New Grower DREDAY's super critical closet CFL 350WATTS

[dreday317]

HEY GUYS THIS IS MY FIRST EVER GROW....IM GOING THE SCROG WAY PLANTS ARE SUPER CRITICAL AUTOS FROM GREEN HOUSE X3 THEY ARE ALL 22 DAYS OLD AS SHOWN IN PICTURES... RUNNING LIGHTS 20/4 ALL THE WAY TO HARVEST. TELL ME IF IM GOING OK???

SUPERTHRIEVE
MG ORGANIC SOIL
ROSEFOOD NUTES 18/24/16
MOLASSES

 

[realcarlos]

Welcome to the site.
How many cfls do you have? How many watts are each of the bulbs?

 

[Muddy]

Welcome to AFN. Your plants look good but the leaves are drooping a little. Have you been giving them nutrients, and if so, what, how much and how often?

Also, please don't type in all caps. It is the equivalent of shouting and not good form etiquette. Since this is your first grow I'm moving your thread to the New Growers Forum. Joe Dirt and I moderate that forum and are there to help.

 

[dreday317]

oh ok right on no more caps lol.....but i use 14 23 watt 2700k and 2 full spec 25watt 5000k..... i have rose plant food as of now with an NPK of 18-24-16 with some molasses and superthrive.... i water every 6 days i try to let the soil dry out..... delute my nute alot with about 10-15 gallons of water so im pretty sure thats why my plants want some nutes as of now.... last time i watered was on the 16th hopeing i can feed them on monday or tuesday! thanks AFN

 

[Muddy]

Sorry, missed the nutes at the bottom. While in vegetative growth, about the first 5-6 weeks, you need nutrients that are higher in nitrogen, something like a 10-5-5. What you are using would be better for flowering.

Judging by the way your leaves are drooping and how they are turning up along the edges they look to be over fed. Are you seeing any browning along the tips or edges of the leaves? I'd suggest you flush them with plain pHed water, 3x the size of your pots. So if your pots are 1 gallon, flush with 3 gallons of water.

MG soil is not the best for growing weed. Does it contain any slow release nutrients?

 

[dreday317]

Sorry, missed the nutes at the bottom. While in vegetative growth, about the first 5-6 weeks, you need nutrients that are higher in nitrogen, something like a 10-5-5. What you are using would be better for flowering.

Judging by the way your leaves are drooping and how they are turning up along the edges they look to be over fed. Are you seeing any browning along the tips or edges of the leaves? I'd suggest you flush them with plain pHed water, 3x the size of your pots. So if your pots are 1 gallon, flush with 3 gallons of water.

MG soil is not the best for growing weed. Does it contain any slow release nutrients?

just removed some white looking mold stuff from the soil of the drooping plant...just the top layer...what eles do i have to do to prevent this....and yes on the drooping plant the leaves have little spots coming along and i think i may need more nute bc of my feedings....and yes they do have slow release nutes in it so flushing might not be a great idea

 

[dreday317]

soil just tested ph is at 6.6

 

[Muddy]

Slow release nutes are a real no no for autos. Flush them good and try and wash as much out as possible. The combination of the slow release plus what you've been feeding has over fed them. Do you have a fan running inside your grow area? If not, you need one. The mold you described can be caused by the soil staying wet too long. Improved circulation should help that. If it persists, then more drastic measures might be in order.

SCROG is considered an advanced growing technique and probably something you shouldn't have attempted on your first grow.

just removed some white looking mold stuff from the soil of the drooping plant...just the top layer...what eles do i have to do to prevent this....and yes on the drooping plant the leaves have little spots coming along and i think i may need more nute bc of my feedings....and yes they do have slow release nutes in it so flushing might not be a great idea

---------- Post added 11-20-2011 at 11:29 AM ----------

That's fine. What are you using to test the pH?

soil just tested ph is at 6.6

 

[dreday317]

thanks much needed info....i just removed the mold i seen and removed the screen for now....it worked really well for creating many bud sites.....i have a ph tester that you stick into the soil

---------- Post added 11-20-2011 at 12:01 PM ----------

and the organic soil i started with has a NPK of .10.5.5

 

[Muddy]

If your pH tester is one of those $20 ones, they are notoriously inaccurate.

The nutrients they use in slow release are meant to last for 3 months or so, which is the complete life cycle of an auto. At 10.5.5 it's going to be feeding too much N once the plants start to bloom. Autos need more N in veg, which is about the first 5 weeks. After that they need less N and more P and K.