I am at about 7 weeks of my first grow. Just wanted to know why my plant looks different than other young plants that ive seen. It is Master Kush. I had some issues earlier and you guys helped sort me out. I have 5mil of floragro and 5ml of floramicro. Also added 10ml of sugar daddy and some MagiCal. My ppms were reading 359 yesterday and reading 300 today. I am using distilled water and my ph is around 6.5. Im afraid to use more n nutrient fear of burning.
How am I doing? Looking for some direction.
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wannaquickee
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looks like your over watering...um no need for sugar daddy yet it will slow down growth a lil..anddd no need for distilled water in hydro. 
tap water works great
tap water works great
Devildog93
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That would be my assessment. Don't know about Sugar Daddy but it looks to me like overwatering. The roots are most likely starving for oxygen. Continuous overwatering can slow or stunt growth, and you said you are 7 wks in. That plant should be much bigger than that if it was totally healthy, with robust root system.looks like your over watering...um no need for sugar daddy yet it will slow down growth a lil..anddd no need for distilled water in hydro.
Leaves can sometimes have that drooping look when lights first come on, but generally perk up within an hour or so. So unless you just took that photo as soon as the lights come on, I would look at overwatering as a possible cause.
Just my assessment. Good luck.
wannaquickee
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im not saying you cant use sugar daddy but you dont need that until flowering..as using this product during veg can just slow the growth a little and make your plant more bushy..nothing that is bad
newb weed grower
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it seems like over water
but i gotta say i like how it looks
makes it look extremely bushy
but i gotta say i like how it looks
makes it look extremely bushy
Devildog93
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True true, it does look like a bushy plant. I may have over stated that it should be MUCH bigger. Still slow or stunted though in my eyes.
Again, good luck.
wannaquickee
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are you hand feeding or drip feeding? or what
Devildog93
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Not too familiar with the drip systems, and how often you should water. I used an ebb and flow system with pumps on a timer. If the plants show signs of overwater, I would just space out the feeding intervals more.
With drip, I would assume you could throttle the drip rate somehow. Maybe run a timer if your drip system is pump fed, and just stop feeding for X amount of hours. If a gravity fed res system, there could maybe be a way to slow or speed up the drip rate with some kind drip regulator. Some kind of regulator could work with pump driven systems as well.
You would have to figure that out based on the layout of your system.
I was totally confused about how to water less since I thought the water was supposed to drip 24/7. I read online about people using timers. I had one in the garage so now I have the air pump on a one hour on, one hour off schedule. i just put the sugar daddy in on saturday for the first time. So the bushiness is not from that if you are wondering. It may be due to it being under 30,000 lumens of 6500k cfl lighting. Thanks for all of the help guys!
Devildog93
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I guess you can run 24/7 drip, but if your medium is over saturated.....it's over saturated. you could still drip 24/7, just throttle back the drips per hour, or whatever your interval you use for measurement. Good luck.
Devildog93
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Sweet. Looking better. Air stones are good, they keep the water moving enough, and oxygenated enough to slow stagnantion of the water.
Devildog93
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To clarify, once your plant is more developed you most likely will be back on a steady drip... and your drip rate increased, as well as nute strength. Just for now, it's demands are minimal. Keep us posted and good luck.
well, all is looking good. thanks to all of the good advice that has been given on this forum. thank you all.
when I said that the plant was 7 weeks old previously, i dont know if it matters or not but that is from seed.
I now have a TDS meter and I think that I have the swing of it. I am gradually upping my ppm every day and watching the plant. I havent decided yet what I am going to do with it but I think I am going to get the 8 site waterfarm or build my own and grow with snips of this girl. Any suggestions are welcome as to what I should do.
when I said that the plant was 7 weeks old previously, i dont know if it matters or not but that is from seed.
I now have a TDS meter and I think that I have the swing of it. I am gradually upping my ppm every day and watching the plant. I havent decided yet what I am going to do with it but I think I am going to get the 8 site waterfarm or build my own and grow with snips of this girl. Any suggestions are welcome as to what I should do.
