Rock80
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This is my first ever grow and will be strictly for personal use. I was amazed at the amount of information I found on RIU and definitely was motivated to grow by all of you. For this grow, I'm using bagseed. I figured I'd practice with that before I moved up to seedbank seeds. I mixed my own soil. It is 1/3 jiffy mix seeding soil, 1/3 perlite and 1/3 vermiculite. I began with germinating 5 seeds on 7/27/2009. 4 of the seeds have sprouted. The first 3 seeds sprouted after 3 days of germination(7/30/2009) and were placed in the soil mix above the same day. The fourth seed sprouted on and was then placed in the same soil mix. Each of the 4 sprouts broke the soil within 48 hours of being placed in the soil.
I'm using 8 CFLs (26W 6500K) for vegging and will also use CFLs for flowering. The 4 plants all received light from CFLs that were approx. 1"-2" away 24/0 for the first week and a half. On 8/10/2009, I began the 4 kids on a 20/4 schedule.
The grow cabinet that I currently have is about 24"x11"x31". I am having a bit of trouble keeping the temperature below 85 degrees with the doors closed (Average is 83.7 degrees). The cabinet sits 3" off of the wall, so I drilled 5 clusters of 16 holes in the base of the cabinet to allow for passive air intake. I have also cut a hole in the top of the cabinet wear I have a 4" desk fan. There is a 2nd 4" desk fan inside the cabinet for air circulation. Since placing the plants inside the cabinet, I have left the cabinet doors open to control the temperature. I plan on introducing the DIY CO2 setup in the next couple days as I've read that helps the plants cope with higher temps.
I also just bought a soil pH/moisture meter to monitor the soil. After doing some reading on RIU, I began to suspect that the pH of the soil was the cause of the leaf burn. I tested the soil and found that the pH was approximately 7.5. To remedy this, I added 5 drops of lemon juice to a gallon of tap water (sat out for 26 hours) that I used to water the plants this morning (I had previously been watering with rainwater but I ran out and it hasn't rained for the past few days). I plan on continuing to adjust the soil pH over the next week using vinegar mixed into the water until I reach about 6.5. No nutrients have been added to any of the plants to date.
My plants have now each taken on distinctive symptoms that lead me to believe something is wrong. Plant 4 is the only one without any symptoms and I'm worried that's only because it is the youngest of the 4.
Plant 1's stem is twisted to the point where the plant is barely 1/2" above the soil. Its leaves have begun to droop.
Plant 2 is much shorter than the others and has red spots with yellow circles on 2 of its older/broader leaves
Plant 3 has what look like burns on the tips of the leaves and the leaves have began to droop (new leaves are still growing).
I have pics of what the kids looked like earlier in their life cycle if anyone's interested but have only included the most recent ones taken this afternoon. I'd appreciate any feedback from you guys and girls since this is my first grow and I'm trying my hardest not to react to every little change in the plants.
I'm using 8 CFLs (26W 6500K) for vegging and will also use CFLs for flowering. The 4 plants all received light from CFLs that were approx. 1"-2" away 24/0 for the first week and a half. On 8/10/2009, I began the 4 kids on a 20/4 schedule.
The grow cabinet that I currently have is about 24"x11"x31". I am having a bit of trouble keeping the temperature below 85 degrees with the doors closed (Average is 83.7 degrees). The cabinet sits 3" off of the wall, so I drilled 5 clusters of 16 holes in the base of the cabinet to allow for passive air intake. I have also cut a hole in the top of the cabinet wear I have a 4" desk fan. There is a 2nd 4" desk fan inside the cabinet for air circulation. Since placing the plants inside the cabinet, I have left the cabinet doors open to control the temperature. I plan on introducing the DIY CO2 setup in the next couple days as I've read that helps the plants cope with higher temps.
I also just bought a soil pH/moisture meter to monitor the soil. After doing some reading on RIU, I began to suspect that the pH of the soil was the cause of the leaf burn. I tested the soil and found that the pH was approximately 7.5. To remedy this, I added 5 drops of lemon juice to a gallon of tap water (sat out for 26 hours) that I used to water the plants this morning (I had previously been watering with rainwater but I ran out and it hasn't rained for the past few days). I plan on continuing to adjust the soil pH over the next week using vinegar mixed into the water until I reach about 6.5. No nutrients have been added to any of the plants to date.
My plants have now each taken on distinctive symptoms that lead me to believe something is wrong. Plant 4 is the only one without any symptoms and I'm worried that's only because it is the youngest of the 4.
Plant 1's stem is twisted to the point where the plant is barely 1/2" above the soil. Its leaves have begun to droop.
Plant 2 is much shorter than the others and has red spots with yellow circles on 2 of its older/broader leaves
Plant 3 has what look like burns on the tips of the leaves and the leaves have began to droop (new leaves are still growing).
I have pics of what the kids looked like earlier in their life cycle if anyone's interested but have only included the most recent ones taken this afternoon. I'd appreciate any feedback from you guys and girls since this is my first grow and I'm trying my hardest not to react to every little change in the plants.
