8Yoyoyo
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I'm a new grower an I think my plant isn't doing to good..
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I'm a new grower an I think my plant isn't doing to good..
Hello again 8Y -- Once again, she's not looking too bad--certainly recoverable!
First of all, does that bucket have drainage holes in the bottom? If not then by all means your first job is to drill or cut a whole bunch of holes in the bottom so it can drain really well. This is especially important for step 3.
Second, get the grow sticks out of there.
Third, give her a good flush, like pouring four gallons of water though the soil to flush out the extra nutrients that are in there. Then shake and tip the bucket to try to get out as much of the water as possible. You will probably need to repeat the process of tipping and shaking several times over several hours to get as much water out as possible.
Fourth, let her dry out. Don't water again until the soil feels dry on top. "Cannabis doesn't like wet feet."
Fifth, see how she does, and when it's time to fertilize again (probably not soon!), give here only 1/4 strength nutrients. The orchid people say "Fertilize weakly weekly," and that concept applies here. Just a little bit at regular intervals is much better than a big dose all at once. You say you're only watering once a week, so it sounds like your're not watering too often.
Finally, you say you have a 120-watt light. That should be enough at this size if it is fluorescent or LED (or metal halide?? I do hope it's not incandescent...) and it is close enough, though you may want more when she's ready to flower. Can you post a photo of the plant and the light together? From your first photos, it looks like maybe the light could be closer (if it doesn't get too hot) and that you could put some reflectors around (i.e. aluminum foil) to help reflect more wasted light back onto the plant.
Those are my suggestions. Maybe someone more expert than me will have more or better advice.
By the way, next time better quality soil and adding some Perlite for better drainage may help, but I'll bet you can do fine with what you have.
It's led. It's not hot I can grab it
I'm really hoping she starts to look up
Update on my plant
Agreed. If you can get the closer (but still have all the leaves covered with that narrow beam) and still pass the "back of the hand" test (in which you put your hand at plant level and it just feels warmish, not hot), then I think that would be good. With the LED grow lights we're told to keep them 12 to 18" away, but they have very focused beams so can actually damage the plant from too much light...If light isn't to hot lower it some more till you get better lighting.