32 Days Veg..Stunted? (PICS)

[boiStone]

Maybe it's the camera angle or lighting, but I'm not seeing any nute-burn here. Nute-burn in veg is usually a very dark green leaf with orange-brown spots; sometimes the leaf gets very thick and twists up. pH problems also cause twisted leaves. If your leaves are yellowish green, they may not be getting enough nutes. That can also cause stunting, too.

You might want to consider cutting your soil with white coarse perlite- 4 parts soil, 1 part perlite for drainage. I've had disasterous results with MG soil. The generic Lowe's brand (Sta Green) in the yellow bag works great cut with MG perlite. This is an almost-neutral soil (0.05-0.04-0.03) you can use with confidence for the entire grow, and it's cheap.

If you really have pH issues, you can get a $4 bag (5 lbs) of Espoma Garden Lime. Mix 1 TBSP with 1 QT scalding hot water and shake well... let it cool off to 100 or less before pouring in. Do this every watering until your pH gets back to 6.5. Don't worry because you can't use too much of this stuff.

 

[FLoJo]

Maybe it's the camera angle or lighting, but I'm not seeing any nute-burn here. Nute-burn in veg is usually a very dark green leaf with orange-brown spots; sometimes the leaf gets very thick and twists up. pH problems also cause twisted leaves. If your leaves are yellowish green, they may not be getting enough nutes. That can also cause stunting, too.

burnt looking leaf tips is the very first sign of slight nute burn..

nute burn is not very dark green leaves, thats a sign of excess nitrogen. slightly clawing tips is also a sign of excess nitrogen

orange/brown spots is usually a mg/cal problem, or a ph issue, not nute burn

nute burn does not cause leafs to twist up except in severe cases.. and you will have many other signs before this happens.. twisting leaves is almost always a sign of ph issues

and lack of nutes will not cause stunting.. it will cause slower grotwth but when proper nute levels are achieved it will grow vigorously again... excess nutes will cause stunting

 

[jjf1978]

Maybe it's the camera angle or lighting, but I'm not seeing any nute-burn here. Nute-burn in veg is usually a very dark green leaf with orange-brown spots; sometimes the leaf gets very thick and twists up. pH problems also cause twisted leaves. If your leaves are yellowish green, they may not be getting enough nutes. That can also cause stunting, too.

burnt looking leaf tips is the very first sign of slight nute burn..

nute burn is not very dark green leaves, thats a sign of excess nitrogen. slightly clawing tips is also a sign of excess nitrogen

orange/brown spots is usually a mg/cal problem, or a ph issue, not nute burn

nute burn does not cause leafs to twist up except in severe cases.. and you will have many other signs before this happens.. twisting leaves is almost always a sign of ph issues

and lack of nutes will not cause stunting.. it will cause slower grotwth but when proper nute levels are achieved it will grow vigorously again... excess nutes will cause stunting

Just as an update...After adding the nutes I saw 0 nute burn, the plants exploded and are now in flowering. It is a little hot in there but I've added some ventilation and the plants are flowering quite nicely now - ended up with 2 females and a hermi, the hermi only had 1 branch with pollen sacks so I cut it and just letting it go for now.

I've also grabbed 8 clones off these which made them bush out quite nicely. In conclusion, I will not use the MG soil again because it gave me a rough and confusing start. I found a good garden shop that sells fox farm soil so I'll go with that my next grow hehe. THanks for the advice guys

 

[SunKissedBuds]

my plants were stunted greatly after starting them off in the seedling stage with Scott's Potting soil. Mine were sativas and the soil i used definitely had nutes in it, which in turn burned my plants from the start, stunting them at a mere 9 inches in height. i would do what aquafina suggested.. transplant into a new, different soil, let em recover, and give em those nutes in tiny amounts! i never go by the fert instructions on the back... i did that once and almost killed my entire crop, learned my lesson. i'd give em another 2 weeks to see if theres any further growth and development then i would just throw those bitches into flowering... get a little bud off of them and burn sum down while your getting your new crop going!

 

[lock]

lose the MG soil, install some exhaust, it's needed, and they got nute burn,.

what is "nute burn"

 

[jjf1978]

what is "nute burn"

short for nutrient burn. When you over "feed" your plants with nutrients.

 

[lock]

short for nutrient burn. When you over "feed" your plants with nutrients.

thanks i read a few more post and thought thats what it ment!