First time grower (CFL) / new to RIU

caffeinated.chris said:

Btw nutes consist of 1 oz/gal. Boost goes in once a week, veg goes in daily. From what I read it's better to do standard water and then feed with nutes after?

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So how much water would you say your pouring in that pot every day? Including nutes

MD914 said:

So how much water would you say your pouring in that pot every day? Including nutes

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I have been doing ~1 liter a day. Sometimes two days.

Btw I just went and picked up some cal-mag. Put in 1 ml in pH'ed water / 60% veg grow nute strength. Runoff ended with 6.5pH. Sounding good?

I also checked soil temp out of curiosity because I never have and got 69-70°F.

caffeinated.chris said:

I have been doing ~1 liter a day. Sometimes two days.

Btw I just went and picked up some cal-mag. Put in 1 ml in pH'ed water / 60% veg grow nute strength. Runoff ended with 6.5pH. Sounding good?

I also checked soil temp out of curiosity because I never have and got 69-70°F.

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How big is that pot? I've played with "daily watering" and it's a bit challenging...ecspecially for a first time grow. Your plant won't do well in soggy soil...and I don't agree with daily feeding in soil either. That's something you would see in a coco grow or hydro When you transplanted what did your roots look like?
You saw my plants...they showed signs of deficiency...but all I had to do was transplant and they're better. I've only really "fed" them once I have lime in my soil and I only water with distilled water so I don't worry about pH...
Its easy to love these plants to death...ecspecially on a first grow...sometimes we just need to sit on our hands...but I'm a newb too so this is just an opinion

MD914 said:

How big is that pot? I've played with "daily watering" and it's a bit challenging...ecspecially for a first time grow. Your plant won't do well in soggy soil...and I don't agree with daily feeding in soil either. That's something you would see in a coco grow or hydro When you transplanted what did your roots look like?
You saw my plants...they showed signs of deficiency...but all I had to do was transplant and they're better. I've only really "fed" them once I have lime in my soil and I only water with distilled water so I don't worry about pH...
Its easy to love these plants to death...ecspecially on a first grow...sometimes we just need to sit on our hands...but I'm a newb too so this is just an opinion

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oh my gosh, RIU was down way too long! So the roots during the transplant looked nice and white, I may have accidentally cut a few along the edges, but I was trying to get as much soil out as possible because that MG soil was murderrrrr. I spaced out pretty far from the plant and probably only cut a few. but the roots did look quite healthy.

The pot size I believe is 2-3 gal. I did cut back on feeding/ watering since I last read this just before the site went down. I have been checking soil moisture before watering to instead of over-watering haha.

I also had another slight fungus growth on the rockwool cube and cut away a little more of that. I installed a small desk fan for better circulation to help try to prevent from future fungus problems, as well as move the leaves around a little. Shes decently sized now and seems to be quite healthy.

I topped her as well, and the two new tops have started to form small leaves. Shes turning into a beauty! The branches are veryy close together and I love it! This strain really was bred for shortness and I love it =)

Pictures to come very soon! =D

If you can dpare another 6 dollars, get another desk fan and face it out, this will silve mold. This and waiting 3 days between watering. Hope everything is looking good. I picked up a veg and plabt fungis mild and bug preventative (organic of.course) since ive applied.that ince a week all those problems have disappeared.

Hope your still going strong

dakid1028 said:

If you can dpare another 6 dollars, get another desk fan and face it out, this will silve mold. This and waiting 3 days between watering. Hope everything is looking good. I picked up a veg and plabt fungis mild and bug preventative (organic of.course) since ive applied.that ince a week all those problems have disappeared.

Hope your still going strong

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Thanks for the info! Face the fan out of the closet you're saying?

UPDATE!!

So, I went on vaca out of state for a little over a week. I (nervously) made some basic nute/water mix for my GF to feed when needed for me while I was away. I noticed a few things. First of all it had a growth spurt and looks to be muchhhh taller than when I left her =D. The downside; there seems to be a possible deficiency. I will get more into that in a sec.

Until then, Roll that Beautiful Bean Footage!!

Now these next 3 pix are before I left. Next post will be designated for when I came returned.

mmm you can see the two tops starting =)


has anyone seen a few leaves grow deformed / missing like this one below??

caffeinated.chris said:

UPDATE!!

So, I went on vaca out of state for a little over a week. I (nervously) made some basic nute/water mix for my GF to feed when needed for me while I was away. I noticed a few things. First of all it had a growth spurt and looks to be muchhhh taller than when I left her =D. The downside; there seems to be a possible deficiency. I will get more into that in a sec.

