phrogg

1. Are you growing in Soil or using a Hydro system?
soil

Indoor or outdoor?
indoor

2. How old are your plants?
2 wks

Are you growing Clones or from Seed?
seed

3. How tall are your plants?
smaller 3 - 2", tallest one - 4"

4. What size containers are they planted in?
all in a single 5 gal bucket

5. What is your Soil mix composed of?
1/2 compost, 1/2 peat/humus, a couple bags of sphangum moss, a handful of super triple phosphate pellets

Are you using pre-fertilized potting soil?
no

6. How often do you water?
once a week

- What are you watering with?
spring water, i get it myself

7. Are you using fertilizers?
no


8. What kind of lights are you using? (HPS, MH, Fluoroescent, Halogen, Incandescent "Plant Lights")
150 watt HPS about 2' from plants in 1.5' wide box ?lumens?


9. What size is your grow space?
1.5' wide 3.5' tall cyclinder

10. What is the temperature in your grow space?
80F

11. What is the pH of the soil?
around 7, when i mixed the soil i was confident of about 6.8... i don't really trust my meter though

12. Have you noticed any insect activity in your grow space?
nope

13. How much experience do you have growing?
I've got some experience, but not much success- still very much a novice


That's a nice little list to follow
I guess first off If you would like to see my plants the day before this happened, take a look at my post in the journals "phrogggrow"

so, basically, I watered them and the next morning 3 of them have crisp leaf edges (still green) that kinda make the leaves look curled. The fourth is fine looks wonderful and it's the same strain as two of the other plants. Another thing I just noticed is that the cotoleydons are getting eaten up (by the plant) on those three and are just starting to yellow on the biggest most vigorous one. I don't think it could be burn from droplet magnification, I'll try and get some pics up tomorrow. I would love any input you have to offer. thanks



phrogg

phrogg

woke up this morning nd all of my dry green patches along leaf edges have gotten yellow next to the healthy part of the leaf. I'll gwt pictures tonight. HEEEEEELP


phrogg

phrogg

nute burn from super rich soil?

TCC

I saw your post earlier but didn't really know what to say.

I lost a lot of seeds before finding this site, they would
get to be about 3 inches and just die.

I lurked and read over a month before I posted....
and when I was ready to grow, it was a great success!
(for a first timer, anyway )

Do not be discouraged, read and read, and I promise,
soon everything will come second nature to you!

...follow the examples laid before you......

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phrogg

I don't want to sound harsh, I've been reading this site and any other info i can get my hands on for about 3 years now, basically I've never heard of anyone using str8 compost and peat/humus, but I've also heard from several sources that it is almost impossible to overfert with organics (probably speaking of blood meal, bone meal and such) but anyways, I've kinda just been looking for someone to confirm from first hand experience that my dirt is too strong. I just don't understand why people always wnat to tell me to read, it seems like a standard answer when they are the first post in every forum (pretty hard to miss). sorry, i just don't like when my plants are sick and people tell me to read more, one more day, one more week, isn't gonna show much more than 3 years has (don't get me wrong - I'm still a novice and understand that one more minute of reading could change everything) just gets me worked up not getting threads replied to. have a nice day

PS TCC - why were your seedlings dyin? what did they look like etc.

phrogg

TCC

I didn't mean to sound like I was telling you to just go read....
The thing is, when I read someone say that they have
planted 5 seedlings in a single 5 gallon bucket.....sounded
new-b to me....but oh well

Phrogg, there are a number or reasons your plants are
having issues, all you can do it read, try to follow someone
else's example.....again I apologize, it just seems with
all the reading you have been doing, you would have
already had more of a clue....

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TCC
Thank the thinkers that think they thunk the thoughts that theorized
Idolized or despised bet I'm gettin' recognized
Mount Rushmore it? No ignore it can't rock with no big head
Half of the people want me half of the people want me dead
I am the Angel Of Def with my rhymes against humanity
Teeter-tottering between brilliance and insanity
~The Bloodhound Gang~

TCC

Mine died because of improper soil, and improper feeding,
they were doing good, and than....no more...I had them on
windowsills too they were doing good on the windowsill
AFTER until I bought my lights.........but there could have been
any myriad or reasons...I just look forward now, no looking
back....

But I sure do miss Ivana

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TCC
Thank the thinkers that think they thunk the thoughts that theorized
Idolized or despised bet I'm gettin' recognized
Mount Rushmore it? No ignore it can't rock with no big head
Half of the people want me half of the people want me dead
I am the Angel Of Def with my rhymes against humanity
Teeter-tottering between brilliance and insanity
~The Bloodhound Gang~

phrogg

i normally wouldn't write something like that sorry
what issues? the only one i can plainly see is rich soil
my enclosure is made for a 5 gal bucket it traps light in the top, yes i could put seedling trays on top of it but that just causes bound roots, this way roots can get as big as they want i move them young never had any problems with tangling and that's the way I've always done it, I'm prone to routine. If someone can tell me a problem seedlings in a big bucket would cause except competition for nutes or tangled roots. then i would be happy to try the normal way of doing things. more of a clue about what? dirt? pots?
you have to look back to learn from mistakes or successes for that matter, looking forward only makes you try dumb stuff, like making your soil mix half compost and half peat/humus (me)


phrogg