my 1st grow

nothing much 2day just a few pictures i flushed rudy out yesterday i have only done it once b4 used distilled water from walmart kinda looks better 2 day than it did a couple day ago

Look familiar?? This is a phosphorus def. Study the pictures on this page >
http://www.ganjaguerrilla.net/index.htm
Your plant is a patient, AND a teacher. You must be a Dr. AND a student. You can do it. Good luck.

rudy looks better this week i think that flush really helped i had a branch break 2 nights ago i taped it up it looks fine but who knows it didn't break all the way but enough that it needed duct tape jim looks a couple a weeks behind rudy also i started adding sugar in my water every other time and i got that milwalkee ph tester in the mail but i have been able to figger it out as of yet i think i need some kind of solution to calbrate it also i ordered my next seeds this week as well i am getting 3 blueberry dwarfs 2 calf hash plant 2 o.g kush and 2 dutch passions and 1 afgan kush and a couple of free ones all will b females

chickenphish said:

rudy looks better this week i think that flush really helped i had a branch break 2 nights ago i taped it up it looks fine but who knows it didn't break all the way but enough that it needed duct tape jim looks a couple a weeks behind rudy also i started adding sugar in my water every other time and i got that milwalkee ph tester in the mail but i have been able to figger it out as of yet i think i need some kind of solution to calbrate it also i ordered my next seeds this week as well i am getting 3 blueberry dwarfs 2 calf hash plant 2 o.g kush and 2 dutch passions and 1 afgan kush and a couple of free ones all will b females

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You know I just purchased a ph tester myself. And wa surprised it had to be calibrated.

You need to get a Ph buffer solution to calibrate. The cheapest one I found was here http://www.aquacave.com/ph-701-buffer-solution-220-ml-621.html

Hope it helps, and glad to hear that your plants are doing well

a few other thing i would like to add i put a milk jug in the closet at the beginning of the wk i put baking soda and vingar in it i read that it would put co2 in the air also i am thinking of adding epsom salt i went to that site u wanted me to go to( growing like a weed ) and it said that it would help have u used any? thanks

chickenphish said:

a few other thing i would like to add i put a milk jug in the closet at the beginning of the wk i put baking soda and vingar in it i read that it would put co2 in the air also i am thinking of adding epsom salt i went to that site u wanted me to go to( growing like a weed ) and it said that it would help have u used any? thanks

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Not sure if vinegar and baking soda produce CO2, but I know that sugar water and yeast do.

There is a thread here about DIY CO2 https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/1362-home-made-co2-tutorial.html

I wouldn't add epson salt either, I don't think it is necessary, and really have no experience with it.

chickenphish said:

a few other thing i would like to add i put a milk jug in the closet at the beginning of the wk i put baking soda and vingar in it i read that it would put co2 in the air also i am thinking of adding epsom salt i went to that site u wanted me to go to( growing like a weed ) and it said that it would help have u used any? thanks

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Not sure if vinegar and baking soda produce CO2, but I know that sugar water and yeast do.

There is a thread here about DIY CO2 https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/1362-home-made-co2-tutorial.html

I wouldn't add epson salt either, I don't think it is necessary, and really have no experience with it.

vinegar and baking soda will NOT make co2. sugar and yeast will. you can put a small amount a sugar and dry yeast on a two liter bottle shake it up. The first time you shake it, not much happens, but after a bit the yeast starts to feed on the sugar and the by-product is co2. Just shake it up a few times a day and each time a bit of c02 will be released. It wont do too much for you at all unless you do it in a small confined space. if you just do it in a room.....ehh....sugar and yeast are not free lol , but in a grow box, tent, somthing enclosed like that the co2 helps alot.
Vinegar is an acid source PH- baking soda is alkaline PH+ But baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) aslo contains SALT so you dont really wanna go there.
Epsom salt is a magnesium source, as well as a source of calcium. MJ does require a good amount of magnesium which is why it is commonly used by growers. But if it aint broke dont fix it. ONly use it if you NEED to, if you have a mag def.
Boiling your water is a waste of time and energy. Unless you are condensing and collecting the steam. then you'd have distilled water. Just let it sit out for 3 days to evap the chlorine or put an airstone in it. if you can cleanly collect rainwater and use that its ideal.

cool thanks i will try the co2 thing and i think i will wait on the epsom salt i guess i want to do more. i think i would be better off just leaving my plants alone and let them do their thing. i really thankful on all the imput it's helping alot and i don't know where i got the vingar bakingsoda thing i am a pothead and sometimes i get confused i know i used to put that stuff together in a volcano at school for a science pro. maybe i was having a flashback lol

LOL yeah man...you're learning. Its all good.
QUOTE- "i think i would be better off just leaving my plants alone and let them do their thing." This as a lesson everyone has to learn. And the sooner the better! Your on the right track, keep that train chuggin.
For future reference (and future refer! LOL) a good way to be ABLE to just let the plant do its thing, is to give it a real nice BIG pot in which to do it!

here is a few of rudy i cant really see much a difference than last week let me know what u think?

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here is a few of jim should i be worried about the stems on rudy? they are a little pink

look i need help i don't know what is wrong with this plant it is curling down i flushed it sunday and that most of the time helps but it looks worse i have been using sugar water ever other time to water them and i used distilled water to flush

chickenphish said:

look i need help i don't know what is wrong with this plant it is curling down i flushed it sunday and that most of the time helps but it looks worse i have been using sugar water ever other time to water them and i used distilled water to flush

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Ok they don't look that bad.

Leaves curling downward is a sign of a ph problem. Your ph might be off which is causing nute lock out, which hurts the plants ability to absorb nutrients.

If you do not have a PH tester get one. Don't forget a PH buffer solution to calibrate the meter.

Now PH should be 6.3 to 6.8 water. Try flushing with this PH and stop giving the plants sugar water.

You are better off giving the plant molasses.

But for now just keep flushing with the right PH. Your plants will be ok.

i have a ph tester but no solution to calbrate it it's still shipping. i'll stop the sugar water and go to the store and get more distiled h2o rudy has the same prob. on some of the leafs not all i had some1 tell me to kill the plant it too far gone but i will never do that it will have to kill it's self ill do another flushing 2night

Just a little update... I got the solution so I can calbrate my ph meter. I checked my water and it was 5.9 the distilled I am using from walmart is 6.3. Is that a real big difference? I also ordered some final flush. The plants look better than last wk at this time so I am sure the flush helped Jim. There still some curlin but not as much. I'll post some pics later on 2-day sometime after 6 pm.

chickenphish said:

Just a little update... I got the solution so I can calbrate my ph meter. I checked my water and it was 5.9 the distilled I am using from walmart is 6.3. Is that a real big difference? I also ordered some final flush. The plants look better than last wk at this time so I am sure the flush helped Jim. There still some curlin but not as much. I'll post some pics later on 2-day sometime after 6 pm.

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5.9 , 6.3....close enough no worries there.
And way to stick with it man. You next grow will be all that much better, with all that you will have learned this time around. After you do a flush, put a tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide in with the last gallon of water. This will provide some oxygen to the roots that you have just soaked by flushing.

here is jim looks alot better than a week ago

and here is rudy