OldManRiver said:

The plant with drooping/curled leaves is suffering from overwatering.

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Mr Bee said:

Let your soil dry out a good bit between watering. Also in future grows i would suggest you top your plants on a lower node.i usually top on the 2nd or 3rd node early on.just my 2 bobs worth.

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Mr Bee said:

I too would advise against removing leaves from plants this sparse.leaves help the plant take up energy.you only take leaves off plants that are totally healthy with lots of leaves and shoots crowding each other out.even then I try to tuck leaves rather than remove them.in my opinion there are times when you may need to De-leaf a bit but not in this situation.

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CandaceMarie said:

Ok, that clears things up quite a bit. A lot of the leaves i cut off simply because they were almost entirely dead and i didn't like looking at my failure lol

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hawkman said:

Remember once you see a plant issues concerning nutrients (to much, too low) you are ALL ready tw (2) weeks behind in fixing it !!!! soil is forgiving - Possiblly the lights are too high which causes plants to grow tall/streach

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CandaceMarie said:

Thank you for the tips, i will definitely top them lower next time. As for the watering, would you recommend giving them less water to continue watering multiple times a week, or is about 1/5th of a gallon when they begin getting drier better?

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CandaceMarie said:

Thank you, I've been so stressed about that poor plant

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Mr Bee said:

I agree.the nutes u give now will take around 2 weeks to show on the plant.with the exception of teas n shit which can act faster than bottled nutes.in soil at least which is what your running so don't go bananas if u feed and don't see any difference in a few days.dont increase doses or anything until u give the plant time to take up what your giving it.the problem with that is once your plants 3/4 weeks in bloom and u encounter issues the plant will b near finished by the time what you gave makes any difference

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CandaceMarie said:

I have never grown anything in my life before and started about 8 weeks ago, i knew absolutely nothing and the best advice anyone gave me was “google it”. Ive been researching as i go but I’m far from an expert and would love any advice, tips, tricks, money savers, or any other good info from experienced growers! (Also would like a little confirmation that I’m not destroying these plants)


I started in 2 tubs wrapped in mylar with desk fans and regular kitchen lightbulbs. At first I watered with plain distilled water without adding anything at all or checking the ph, 24 hr of light, red solo cups of 50/50 coco and miracle grow for approximately 6 weeks. Just 10 random bag seeds, no changes at all from what i mentioned above.


Now Ive got them each in a 5 gal bucket with 1” perlite in the bottom then a 50/50 mix of fox farms happy frog and ocean forest. I’m watering twice a week about 1/5th of a gallon with fox farms dirty dozen following their feeding schedule (minus kelp because it’s not in the dirty dozen) using filtered tap water and aiming for ph between 6.0 and 6.5 after adding nutes, (spritzing with flower kiss daily). In a 5’ x 5’ tent, 600watt hps light, 4 fans, 12/12 light schedule, and i made alllll of these changes at the same time. I found out about plant training pretty late in the game but i bent 3 plants and topped all of them 2 days ago, as far as ff feeding schedule I started 1/2 strength the first time i watered with them and full strength the next and i just sorta started in the middle at week 5. Ive started rotating the plants around the tent because a few seemed to be getting crispy. High temp is 77f, low temp is 67f; high humidity is 48%, low humidity is 40% (todays highs and lows-just example)


My plan from here is to keep with the feeding, watering, light times. When i start seeding actual bud growth I’ll trim most leaves off of it so the plant will focus on the buds, about 2 weeks before theyre ready to harvest (ive read that should be when trichomes just start turning from clear to a milky color) I’ll start flushing, cut, trim more, dry, then cure.


Next grow i aim to at least have the time to find and add a mycorrhizal inoculant to the 50/50 mix. I want to start in pods then go straight to 5 gal buckets. I would prefer a super soil but it seems expensive and time consuming. I want to start them off on an 18 on/6 off cycle then switch to 12/12 when they start flowering.


The info I’m going off of is primarily from growweedeasy.com and when forced to make a choice i google and try to find forums or blogs and go with the majority.

I am including pictures of the set up, the best looking plant, and the worst looking plant.

Any responses are appreciated!!