Until then, Roll that Beautiful Bean Footage!!

Now these next 3 pix are before I left. Next post will be designated for when I came returned.

mmm you can see the two tops starting =)
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has anyone seen a few leaves grow deformed / missing like this one below??View attachment 3134816

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She's looking pretty good I've seen that before (funny leaves) I've had them grow little tiny "extra" blades...crazy looking

UPDATE!!

Ok, so as stated in the above post, this is what I saw when I returned from an 11 day out-of-state vaca. I made a veg nute mix (NSR veg) of about 80% power (.8oz/gal) for my GF to feed while I was away. This is what I came home to.
As I'm sure you could guess, my excitement went thru the roof when I saw the shape that this gal has taken!
(sorry for low quality, from GF phone)


I love the size and shape! mmmm! But I'm scared of this Def that appeared. More pix below


=( looks to be on lowest older leaves. only affected 2-3 so far.


After looking at a few deficiencies, it looks to be either Magnesium or Nitrogen. Not sure which, What do you guys think?

thanks again <3 you guys =)

MD914 said:

She's looking pretty good I've seen that before (funny leaves) I've had them grow little tiny "extra" blades...crazy looking

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Yea it is! I wasnt sure if it was from a few roots that may have been chopped during transplant or what but I have at least 4 of them towards the bottom that appeared.. haha Cooky little things haha

caffeinated.chris said:

Yea it is! I wasnt sure if it was from a few roots that may have been chopped during transplant or what but I have at least 4 of them towards the bottom that appeared.. haha Cooky little things haha

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I think its time for a transplant...are you using organic nutes with this organic soil?

Actually...how long has it been since your last transplant? 2 weeks or more? And did you add any lime to the soil?

MD914 said:

Actually...how long has it been since your last transplant? 2 weeks or more? And did you add any lime to the soil?

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No, I only did the one transplant out of the MG and into the organic soil. I am still using the basic NSR nutes. After more research, the yellowing leaves seems to be a Nitrogen def. What do you think?

caffeinated.chris said:

No, I only did the one transplant out of the MG and into the organic soil. I am still using the basic NSR nutes. After more research, the yellowing leaves seems to be a Nitrogen def. What do you think?

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I think if it's been a couple weeks you should probably transplant again...the new soil will feed your plant

MD914 said:

I think if it's been a couple weeks you should probably transplant again...the new soil will feed your plant

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No way, do you think it needs another transplant?? Its only had a couple weeks and the roots have probably finally spread to actually start soaking nutes from the rest of the soil. Theres no way its out already! I thought grown plants only undergo 2 to 3 transplants at max..?

caffeinated.chris said:

No way, do you think it needs another transplant?? Its only had a couple weeks and the roots have probably finally spread to actually start soaking nutes from the rest of the soil. Theres no way its out already! I thought grown plants only undergo 2 to 3 transplants at max..?

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How many times have you transplanted this plant? What size is that pot? It looks kinda small in the pic. I transplant as my plants grow...when they look hungry they get new soil...until they go in their final pots to flower...

Lol...but if you don't want advice, you shouldn't ask for it

MD914 said:

How many times have you transplanted this plant? What size is that pot? It looks kinda small in the pic. I transplant as my plants grow...when they look hungry they get new soil...until they go in their final pots to flower...

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So how many times do you transplant? And personally I cant go any larger or it wont fit inside the closet. This current pot of roughly 2-3 gal is .5" from either side. =( Thats why I was hoping it could be a quick Nute def fix

caffeinated.chris said:

So how many times do you transplant? And personally I cant go any larger or it wont fit inside the closet. This current pot of roughly 2-3 gal is .5" from either side. =( Thats why I was hoping it could be a quick Nute def fix

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How many times I transplant depends on how long I'm vegging and how big I want my plants to be...I'm currently in 18 gallon storage totes If space is an issue how much longer do you plan to veg? The plant looks hungry

MD914 said:

How many times I transplant depends on how long I'm vegging and how big I want my plants to be...I'm currently in 18 gallon storage totes If space is an issue how much longer do you plan to veg? The plant looks hungry

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holy cow 18 gal?!? Damn you must have some rooooom! Hahah lucky! I only plan to veg for another couple inches. I chose this strain because of its genetic very small stature. Im curious as to how much more she will grow once I switch to 12/12 though.. I'm thinking if the buds get too close to the lights then I will bend them sideways for more surface area =P

And I noticed my temp getting up to mid to high 80's. Erg I need to fix this.

They look hungry to you? damn I thought 80% strength on these nutes would be more than enough. Thats a bump up from 50% that I was previously using.. looks like this strain likes the nutes!