First Grow...A Couple Questions

spek9

Well-Known Member
Your mistake ....... growing them in a full pot.
Always start off in a half-filled pot, than as they stretch, you can add more soil and bury them deeper as they grow.
What? No!

Never start off in a half-filled pot. Always use a full pot when planting a seedling. That way the root ball will grow out properly, and the leaves of the plant are actually above the rim of the pot. Once the roots fill in, transplant to their final pot.

Where are these crazy ideas coming from? Fill a pot only half full. Sheesh.
 

MATTYMATT726

Well-Known Member
What? No!

Never start off in a half-filled pot. Always use a full pot when planting a seedling. That way the root ball will grow out properly, and the leaves of the plant are actually above the rim of the pot. Once the roots fill in, transplant to their final pot.

Where are these crazy ideas coming from? Fill a pot only half full. Sheesh.
I'm no expert, but I'm a solid grower IMO. There has been nothing but absurd crap here in the auto fourms alone for quite some time. Doesn't make me even want to read/talk much and the few guys that i believe are truly knowledgeable don't even come here anymore which makes it worse.
 

Budzbuddha

Well-Known Member
Just let them do their thing since you should close to the time they ready to throw pistils. They sex fast and will move to preflower stretch .... THEN you can adjust branches ( lst ) to finalize shape. DO NOT DEFOL or TOP at this time. You screw the natural course of preflower is just asking for a stunted plant. No 2 plants run the same , some lag a little , some even end up looking different even from same batch.

Stay the course
 

wil2279

Well-Known Member
I'm no expert, but I'm a solid grower IMO. There has been nothing but absurd crap here in the auto fourms alone for quite some time. Doesn't make me even want to read/talk much and the few guys that i believe are truly knowledgeable don't even come here anymore which makes it worse.
Hey... stick around. Sooner or later the guys you looked up to won't be here and new users will be talking about you, the way you talk about the guys you looked up to. Be part of the next generation.
 

MrObscura

Member
I was doing a LST session every other day or so, which started when the plants were 21 days old.

The right plants is in flower now so I'd leave it be regardless. But the left plant is still early on and could use a little more training, but as mentioned the growth is particularly crazy with branches everywhere and difficult to work with. So besides leaf tucking I'm just going to leave them both be now and do nothing but feed/water until harvest.
 

JoeBlow5823

Well-Known Member
Your mistake ....... growing them in a full pot.
Always start off in a half-filled pot, than as they stretch, you can add more soil and bury them deeper as they grow.
Please, tell me more about my mistakes....

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Please, show me where i could add more dirt.....
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Sooo many mistakes....
 

MrObscura

Member
Added a second roleadro 3500k, this one 185 actual wattage. So, for 120 bucks i have 320 actual watts of 3500k full spec lighting.

They may be cheap lights but wattage is wattage and par and spectrum are par and spectrum, so I should get decent yields, all else considered.
 

Mr. Cheetah

Well-Known Member
What? No!

Never start off in a half-filled pot. Always use a full pot when planting a seedling. That way the root ball will grow out properly, and the leaves of the plant are actually above the rim of the pot. Once the roots fill in, transplant to their final pot.

Where are these crazy ideas coming from? Fill a pot only half full. Sheesh.
what he said!
 

Seedlin

Well-Known Member
Your girls are looking good. You have to take in what you read here and kinda shift thru it. There is a lot of shit talk on here. One just needs to read a lot of threads and you will find the golden nuggets of useful info from some of us who have been doing this for years and years and years. If you are truely driven you will succeed. :blsmoke:
 

grayeyes

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Next time start in those red plastic cups. That way the plant can develop a decent root system. Once about 12 inches then you transplant into a 1 gallon pot. Let that fill in and finally into a 3 gallon pot.

My friend Mr. Greengenes suggested this and it really works. I seriously doubt there is anyone on this forum with an equivalent amount of experience.
 
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