laura_peacefrog

i've been growing for three weeks now. im new at this but i've done my research pretty thouroghly. I've got three babies and i think they may be too small for their third week.

can someone tell me what im doing wrong?

info before you have to ask!

• using two 75 watt plant growing lights (is it possible not enough light?) ***just bought 100w HPS light***watering with room temp. bottled waterwater twice a day around the plants..never on the plant itself..i mist them after im done 5 gallon bucket three plants in iti can't remember what soil i used, but it was a nice brand i remember that much....

thank you!


UPDATE!
im sorry guys, i wasnt in my natural state of mind last night and the plants are DEFIANTLY not 3.5 they are ATLEAST 8-9 inches. my boyfriend had put a lot of soil around them.

GroweroftheDank

Pinch of salt? You mean table salt??

Why? Just use straight rainwater & no nutes until the 1st set of oval leaves drop off.

I'm sure others will concur.

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Well A few suggestions...
1st if they were mine I would repot 2 of them in smaller contaners or all of them.5 gall to big right now
Make sure the soil can breath, mix in 30% perlite or hydrotron to air rate the soil.
Plant plants to the bottom leaf,cover up all that stem.
only water when the bucket or pots fell light.
And use some very week grow nutes (5-1-1)1/4 of what it says to use per gall
Remove the tinfoil and if u must use it use the dull side.
just a few suggestions
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laura_peacefrog

im not sure really why i use table salt..it was my boyfriends idea. he has been attachted to this computer looking up tips and he saw that a small pinch of salt has worked pretty well

KRAIN

Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) not table salt.

Grow on.

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laura_peacefrog

we stopped using table salt now, thank you for your help! can i get that at walmart?

KRAIN

Yes it should be in the health aisle its used to aleviate joint paint.

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Wildlifer69

You might want too get some better lighting ~they look like they're "Streching" abit

Use Epsom Salt only if you have a Mag. problem

And bottled water doesn't mean its good water~ check for sodium levels & other additives

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I concur... repot into 3 separate small pots, not much bigger than a 4-6" pot to begin.

Once your plants take up the space in the small pots you can move them up to a larger pot.

You can use the soil in that pot, but get some perlite (cheap & prolly at walmart) and mix some into the soil in the pot, at least 1/3 perlite & 2/3 soil. Then put the little plants into that mix.

Start watering with a dilute nute solution. What ever the bottle says, use 1/2 strength to begin... That's all you need to do for quite some time.

The situation you have now is a big set up for over-watering and then you will have probs with root rot (maybe) and wilty leaves.

You are in the right place to learn, everything you need to know is right here on this site but will take some reading and searching on your part.

Best of luck to you and welcome to the site. Nice to have another woman grower!

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laura_peacefrog

thank you very much guys!
i guess im pretty pissed at myself. becuase I JUST transplanted them a few hours before i posted this. would it be too stressful on the plants to transplant them back into their original pots i had for them?

also, i just bought a HPS 100w to go along with my two 2 75 watts. hopefully that'll get things looking better


im very consistant on the watering..i put my finger three inches into the soil and if its just a little bit moist i still leave it. i think that they'll die of lack of nutrients before over watering