Spimps NLxBB Auto Micro CFL's 2013

[Richard Richardson]

Define OK? She is better than before, worse than ideal. She is much better than the Autos, and much worse than GDP. I have her listed as 85% survival rate. The autos are 20%. They all should better signs at the growth area, but the autos are devasted everywhere else.

gdp is a champion

Gitmo and Gizmo have a chance, the autos don't.

It wouldn't be worth keeping them alive.

Learn and move on

That's what it's all about, isn't it?

 

[Spimp]

blah blah blah Gizmo FTW!!! blah blah blah Pics?? blah blah blah Perfect sence.

Ok Rico. I knew this would happen. Ill take some pics. You sure know how to turn my dials sir... Im dissapointed in you Reg. I thought we had a deal?

 

[Richard Richardson]

Reg told me everything

 

[Spimp]

**Warning** I urge anyone that doesnt want to be scarred from these images to look away. They are graffic and unedited

Gitmo. Looks better in person. Not good, better.

I took them no flash so hopefully you can see the "death color" on the leaves.

Its a Travishamockery....

 

[Spimp]

As named by Ricorico... Gizmo:

 

[Crazycarl]

Dam Spimp sorry I missed you Birthday so Happy Birthday

 

[Richard Richardson]

Hi Carl


Are the top 2 the autos?
They don't look so bad (better than Gitmo)

Gizmo looks fantastic

 

[Crazycarl]

I think you will save them Spimp they are just not very happy right now. Don't give up send yea some love and healing your way for your ladys

 

[PeeJay]

Simp, you are one of the many members I have watched over the last couple of months as I prepared to do my first grow. I'm about three weeks in and have joined up and started a journal. This is my first post outside of my journal. I hope the link in my sig works. This is a test to see if I did it right

 

[Spimp]

Thanks carl.

Yes top two are the autos. In person Gitmo looks better imo but maybe thats becsue of where she started. Ive counted all three of these as a loss at this point.

Heres just a few of the things that went wrong with them:
Used that bs seed starter crap on Gitmo.
Un-pH'd water.
Overwatered due to negligence. Not just the planter bases, but also watering too much at one time.
Too big a pot for my beans. (this one is all me really cause I watered the 'pot' instead of the plant) Big pot made me think i had to put alot of water in there. It doesnt come out quite as easily...
When the plants showed defic's, Its hard to get the water where the roots are without overwatering big pots with seedlings in them.

In the future, I think i would rather start them in a well draining party cup then transplant. I know I say dont do that, but Im more comfortable with a one time transplant them trying to correct anything in a big pot.
Both Blue and Seymour were grown with a transplant and they didn't miss a beat.
Hopefully someone will see my mistakes and not make the same ones.

 

[dankdragon26]

Hopefully someone will see my mistakes and not make the same ones.

dont worry spimp i wont lol.... besides i think i ask you and rico ad a few others before i do much of anything

 

[Spimp]

Simp, you are one of the many members I have watched over the last couple of months as I prepared to do my first grow. I'm about three weeks in and have joined up and started a journal. This is my first post outside of my journal. I hope the link in my sig works. This is a test to see if I did it right

Im there. Even a Simp can become a Spimp with enough Ghetto sir.

 

[dankdragon26]

Im there. Even a Simp can become a Spimp with enough Ghetto sir.

yay something else to look forward to.... one day ill be a spimp too lol.... need to keep an eye on LO with her new deficiency

 

[Spimp]

yay something else to look forward to.... one day ill be a spimp too lol.... need to keep an eye on LO with her new deficiency

Can you use your wireless LapCamera to get us a look? Whats wrong with her?

 

[dankdragon26]

Can you use your wireless LapCamera to get us a look? Whats wrong with her?

looks like N def.. ill get pics up momentarily

 

[dankdragon26]

VERY early stages.. yellowing starting at tips

 

[B A R]

Ok Rico. I knew this would happen. Ill take some pics. You sure know how to turn my dials sir... Im dissapointed in you Reg. I thought we had a deal?

We did but he put his B/S meter on me & I had to tell him everything

looks like N def.. ill get pics up momentarily

I just seen them. maybe I'm half blind but they looked fine to me.

 

[dankdragon26]

the pics suck

 

[KingJohnC]

what is the mixture of the soil you are using? the plants look over watered.

 

[Spimp]

They are overwatered for sure.
The soil mix is roughly 30% perlite, 70% inexpesive (quite woody) planting soil.

I overwatered while I had the cheap plastic bases still on the planter. I didnt notice until the next day so there was little to no runoff. Because the plants are so small there is no way they could drink all the water. I had a fan on them and elevated them to expose the drain holes for 9 days. No growth or improvement.
I repotted adding two inches of 75%perlite under the current soil to hopefully help drain them. I then flushed as the side and bottom area where very dry, yet th middle remains soaked. The leaves perked up a bit after the flush, but they are in very poor condition. Having the main root soaked in water for now 11 days straight.
It was a critical error at a critial stage. If there is abetter way to handle it or something I can do now to help, Your advice is always welcome KingJohnC.