New Grower help first grow need advice

[ggsm555]

kush and super dwarf, now day 56, 5 gallon pots, soil - perlite,fish bone and meal, crushed egg shells, baby cereal, compost, see weed kelp. feed o2 water. ufo180 light. first hairs day 35, dwarf 15 cm, kush 24 cm now water ph 5.6. any advice would help

 

[ggsm555]

sorry new to site,
problem they are looking really small, have good green colour and always have, day 56 and they are no where near ready,
has anyone any advice for me it my first grow

 

[stanko]

problem they are looking really small

it might be aptly named, 'super dwarf'... or they got stunted in some way.

 

[Muddy]

What's in your soil mix? If it's a truely soil, then your pH is a little low. Should be more like 6.2. Also, your UFO. Is is made with 1 watt LEDs? If so, it's probably not enough light. What size area are you using it in? Sorry for all the questions but it's hard to give a definitive answer without more information about your setup.

 

[ggsm555]

there is a base of un fet shop bought soil in there as well, 2 plants square pots ufo hangins over head, i dont know about the ufo its 180w light red blue orange, dwaft should be twenty cm and kush should be 40 cm, i hope i didnt stunt them i olny repotted once at day 4, i didnt give nuts caues i thought i would burn them.

 

[stanko]

i f'ed up lots of seeds earlier this year when i started out, at the end of the day you cannot make them bigger with a wand, take the bud you get and enjoy it, plant more seeds, start a thread and get a bit of help along the way.

with out a little help//


with a little help// and lots of hot hot sun..

 

[ggsm555]

thanks i'll try that

 

[desertnance]

ggsm555 I've found most AF's are "dwarf-y"....I've tried numerous....well gobs of seed types of the AF nature from different seed breeders. Phenotypes have a lot to do w/ it, too. The freebie Syrups and Fruit....great little ones, good tastey & flavorful smoke, but won't do them again as they are stunts/runts. I've been cross breeding Fast Bud , Blue Himayala, Pandora because they have heighth. I love Shrt Stff....some are huge, others 7-8" but banana or mango.... more girth. Finding the breeders heights are skewed along w/ the days in maturity. I have sm. t-5 cabinet....that makes them stretch a bit if I don't elevate the plants towards the 3 panels (2 tubes each). Outdoors....planted 2 Pandora's from same seed batch. One tall lanky, other short, squat. Seeing tri-color LED lights produce dark green foliage. All is good my friend!!! Be glad you have them close to maturity. Pics would be nice to see.

---------- Post added 11-19-2011 at 04:22 PM ----------

Be patient....start watching finishing changes at 65-70 days. Longest I've kept one is 75-82 days. Pkg said 65 days. NO WHERE NEAR READY @ 65.

 

[Muddy]

I see a couple of potential problem that could have effected their size. It's possible you could have stunted them by transplanting at 4 days. If you've got enough room you are better off starting them in their final pots and avoiding transplanting all together. You also should have been feeding them some weak nutes starting at around 2 weeks, especially since your soil contained none. Generally veg nutes, higher N value, is given from week 2 through week 5 or 6, then the switch is made to flowering nutes, higher P and K values. Your light could also have effected them. Some of the UFOs are grossly under powered, especially the ones built with 1 watt LEDs. Also, the distance of the light from the plant tops has an effect. If it is too high the plants won't get enough light.

there is a base of un fet shop bought soil in there as well, 2 plants square pots ufo hangins over head, i dont know about the ufo its 180w light red blue orange, dwaft should be twenty cm and kush should be 40 cm, i hope i didnt stunt them i olny repotted once at day 4, i didnt give nuts caues i thought i would burn them.

 

[ggsm555]

hey Muddy, cheers for the advice, will be looking into those areas and hope to start again.