lildogbyte
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It’s been stupid hot. Yesterday had a high of 110 (F) and in the evening it was sitting at 80 until like 10PM. I need help narrowing this down. I think it’s the heat, or a deficiency, or a combo of both.
Tangent: I’m confused about the nutrients because according to a lot of growers, the soil mix I used is one that you just plant the ganja in and water it and it will grow good, but I’m not sure how accurate that claim really is as this is my first experience growing. I don’t believe it’s that easy, although I adversely don’t believe it’s really all that hard. I’m not trying very hard and my plants look fine even if they’re slow and steady. So if someone could clarify to what degree any given soil mix can on its own grow bud that would be sick. I know that the nutrients required are different depending on the stage, but I feel like adding some rooting formula to a mix perfect for vegetative growth and then adding nutes for flowering at the end is ideal for me. If I must I will go buy ALL the nutes, but as of right now I don’t have a job and I don’t like asking for money so I’m trying to work with what I’ve got already.
My plants looked really pretty despite the circumstances. There’s a lot of things I’m not doing “right.” For instance I have made no effort to protect my plants from the aforementioned heat. These plants grew from seed in this heat and they outlived their brethren thus far. I like to think of it as an experiment finding a phenotype that can withstand extreme heats lol… They smell awesome too. I noticed tiny browned tips on the one I’m about to show, but with how minor it was, google says it could be any number of things. I kept an eye on it. It got a little worse. Maybe a copper deficiency based on comparing my plant to others online? But then yesterday I noticed my plant looked off. The leaves that had previously had brown tips were now entirely green, but they were slightly off color from the rest, and I noticed a big crack in one of the fronds. Upon closer inspection the leaves were dried out and crispy. I don’t really have any solutions since I assumed it had to do with the heat, so I just crossed my fingers that she would pull through. She made it this far despite the odds! Well this morning I went and checked on her, and the problem looks a lot worse. Now there’s spots of discoloration as well. The other girlie looks perfectly fine. Both of them got topped a couple days ago.
Stress from topping? Heat stress? Nutrient deficiency? What do y’all think?
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Tangent: I’m confused about the nutrients because according to a lot of growers, the soil mix I used is one that you just plant the ganja in and water it and it will grow good, but I’m not sure how accurate that claim really is as this is my first experience growing. I don’t believe it’s that easy, although I adversely don’t believe it’s really all that hard. I’m not trying very hard and my plants look fine even if they’re slow and steady. So if someone could clarify to what degree any given soil mix can on its own grow bud that would be sick. I know that the nutrients required are different depending on the stage, but I feel like adding some rooting formula to a mix perfect for vegetative growth and then adding nutes for flowering at the end is ideal for me. If I must I will go buy ALL the nutes, but as of right now I don’t have a job and I don’t like asking for money so I’m trying to work with what I’ve got already.
My plants looked really pretty despite the circumstances. There’s a lot of things I’m not doing “right.” For instance I have made no effort to protect my plants from the aforementioned heat. These plants grew from seed in this heat and they outlived their brethren thus far. I like to think of it as an experiment finding a phenotype that can withstand extreme heats lol… They smell awesome too. I noticed tiny browned tips on the one I’m about to show, but with how minor it was, google says it could be any number of things. I kept an eye on it. It got a little worse. Maybe a copper deficiency based on comparing my plant to others online? But then yesterday I noticed my plant looked off. The leaves that had previously had brown tips were now entirely green, but they were slightly off color from the rest, and I noticed a big crack in one of the fronds. Upon closer inspection the leaves were dried out and crispy. I don’t really have any solutions since I assumed it had to do with the heat, so I just crossed my fingers that she would pull through. She made it this far despite the odds! Well this morning I went and checked on her, and the problem looks a lot worse. Now there’s spots of discoloration as well. The other girlie looks perfectly fine. Both of them got topped a couple days ago.
Stress from topping? Heat stress? Nutrient deficiency? What do y’all think?
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