It’s been a little while since I have updated. I had a run in with the lawn mower and haven’t been able to do much of anything. During this time I had to neglect the plants a bit.
Once I was able to check my water PH, it was too high which might explain the funny green/yellowing that was happen on the one. The other one was good surprisingly till recently. When I finally got to check on them they both had a fair amount of yellow fan leaves. I’m noticing the need to water more frequently now.
My two plants are 2 weeks apart and the oldest one is 8 weeks and there’s nothing happening with it. I have seen a couple white hairs here and there, and that’s it. I hit at the top today trying to get it out the tent and water it. It’s leaning now, hopefully not permanent.
The other is 6weeks and was the one taking me on a roller-coaster, but seems to be doing fine overall. Looks like the buds are coming to the point of starting to get fuller.
They don’t look too bad considering. I bet with a little love they will snap right back
back.
Thanks. I’m hoping so, not sure if the one is just flowering late or what’s going on but I’m going to see it through. I’m planning to up the light today and will start feeding bloom nutes on the other this week.
I would hold off on adding light until you get your PH numbers back in range. If your PH is too far out of range they won’t be able to make use of the extra light or nutrients. Do you have an EC/PPM meter to test your runoff?
Plant speak “Law of the Minimums”.
Since I got the initial ph testing I think i have watered twice since then. This is how it went, 1st test the water as i would normally use was a 7. I used the ph down to get it at 6.3 then watered. I tested the runoff in the tray and it 6.7ish. I just have a basic ph stick. On another post someone said in 6.4 out 6 is good range. When I went to water again I made sure the ph was more around 6-6.3 due to how the runoff was previously and this time it was about 6.2 coming out. Even tho im not 100% sure if thats nay or yay but its better than before. What am I aiming for or how do I fix it?
In soil inputs around 6.4-6.8 is fine. There is some debate on how runoff PH relates to the input. I just check to see if its close to what I put in. Within .5 or so. If it is persistently out of range I’ll flush them a little with plain water at my target PH. If that doesn’t help by the next watering I break out the flushing solution. That usually solves my problems. Where you are isn’t crazy I would just give them water at 6.5ish and maybe a little feed. If they respond well to that you could add a little light.
Ok I will hold off and keep watching their progress, now that I’m really checking the water.
Damn near 2weeks later it feels like not much has happened but something at the same time. I’m watering atleast twice a week if I dont forget. Since my flowering one has started yellowing, I cant seem to stop it. I pluck off some just about every visit.
Full body pics. I have this article to help figure out what the issue may be with the coloring. Based on mines and the picture reference it could be a number of things. I’m going to pull back on nutes and see what that does. I’m also noticing some of the hairs are turning more in some areas than others. Is that normal?
@Gl1tch @Lostgirl any thoughts?
Then there’s this one, who I have no fucking clue wtf is going on. It barely has any pistils and I did water lastnight but it still looks desperate. I’m chalking this one up! While its still getting taller, but slowly thats about it. Kinda seems like its on deaths door.
The only real way to tell what’s going on would be by your numbers. Exactly how much you’re feeding, what you’re feeding them, and your runoff numbers both PPM and pH. The type of soil will help.
Other than that it’s all guess
Yup numbers are great. Forgetting to water on a regular basis can lead to problems in the root zone which will stop them from using nutes and lead to buildup in the soil and then we are back to more unhappy roots. This gets even worse if you don’t water to runoff at least from time to time. As @Lostgirl said without measurements these are just educated guesses.
@Lostgirl I don’t have PPM measurements but the Ph I have been keeping around 6.3-6.5. I do water to runoff each time and when I check the ph on the runoff its usually a lil lower than what I put. So if its 6.3 going in it comes out at 6-6.1. What I mean by forgetting is so if I water today then a couple days later I notice it needs water I might not water that moment but the next day. I feed per the instructions on the foop chart. Which is also why I be missing because then i have to go measure it out and test the water etc. My plan next time is move my tent so doing these things arent such a hassle of going up and down.
After stablizing my ph numbers after the last post, I did increase the light. It didnt seem to like that very much so it was short lived and im back at 75%. As far as my soil. I use tilth brand. I know you, you dont know what that is. So i use this brand house brand for my houseplants. They have a cannabis soil, which is what I used when I placed them into the home pots. Bloom | Organic Cannabis Soil Mix – Tilth Soil.
I been using this brand for years so it was natural for me to go with this since they offer it. Again another lesson I didnt start with this so idk how that impacts the flow. As I wasnt sure from the start when I should even add nutes. I was advised I wouldnt need any for awhile since its already rich in the soil. I bought 2 bags so I have a new bag to start with when I do this again.
Also I use gallon pitchers when I water. It runs through nicely, I use damn near the whole picture to make sure everything is getting good and wet. Like I said it runs through nicely so I know its draining properly.
I’ll tell you the truth my friend everything you mentioned above is all in well however, I looked up your soil it’s a pre-charged soil this means it will feed your plant for x amount of time without you having to apply nutrients. That time is probably expired I’m not sure.
You face several dilemmas, all are surely to get worse if you do not correct your mistakes.
I love the fact that you’re watering respectfully letting it dry and then watering when needed. I also like the fact that your phing your water.
All this means absolutely nothing if you do not know what your runoff numbers are.
Everything you’re doing is guessing at this point. Even if you’re paying attention to what the manufacturer of your nutrients say to feed that’s not how you feed your marijuana plants.
It’s all about the numbers. if you don’t know the runoff of your soil then you have no idea what’s in there.
If you don’t know the runoff how do you know how much to feed?
If you don’t know the runoff how do you know you’re not overfeeding?
I can list 24 more reasons why you should get your runoff numbers.
Enough about that you obviously have a pH pen. If you don’t already have a PPM reader then you absolutely need to invest in one. If you do have one then you need to start feeding your plants to run off and documenting your feed intake PPM and pH totals and then collecting your runoff and documenting both PPM and pH of your runoff.
This is how you feed and take care of your plants. Your runoff numbers dictate how much to feed on your next feeding. Without these numbers, You’re simply guessing everything.
I’ll say it again everything you’re doing right doesn’t matter if you’re not collecting runoff. Things can go very south quickly when you overfeed, underfeed, or have become locked out or toxic because of soil and root build up of salts etc…
If you don’t have a quality ph ppm meter I suggest the meter below. These meters for the money are absolutely the best bang for your buck with excellent accuracy (I use them myself)
I wish you luck my friend
It wouldnt matter anyway, I started nutes a couples wks after. So I may have been in actuality overfeeding.
Done! I will be coming back to get a better break done once it gets here so I can understand the readings. If you dont mind. Thanks for your help
It never hurts to have some calibration solution on hand also. Both for PH and EC. even if you cant calibrate EC it still lets you know when your meter is getting out of range.
