Indoor CFL Journal 1'st grow

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MikeyPeenz

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after just taking off the intake fan in the back, temps are down to 81-82 from 86-88
i will use another fan as exhaut as i am starting to get a light smell comin from the box. Thank you very much!!! pics up later, hoping some more plants turn fem! today is day 35-36, about 5-6 days into 12/12.
 
jgoembel

jgoembel

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MikeyPeenz said:
after just taking off the intake fan in the back, temps are down to 81-82 from 86-88
i will use another fan as exhaut as i am starting to get a light smell comin from the box. Thank you very much!!! pics up later, hoping some more plants turn fem! today is day 35-36, about 5-6 days into 12/12.
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glad i could help mikeypeenz. hope your plants come out fem too. i am going to flower mine on tuesday. i am thinking shes a she though cause she is 37 days and hasnt shown male yet. fingers X'ed.
 
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MikeyPeenz

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jgoembel said:
glad i could help mikeypeenz. hope your plants come out fem too. i am going to flower mine on tuesday. i am thinking shes a she though cause she is 37 days and hasnt shown male yet. fingers X'ed.
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Mine are crossed for you too bro! fingers and toes! lol
 
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MikeyPeenz

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Hello guys, i seem to be experiencing yellowing leaves after my first dose of nuts in flowering.
I have bloom builder by Schultz, which is a 5-30-5, the only thing my local home depot had on hand. Is this yellowing caused by this?? or is it a lack of N in my solution? I am on week one in the flowering cycle. Temps have been up and down, 90-86. Soil is a Schultz potting mix with organic peat moss. Water Ph i have no idea last time i checked it was somewhere around 6- 6.2, hard to match the colour with the test kit.
Any help is really appreciated and i will give rep if need be! I have looked through some threads but nothing is really describing lower mature leaves turning yellow!

pics below Of 2 out of the 3 plants i have.
 
chickengutz

chickengutz

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i had the same problem, you need high N for veg.. I went to Vigaro 28-8-16 ( which I got at the borg) and supplemented with mollasses. It straightened everything out quick.

Even with cfl's heat is an issue, I dumpped my reflectors and it made a big difference. I have read a lot of bs about the reason not to line a grow box with foil, about uneven light refraction,my ass, I wont use it again because of the heat retention in the box. My plants were getting droopy and I was sweating because I thought they were rootbound. I gave them a flush with ph'ed water and I'm back on track, they responded in one day. Woo Hoo!

Your shit looks great, I wish I would have doccumented my grow better. Take pics every time you notice a change in your grow, you will never regret it. Good show nice job.
 
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MikeyPeenz

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chickengutz said:
i had the same problem, you need high N for veg.. I went to Vigaro 28-8-16 ( which I got at the borg) and supplemented with mollasses. It straightened everything out quick.

Even with cfl's heat is an issue, I dumpped my reflectors and it made a big difference. I have read a lot of bs about the reason not to line a grow box with foil, about uneven light refraction,my ass, I wont use it again because of the heat retention in the box. My plants were getting droopy and I was sweating because I thought they were rootbound. I gave them a flush with ph'ed water and I'm back on track, they responded in one day. Woo Hoo!

Your shit looks great, I wish I would have doccumented my grow better. Take pics every time you notice a change in your grow, you will never regret it. Good show nice job.
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Oh shit! my bad! The title is supposed to read In flowering. 1 week flowering. Not veg. Im sorry thats my mistake, was nt paying attention!
 
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MikeyPeenz

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Well checking out the yellowing today on some leaves i came across my lil runt who was showing small little balls, upon further inspection it was identified as a male! so now i have 2 out of 3 fem's. I was getting worried about it, seeing as i wouldnt really have space for three, and built the box guessing one would turn male. Prepare for the worst i guess. Anways, day 37-38 today! 1 week into flowering they should sex!! now to focus on this yellowing issue, i'll post sum pics later of the two girls, who i have named molly and bigz!
 
chickengutz

chickengutz

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MikeyPeenz said:
Well checking out the yellowing today on some leaves i came across my lil runt who was showing small little balls, upon further inspection it was identified as a male! so now i have 2 out of 3 fem's. I was getting worried about it, seeing as i wouldnt really have space for three, and built the box guessing one would turn male. Prepare for the worst i guess. Anways, day 37-38 today! 1 week into flowering they should sex!! now to focus on this yellowing issue, i'll post sum pics later of the two girls, who i have named molly and bigz!
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yeah! I shot you a reply as fast as I could, lol. From what I understand, and I have seen with my plants, as the soil gets depleted of Nitrogen, the fan leafs use there stores of elements and turn yellow and fall off. I lost all my lower fan leaves this way, and believe me I was sweating bullets. but my plants look better than ever and the buds are bulking up, woo hoo!! Starting to get tricomes. I didnt know that when I fimmed them it would extend my grow time, but I'm just learning so I gave myself a pass. So I guess when the fan leafs start to yellow it means victory is near.
 
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MikeyPeenz

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Hey bro! im not sure if victory is quite near for me, but i know you are a bit ahead of me
i still have many weeks of flowering left, and i'm going to try and add some high N value the next time i nute.
Good for you bro i'll come check out the grow 2morrow!! good luck post me sum updated pics!
 
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MikeyPeenz

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These babies are looking really really bad right now, wilted to shit!!! with the leaves curling down compared to in the pics! Even the fans leaves are wilted! anyone have an idea what is going on.
 
jgoembel

jgoembel

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try to flush them a little, just plain ph'ed water, unless of course they have recently been freshly watered
 
chickengutz

chickengutz

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jgoembel said:
try to flush them a little, just plain ph'ed water, unless of course they have recently been freshly watered
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I have two plants in flower, the aurora, which is the better plant, started looking wilted and I didn't know if it was rootbound, or overwatered or what. I took a gamble and flushed with 5 gals of ph'ed water, the last gal of which I added molasses. a day an a half later the mofo was back better than ever. I don't know if this helps you but it worked for me. Also whenever I get a chance I leave open the cab doors open when the lights are on.
 
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MikeyPeenz

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jgoembel said:
try to flush them a little, just plain ph'ed water, unless of course they have recently been freshly watered
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chickengutz said:
I have two plants in flower, the aurora, which is the better plant, started looking wilted and I didn't know if it was rootbound, or overwatered or what. I took a gamble and flushed with 5 gals of ph'ed water, the last gal of which I added molasses. a day an a half later the mofo was back better than ever. I don't know if this helps you but it worked for me. Also whenever I get a chance I leave open the cab doors open when the lights are on.
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Hey boys, before i transplant im going to try and flush with some neutral ph water, incase the problem is due to a nute lockout or something relating to nutience,

Chicken the aurora you are growing you say had a smiliar wilting problem and a simple flush seemed to be the cure?? i will go this route. Thanks for the tips dudes!
 
chickengutz

chickengutz

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jgoembel said:
no problem, let us know if it helps.
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about 2 weeks ago thats what my plant did, looked wilted like a mofo. I'm growing in a 3 gal bucket and my aurora is 2 ft tall. Im using that alaska more grow stuff for flower. the guy at the hydro store said it would be great for cfl buds, as long as you do a complete flush at the finish. I wonder if the miricle grow shit i was using for veg shitted up the soil. Anyway i've almost killed my plant about 10 times. The aurora is a very forgiving plant. Keep ur growbox cool and let us know whats happening.
 
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