First Indoor Grow

[mcdholdem]

I am doing an indoor grow. Here are the pictures, I think I over watered it. But maybe you all can be the judge. Thanks!

I haven't been watering it at all for a few days, the soil seems damp still. I was told I could let it get really dry and it actually helps with root growth. And prevents root damage. Any thoughts?

4 fluorescent bulbs: 2 white, 1 blue, 1 red
1 Philips 120w Agro-Lite Plant Light

One Fluorescent bulb track is vertical to the left and the other is vertical to the right. The Plant Light is suspended directly above it about 2ft away.


This is the top shot - nothing looks wrong here, but maybe I am wrong. A few of the tip's of the leaves seem to curl in a bit, any ideas?:

The stem near the top of the plant- Can't sex it yet I don't think:

Possibly over watered??

In this pic you can kind of notice a few spots on the bigger leaf in the lower right portion. Is this normal? Or is there a problem that can be fixed?

 

[mcdholdem]

This is a pic of my last plant. It was outdoors though. It smoked very, very well too

Top bud:

 

[Tead]

I'm in. Nice lookin plants!
I can't really see the spots in the photo. Can you get a better photo or describe them?
That sure looks like an overwatered babie to me. MJ likes "dry feet", meaning that you should let your babies dry out quite a bit between waterings. There are quite a few methods for checking water. I'm a fan of lifting the pot and judging by weight. I also stick my finger 1 or 2 inches into the soil... if it's wet, I hold off.

Cheers!

 

[mcdholdem]

Thanks for the reply. This is the worst leaf of the bunch. There are few places on others. I hope this pic helps. And thanks for the suggestion about the water, will start doing that.

Here is the pic:
I highlighted the areas

 

[Tead]

That looks like insect action to me. Any critters living underneath the leaves?

Cheers

 

[mcdholdem]

I saw one little fruit fly, but other than that. No. If it's not bugs, what else could it be?

 

[Tead]

I dug thru the Cannabis Plant and Pest Problem Solver - Pictorial , but couldn't pick out a definite issue. Perhaps your eye will pick up something I didn't. Check the thread and see if anything looks similar.

All in all tho... that's some pretty minor discoloration. I wouldn't get too worried about it yet... unless you start seeing more of it.

Cheers!

 

[mcdholdem]

thank you very much for the post. It looks like beginning stages of a pH issue. Where can I locally buy a pH test strip for soil? I have heard urine in a cup mixed with water will help pH problems. Is this true?
Thank you for such fast responses.

 

[Tead]

I'd avoid using urine for PH adjustment for many reasons. Plus... eww!!! I'm not smokin that!
I'd avoid the strips too... they suck to use and are hard to read.
There are liquid kits that are much better or digital "sticks" that take all the guess work out.

Cheers!

 

[mcdholdem]

Thank you

 

[mcdholdem]

Well I have some good news, It is a female. There are many white hairs all around the top of the plant. It's been about a week on 12/12. So this journal will continue. I started another grow journal today using a different method. It is very detailed, and will have some high quality pics.

Link to my other journal for those that are interested

 

[Legalize09]

hey i thought id jump in and tell you that you could buy a Milwaukee ph600... its very cheap and reliable... only 20 bux online... thought u might wanna know

 

[Legalize09]

ohh and congrats on the girl...ill keep checkin on ur thread n see how it turns out..GOOD LUCK !!!!

 

[mcdholdem]

Will definately check that out, thanks Legalize09

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Here is a pic of the pre-flowers, quality is pretty good.

 

[mcdholdem]

There are more leaves turning yellow now. They seem to be starting from the bottom of the plant, because the fan leaves that are on the lowest node are the worst, and the next node isn't so bad at all (but getting there). Also, the plant is really starting to bud up now so maybe a lot of the dying has to do with that. I dont know - Any responses would be great. Thanks!

Picture of hairs:

Lowest leave:

Next node up:

 

[HazeSeeker]

Plant Abuse Chart

 

[Tead]

Are you feeding them any nutes yet? What kind of soil are they in?
Can you give us a few overall shots of the plants with damage? It's hard to judge from 1 or 2 closeup leaf shot.
I wonder if they got a little bit to much nutes at some point.

Cheers

 

[mcdholdem]

Everything seems to be going very well now! Have a look

This one has 8 leaves

 

[Screwnuts33]

Becareful on your watering. Looking like it may have a bit too much water. The heavy looking slightly droopy leaves are an indicator of over watering.

 

[HerbInGrower]

Thats looking mighty fine