New Grower Second "first time" grow attempt. Continuous until Succesful harvest.

[Tjryder]

Hi Gtron I too have encountered many problems with this soil. Because I have completed several grows (soil, hydro, outdoor) without any problems except for the fact of me being impatient and harvesting early on my 1st one. I'm chauking up all the problems I'm haveing with my ryders to the ladybug soil. I have never used it before and was in a pinch since the only place I can get the OF is about 60miles away or online of course but my ryders were in party cups and getting too big I took a chance. Bad mistake ever since the transplant I have had yellowing leaves, red stems and extreamly stunted growth. The pots are extreamly heavy compaired to my photo plant in OF that is atleast double the size of the ryders. This soil is the only thing I have changed since my last grow (ChronicRyder 43g dry weight I thought that was pretty good). As muddy has stated in both of our posts the soil has sand in it which will get compacted. My conclusion on this is the roots of my plants are starved for O2, which means I have to some how get some oxygen to the root system after pondering several different ways to do this I will be trying a few different things

1. On 1st plant I will try adding some hydrogen peroxide to my water, my basic thinking behind this is hopefully I will get a little more oxygen to the root system as well as strip any left over nutes that may be in the soil from it retaining so much water note: I am only doing this because I am so close to harvest Im sure the hydrogen peroxide will kill alot of the micro-organizams in the so called "organic" soil but I dont realy care about them at this.

2. On 2nd plant I will water with plain R/O water after bubbling and chilling to about 70 degrees for 24hrs(cooler water will hold much more o2)
my plants have been drying out for the last 5-6 days so I will be doing this tonight I will let you know how this works out but I will NOT be using this LadyBug soil again as I thinks its a cannabis killer

 

[gtron]

Updated pictures
Nothing new to report.


Enjoy the midget porn.

 

[gtron]

Daily Pic Update. I hope they aren't bugging anyone.
I think the 60D Wonder may be showing just the slightest bit of nute burn on the tip of the top two leaves. Anyone confirm that?
The UI Photo is growing pretty well, I wish that any of the autos would have done close to what it is doing. Will I need to convert it to 12/12 before it shows sex or will it reveal on it's own under 24/0?
And obviously I have some stunted micro plants with the WJ & AA, & some just stunted plants with the Lowberry & 60D Wonder.
I am curious about how long to keep the two micro plants going. At 75 & 69 days respectively, Does anyone want to hazard a guess as to how much more they might gain in another 2 or three weeks?
I hope I am not overly optimistic to think the WJ might double or triple? However I don't know that the AA will do much more at all. If you look at the 1st pics in this thread and these below I would say that the WJ has definitely tripled in size, the AA maybe just maybe double (which might amount to a big bong hit or two small hits)

Daily midget porn below.

 

[gtron]

Christmas eve update.
Not much to report, other than the photo seems to be stinky already.
I am still curious if anyone wants to hazard a realistic guess as to how much bigger the White Jem, Lowberry, and 60 day wonder will be in two or three weeks.
Midget Porn for your pleasure below, please avoid getting your monitor sticky!

 

[desertnance]

Ugh! I hate when you get the midgets!! I like Wizard of Oz, but this will be a learning lesson. I've grown some too, that didn't reach over 4-7". Seems like hardly worth the trouble. Your NEXT grow will be better!!!!!

 

[gtron]

Pic update
Midget porn below.

 

[Northern Grower]

Hey Gtron, i was reading through your thread. What size pots did you use? I couldn't find that info.

I am almost certain it's your soil. Some thing is off. I had the exact same thing happen when i used miracle grow soil once. 3 gal bags but i got little nothing plants? But the ones not in the crap soil were fine.

Promix is the way to go! I bet your next results are much better with just changing out your soil. Also, you can recycle promix in a home compost type setup. If you use organic feed on them. I have been reusing the same couple bails of promix for a few years now. With proper soil care you shouldn't have to buy it all the time.

 

[gtron]

.... What size pots did you use? .

BB, I tiered them starting in 18oz with the bottom removed and set in another cup with drain holes. After about 2 weeks above ground placed the bottomless cup into a 1.5g pot.
At this point I am pretty certain it is the soil as well.
I won't be using the tiering method on the next round of seeds.
I plan on getting some taller pots and start them off in the promix after they crack their shell in H2o.

Daily Pic update
Midget Porn below

 

[gtron]

I am trying to decide what to do with the photo plant.
I cant really let it get too big as I have limited space in my grow box. I also don't really want to go to a 12/12 cycle in my grow box.
I am thinking I might be able to pull it out of the grow box in the evening, put it in a dark closet and then put it back in the grow box in the morning.
That seems like sort of a hassle, but I am thinking if I want any buds from it, that is what I will need to do.
But Hell, I don't even know that it is a female yet.

Pic Update.
Midget Porn Below- wash your hands afterwards!

 

[Muddy]

That's probably about all you could do with it, short of changing the light cycle on your whole grow.