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oldskol4evr said:

first off,light is way to high,reason for so much stretch,these plants are gonna stretch even more when you go to flower,a lot more,take light down to 2 ft,lay your hand at canopy level,leave it there at least a minute,if you dont feel warmth from light on back side of your hand,go down 6 in at a time till you do,at that point just raise the light back up about 3 inches.
second turn that damn light off for 6 hrs,them poor girls need rest too,they uptake nutrients better with sleep ,ever girl gotta put on there makeup if you dig,take your light to 18/6,also in veg get more humidity going on in there,they love humidity in veg,not in flower,when you switch to flower which i would at this point,from height and size of buckets,if flipped right now they are gonna go about 1 to 1 1/2 ft taller by end of stretch,you being a new gardener its hard to explain how you can control a lot of the stretch with your light ,so i wont hahahah,but ya flip um,there not much foilage there now and stretch will bring more just sayin.
third i swear one them plants is already flowering,probally a stud,get him out of the room if it is,or you want seeds from pollinating the whole tent.
fourth take a empty bucket and fill with your same soil mix,take that bucket and lean it towards you and feel the weight of it dry,then water it and do same thing,feel the difrence? make sure plenty of holes in bottom of bucket too,anyway i grow monsters in 5 gal buckets 7 ft tall at times and i feed only once a week,closer to harvest time you will find your hog plants that need more feed or water,just give um what they need and all will work out fine.
last off fox product have always been dead on 6.5 ph from the bag,might be difrent in your region,so check it,take a jar with distilled or ro water and put a hand full of soil in the jar,shake the shit out of it,let it settle for about 2 hrs and then stick your ph pen in the liquid section of the jar and it will give you a ph reading of your soil,called a slurry test,if it comes out 6.5 do same with your feed 6.5,if it is 6 feed at 6 ,let the plants stabilize to what your giving and the match in ph,after it settle start bumping up your ppm slowly with your feedings,if the tip start to burn,you have the comfort level of the plant,with the burn say you got your ppm at 750 and it burnt the tip,drop ppm just a little and let stablize couple feeding and then try again to bump it up,dig what going on here,long winded shit but hope it helps you out,as mentioned above you learn as you go and experience come with it,you can handle it,so dont get frustrated there plenty of folk here that help you as you go.
last off and closing keep in mind every time you see a pic of a plant with burned tips,you be doing same thing as stated above,with all i said this is my pet peeve,you cannot period flush soil period,you can drench it and make mud,but you cannot flush the nutrients from soil unless it just disapear,so mistake when folk say there flushing,all there doing is in last couple of week or until that plant damn near turns yellow,is feeding with just water

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hawkman said:

Remember once you see a plant issues concerning nutrients (to much, too low) you are ALL ready tw (2) weeks behind in fixing it !!!! soil is forgiving - Possiblly the lights are too high which causes plants to grow tall/streach It's one a male plant ?

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oldskol4evr said:

first off,light is way to high,reason for so much stretch,these plants are gonna stretch even more when you go to flower,a lot more,take light down to 2 ft,lay your hand at canopy level,leave it there at least a minute,if you dont feel warmth from light on back side of your hand,go down 6 in at a time till you do,at that point just raise the light back up about 3 inches.
second turn that damn light off for 6 hrs,them poor girls need rest too,they uptake nutrients better with sleep ,ever girl gotta put on there makeup if you dig,take your light to 18/6,also in veg get more humidity going on in there,they love humidity in veg,not in flower,when you switch to flower which i would at this point,from height and size of buckets,if flipped right now they are gonna go about 1 to 1 1/2 ft taller by end of stretch,you being a new gardener its hard to explain how you can control a lot of the stretch with your light ,so i wont hahahah,but ya flip um,there not much foilage there now and stretch will bring more just sayin.
third i swear one them plants is already flowering,probally a stud,get him out of the room if it is,or you want seeds from pollinating the whole tent.
fourth take a empty bucket and fill with your same soil mix,take that bucket and lean it towards you and feel the weight of it dry,then water it and do same thing,feel the difrence? make sure plenty of holes in bottom of bucket too,anyway i grow monsters in 5 gal buckets 7 ft tall at times and i feed only once a week,closer to harvest time you will find your hog plants that need more feed or water,just give um what they need and all will work out fine.
last off fox product have always been dead on 6.5 ph from the bag,might be difrent in your region,so check it,take a jar with distilled or ro water and put a hand full of soil in the jar,shake the shit out of it,let it settle for about 2 hrs and then stick your ph pen in the liquid section of the jar and it will give you a ph reading of your soil,called a slurry test,if it comes out 6.5 do same with your feed 6.5,if it is 6 feed at 6 ,let the plants stabilize to what your giving and the match in ph,after it settle start bumping up your ppm slowly with your feedings,if the tip start to burn,you have the comfort level of the plant,with the burn say you got your ppm at 750 and it burnt the tip,drop ppm just a little and let stablize couple feeding and then try again to bump it up,dig what going on here,long winded shit but hope it helps you out,as mentioned above you learn as you go and experience come with it,you can handle it,so dont get frustrated there plenty of folk here that help you as you go.
last off and closing keep in mind every time you see a pic of a plant with burned tips,you be doing same thing as stated above,with all i said this is my pet peeve,you cannot period flush soil period,you can drench it and make mud,but you cannot flush the nutrients from soil unless it just disapear,so mistake when folk say there flushing,all there doing is in last couple of week or until that plant damn near turns yellow,is feeding with just water

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