First time grower: auto white berry grow problems

Discussion in 'Sick Plants and Problems' started by Mr four20, Nov 4, 2012.

  1. #1 Mr four20, Nov 4, 2012
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    Hi everybody, I made some research before posting this but could'nt find the answers I want to my problem. I am a frist time grower and new to this forum. I have read a lot about growing before starting my own but never saw another plant in real life... I am currently growing 2 autoflowering white berry's that I am having problems with.

    I also have 3 other auto white berry's seeds, one auto big devil seed and one auto blue mystic seed waiting in the fridge for the next grow :) I was looking at a grow journal whith the same plant on this forum but the guy had better luck and equipment than me and didn't turn into too many problems so I can't compare my grow to him.

    They were planted on September 23 and are now at day 42.
    The biggest one is 20" high and the other one is 12" high.

    - I am growing those in a 2' X 1.75' X 4' box I made with mylar on the inside.
    - They are grown inside a closet.
    - I have 7 23w cfl bulbs(2X 6500K, 1X 5000K and 4X 2700K) which are always at 2" - 4" from the top of the plants.
    - I have an intake and exhaust fan and on fan to put fresh air on the plants.
    - I use ONA for the smell.
    - Temperature is always between 72F and 82F.
    - Humidy is always between 20 and 50.
    - Light cycle was 24/0 for the first week then 20/4 until the end of the 4th week and now they are at 18/6 since the first pistills appeared.

    - I use a mix of organic soil and regular plant soil but I don't now their properties. I added perlite to the mix.
    - The biggest one is in a 1.75 gal pot and the other one in a 1.5 gal pot.(For the first week and a half, they were in party cups.)
    -I check ph with a cheap reader and it always tell between 6 - 6.5 and I try to adjust the water to have it stay in that range.
    - I add fertilizer once a week. I started using some 20-20-20 fertilizer at week 3 at 1/8th of strength and now I am at 1/2 strength since day 39 which was the last time I added fertilizer.
    - I don't use nutes.


    This one was at day 18 IMG_20121011_174226.jpg

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    They started showing pistils at day 30 and to help them a lil bit cause I was feeling that it took longer to start flowering than it is supposed, I changed the light cycle to 18/6 at day 34. The problem is that they still don't show pistils in the bud sites and only on the stems. The smaller one only have a small amount of pistils compared to the other one.

    There are no signs of buds forming anywhere and I invested too much to have them not flowering soon and dying.

    The plants have brown spots on lower leafs, especially the smaller, bushier one. It's starting to get brown spots on middle leaves also. Bottom leafs are dying and and are yellow and green pale at some places. and I have no idea why the other one stays that much smaller than the other one, other than the fact that it's really bushy around the main stem compared to the other one.

    Do you think 12/12 could help? When should I start using my 15-30-15 flowering fertilizer?
    I am pretty sure that someone with good knowledge can help me whith my problems.

    Waiting for a reply from you guys.

    Thanks!
     
  2. Please, someone musy know something about my plants problem?
     
  3. im pretty sure if you use 15-30-15 anything yours plants will fry to a crisp, if there autos the light cycle doesn't matter i grow my autos in 24/0 after there 3 weeks old. though 12/12 may give them a little push to start there buds, though at there age they should of had buds for atleast 2 or 3 weeks and the 8th picture down kinda looks like tobacco mosaic virus but get more input from more skilled growers before i stress you out.
     

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