Indoor What have I got wrong ? 1st Auto Attempt

[ShapeShift]

Hey fello afn'rs !

Finally got underway with my first couple of autos but looks like I'm failing drastically.... Somehow :/
I've grown regular bag seed before outdoors and have no troubles growing the average outdoory.. But as we all do, I wanted to better that.
So i got what I thought was a decent setup for me but now I'm kinda confused as to what is going wrong...

Setup -

Space - 60cmx60cmx150cm
Light - Mars Hydro II 400w full spectrum (18 on 6 off) [approx 45cm above]
Seeds - 1x Pakistan Ryder (freebie)
2x Sweet Bloody Skunk (sweet seeds)
Coco/soil - Coco (H&G)
Nutes - H&G Coco A+B,
NF Root Nectar
Temps - 24 - 28 celsius
RH - 55% - 80% (max! Rare)

I've been testing my ph by eye with a little colour match chart I got with ph test drops... I know my water is very soft, and is approx 6.8ph but once I add my nutes ect I found it to be sitting about 5.5 to 6.0.

The pakistan (popped 7th Oct) is just a shitty as little thing, hate looking at it... Make me want to turn the lights off and save the power, it was about 5cm tall all the way through till the 30th Oct then just grew up 4cm in between each node... Like I understand stretch but she's a super lanky midget..... If that works

And as for the Bloody Skunks they popped on the 23rd of Oct and today will be there 19th day above and they don't look very special at all, still really small.

I was super excited getting my first proper grow underway and now I'm sorta sad hahaaha ...

Any idea what I'm doing wrong ?? (Pics below)

 

[ShapeShift]

Pakistan Ryder ^ (day 35) .... *Babowwww * fail

Bloody skunk (day 19)

 

[Discretepete2676]

Would love to b of some help but I know nothing about coco :/ let me see what I can f find tho buddy

 

[The Elvis]

Shapeshift I dont grow Coco but If you want to make a post in the live help thread, I'm sure the Coco pros can and will help you get sorted..

 

[Bamba]

Whats your light off temps my friend ?

 

[Hal 8999]

I am pretty certain you transplanted and overwatered. Those girls are stunted. A MarsHydro 400 should do better than that.

 

[Hal 8999]

Autos can not be transplanted. You start them in the pot they finish in, that is how fast they grow when done right. Think of it as a drag race. If you consider the plant the car and the yield the race time. Any problems during the race will absolutely kill the finish time. You should just start over after a serious hiccup. I also wonder how high the light is? If over a foot above that will cause weak growth. Light fades to the square. Two feet away gives you 1/4 and four feet away is 1/16.

 

[Hal 8999]

Just reread your post. Get that light much closer. 45cm is no good. I would bring it down to 15 or 16cm for those girls. The more air, water, and nutrients available, the more light they want to and can use. You should also use mychrozia fungi with coco. It is sterile essentially, so the introduced fungi take off.

 

[ShapeShift]

I am pretty certain you transplanted and overwatered. Those girls are stunted. A MarsHydro 400 should do better than that.

Thanks for your feedback Hal, I did do a transplant on the pakistan so that could explain it but not on the bloody skunks as I then read it would stunt. So I put the bloody skunks straight in there finishing pot. So I guess probably over watering... I've noticed twisted corkscrew new growth on the skunks too... :/

Autos can not be transplanted. You start them in the pot they finish in, that is how fast they grow when done right. Think of it as a drag race. If you consider the plant the car and the yield the race time. Any problems during the race will absolutely kill the finish time. You should just start over after a serious hiccup. I also wonder how high the light is? If over a foot above that will cause weak growth. Light fades to the square. Two feet away gives you 1/4 and four feet away is 1/16.

I was just cautious of lowering the light anymore as I hear 5w diodes can burn young ones... And mars hydro recommend 18-24inches above..

 

[ShapeShift]

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Shapeshift I dont grow Coco but If you want to make a post in the live help thread, I'm sure the Coco pros can and will help you get sorted..

thanks elvis, so I see I've posted in the wrong section