So angry ! 6 weeks old plant looking like this ! Help !

wiidnoob

wiidnoob

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Hello,

This is my 6 weeks old plant and I can't take it anymore she looks weak and not growing at all.

I use fertilizer 1 / week.

I water it 1 / 5 days and use only rain water.

The temperature is constant about 25-26 Celsius ( during day time ) and 20-21 ( during night ).

Light program : 16 hours light ON / 8 hours light OFF.

I have a total 113 Watts of economic light.

I don't know what to do , here is a picture :

 
MightyMike530

MightyMike530

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I'd be pissed too! :-(

Low wattage and too little light aren't helping. You should running lights 18/6 at a minimum, if not more.
 
slowandsteady

slowandsteady

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i'd go 18/6 on light. I'm not sure what economic light is but if you mean CFL's what wave lenght are they? what kind of soil? what nutes? how is your drainage? are you checking PH? I use rain water and some times Ph is way off. hope this gives ya some food for thought.
 
Banana444

Banana444

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I wouldn't use rain water, it is very likely the ph is acidic. I know its fine when plants are grown outdoors, but indoors is a different game. Your better off using your tap water. The plant looks healthy, just overwattered. I was doing the same thing, watering about once every 5 days and my plants looked the exact same. Slow growth, slightly droppy leaves and bottom leaves yellowing from outside edges in. i found my plants wete suffering from both underwatering and overwatering. I was going too long between waterings and then using too much water when I was watering. I wowouldn't let it go for 3-5days no water. Then begin watering every third day and only give her about 1-2cups of water. Also try only watering the outside edges of the pot, leaving the inner roots by the stem semidry so the roots will never be suffocated from lack of oxygen. It should recover nicely as I looks pretty healthy. Also get something to test ph. Since your in soil General Hydro ph drops and ph up and down will get you in that range of 5.5-6.5 for the water and nutes you are feeding it.
 
authentic196

authentic196

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113 watts is plenty for that sized plant, but it should be way bigger for 6 weeks in that size container. Been transplanted or has it always been in that container? do you know the PH of the soil and the water?
 
wiidnoob

wiidnoob

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Banana444 said:
I wouldn't use rain water, it is very likely the ph is acidic. I know its fine when plants are grown outdoors, but indoors is a different game. Your better off using your tap water. The plant looks healthy, just overwattered. I was doing the same thing, watering about once every 5 days and my plants looked the exact same. Slow growth, slightly droppy leaves and bottom leaves yellowing from outside edges in. i found my plants wete suffering from both underwatering and overwatering. I was going too long between waterings and then using too much water when I was watering. I wowouldn't let it go for 3-5days no water. Then begin watering every third day and only give her about 1-2cups of water. Also try only watering the outside edges of the pot, leaving the inner roots by the stem semidry so the roots will never be suffocated from lack of oxygen. It should recover nicely as I looks pretty healthy. Also get something to test ph. Since your in soil General Hydro ph drops and ph up and down will get you in that range of 5.5-6.5 for the water and nutes you are feeding it.
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2 cups of water = 533 ml of water ?! Isn't that too much ?!
 
Banana444

Banana444

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And as mentioned drainage is very important. Does your pot have holes in the bottom. If not, make some. I also add about an inch of strait perlite or perlite and volcanic rock too the bottom of my pots to increase drainage.
 
wiidnoob

wiidnoob

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Banana444 said:
And as mentioned drainage is very important. Does your pot have holes in the bottom. If not, make some. I also add about an inch of strait perlite or perlite and volcanic rock too the bottom of my pots to increase drainage.
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My pot has about 40 holes in it, made special !
 
JohnDee

JohnDee

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Hi,
Like Authentic was hinting at: It's always better to start plant in small container and transplant up. The plant may be busy growing roots and may take off eventually.
There was a tranplant method by a dude who called himself "Bushy Old Grower".

BOG transplanted up 4 or 5 times and each time he left a little of the previous media raised up an ince or two. Se eventually it was tiered like a Wedding cake. His rationale was that it aided in providing air to roots. He grew amazing large plants in organic soil.

Hope she comes around...
JD
 
Banana444

Banana444

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How much water are you using now? 2 cups is about 473ml. Start with half that if you think its too much. The plants will always tell you what they want.
 
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bondoman

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still isn't clear on what "economic light" is, and whether he's talking about fake wattage or the actual watts.
 
Banana444

Banana444

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Ok since the leaves are drooping after watering, the plant is telling you the roots are not getting enough oxygen. Let your pots dry out, bone dry, about 5 days more or less. Then give them minimal water, 1 cup, poured or sprayed slowly along the outer edges of the pot. My indica dominant plant did the same thing as yours at about 3 weeks from seed. Mine has improved a lot since I began decreasing the amount of water I used and increasing the frequency of watering. The leaves no longer droop after a watering. My mistake was I would soak all the soil until I has some run off out the bottom. I have also done some watering by filling the drip pan with water allowing the top soil to stay dry and the plant sucks up the water it needs from the bottom most roots.
 
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