
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Be patient with the seedling. It’s roots have to find boundaries before the plant will start to grow. Best to start directly in Black Gold Seedling Mix in Dixie cups. Then 1 gallon. Then 3 and so on to get your fastest growth. Practice using container weight to determine medium dryness.

hotrodharley said:

Be patient with the seedling. It’s roots have to find boundaries before the plant will start to grow. Best to start directly in Black Gold Seedling Mix in Dixie cups. Then 1 gallon. Then 3 and so on to get your fastest growth. Practice using container weight to determine medium dryness.

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How do I know when they’re ready to pot up? someone earlier said roots will be showing?

I will say this...I started in Black and Gold, and after reading on here, everyone kept saying "keep PH on water at 6.3-6.8ish" for soil. For the first 2 weeks of this run, I didn't even PH the water because I was waiting on the Ph down and pen in the mail, and all growth was healthy and nice. Since I started worrying about PHing, I noticed all sorts of random issues. I think as crazy as it sounds, im going to just stick to not adjusting the PH my tap water and see how they respond.

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I will say this...I started in Black and Gold, and after reading on here, everyone kept saying "keep PH on water at 6.3-6.8ish" for soil. For the first 2 weeks of this run, I didn't even PH the water because I was waiting on the Ph down and pen in the mail, and all growth was healthy and nice. Since I started worrying about PHing, I noticed all sorts of random issues. I think as crazy as it sounds, im going to just stick to not adjusting the PH my tap water and see how they respond.

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This works fine in super soil. When your plant gets bigger it starts to use nutrients more and the ph becomes more important. I always struggled to get ph right after a month of not ph’ing the water. So I’ve been using ph’d water.

Here’s an update.

mainlined and flipped on 7/31. So 16 days in flower. I see 21 days is the last for defol. Any suggestions? I may leave them and see how it grows out.

I pulled a few leaves in the middle nothing major the one with the HPS is the best one IMO I’m assuming I have 8-10 weeks left

@Boatguy @bk78 @spek9 @lime73

Your canopy look very healthy and level( you have removed loads of the fan leaves), only thing I would say is its a little too bushy ( sometimes less is more), if more of the light, airflow could get deep in the canopy you should get more thicker longer Cola's

but you have done a great job with the canopy.

When the shoots race for the light it will cause them to stretch more in early flower.

Looking nice and healthy!

Weird, I see you tagged me but i didn't get a notification, did you edit in tags after you originaly posted?

lime73 said:

Looking nice and healthy!

Weird, I see you tagged me but i didn't get a notification, did you edit in tags after you originaly posted?

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Yes I’m a dummy

mark's grow said:

Your canopy look very healthy and level( you have removed loads of the fan leaves), only thing I would say is its a little too bushy ( sometimes less is more), if more of the light, airflow could get deep in the canopy you should get more thicker longer Cola's

but you have done a great job with the canopy.

When the shoots race for the light it will cause them to stretch more in early flower.

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So you think I need to remove more fan leaves? I mainlined and then LST them to pull them apart. The one in the back left is Bruce Banner and after being upside down, I broke the 2nd main branch when mainlining. So I just let it grow from there.

Wattzzup said:

So you think I need to remove more fan leaves? I mainlined and then LST them to pull them apart. The one in the back left is Bruce Banner and after being upside down, I broke the 2nd main branch when mainlining. So I just let it grow from there.

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In early flower I would have removed 20% of the smallest shoots to give the larger shoot more space, airflow and light, as this would give you larger cola's.

its all good. I wouldn't change a thing!
Only if needed , remove some leaves.

mark's grow said:

In early flower I would have removed 20% of the smallest shoots to give the larger shoot more space, airflow and light, as this would give you larger cola's.

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Well I was hoping that’s what mainlining would do for me. I still have a few days to go through it. I flipped the lights as soon as I topped the last time, because I wasn’t sure how big they would get. I don’t think I would have wanted them any bigger.

First game jitters!!