3 in one SIX in pot (heat stress, mg soil)

smkone2dadome420

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SOIL:

How long has this problem been going on?>>> 3 days +

What STRAIN are you growing? bag seeds unknown

What was the establishing technique? (seed or clone?) seeds

What is the age of your plants? 10days

How long have they been in the soil mixture they are in now? 10days


How Tall are the plants? 0427100220.jpeg maybe 3 to 4inches is the tallest other two are 1 to 2 inches at 10days old


What PHASE (seedling, vegetative or flower) are the plants in? >>> vegetative 9 days old

What Technique are you using? (SOG, SCROG etc) no stress tech

What size pots are you using? (Include how many subjects to pot) one 6 in pot 3 plants


What substrate/medium are you using? What brandg of soil mixture are you using?(percentage of perlite, vermiculite...etc?) >>> miracle grow potting mix 0.07-0.21-0.14

What Nutrient's are you using?>>> NONE
How much of each nutrient are you using with how much water? *Knowing the brand is very helpful*N/A

How often are you feeding?N?A


What is the pH of the "RUN-OFF"? NEED TEST METER TO KNOW:-|

How often are you watering? every 3 days


What size bulb are you using? (2) 6500k 23watt cfls and (2700k19 watt clfs
What is the distance to the canopy? close about 3inchw
What is your RH Factor? (Relative Humidity)unknown NEED device for this walmart going soon

What is the canopy temperature? always between 76-90
What is the Day/Night Temp? (Include fluctuation range) ^^^ night it gets hotter??? 90 degrees is the hottest
What is the current Air Flow? (cfm etc.) just 2 house fans blows away from the plant
Tell us about your ventilation, intake exhaust and when its running and not running ? seems to be running pretty hot

Is the fan blowing directly at plants? NO faces away to take heat from the lights away...

Is the grow substrate constantly wet or moist? moist
Is your water HARD or SOFT? dont know how to tell the difference

What water are you using? Reverse Osmosis (RO)? Tap? Bottled? Well water? Distilled? Mineral Water? TAP


Are you using water from a water softener? NO
Has plant been recently pruned, cloned or pinched? NO to young

Have any pest chemicals been used? If so what and when? NONE


Are plant's infected with pest's? hope not (NO):-?


 
Antigen

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First off you don't want 3 plants growing out of 1 pot. Also you shouldn't use Miracle Grow soils, because most likely it contains time-release fertilizers (you can check on the bag to see if it does). These time-release ferts are bad and will cause you problems in the future.

Luckily, both of these problems can be fixed by transplanting into a better soil. Get a good potting soil that does not have time-release fertilizers in it (I use Fox Farm Ocean Forest), and put each plant into its own pot. Do this soon before their root systems start getting tangled into each other and it gets harder to separate them.

Also I would have a fan going across the tops of your plants where they are closest to the light. That will help with the heat issues; 90 degrees is pretty hot. :o

And if you are using tap water the pH is most likely incorrect, so you should get a meter or the water test drops (which are only like $7). Also get a bottle each of pH UP and pH DOWN so you can make necessary adjustments.
 
smkone2dadome420

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0427102353(2).jpeg i think i might just have too many LIGHTS for how young they are...0427102355(2).jpeg most recent photo next update they will be in new 6' square pots WITH SOME BETTER SOIL.
 
Antigen

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Looking MUCH better! :D

Also, it's definitely not too MUCH light, in fact with those CFL bulbs you can usually get them right up next to the plants, like 2 inches away or so. The closer you can get them without it being too hot, the better. If your lights are too far away, the plants will start stretching out instead of giving you nice tight nodes.

It's hard to see exactly what your setup is from the latest pics, but you should have the lights right above the plants, not off to the sides of them. You can have some side lighting, it does help especially with fluorescents, but you also need to have a lot of light right above them.
 
smkone2dadome420

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Antigen said:
Looking MUCH better! :D

Also, it's definitely not too MUCH light, in fact with those CFL bulbs you can usually get them right up next to the plants, like 2 inches away or so. The closer you can get them without it being too hot, the better. If your lights are too far away, the plants will start stretching out instead of giving you nice tight nodes.

It's hard to see exactly what your setup is from the latest pics, but you should have the lights right above the plants, not off to the sides of them. You can have some side lighting, it does help especially with fluorescents, but you also need to have a lot of light right above them.
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Thanks it's a Ghetto Cardboard Box Setup :sad:I've recently move the lights to the top of the box.051210-116.jpeg They took off like a rocket:weed:051210-114.jpeg
 
smkone2dadome420

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Antigen said:
Looking MUCH better! :D

Also, it's definitely not too MUCH light, in fact with those CFL bulbs you can usually get them right up next to the plants, like 2 inches away or so. The closer you can get them without it being too hot, the better. If your lights are too far away, the plants will start

Waggs said:
Better! Much luck on your grow :)
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Thanks I appreciate it:-P before0424101930(4).jpegafter View attachment 932935

I can only do so much then it's up to Mother Nature to flower em.
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Antigen

Antigen

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Lights look a lot better, just make sure they are secure so they don't accidentally fall on top of your plants! You could probably even move them closer, depending on your temps. Unless you just moved them away to take pictures, that is.

And if you're growing indoors, it's gonna be up to you to flower them, not mother nature. ;)
 
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