First time grow

[ladyxxxflower]

Ok so I am new to this site and this is my first time at trying to grow bud at home.
I came across a few problems during the past few weeks like using nutes to early and nearly putting my plants under a 12/12 light but luckly I didn't as they are far to small for the flower stage just yet.
one of the problems is a couple of my plants seem to be lacking behind and taking longer to grow than the others I also have one plant that started to become droopy, I stopped watering it incase it was drowning anyway after a couple of days it didn't seem to perk up and I noticed it had marks appearing on a couple of leaves and the bottom leaves and turned yellowish and crispy so I removed them, I have now noticed that a few more of my plants have these spot things on them, I am unsure what this could be maybe magnesium deficiency or nitrogen deficiency I have no idea as im new to this
here is what I am using in my grow tent and the nutes I am using

I have them potted in canna coco natural soil 5l pots till I get a good root formation I will then repot them in 20l pots with clay pebbles and coco soil mixed, they will ovbs stay in 20l pots till harvest

I have them under 600watt lights 18/6 with a small fan to strengthen stems

I have been using 15ml of canna a&b and 15ml of rhizotonic mixed with 10l of water and a ph of 6.5
I was watering them with the mix of nutes twice a day with 50ml each time

I know I am going wrong some where as I am having hick ups already and the seeds im using are white widow (seedsman) which I was told are good for first time as I wont encounter many problems with them


here are some pictures of the problems I am facing.. any advice would be appreciated thank you =)

 

[ladyxxxflower]

any one help me????

 

[Richard Richardson]

Hi Lady flower

Your pH is too high at 6.5

That would be ideal for soil.

You are growing in coco.

Your pH should be at 5.8.

That may be where your problems are coming from.

 

[Flower Child]

any one help me????

Hi Ladyxxxflower,
I grow in soil but had pale blotches like your leaves and it was a too high ph.
I have read some folks like ph 6.5 for coco but others keep it under 6.2.
Just a thought......

 

[ladyxxxflower]

thank you for replying, I have heard other people say the same too maybe it is to do with my ph, im hoping its nothing major

 

[Richard Richardson]

They are hardy plants, Lady. They will pull through

 

[ladyxxxflower]

i will keep u updated on how they go =)

 

[smacsidhe]

Yup, it's Ph... you should be between 5.4 & 5.8 . What's your RH running?
Also, there could be some over-watering going on. Try letting them go till your fingertip is dry and clean when stuck into the soil to the second joint before watering, then watering until you see run off in the tray. This is a more natural watering cycle and allows the plants to self flush a little, if you feed every other watering, or two out of three waterings. Helps prevent Nut lock and root-rot to allow them to dry a little bit and alternate the water with feed and plain water..
They don't look too bad though, and should recover fine.

 

[ladyxxxflower]

hi can anyone help me im 3 weeks into flower stage and I have noticed 1 or 2 leaves have started to die and curl up, I have pictures in my album, im using canna nutes
coco a- 27ml
coco b-27ml
rhizo- 5ml
cannazym-25ml
boost-24ml
mixed with 10l water
ph 5.8-6.2
im also using coco coir with clay pebbles

could it be down to nute burn or is it nothing to worry about
I did hear if the plant isn't healthy it can effect the taste of the buds

 

[ladyxxxflower]

anybody help? please

 

[yuyo]

3 weeks in and looking good in my opinion
at this stage i do not think you have to worry much
you can alternate safely going one water with and next without nutes
with experience you will learn what your plants need by how they are looking
adjust accordingly
what you have been doing is working nicely
as you get closer to the end you will see more and more leaves yellowing
the plant will gorge itself in the endgame using all available nutrients from its leaves
at about 2-3 weeks before you harvest you should quit using nutes
once you go straight water the yellowing will intensify but this is normal
this is done to purge out the nutes giving you better product
keep up the good work !!
take care and good luck

 

[ladyxxxflower]

thank you for ur advice, ive also worked out that I have about 5 weeks left till harvest is this about right or should it be less or more, and if left in flower for to long can my plants turn mouldy?

 

[yuyo]

8-9 weeks is about average
all strains are different some have been said to finish in 7 weeks others take 12 or even more
genetics,growing conditions and user experience can all change this
if you want to be exact you will need a scope or loupe to see the trichomes or in layman terms the crystals
they will be clear then get a cloudy or milky coloring and eventually amber
most people want some amber,around 20% is my preference

a secondary technique is the pistils or hairs,they will also darken and shrivel somewhat,you want to see 80-90% of them turned
you can leave it too long but the window for success is large and very doubtful you will

a third that i do not recommend easily is to snip a small part from the lower section,quick dry and test
the reason i say take care of this is because it will be even more tempting to snip more

as for mold if you keep the humidity decent it should not be a worry

 

[ladyxxxflower]

THANK YOU I did some research on when I would know not to harvest to early and I think im going to go with the second technique seems abit more easier for me to do lol until I get some more experience behind me I will start to try different things.. =)

 

[KingJohnC]

I looked through your photo gallery, except for some slight nutrient burn your plants look good. Can you post some photographs of the leaf damage you are writing about? Here is everything you should need to know to post full size photographs.

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[ladyxxxflower]

yep can do, im still not sure on what nutes to use per litre ive got a chart what im using now and they seem ok just the odd leaf ill take some pics and add them now

 

[ladyxxxflower]

 

[ladyxxxflower]

these 2 pics are with the leaves, did u see the nute mix im using do u think I should use less?

 

[KingJohnC]

I did not see what nutrients you are using. What nutrients are you using and how many millilitres per gallon?

 

[ladyxxxflower]