Seed Bank short stuff seeds

[dwhizzle74]

i live outside of indianapolis theres not alot of hydro stores around here walmart or a lowes is my best bet at soils n ferts and yes thats what i was thinkin the plants kinda small i did however low stress train it so its got alot of growth around the its like a bush if that makes any since i need to post a pic of it cuz that could be a very good reason why its so short

 

[dwhizzle74]

this was ten days ago its grown a bit since then bushed out even more......best pic i can get right now ill have to take another one here in a few get a far away pic let you see the whole plant

 

[AndyBotwin]

If you've got any more seeds, I'd strongly recommend hanging on to them until you can get some better soil. Check out http://www.hydrostorefinder.com to find a place nearby and pick up something like FoxFarms or Pro-Mix soil. Otherwise I'd recommend some plain potting soil with no nutrients. Mix in a bit of perlite to lighten it up, then start earlier with the nutes since it won't be pulling any from the soil. Autos are more sensitive to hot soil than photo cannabis, and you can get all kinds of weird results from too many males to runts to super-stretched tall plants. If you don't change up that variable in your grow setup, you're going to be fighting it all the time.

Regarding the pic, what sort of light has that plant been getting and how often do you water?

 

[dwhizzle74]

i have 8 26 watt cfls and a fan i ripped out of a one of those little heaters you plug in and there in a pretty small grow closet prolly like three foot tall by three foot wide by three foot deep......and i got a big box underneath the plant so its closer to the light i know i should be using hps but like i said moneys tight i was kinda of hoppin to do this for my first grow make some money with my harvest and buy better equipment

 

[roadsidevendor1]

i had the same problem using MG soil
i rinsed the soil with distilled water
2 gallons of water to every 1 gallon of soil
to wash the slow release ferts out
the ferts are not only water soluable but also'
heat activated,
then you will need Dolomite lime (lowes has it)
1 tablespoon lime to each 1 gallon soil
this stabilizes the ph drops caused by the peat
decomposing. http://www.autoflower.org/f26/there-any-way-fix-soil-might-too-hot-2007.html

 

[AndyBotwin]

i have 8 26 watt cfls and a fan i ripped out of a one of those little heaters you plug in and there in a pretty small grow closet prolly like three foot tall by three foot wide by three foot deep......and i got a big box underneath the plant so its closer to the light i know i should be using hps but like i said moneys tight i was kinda of hoppin to do this for my first grow make some money with my harvest and buy better equipment

You're fine with that amount of lighting for a few plants. I just wanted to make sure you didn't have it under a single bulb or something. Overwatering is a common mistake also, and if that happened here, it only made the problem worse because of the time-release nutes in the soil.

 

[dwhizzle74]

will my plant still produce like 15 grams at least? this is my first grow so if i can pull that off a auto ill be happy, and im lookin into hydro stores for better soil next time im sure these are all rookie mistakes ive made

 

[dwhizzle74]

heres a pic i just took and one of my grow room never mind the odd light up there its a "grow light" but it gets kinda cold up there at night so i put it in on the other side just for the xtra heat when its lights off. but as you can see the plants nice and bushy not tall any thoughts and if a mod wants to move this to a grow log thats ok cuz ive gotten way off subject thanks and yes i seen the nute burn and have flushed it seems to be bouncing back i swear shes a fighter!

 

[AndyBotwin]

That pic is looking a whole lot better than the last one. In response to your previous question, you can definitely pull 15g off an auto with those CFLs. Whether or not you can pull that much off your particular plant is questionable given the hard start that it had. No way to know for sure other than grow it out. For reference, my first grow was two plants with a similar amount of lighting, and I got around 11g from one and 15g from the other. Those plants had some major pH problems that set them back, so I'm sure they could have yielded quite a bit more.

 

[dwhizzle74]

well thats makes me feel a little better i kinda get this feelin that mines gonna explode when it does start to flower so im hoping it will grow a few more inches and i also took some cd cases out of the bottom to make it strech a tad should that do anything ? if i had a decent camera id show you pics inside the plant to me (this is my first grow) it looks like its gonna bud damn near everywhere on it...