diagnosis help.

okay I read up on the stickies up there I couldnt quite find what I was looking for. this is my first time ever growing obviously you can see that I already have some problems. I transplanted them last week using the same kind of potting soil that they came out of as seedlings. I wondering if its the pots that I transplanted too are to small from the get, or may it be a micro-nutrient deficiency. In about an hour or two Im gonna get me some good soil cuz I know Im using this wack ass soil. Do I need to put them in bigger pots like 3gl pots? plants in 1/2 gal pots, they are like 4 to 51/2 inches tall also i just put them under a 175w mh but I had them at a good distance . Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!

I would say heat stress

I would agree that it could be heat stress.

I really would not worry about that too much, sometimes plants just do weird things If your grow room is hot then find some way of cooling it off but I would not do anything to them for the next week or so.

No nutes, no changes in the environment, etc.
Just water and light.

All in all they look really healthy except for the curling but chances are it will go away.

i'd say a mix of four things; to small of a pot (not so much a diagnosis of the plants now.. but a recemmendation... get at least a 3 gallon pot)... transplant shock... heat stress (in agreement with dirtyboy)... and a slight nute def....

imho i would transplant to a 3 gal pot... water with some root stimulator/transplant shock inhibiter (since its usually the 2 in the same product)... water with a 1/4 strength nute solution... and make sure you have a fan blowing on your plant to keep it cool.. i know you said it was quit a ways away from the plant but it looks like it still has some heat stress...

the transplant shock doesnt show signs except slowed to no growth for a few days... i was just adding that in in case you were worried about it.. just an extra piece of the picture i guess.... yea... fuckin stoned... sorry...

it could be heat, and it could also be lack of lite, w/e u were using before may not have been doing it for them. but now that u have that MH u can rest assure that the problem will not occur again

I really don't think it is a nutrient deficiency.

Only because I used to use soil that already had small ammounts of nutes in it. Something like 2-1-3 or close too it. Anyway I would get curled leaves like that after I added even more nutrients (also back when I was using cheap nutes).
I know a 2-1-3 ratio does not sound like a lot but it is when the plants are only 5-6 inches or so.

I would reccomend transplanting using a good compost/ soil mix. In all honesty I have had a lot of success with Scott's Moisture Advantage (I swear, it is a good product ). Add 60% Scott's, 20% compost, and 20% perlite and don't add nutrients for 1-2 weeks.

Then, when you feel that it is time, add some Good Quality Nutes.

Just my 2 cents.

maybe its just leaf curl i see then... the leaf at the top of the picture, around the outside edge, looked like the start of a nute def.. but from the angle the pic was taken from its hard to tell if its curl or not... ill just assume you are right because you can probably see better than me.. i have shitty eyesite...

simpsonsampson420 said:

maybe its just leaf curl i see then... the leaf at the top of the picture, around the outside edge, looked like the start of a nute def.. but from the angle the pic was taken from its hard to tell if its curl or not... ill just assume you are right because you can probably see better than me.. i have shitty eyesite...

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It could be anything

It really is a small problem though In my opinion. I am just talking about what has happened to me before.

Like I said earlier, I honestly would not stress over it now. If it get's worse then I would be concerned but I doubt it will get worse.