My First Grow, HELP PLEASE!

[Captspaulding]

Oh , I saw you talking about it the other day and looked it up, View attachment 1994579
This is what I found?
I thought it looked similar too, but then told myself I’m too novice to be thinking about that shit.

If It is it’s just a very mild case. I have grown a couple of really goofy plants that had it come to find out, as long as it doesn’t keep appearing on new growth you will be fine. Even then I’d still grow it though.

 

[Captspaulding]

No man, it doesn’t spread to other plants after seed pop.

It’s really more of an issue of genetics, and cross breading, as well as “keeping it in the family” too much.

 

[Captspaulding]

Someone told me a 2 gal jug to fill a 5 gal pot, is this true? Feels like a lot of water when everyone tells me “new growers overwater” I get runoff at like 1 gal I feel.

When you get that runoff, what around, and watch if your pot soaks it all back up, if it does that and its not sitting in its own water, add more. Just don’t let it sit in its own water. Hang and watch it get soaked up.

 

[cannafarmer420]

Someone told me a 2 gal jug to fill a 5 gal pot, is this true? Feels like a lot of water when everyone tells me “new growers overwater” I get runoff at like 1 gal I feel.

It depends on your soils drainage but my rule of thumb with a decent sized plant is 1 gallon h20 for a 3 gallon pot, then scale up from there. Make sure you water slow taking brief breaks so the grow media can absorb it. Now it'll runoff is coming halfway and you have done it slowly then stop. You will get a feel for it.

 

[cannafarmer420]

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This is Biocanna’s new organic line , I’m pretty sure “Bushdoctor Coco Loko” and “Happy Frog” are amended soils, i think, so I haven’t done much feeding. I’m a bit confused on the technique here. Should I feed with a concentrated ppm then water to saturation? Or mix with the entire watering?

I would mix it into your watering bucket and then ph it. If you do it separately I imagine it will be very concentrated.

 

[JohnBlazr]

Some background on my start; This is long and mostly for me but I’ll do my best to make it entertaining. If you don’t give af I understand.

Some of my seeds are cheap from Herbies , and some from that stressed dispensary weed. so who knows what kind of bank they came from. I bought my lights and tent, 2nd hand from this guy in St. Pete ,Fl. He originally promised me clones, but when I got there he just gave me a pack of (4) Runtz F4 seeds, told me they were good. He gave me a good deal I think, all together 2xlights , tent , fan, temp/rh meter , 4 seeds for $400 and a nice drive and hotel stay with my lady. I made the drive mostly for the genetics, I knew I wanted some good seeds and I didn’t know anything about these forms, figured getting from an actual grower is 100x than ordering online. the tent was missing a rod, which I have Jerry rigged with some wooden dowels that could honestly fall apart and destroy my whole operation (worst case scenario that plays out in my head while I’m at work)
that was like 30-35 days ago.
Germinated them along with a seed from a Florida dispo strain I liked (Sgr Cks) and put them in a seed starter kit from Walmart , (pods that you water, they expand, small plastic bed w/plastic lid.)

Overwatered the shit out of them for 3-4 days. I mean, i must have I was growing a fish. I thought there was supposed to be water in the bottom of the bed, I would let the bottom dry and add more water. After 3-4 days of nothing and some research , I ripped the pods oped and saved their life, threw them in 5 gal pots and began practicing much more conservative watering habits.
This was May 17-28th:

Herbies seeds arrival and germination (May 21-25)

I topped the Runtz on June 5th (18 days after sprout, at this point I thought the Sgr Cks was an auto.

*Notice 1 bigger/better looking than the other, I call her “the one with the hot sister”

I begin to notice how much damage mishandling the leaves can cause. I’m a bit rough in nature, and not always so careful, so while tending to the garden I was scratching and in some cases accidentally tearing small parts of the leaf which would come to yellow and scar . I was also getting the leaves wet and leaving drops with the lights on, which whenever I ask “ is this leaf ok? “ about the same leaf, twice a week, @Captspaulding always replies “looks like you got water on your leaf, stop doing that” and then I feel better.
I even went full dummy one time and sprayed neem oil all over them , took pictures and left them in the light and went to work like it was my car I just waxed .
Not to mention I was using it thinking it was insecticide/fungicide.


Continued…

 

[JohnBlazr]

Rapidly growing hungry plants will do that. As will too much light. But which is it.

Definitely too much light, there was one day where I thought “ man these girls are growing so well, looking good, I’m sure they can take more light, and more light is always better.” So I jacked up the dimmers , lowers the lights and lit the tent up like a tanning bed. Came home from work and the leaves looked at me like this ,

 

[Captspaulding]

Some background on my start; This is long and mostly for me but I’ll do my best to make it entertaining. If you don’t give af I understand.

