That's terrible. How old/big are they? Are you giving them each a small amount (1/2 cup) of water every day? I gave my seedlings a small amount of water every day for their first few days and then backed off to every 3 days when they got their second set of leaves. A few of mine were kneeling over for a couple days too but they pretty much came back and now they just have rams ears but are standing straight. Also, do you have a fan directly on them? If you do, you might consider turning it off for a couple of days for them to recooperate and also extend the period of darkness for a couple more hours a day for a few days. Good luck!the seedlings i put in my hempy are all drooping and laying on the perlite and dying ):
It's common for the bottom leaves to turn yellow. I think you have some NPK build up down there. I would only feed/water once every 4 days and feed/water every other time. Usually it's bad to switch nutes in the middle of a grow, but I sure as heck wouldn't be using soil fertilizer. If you want to switch nutes, Ionic is great for hempy method. It is very low in salts too!This is my second HB attempt and I'm having the same problem as last grow. This time at 3 and a half weeks I started with 1\4 teaspoon per gallon of fox farms big grow and lower leafs started to yellow and die off. I flushed the plants and haven't given any more ferts just water every 3 days. I don't know if I over fed or if it's nitrogen def. Should I try and start ferts again and if so what strength? Maybe just trash the ff stuff and get hydro nutes? Thanks in advance for any feedback.
5 week old plants
400w MH 2ft away
18/6 lights
55-60 RH
rain water ph adjusted to 6.0
temp 72-75
bagseed
See this is my only problem with the method, Most people seem to be growing big full size plants with this method or at least larger plants....and I really think using the right nutes at the right % is crucial. If I want to do a sog from clones or even use these little autoflower strains I think I am going to have to Re-Learn how to use nutes at weaker more precise ratios...It's common for the bottom leaves to turn yellow. I think you have some NPK build up down there. I would only feed/water once every 4 days and feed/water every other time. Usually it's bad to switch nutes in the middle of a grow, but I sure as heck wouldn't be using soil fertilizer. If you want to switch nutes, Ionic is great for hempy method. It is very low in salts too!
Are those 3.5 weeks from seed or did you start w/clones? I'm doing my first hempy grow from seed right now and it is very very slow. Last time I started with 6-8" rooted clones and they got to 18" in 5 weeks. This is really testing my patience, lol.
I think big D921 has a formula where he uses 4 drops of nutes and superthrive and fish emulsion. Maybe he can give us a yell and explain the schedule he uses?See this is my only problem with the method, Most people seem to be growing big full size plants with this method or at least larger plants....and I really think using the right nutes at the right % is crucial. If I want to do a sog from clones or even use these little autoflower strains I think I am going to have to Re-Learn how to use nutes at weaker more precise ratios...
Can someone suggest or gimme a link to a autoflowering grow with hempys ???
or a better more precise nute program for very tiny 18" plants ??because I cant find anything from my searchs...and if I aint really gonna give them anything nute wise for 2 weeks or so they will already be flowering and being sexed...so then I assume with AF strains I would not use a "Vegetive" grow nute, maybe just micro with a little extra N or very little Grow...and then go right to "Flowering" nutes???
I just dont wanna be less succesful than with DWC my first time out with Hempys... because of the nutes being used in a different way that retarded.
This is my second HB attempt and I'm having the same problem as last grow. This time at 3 and a half weeks I started with 1\4 teaspoon per gallon of fox farms big grow and lower leafs started to yellow and die off. I flushed the plants and haven't given any more ferts just water every 3 days. I don't know if I over fed or if it's nitrogen def. Should I try and start ferts again and if so what strength? Maybe just trash the ff stuff and get hydro nutes? Thanks in advance for any feedback.
5 week old plants
400w MH 2ft away
18/6 lights
55-60 RH
rain water ph adjusted to 6.0
temp 72-75
bagseed
They are 22 days old but I picked off the dead bottom leaves so they only have one set each, the 3 leave sets. I give them one big cup of water every three days.. I think I majorly over watered at first though which made them start to droop and die, so I have have been trying to back off with the water. I don't have a fan directly on them but it gets a small breeze from the fan thats on my larger flowering plant. So 1/2 cup every day.. I will try that.. there's really no secret to hempy buckets? Just transplant seedling into perlite and water??That's terrible. How old/big are they? Are you giving them each a small amount (1/2 cup) of water every day? I gave my seedlings a small amount of water every day for their first few days and then backed off to every 3 days when they got their second set of leaves. A few of mine were kneeling over for a couple days too but they pretty much came back and now they just have rams ears but are standing straight. Also, do you have a fan directly on them? If you do, you might consider turning it off for a couple of days for them to recooperate and also extend the period of darkness for a couple more hours a day for a few days. Good luck!
yeah that would be sweet, I like the fish emulsion idea and superthrive always seems to benefit my other plants...now if we could only send that person a message with our brains for some info, I still cant search for topics here...WTF...and im tired of searchig for stuff in google to find a URL on topic here....why cant I search. Anyhow, hear of anyone growing Autos in Hempys that idea facinates me for some reason I just dont know why, seems like they are made for on another in tight spaces...perfect for me anyway I just keep wondering about nutes since they grow so fast and wish someone was around doing this now so I could pick their brain....I dont think Grow would be so needed with autos, I dont know I guess Ill research it somehow...I think big D921 has a formula where he uses 4 drops of nutes and superthrive and fish emulsion. Maybe he can give us a yell and explain the schedule he uses?
yeah the more I been reading your and AZs posts more it seem people like to lean to the Mocro and Bloom with no grow...I probably will too because not only is it a little cheaper but seems to be better over all...i suggest strongly the gh micro and bloom, 2 teaspoons of mciro to 1 teaspoon of bloom during veg, reverse ratio when in flower.... simple as pie!
.... and get a damn HPS....
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Man looks like to this noob that youve got like 3 things going on there, dont trust my experiance but it looks like some kind of nute or light burned to me. Dont look like just a deficiency to me. Either Way too much heat and nutes or too much water. She really looks rough.Would all you hempyists please check my plant problem thread and give me some advice? Pleeeease?
https://www.rollitup.org/marijuana-plant-problems/128176-plants-stalling-during-flowering-check.html
Yeah I cant argue...I am gonna take your advice, as of 7 minutes ago I put a buy it now bid in on this 250 watt HPS, Ill use my CFLs for some supplement blue light but thats about it...I cant argue with the facts and man I cant thank you enough for taking the time to spell out the nute thing for me....using them this way is MUCH different than in my DWC, ....its easier in a way but more tweeky and not as automatic, I just cant get over the ease and simplicity...Your advice has not only been listened to but heeded too, thanks for your time and input.....mmk starting from seed... i go light on nutes... maybe half a teaspoon of each (again just using micro and bloom) for the first 2 weeks or so... then you can bump it up to the 2 teaspoons of micro and 1 of bloom up until the last 4-5 weeks of flower, then switch the ratio for the next 2-3 weeks and finish off the last couple tapering down and flushing a bit
IMO, i would never grow an autoflowering plant... i like more control... have a small mom/clone room and a seperate flower chamber...
but hey... do what ya will =]
but yeah for what your doing that feeding should work for you... don't feed every time you water, every other or every third
best of luck
oh, and a DIY cooltube on your hps will make it much easier to use in small spaces... easy and cheap to make =]