1st grow, some basic questions

Smokej

Member
Hi,

I'm a frist time grower and have recently put some seeds to grow. It's been about one week and most of the plants are looking good, but one of the plant seems a little weird, the leaves are not straight.

I'm using 4 x 100W CFL (2x @ 4000 K and 2x @ 2700 K), lights are 18/6.
I water only when the soil gets a bit dry, and have only added nutrients once, 1/4 of the recommended dose tho, my fertilizer had NPK ratio of 10:6:8
pH of my soil is 7

I've only took a picture of one of the plants, and I'm wondering how is it looking? Good, bad or terrible :)

Thanks for the help.
 

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smillz

Member
You shouldn't be adding ANY nutrients to the soil this early espically if the growing medium already has nutrients added in. Too much will kill them. Stop adding nutrients for the next couple weeks, things will regurgitate.
 

Smokej

Member
Today I've tried touching one of my plants leaves and it felt really crispy on touch, it doesn't look dry, underwatered or overwatered, just really crispy on touch, is that normal?
 

keep it real.

Well-Known Member
Nute burn do not add any more, they are over watered if it was unde watered you would for sure know!! Let the soil dry very well stick you finger into the soil and you should not feel any moisture onc she dries she will perk right up. Over watering can and will cause major problems if left to long such as root rot, ph drop, bugs, and almost evey time death (if gone to far) I hope this helps
 

LeafGnosis

Active Member
Yes, I made the mistake of over watering and now I have a fun fungus gnat problem.. though I caught early and started using GoNats as soil drench. Just make sure to not over water cause as Keep it real said major problems can occur
 
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