I have a few questions, I started a plant and when it was a seedling something happened where the stem broke. It ended up healing its self up and it’s now at day 43. Running 600w led 16 hours a day. I haven’t been able to see it’s sex yet so thinking of switching to 12hr, should I just let it go if it’s a female?. Also a few leaves look to be turning brown on the plant, could it be not enough water? I water like every 3 days, also have an exhale bag with it. I attached some pictures and any help or comments are greatly appreciated!
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stinkyattic
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Welcome!
Overall it looks pretty healthy. Kinda hard to see the nuances in that odd lighting but a couple damaged low leaves on a nice shrub like that don't worry me much.
See if you can get some pics in natural light, or switch off the blurple LED and use the flash... to get a good diagnosis, here are some questions:
What soil
What food
What temperature high/low, also humidity
Are they on a cold floor
How do you decide when to water
Do you know what the pH of your runoff water put the bottom of the pot is
Stuff like that.
It's certainly big enough to flower if you so choose, and you will likely need more light to get to harvest since it will continue to grow and a 600w equivalent LED doesn't have tons of penetration power.
More info, more mojo!
: )
Overall it looks pretty healthy. Kinda hard to see the nuances in that odd lighting but a couple damaged low leaves on a nice shrub like that don't worry me much.
See if you can get some pics in natural light, or switch off the blurple LED and use the flash... to get a good diagnosis, here are some questions:
What soil
What food
What temperature high/low, also humidity
Are they on a cold floor
How do you decide when to water
Do you know what the pH of your runoff water put the bottom of the pot is
Stuff like that.
It's certainly big enough to flower if you so choose, and you will likely need more light to get to harvest since it will continue to grow and a 600w equivalent LED doesn't have tons of penetration power.
More info, more mojo!
: )
Thanks for the fast reply!!I bought a kit and it came with 5lbs of kind hot soil for bottom of pot, then fox farm ocean forest potting soil on top. The temp in between 75-78 and humidity is 38-45. It is in basement floor that I insulated with foam boarding. As far as watering I guess I was just on a three day cycle, how should I be watering? I’m in process of getting ph meter right now, but I’m using well water and occasional rain water. The led came with this kit as well for some reason it takes weird photos on my phone
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stinkyattic
her dankness
I think your soil is in early stages of souring, not too bad yet but when your meter comes, have a look.
Your plant is well fed. Ocean forest has a lot of available nutrients in it, plus their food; I'm not seeing tip burn or nitrogen umbrellas yet so you're cool on that.
Any time you use rainwater, add CalMag as the bottle instructs for RO water as they are functionally similar in terms of mineral content.
If you have decent tap water, its easier to just stick with that. Like, hardness 75-175 TDS as CaCO3 is pretty sweet. If its over 250, mix it with rainwater to dilute it. But with no numbers (which you might actually have if your well was tested somewhat recently), just watch the plants.
Water when the pots feel light. Your temps are great and the foam boards are spot on. Old leaves eventually die. I'm not seeing anything scary... just see what your runoff pH is, and go easy on feeding them in that rich soil!
Your plant is well fed. Ocean forest has a lot of available nutrients in it, plus their food; I'm not seeing tip burn or nitrogen umbrellas yet so you're cool on that.
Any time you use rainwater, add CalMag as the bottle instructs for RO water as they are functionally similar in terms of mineral content.
If you have decent tap water, its easier to just stick with that. Like, hardness 75-175 TDS as CaCO3 is pretty sweet. If its over 250, mix it with rainwater to dilute it. But with no numbers (which you might actually have if your well was tested somewhat recently), just watch the plants.
Water when the pots feel light. Your temps are great and the foam boards are spot on. Old leaves eventually die. I'm not seeing anything scary... just see what your runoff pH is, and go easy on feeding them in that rich soil!
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