Is my plant sick???

[cuy103]

Quick question. You can see a picture of my plant (in my grow journal in my SIG) in it's 2nd week and the very bottom leaves are almost completely yellow.

I don't think it's a pH problem and I haven't feed it any nutes/ferts...just distilled water. I think my problem was that I used a regular household buld??? Now the bottom leaves are yellow.

I've already removed the household buld...but will my plant eventually turn back to green??? Or do I have to do something to help change it back to a healthy green???

Any and all feedback welcome. Thanks everyone!!!

[gettinggray1964]

maybe, need pics to really tell,

[cuy103]

You can see a picture of my plant in my grow journal which is in my SIG. Thanks. ;)


Hopefully these pictures can help...

[TrailerTrashed]

Right about two weeks is when they are ready for there first feeding. Those yellowing leaves are your babies way of telling you it's hungry. Have you thought about a good fert? Try some "Earth Juice", good organic stuff. Bat guano, worm castings...mm mmm mmmm Smells like pooo but boy do the ladies love it. IMO Much Love.

[cuy103]

OK. So maybe it wasn't because I used a regular household light bulb then? Maybe it's time for some feeding? I was under the impression it didn't need feeding until the 3rd or 4th week.

But then again...this is the beginning (day 2) of the third week.

There's a garden shop that sells Fox Farm ferts...I'm thinkin about getting some there.

[TrailerTrashed]

OK. So maybe it wasn't because I used a regular household light bulb then? Maybe it's time for some feeding? I was under the impression it didn't need feeding until the 3rd or 4th week.



But then again...this is the beginning (day 2) of the third week.


There's a garden shop that sells Fox Farm ferts...I'm thinkin about getting some there.


Regular household bulb?..Didnt catch that when I posted. What type bulb are you using? Some will work for a short period during the seedling stage, but if quality marijuana is the expected final outcome...upgrades should soon follow.

[Melissa]

if they are the very bottom first leaves they will go yellow and die off :48:

[cuy103]

Right now I'm using one 13watt CFL...for the time being. I'm getting more CFL's in the mail and they should arrive tomorrow. Once I get them I'll be running on 16000 lumens, each bulb at 30watts.

I used the regular household buld for about 1-1.5 days. It was then that it started to turn yellow, so I pulled the household bulbs out.

I'm wondering if my plant will eventually turn back to green when I use all my CFL's when I get them tomorrow. Is my plant sick, or is it yellow because of the household bulb?

[Melissa]

perfectly normal and dont feed them lowryders for at least another week :48:

[cuy103]

if they are the very bottom first leaves they will go yellow and die off :48:

Is that what eventually happens with most/all plants? So I don't have much to worry about?

EDIT:
perfectly normal and dont feed them lowryders for at least another week
Once again, thanks Mel for the insight. Thank you too TrailerTrashed!!! I had no clue that the bottom leaves turn yellow and eventually die off. LOL...Phew

[HippyInEngland]

They are called embryonic leaves (cotyledons) and die soon after the real leaves form.

[risktaker27]

just wondering how much light the babys are getting? a day

[cuy103]

For the first 1.5 weeks, they were outdoors. They got about 5-6 hours of direct sunlight, the rest of the day they got shaded to heavily shaded sunlight.

*Then I brought them indoors because I wanted them to get more light. Bought a lamp timer and now I run them on 18/6

The next 3-5 days, I used a 13watt CFL plus 2 60watt Household light buld. Don't really know how many lumens that adds up to.

Then my bottom leaves started to turn yellow. I freaked and took away the houshold light bulds. (Apparently it's all normal, LOL) So my plant has been getting just the 13watt bulb for two days. I know it's not nearly enough light...

But I'm getting all my lighting equipment in the mail tomorrow. Once I have that, my plant will get around 14000-16000 lumens. I will be using a combination of 2700K and 6500K spectrum now until finish.