Just wanted to introduce myself and show some pictures of my baby girls (hopefully--bag mix).
A brief background--never thought I'd grow but my bf has collected seeds just "in case" and lo and behold, we moved to a town where it's super expensive to buy, bought our own place, and decided why not!
Currently vegging 6 random seeds (really, no idea what they are but they came from bud we really liked!) in a closet that's approx 20 inches x 50 inches. Using a 18:6 schedule with a 300 watt veg LED (supposed to be enough for 12 sq. feet) and 300 W output CFLs (one of those bendy lamps so I can move the bulbs over each plant as it grows) with a small fan; I really don't have enough CFLs to make it too hot. Humidity in my basement is generally around 50-60% and the temp in the room is prob around 75F from the CFLs. Started in small pots, prob around 1-2 pints, then moved to 1.5 gallons. Will move to 5 gallons for veg (currently deciding between air pots and regular). Using the FF line of nutes, so far they're just on Big Bloom and Kangaroot but will be adding Grow Big soon. Started them off on 25%, then to 50%, and hopefully they'll be at 100% soon (I've heard to do 100% of the FF recommendations for vegging and 50% for flowering). Using distilled water from the grocery, checked the pH and it seems to be around a high 6 (although I'm really awful at reading pH).
Hard to say how long they've been vegging because I almost lost several of them (maybe burnt? Forgot to mention, growing in a 3:1:1 ratio of FFOF
erlite:worm castings), but after some very careful nurturing was able to bring them back to life. Basically they all started germ over about a 3 day period, but in terms of actual vegging, they're probably between like and 3 and 6 weeks old. Yes I have a diary but stupid me, I really slacked off on recording info the first couple weeks. And also only recently labelled my plants to tell them apart). Surprisingly, the second biggest one I had actually just tossed in a solo cup onto the windowsill after germ because too many had popped--ended up replacing one of the grow room seedlings cuz it did so well! Funny how these things happen...
My tallest girl is around 10 inches, prob gonna try to grow to about 24 inches before flowering. No signs of node alternation yet, and hopefully tomorrow my magnifying glass will arrive so I can start to scour it for signs of sex! Once they're ready for flowering I'm going to move them to a different closet that's 20 inches x 80 inches, so that way I can accommodate the 5 gallon pots.
I had noticed a bit of yellow spots, yellowing on leaf edges, and curling down; it has started to clear up in the last couple weeks though, ever since my last transplant and start of nutes. I'm thinking it was maybe a combo of lack of nutes and overwatering (the first few wks I was watering like twice a day--sin, I know!--such a noob move. Now I'm doing like once every 2 days-ish, depending on how dry the soil is).
I want to experiment with topping so I just topped one to start (back left in the pic with all six, I need to take a closer picture. I'm not so great with cameras.) Clipped with alcohol-sterilized scissors; she's on her 5th node.
If anything I've said sounds weird please let me know so I can fix it! Obsessively studying the forums as I wait for my Jorge bible to arrive (can't believe I waited so long to order it!) I attached 2 pics of my biggest girl and 1 pic of the whole room. Really appreciate everyone's help!!
He told me he had added miracle grow and bone fertilizer to them. They started in may. Please help i want some free smoke peace.
, they might be suffering from nutrient lockout, which can be aided by pH adjusting the water. You can buy a pH up/pH down kit to adjust the water pH...I like to use some dolomite lime (Amazon or even Home Depot but try to get the organic stuff). Dolomite lime acts as a buffer; some people worry that if they add it when they're pH is stable it'll mess it up, but the thing with buffers is they work to KEEP the pH stable so even if you don't have a pH problem now, it can prevent future problems. I added mine after planting and just ground a teaspoon or two into the top layer of soil. One or two seem to be falling over--have you turned them so they get an even distribution of light? If it keeps falling over you can always try staking it. One more thing--do you know anything about their gender? Good luck!!
im doing my first indoor grow and its as much fun as the product itself, Hope to chat with ye all soon!
