Yellow under leaves, short stem, help?

HisGirl420

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Ok I'm new to this site but I have problems with my Skunk1 plant and I get so many different answers on what the problem is and how to fix it. My plant has been vegitating for about a month, maybe less. When it was about a week old the stem had broken and my boyfriend and I just replanted it and it's still growing! Well the stem actually hasn't really got much taller but the true leaves (jagged) are growing in pretty well. I was told the leaves would turn yellow if the PH is low, I just checked it and it is about 6.8 (added fish fertilizer yesterday), so if the PH is fine what else could it be? The true leaves are mostly green except for a very little yellow tint on the edges which you have to really look for. I guess my questions are why are my under leaves yellow? How do I get them back to green? Why is the stem still so short? How can I make the stem grow more? How can I make sure it's roots are growing and getting strong?
Plant details: Skunk #1. Indoor. The light is one of those like foot and a half long CFL. Has plenty of air circulation. The light schedule is 18/6.
1 pic is from 3/5/11
The other 3/7/11​
 

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Mother's Finest

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It looks like it may need more light &/or has a pH problem. How did you check the pH? There are many different testing methods that can each yield slightly different results.
 
Mother's Finest

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Pay no attention to anyone who takes the time to tell you to find the info yourself but doesn't bother to use that time in any helpful way. Not everyone can avoid being an asshole. Welcome to the forums
 
Balzac89

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Mother's Finest said:
Pay no attention to anyone who takes the time to tell you to find the info yourself but doesn't bother to use that time in any helpful way. Not everyone can avoid being an asshole. Welcome to the forums
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This "plant" sorry to say is going no where. I am being helpful, telling them not to waste time and start over.
 
Rascality Afoot

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Definitely read up a bit more. And don't fertilize so early! There should be plenty of food in the soil. Make sure you know the basics, take a deep breath, and start over.
 
HisGirl420

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Yeah the whole reason I got on here is cause the research gave me too many different answers, I figured I'd ask people who actually do it. I don't know how to explain the tool I use to check the PH but it has three prongs that I just shove in the soil and it will tell me the PH and fertility. I know the stem is short but like I said it broke before and up until about yesterday it was growing pretty slow.
 
HisGirl420

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My problem started off with listening to too many damn people that didn't even know what they were doing. So is it saveable? It's definitely still growing and pretty fast
 
HisGirl420

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Like I said the stem broke, it was tiny under the leaves when my boyfriend replanted it. It has improved a lot since he planted it. The leaves are growing in, it's just the stem that's not growing. I'm sure a plant wouldn't grow as fast if it had to grow its roots back.
 
Balzac89

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Once a plant is stunted it will take far longer to recover than it would to start a new one. Its just a waste of time.....

When my light flip back on i'll post a pic of a two week old plant.
 
Mother's Finest

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We think you're little one is doing very well all things considered. That shiny, somewhat stunted leaf growth often occurs when there isn't enough light or when the pH is too high. Try to increase the available light without increasing heat. If you can get ahold of a secondary way to check pH, please do so. Having a cheap kit ($5-10) to verify your meter's readings will prevent problems when it starts going bad. No meter lasts forever and some, even good ones, can be DOA right out of the box and the only way you can tell for sure is with another tester.

All plants should have some airflow and enough to cause them to shake a little encourages stem thickening. You have to be sure the stem damage is healed before that much air is used, of course.

We really think that you probably just need more time for the plant to heal. Damage to seedlings can take weeks to heal sometimes, usually much longer than damage to mature plants.
 
HisGirl420

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HisGirl420

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Question just came to my mind about the plant being too young for the fish emulsion... how do I adjust the pH if I can't use stuff like that?
 
Mother's Finest

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We don't mean that they aren't growing, just that they don't appear to be growing in normally. If you're confident with your pH tester, the other possibilities that could be affecting your problem are too much watering, too little light, overfert and/or just that the little guy is still recovering from the previous trauma.

What's the NPK of your fish fertilizer and how much have you used so far?
 
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