They don’t seem to be growing much. I have a 4 inch intake with a humidifier going. Temps have been in the 70’s and humidity is ~40-50%. I live in a dry climate so humidity is challenging. I’ve tried to be scarce about watering but I feel like I need to do it more since humidity is usually low. I have a 6 in exhaust but I’ve been keeping it off due to humidity challenges and instead keep the side vents open. They are running under CFLs and growing in organic soil. The grow tent is 2’x4’x5’
Any thoughts what is going on? This is my second try on a grow and I just seem to struggle with getting my plants going.
What kind of soil do you have there and have you given them anything besides water ? Can you take some close ups of the plants so we can see the fan leaves and growth tips ?
I am using organic soil. I would need to find the bag to have the exact brand but it comes with 9% of N in it. I have only given water, I have avoided giving them nutrients until they were settled in. But with how they look I haven’t be confident to give it to them. Here they are close up:
No I just used the soil. But it would make sense because that seems like the biggest factor. I’m going to transplant them to a new soil. Anything I should look for specifically?
I gave them a bit of fish emulsion and I tried to adjust the ph. When I was testing the water, it seemed like the ph was ~7-7.5. I was trying to lower it to 5.5-6 but maybe my reading was off. The fertilizer definitely brought the ph down quite a bit. My understanding was that soil does a good job of leveling out ph as well but maybe I’m wrong on that.
Oh wow. Yeah dude it’s the soil. It doesn’t even look like soil, that looks like pure mulch. Where did you buy it from ? Do you have access to any hydronic supply stores ?
A buddy of mine insisted it was the best. Gotta love those know it all friends! I’m going to head to a store this afternoon, dump the crappy soil, and get some good stuff. Thanks!!
I’m certain that soil is your issue. If you can , get a bag or roots organics soil. I don’t use much bag soil anymore but that has hands down been the most consistent soil I have used that you can buy off a shelf at any grow shop.
Good soils are already buffered so don’t try changing PH when you get new soil. If your going to be using synthetic nutrients then your solution may have to be adjusted when you feed but otherwise leave the PH alone
They are hungry alright, but maybe it’s not the soil…
I’m wondering about the roots… I’m thinking they are having a problem. I have used Dynomyco C with good results.
The clones came in a sort of hard but sticky substance. I was told they can go straight into soil. The mix I’m using is different than a lot of other soils, its thick and has random twigs and things. If it were broken down more it would probably be great. But I’ve had two grows where something wasn’t right. The only consistency between those two grows is I’m using the same soil. I will stop by my hydro store and see if they have any of this. Thanks for the rec!
It’s been wildly common since coco started getting popular. They don’t buffer it enough or add lime to it like they do peat. I keep seeing the same problems with it. The pH might be 6.0 as advertised but it sponges up calcium and tanks pH that way.
I struggled with high pH when I was using perlite/vermiculite. Always something haha.
Hell I should switch back to promix peat I had less issues with that across the board. But I sorta feel bad about the wetlands lol.
