Wanted some outside opinions...

So heres some pics of everything I have going right now...

I just replaced the 400W MH in Veg because these guys have been stunted for about two weeks at the same size...

largest to smallest: Bubblegum auto, 2x NLxSK1, Jack
I've really been trying to figure out why growth has stopped completely....I have opened a window, added containers of warm water and yeast to up CO2.... even though the MH bulb wasnt blown..it was 8 months old and I am hoping the replacement will shed new light on the situation...no pun intended. (20/4 light schedule)


BUD-PORN ALERT!!!!
two closeups of my first White Widow...4th week of flower
VERY proud of this girl!! First time I have kept up with the nutrients properly and I haven't gotten my normal yellowing in the second week of flower...which I like, because I'm trying to keep all/most fan leaves till harvest. I see HUGE benefit in this... my buds progress is on perfect schedule. (Compared to the slooow growing ones on the plants where I 'pruned' all the fan leaves off)

Flower Groupshot... 3 WW and a SweetTooth Auto...all about 2 weeks apart.

WW week 2 of flower

... I added calcium and magnesium to the feed last week. The spotting has not worsened...but I want to make sure my response of Azomite and Epsom was what fixed this...

nice looking gals you have.....can you run HPS or is your ballast MH only?

My veg is 400W MH

Flower is 600W HPS

...both rigs can run either type of bulb...

Wow nice job. My vote is roots. Some pix look like water damage, huge pots & you haven't mentioned roots yet. This thread could have been mine last year.

SeeRockCity said:

VERY proud of this girl!! First time I have kept up with the nutrients properly and I haven't gotten my normal yellowing in the second week of flower...which I like, because I'm trying to keep all/most fan leaves till harvest. I see HUGE benefit in this...

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Hey Jack, I want to start with, I have no idea what could be wrong, besides that however your plants look great. What I quoted from your post is something I see happening all to often here on RIU, I usually see a journal where a guy burnt his grow last time, now this time he is scared to feed them but two weeks after the flip he's like HELP HELP my plants are sick, the leaves are turning YEY,YELLOW , they have SPOTS everywhere, I haven't feed them in a month, I can't be over fertilizing. And then there is the other guy that just doesn't know to ramp up the ferts after the flip and to hold on to the veg nutes just a bit longer. Your doing great. Oh yah, you haven't transplanted the slow growers just lately, have you?

I haven't had any rooting problems thus far in my journey...
(which might be the reason I'm overlooking that)

My soil mixture is about 1/3 soil, 1/3, perilite, 1/3 vermiculite.
then I mix in Azomite, potassium silicate and worm castings.

Using the Fox Farm trio (Big Bloom, Big Grow, and Tiger Bloom)
Also supplementing with molasses and Humbolt Big Up (0-33-23) in flower and Epsom in both flower and veg.

...are you suggesting something like KangaRoots to promote root growth?

Curiosity2 said:

Hey Jack, I want to start with, I have no idea what could be wrong, besides that however your plants look great. What I quoted from your post is something I see happening all to often here on RIU, I usually see a journal where a guy burnt his grow last time, now this time he is scared to feed them but two weeks after the flip he's like HELP HELP my plants are sick, the leaves are turning YEY,YELLOW, they have SPOTS everywhere, I haven't feed them in a month, I can't be over fertilizing. And then there is the other guy that just doesn't know to ramp up the ferts after the flip and to hold on to the veg nutes just a bit longer. Your doing great. Oh yah, you haven't transplanted the slow growers just lately, have you?

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Word, thanks!

Yeah, the Jack and limpy NL x SK1 just got transplanted and are admittedly over-watered...
but the other two have been in their home for a good 3+ weeks...and zero to little growth in a three week span..
That's why I just bought another MH bulb.. I read a lot of people complaining that these bulbs may stay lit...they lose 1/3 of their power after the first 6 months...
...but I dont want to rely solely on that theory either...especially because I have no friggin clue what I'm doing!

I'm not saying this is your problem, after transplanting growth above ground stops while the plant fills the new pot with roots, I've never heard of it taking 3 week usually 7 days or so. I just reread the first post and I personally don't like the 20/4 light schedule. Plant need like 6 hours to do photosynthesis. I ran a 24/0 one time, then I read up of photosynthesis, I shut the light off that night. The next morning the plants grew an inch, I still can't believe it to this day. Are you feeding them?

I was on 24/0 and doing GREAT....but then I noticed some auto-flowers not liking the constant light... so I went to 18/6...(after doing some research as to why)
then, since growth hadnt changed..I went to 20/4....

Yep..I feed with the Fox Farms basic trio.... and Epsom, molasses and a few other additives.

I will strongly consider going back to 18/6 and hope that the bad MH bulb was the bad variable...

The roots are everything, worth every minute you invest reading up on. Your healthy plants need considerable energy to finish. Leaves = roots = flower till it's capped out.

Amazing buds! Keep it coming pal!