Third Time A Charm? Advice?

Discussion in 'First Time Marijuana Growers' started by YouBeLION, Aug 28, 2014.

  1. Hey guys. Super beginner here. I had two grow attempts that failed and this is my third try. Only one plant. Got the seed out of a bag of Sour it was the only one lol. Started growing around July 15th.

    I had a couple bug issues when I let smother Nature grow them outside te first month (obviously) and to get rid of them I tried the soapy water and that ruined the leaves! They all got burned and fell off but she fought like hell and is growing new leaves pretty well.

    I haven't given any nutes yet but I'm buying earthworm castings today.

    I moved her indoors to continue growing since the bug issue was too severe outside. Here she is and I'm wondering any advice on how she's doing?

    Side note: I'm really enjoying this grow I'm finding I like growing plants never knew this about myself :)

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  2. Did I post something incorrectly? Or am I just super unpopular? Lol
     
  3. You posted correctly. Sometimes people here do not respond right away and you have to bump the thread.
     
    Looks like you really screwed those plants up. Just let them grow, Look on the undersides for insect egg sacks and remove the leaf that the eggs are on. Good luck!
     
  4. Hah! Noted and thank you sir!

    I never knew to check under the leaves! How dumb of me I'll do it right away. My other two grows died as seedlings so you can imagine how excited I am that a plant made it past the seedling stage lol I don't want to abuse her however! I will simply let her grow as advised I hope she isn't too far gone? The new growth is happening super quick.
     
  5. I don't see any mite damage, but I've been wrong before :bongin:
     
    Wormcastings (EWC) are really good for your plants, even the commercial brands can be extremely beneficial even though they have very little nutritional value. The most important function of EWC is to provide beneficial bacteria, that's what breaks down organic matter into something the plants can use (organic granular nutrients such as blood, kelp, and bone meal)
     
    My advice is to pick up a bag of Espoma tomato tone along with the wormcastings, costs about $6/bag and works for me.
     
  6. I appreciate the advice I am stopping by Home Depot today and I will certainly pick up the tomato tone as well. Funny thing is we are growing tomatoes right now! And they're doing great too.

    So I've been inspired and instead of my crappy one desk lamp on the plant I've begun to build a makeshift "grow space". Smell isn't an issue here, and we are only growing one plant.

    Any advice on my setup and ways to improve it?

    I make about $200 / wk so I'm willing to buy things to make it better but I don't want a huge factory either lol. Right now this is the things I've found around the house to build.

    (It's in a cage because my stupid cat destroyed my first grow! His name is Kush for a reason *eyeroll*)

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  7. Also I'm not finding any bug eggs anywhere but sometimes when I wake up in the morning I'll see a little fruit fly (never more than one) or a little odd bug and I'll kill it. Never more than one tho. I cut off the super damaged leaf and hoping my baby flourishes in her new environment.
     
  8. Hey they didn't have your brand at Home Depot so I got a different type of tomato fert called Mater Magic it's 8-5-5. Also they didn't have earthworm castings guess I gotta buy that online :/ happy to have some food for her now tho
     
  9. Very small gnat? Comes from over watering when the soil is damp for extended periods of time. Add a fan to help and stir the top of the soil and a few more might show up.
     
  10. Yes it is a gnat! And the soil has been damp for a few days I must've over watered. I have a fan in there now. I'll make this my update post and I'll keep you guys posted. Her little leaves are beginning to fill out so she gets bushier. I look forward to that. I tried to LST her yesterday but this morning the thread had moved as if she said "screw that" and she went straight for the light anyhow lol
     
  11. Her injured leaves are steadily growing back I can't wait for her to fill out. Patience :). So far, so good. No more damage. Nothing crawling in the soil. Nothing on the leaves. All good!

    Anybody have an estimate of how long she's gonna take before I can flower her? I know realistically NO time soon (over a month more right?) she's been growing since about July 15th. Just lookin at a guesstimate timeframe from anyone?

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  12. Here's an update. I've tried to lst again, tying her down tighter seems to be the trick although she still moves around. It's so strange how alive plants are, lol.

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    Anyway, still healing. Growing back those leaves pretty nicely and her other leaves are turning dark green too.

    Again, any advice on my timeframe of when to begin flowering?


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    This is after the fert was given a couple days ago.
     
  13. Just built her light safe area so will start flowering tomorrow I switch to 12/12 tonight at 10pm.


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  15. Had a recent Nitrogen toxicity that made two older fan leaves yellow and fall off. I'm using time release fert and I keep getting fert happy when two caps is supposed to last a month. I was doing it every week. Anyway she recovered.

    Starting flowering tonight.


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  16. What lights are you using?
     
  17. I have no idea where my post disappeared to....o.o I had so many posts?! And pictures? Does GRASSCITY normally delete your stuff like that? Weird.

    I have four CFLs - two daylight bulbs that are 1800 lumens a piece (65 watt) and two soft white bulbs 900 lumens a piece (45 watts)

    I had pictures of everything! It disappeared!


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    CRAP I uploaded to the WRONG grow journal! My bad!


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  18. hey man I'm new at this stuff as well and the first grow I did died as a seedling and I'm on my second plant and right now as a seedling it looks like it's about to die. About to start on my third official grow. thought maybe I had a green thumb guess not ha. I was curios what did you do different on this grow? and what happen to your other plants that died did you ever figure out why? Thanks and the plant doesn't look to bad just needs to bounce back.


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  19. Yeah this is her roots so I'm pretty happy seeing this! ImageUploadedByGrasscity Forum1410791177.294799.jpg

    She has grown accustomed to her new home well I suppose lol.

    Anyway my first two died in trying to transplant to a bigger pot.

    So this time I said fuck it I'm putting a germinated seed in a big pot and it's gonna live there forever.

    Had absolutely NO issues growing there until I went outdoors and it got all chewed up and lost it's leaves. Had I left it indoors, I wouldn't have this huge "recovery" issue haha. But then I transplanted it recently and it dropped for a day then bounced right back! I will only transplant a big healthy adult plant now too scared of fragile seedlings lol


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