Some of my seeds are cheap from Herbies , and some from that stressed dispensary weed. so who knows what kind of bank they came from. I bought my lights and tent, 2nd hand from this guy in St. Pete ,Fl. He originally promised me clones, but when I got there he just gave me a pack of (4) Runtz F4 seeds, told me they were good. He gave me a good deal I think, all together 2xlights , tent , fan, temp/rh meter , 4 seeds for $400 and a nice drive and hotel stay with my lady. I made the drive mostly for the genetics, I knew I wanted some good seeds and I didn’t know anything about these forms, figured getting from an actual grower is 100x than ordering online. the tent was missing a rod, which I have Jerry rigged with some wooden dowels that could honestly fall apart and destroy my whole operation (worst case scenario that plays out in my head while I’m at work)
that was like 30-35 days ago.
Germinated them along with a seed from a Florida dispo strain I liked (Sgr Cks) and put them in a seed starter kit from Walmart , (pods that you water, they expand, small plastic bed w/plastic lid.)

Overwatered the shit out of them for 3-4 days. I mean, i must have I was growing a fish. I thought there was supposed to be water in the bottom of the bed, I would let the bottom dry and add more water. After 3-4 days of nothing and some research , I ripped the pods oped and saved their life, threw them in 5 gal pots and began practicing much more conservative watering habits.
This was May 17-28th:
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Herbies seeds arrival and germination (May 21-25)
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I topped the Runtz on June 5th (18 days after sprout, at this point I thought the Sgr Cks was an auto.

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*Notice 1 bigger/better looking than the other, I call her “the one with the hot sister”

I begin to notice how much damage mishandling the leaves can cause. I’m a bit rough in nature, and not always so careful, so while tending to the garden I was scratching and in some cases accidentally tearing small parts of the leaf which would come to yellow and scar . I was also getting the leaves wet and leaving drops with the lights on, which whenever I ask “ is this leaf ok? “ about the same leaf, twice a week, @Captspaulding always replies “looks like you got water on your leaf, stop doing that” and then I feel better.
I even went full dummy one time and sprayed neem oil all over them , took pictures and left them in the light and went to work like it was my car I just waxed .
Not to mention I was using it thinking it was insecticide/fungicide.


Continued…

Pssssst, you got water on your leaves, stop doing that

 

[Harpua88]

It depends on your soils drainage but my rule of thumb with a decent sized plant is 1 gallon h20 for a 3 gallon pot, then scale up from there. Make sure you water slow taking brief breaks so the grow media can absorb it. Now it'll runoff is coming halfway and you have done it slowly then stop. You will get a feel for it.

Wow that's a lot of water. I'm using 11gallon pots and watering 2-3 quarts at a time. But I don't water for runoff and haven't yet let the soil dry out that much. I do water slowly, each pot gets watered over 5 minutes.

 

[dreamnfox]

That is alot of water, my 5 gallon pot take about 1 gallon in peak flower

 

[Captspaulding]

That is alot of water, my 5 gallon pot take about 1 gallon in peak flower

Shit if that, I’m trying to back to when I even used a full gallon in a five. Maybe once or twice, but then again, my room dries out pots pretty quick. When I pack them in the way I do, I keep it waaaaaay breezy. Above and below canopy, I agree with both @Harpua88 and @dreamnfox

 

[dreamnfox]

Now i use Blumats, keeps the soil moist for better microbe life. Then i just feed when i need to. I never have to worry about wet/dry cycles

 

[Captspaulding]

Now i use Blumats, keeps the soil moist for better microbe life. Then i just feed when i need to. I never have to worry about wet/dry cycles

Oh damn! Those a dope af….

 

[Captspaulding]

Now i use Blumats, keeps the soil moist for better microbe life. Then i just feed when i need to. I never have to worry about wet/dry cycles

Seriously that solves my vaca problem! Yeah man! Been looking for something just like that for a minute!!!!!!

 

[Gmix]

“ @Captspaulding always replies “looks like you got water on your leaf, stop doing that” and then I feel better. “

Lol made me smile

 

[Captspaulding]

“ @Captspaulding always replies “looks like you got water on your leaf, stop doing that” and then I feel better. “

Lol made me smile

Me too man, wholesome goodness right there

 

[Harpua88]

Look at how great you're doing.........more pictures. But yeah, see? :)

 

[JohnBlazr]

I think something is wrong
They look droopy , today I took them all out cleaned up the tent.
When I put them back I defoliated the bottom stuff, some small 3 leaf stuff and some of the initial fan leaves.
Not too much, they look sad

 

[JohnBlazr]

I also watered, I’ve only been watering every 3-5 days

 

[JohnBlazr]

Feeding with Biocanna Vega , Rhizatonic