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hey every1. how do u know whether you have underwatered or overwaterd your plants? asfar as i can tell the symptoms are identical. a drooping to the leaves and yellowing moving from the outside of the leaf inward. any clarification would be greatly appreciated thanx!
QUOTE(panos @ Sep 7 2008, 01:23 AM) 
hey every1. how do u know whether you have underwatered or overwaterd your plants? asfar as i can tell the symptoms are identical. a drooping to the leaves and yellowing moving from the outside of the leaf inward. any clarification would be greatly appreciated thanx!
how old are your plants ? what size pots they in ? newbi myself so dont quote me !
logically drysoil=not enough water.
wetsoil=too much water
wetsoil=too much water
QUOTE(dakter @ Sep 7 2008, 01:34 AM)
logically drysoil=not enough water.
wetsoil=too much water
wetsoil=too much water
with fans on then the surface soil always looks dry !!!!!!
plants are about 3 weeks old the spoetnik#1 from paradise seeds have heard these are slow growers and are still quite small. the pots arnt that big.
thats what i thought aswell but the problem was my soil had very good drainage i would water and within 2hours the soil would be dry again so id endup watering in little amouts quite often through the day so its hard to tell if i watered abit too much or not enough.
thats what i thought aswell but the problem was my soil had very good drainage i would water and within 2hours the soil would be dry again so id endup watering in little amouts quite often through the day so its hard to tell if i watered abit too much or not enough.
what type of medium are you growing in ? compost / soil / coca ? hard to tell from pic mate ! . have you added perlite ? they seem very young to be so thursty so need to know !
was using bonsi soil had perlite and bark. plants started drooping so i changed to a multi purpose compost seems to have remedied the situation abit but dont know why it happened
QUOTE(panos @ Sep 7 2008, 01:44 AM)
plants are about 3 weeks old the spoetnik#1 from paradise seeds have heard these are slow growers and are still quite small. the pots arnt that big.
thats what i thought aswell but the problem was my soil had very good drainage i would water and within 2hours the soil would be dry again so id endup watering in little amouts quite often through the day so its hard to tell if i watered abit too much or not enough.
thats what i thought aswell but the problem was my soil had very good drainage i would water and within 2hours the soil would be dry again so id endup watering in little amouts quite often through the day so its hard to tell if i watered abit too much or not enough.
hmm I had a similar prob soil drying had to water lots slow growth. Turned out that is was the compost i was usin.If i were u i would repot into some thing like west + advanced soon.
hmm I had a similar prob soil drying had to water lots slow growth. Turned out that is was the compost i was usin.If i were u i would repot into some thing like west + advanced soon.
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what kind of a medium is that compost soil?
QUOTE(panos @ Sep 7 2008, 02:09 AM)
what kind of a medium is that compost soil?
The stuff that almost killed my plants was Westlands West+ Peat Free Organic had too much bark. Was very acidic and drained 2 quickly and my ladies didnt like it at all.
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herd bonsi medium is a no no ! . you use the bonsi method to keep mother plants in veg as i saw but not to grow in there medium ! theres a blog on here about this but dont know where sorry , got 6 fems in west + n going mad in it 1
nice to hear valleybilly hope it goes well how far along are u? whats the best medium to grow in?
QUOTE(dakter @ Sep 7 2008, 02:16 AM)
QUOTE(panos @ Sep 7 2008, 02:09 AM)
what kind of a medium is that compost soil?
The stuff that almost killed my plants was Westlands West+ Peat Free Organic had too much bark. Was very acidic and drained 2 quickly and my ladies didnt like it at all.
E2 correct mistakes caused by bein 2 stoned 2 type
sived it then ph down and it's sending my fems wild !!!!!!!!!
QUOTE(panos @ Sep 7 2008, 02:25 AM)
nice to hear valleybilly hope it goes well how far along are u? whats the best medium to grow in?
2 weeks into first flower on 6 unknown seeds but have 8 on veg for next grow , big budda / white widow / ak47/48 bubble gum / blue sput / !!!! ts going to be interesting to say the least ! hope to get the fimming and trimming better this time thou
sounds very intresting gd luck. when in flowering does it matter if i have 1 white spectrum 200 ecolight and 1 red spectrum on at the sametime?
doin 12/12 600 hps flowerin from 24/24 250 hid veg so dont know how them work lights but herd the are slower n less yeald so cant coment mate , dont think it will matter but know they like blue light in veg n red in flower more but have mt 600 and 250 on 12/12 at the mo and the love it , think aslong as you follow the time settings for vedg and flower in red mainly then no probs for me so go for it !!!!! 
would it increase the yield?
QUOTE(Arnold Layne @ Oct 19 2007, 11:25 AM)
Water as and when your plants need it. They require a flood and drain approach, that is to say you need to water them until you see run off at the bottom of the pots. Leave for half an hour. If run off has been re-absorbed, water again until run off appears once more. Once run off stays in the tray for half an hour without being re-absorbed, chuck it out. Then leave your plants until they feel "light" when picked up. This will probably be after 3 or 4 days, depending upon pot size and the plant's natural thirst.
thanx!!!
one last question i have a small setup at the moment due to a lack of space so only gt 3 fem spoetniks was wadering if a carbon filter would be advisable as some have started to smell quite nice already
one last question i have a small setup at the moment due to a lack of space so only gt 3 fem spoetniks was wadering if a carbon filter would be advisable as some have started to smell quite nice already
from what i read it can increase/speed up growth 2 x 4 x and same with yieald if not more but you also have to look after vetilation n temps ! , to say it isn't easy is spot on . read up on fimming and trimming so you can stop them growing to big if your room is small or you will end up with big plants like mine ! . When you put them on flowering they will grow 2x there size before you get your crop n then it can take 4 weeks to dry then out b4 you can smoke it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
with higher watts lights that is , sorry
QUOTE(panos @ Sep 7 2008, 03:07 AM)
thanx!!!
one last question i have a small setup at the moment due to a lack of space so only gt 3 fem spoetniks was wadering if a carbon filter would be advisable as some have started to smell quite nice already
one last question i have a small setup at the moment due to a lack of space so only gt 3 fem spoetniks was wadering if a carbon filter would be advisable as some have started to smell quite nice already
yes you will, they stink a lot more than you think esp near the end of flower,
i wouldn't even consider doing a grow without proper ventilation and a cf, get your ventilation and enviroment right first, then most of your problems will be sorted.
so is it advsable to increase from 2x200w to 3x200w during flowering only have 3 plants tho. would an ioniser be a suitible substitute for cf?
sorry panos cant help you with enviros unless leroy can ?
there are sub forums on this site that will explain how lights work but it is bad to understand when you are new , even for me but an old timer willl pick up on what you are asking n sort you out better tyhan me soon enough as they have for me ! gud site this is , 
thanx alot been a great help! hopeuly all workout well n hv sm nice buds by november 
panos , fill out your grow profile so members can see your set up , this way they can tell you all you need to know without asking all then Q's again mate
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