Hi all. I got myself into a little problem. Im $5k deep in seeds/equip, im 1 month into my second grow, and all my plants stand at 3 inches at best, and havents moved in at lesat 2 weeks. "grow" 1: I started with 30 seeds from attitude under 2 600W MH converter bulbs with a 800 cfm fan all running 24/7. The frist 5-7 days went well with normal growth. Then all the sudder the growth stopped and didnt do much for about a week. then the leaves (on my 4 inch tall plants) turned blueish-purple and then yellow, and then eventually dry to a crisp. All the while they never got any taller. Im not really sure what happened. I had the lights about 12-18inches away while they were babies and Im thinking that was my problem...ANY IDEAS?????? "grow" 2: My friend hooked me up with some ***seeds ***from his grow. I germed them they grew to about 3 inches and stopped. I used T5's this time to insure I wouldnt burn. They have been at three inches for over 3 weeks now. No discoloration like the last grow but they arent moving. ***seeds*** He started with cuttings from a plant that was a few weeks from harvest. The cuttings didnt do a damn thing for 2+ months before reverting back to veg. The strand he acquired NEVER has seeds yet when he was done, there were roughly 2-3 seeds per eighth. Someone told me it produced seeds b/c they were doing it out of sheer survival (from the shock early on) vs. producing seeds out of production. IS THIS WHY MY PLANTS ARENT MOVING???? Im running out of ideas, money and time. can someone please help me figure WTF is going on here??? I appreciate any help you might have...
if you have $5g's to spend you should buy quality soil too.... cant go wrong with fox farms ocean forrest, then add 25% more pearlite to the mix so that the soil gets some air..... im in my grow for a little more 5.5g's and have built 3 rooms 8 t12 6500k florecents 4 600w mh (veg) 4 1000w hps (flower) all air cooled reflectors co2 controler dehumidifiers cement mixer for mixing dirt 40 cubic feet of ffof soil all the fox farms nutes lots of ducting and fans reverse ossmosis filters lots of test equip and many many other extras I have also spent hours on this site reading, and still dont have it figured out. my very first grow from bagseed died in about 2 weeks because i spent a bunch of money and didnt know what to do with it. then I bought some seeds after I did some homework and they are strong and healthy (except for 1) if you dont already have good soil then all of the other equipment wont help you. this is the only advice that I can give you, from one new guy to another -dont tell anyone about what you are doing (i know its hard, BUT DONT DO IT!!!!) -quality soil -not too much water (they will wilt or sag when they are thirsty, and spring back up within a few hours of watering) -its going to cost more than you thought -have fun with it, but its not easy. -go VERY easy on nutes -light timers are your friend -Light leaks will ruin you -you need to get rid of heat!!!!!! -YOU NEED TO GET RID OF HEAT!!!!!!! -humidity will skyrocket when you are not looking (my high/lows were at 51%/39% one day, then 2 days later in a seald room they went to 99%/87%) -and read, read, read! -read other peoples journals -read about other peoples sick and problem plants even if u dont have that problem yet -read about other room design's -read everything in the MJ growing section -and then, thank everyone when you are pervin' on the sweet stinky cheeba that you grew in your closet all by your self!!!!
I would advise posting some pics.. and checking out the ph off the run off of each plant.. If the ph is too high or to low .. it could possibly lead to root deteriation or nutrient lock out.. check the ph and get back to us.. also check or any bugs of anysort..
