brianleighton

ive been useing the 12/12 from start 400 wht grow light dome 5 plants about 6 inch from light with fan on low at base from outside air filtered all in 2 1/2 gallon buckets 4x4x4 grow room foil walls trays for water underneith basic potting siol 12 month feedig. when the light gets turned on all my plats are laying a little wilted after about ten mins they are looking real strong about 14 inch third set of fan leaves. what am i doind first timmer things smell good temp between 72 and 85 all the time light and fan off at night should i change my pattern lower my light or ?

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Marijuwana

Drooping at lights on can be a sign of many, many things. But since you mentioned that night time temp wasnt too cool, Im thinking its because of too much moisture in the pots overnight. Never water anytime before lights out, becuase the plant doesnt get a chance to use all that fresh moisture during the light hours, and it sits in the pot all night, theres a good chance it can cause too cold of soil temps.. and that could be the reason why there drooping at lights on. Large plants, heavy into flowering, do suck up allot of moisture overnight in soil though, but it doesnt sound like this is your case.. are you able to post a pic of the plants after lights on? that may help Also, try looking through the sites grow guide.

How much and often do you water? is the water your using at room temp? too cold or warm of water can cause "shock" to the plants, drooping is usually one of the first signs.

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brianleighton

i water every 4 days i never let the soil on top get too wet just dap i make it a prossess when watering. (i love my girls) water temp is at 72% i water after 4 hours of lights on i also pour some of the best ash in the bottom of the dish every other water i have checked for mold and no sight any were i checked soil temp last night and was at 71% checked after 4 hous into dark cycle and it was at 59% but thats only 11% diff is that enough? i will post a pic soon. thanks for the reply....

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Marijuwana

Every four days sounds good, How much ash do you "pour" into the pot? When adding ash directly to the soil watch out and keep a close eye on your pH, you should witness it raising slowly..

A pic would be nice to go from

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pardon me for jumping in. from what I'm gathering (maybe I'm wrong) you said that you started with 12/12, a 14" plant w/3rd set of fan leaves. sounds to me like you need more light I mean like 18/6 , 20/4 or 24/0. how old are your babies? sounds like they are still kinda young for 12/12 schedule. thats my opinion. good luck to ya. tinn

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Marijuwana

Your right, he mentioned he was using 12/12 from the beggining, and that he was also keeping his 400watt light 6inches from the plant tops that would burn my plants.. you must have some crazy venting in there?

Have you read the Grow Guide yet, brian? It will probably mention some tips that would answer your questions.

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brianleighton

ok im now running 18/6 tested my ph6.6/ k test k3 p test p2 and nitrogen is n1 now as far as lighting i have redone it a little i now have two flores, 1200 lum on either side now im seeing a nouther set of leaves i am at i think six weeks now i just bought some organic humus and some top soil pete moss and root hormone im hopeing to clone so im setting up the ness, now i figure when i have to top them is when ill try to clone im doing a little pratice on a non performing one to see if i have the thunb or not before i hurt them . also im getting some little spurs on some im going to be posting some pics as soon as i remeber to charge my cam but the problem remains they are still wilting during dark cycle should i use a heat tape system around the base of the pots to warm them they are reachin 62.4 lowest while they are black plastick pots the soil may see 100% while air temp is 79 im thinking too big of soil temp difference?.... but outside grows soil temp will reach low fiftys while during afternoon reaching over 100 %hmmmm. what to do? or do i just have real mellowing strain?maby this will bee the best smoke ever mabye my girls are getting stoned while resting lol thanks for all the info all....

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