1st time grower

[arteekay]

Give it more time. I think what you are seeing is the further cannibalization of the damaged leaves. Show us a pic of the newest growth...

That's just my opinion, and it's inexperienced and shouldn't be trusted.

 

[Emilya Green]

yes, #1 is definitely sick and being slow to recover, but the best thing you can do is like arteekay said... just wait her out. Use the lift method and dont be tempted to water again until she uses that water. If you water her again without letting those lower roots dry out, she most likely won't make it.

 

[Jamesnns]

Despite reading for hours...Ive done everything wrong.
Im beside myself......

 

[Emilya Green]

Despite reading for hours...Ive done everything wrong.
Im beside myself......

Don't be too hard on your other self... tell that good looking person standing next to you that you only did the same as so many other new growers of weeds, making the same common mistakes. It is amazing how many incorrect assumptions we make when we try to take what we learned about growing corn, tomatoes and potatoes, and apply it to weeds. I did the same thing... read till my left eyeball bled... and still, made the same mistakes at first.

 

[arteekay]

More accurately, you've done everything exactly like 85%+ of the population does in their first grow. Don't beat yourself up or get frustrated. She's nowhere near dead, and you've learned a lot quickly. She'll recover and give you a harvest yet, I'd put money on it.

Sit on your hands and do nothing more to them than stare for the next 24/48 hours.


Edit: forgot you have Emilya on the case. I'll step back, you're in great hands Jamesnns

 

[Jamesnns]

Thanks folks. Oddly...Im almst in tears. For a smart guy..Im not so smart.
I thought this 'grow' wouod be test..and I wouldnt care....Boy..was I wrong.
I have 100% done what you shouldt do.....
But, Ill will try to keep these plants alive..I will

 

[arteekay]

Completely normal my friend. We spend time thinking about them, our brain forms new neurological pathways between those thoughts and we become attached. Happens to everyone who is not a psychopath.

The 15% that don't make the same mistakes have an Emilya local and physically present to slap a hand away from the watering can or spray bottle. Everyone else does exactly the same things.

I'm confident we'll be back here in a week celebrating.

 

[Jamesnns]

The last resort.

 

[Emilya Green]

I see some hope here... the new growth is reaching up. This is a good sign. Stay the course... get her to do that wet/dry cycle thing, and she will get better.Then you just have to veg her a bit longer to get some good yield out of her, and you will end up with a good harvest despite the early problems.

There are always penalties for mistakes, either in quality, quantity or time. -Emilya

 

[Jamesnns]

Emilya..I love the positive from you..

 

[ShiggityFlip]

This plant is going to be a super bush when it comes out of the root issues.

 

[Jamesnns]

A little update.
Exactly one month old today
Plant 2 looks good, tall and spread out, but good.

Plant 3 is much shorter and bushy. HAS to be a diff strain. Again, looks good.
Im hopipng on having girls...too soon to tell.

Plant 1...is on life support. My guess it wont make it. The direct result of over watering

Question..how soon can I put these two into flowering stage?..Iow, 12/12 lighting?

 

[ShiggityFlip]

A little update.
Exactly one month old today
Plant 2 looks good, tall and spread out, but good.

Plant 3 is much shorter and bushy. HAS to be a diff strain. Again, looks good.
Im hopipng on having girls...too soon to tell.

Plant 1...is on life support. My guess it wont make it. The direct result of over watering

Question..how soon can I put these two into flowering stage?..Iow, 12/12 lighting?

If they are from seed it is best to wait 55 days for them to be fully mature. You can put them in earlier of course but their trichome level and bud amount may be less. That being said I did put mine in early for the hunger games.
Mine were about a month old. I feel like I got a healthy amount of trichomes but I also feel that my yield could have been much higher with more veg time.

 

[Jamesnns]

Ohh...once in a while i catch the smell...the really good skunky smell. If I touch a leaf then it becomes stronger....

 

[Jamesnns]

Plant 3 doesnt really look brown or icky..solid nice green...must just be a bad lighting issue when I took the pic.

 

[ShiggityFlip]

Plant 1 is significantly ahead of plant 3. I would top plant one, right at the level where it would produce an even canopy, take off everything right at and above the level of the aluminum foil on the left.

 

[Emilya Green]

Plant 1 is significantly ahead of plant 3. I would top plant one, right at the level where it would produce an even canopy, take off everything right at and above the level of the aluminum foil on the left.

above?

 

[Jamesnns]

Uhmmm...
OK, but that really makes me nervous as a noob.
1) But why? The plants HAVE to be diff strains, they look nothing a like. They sprouted one day part.
2) How to 'top"?

 

[Jamesnns]

Ill take a side view pic of the tall one and place markers using editing for a better placement of this 'topping' you speak of. 5 min

 

[ShiggityFlip]

I wrote at the level of and above because I was worried if I only wrote above he would leave the points right at the aluminum level. Oops and I mean plant two, they were in a different order before. Of the three plants the healthy ones are 2 and 3. #2 is tall and 3 is short, ok I am reoriented now.

So to clarify I meant to top plant number 2, the healthy tall one. And I would cut it at the level of the foil on the left. To be specific, there is a fan leaf pointing straight at us, then a node above that, then the level of the foil, then a node just barely above the foil. I would remove the node that is just barely above the foil. and keep the one just below the foil.