MerryJane22
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Guys....I am having a heck of a time with this first grow. I've had such terrible weather to contend with and trying to manage 16 plants (4 various stages of growth---each in a little different soil to boot). If I end up with anything to smoke I will celebrate BIG TIME.
This girl is a Spaceghost photo that a friend gave me. It was started indoors on March 27th and I received it at about 7 weeks of age. I transplanted it into a 5 gallon cloth pot that I THOUGHT had organic soil.....well, as it turns out the bag of soil was pretty damned old. The other plants that I'm growing are all autos. I was going to try that first and then see about photos.
My friend is shocked she began flowering right away, as he said it wasn't supposed to. His that he put outdoors have NOT (but he said one other guys wholes close to me is flowering, too). He said he's confused about it. I was happy, as I figured I could maybe outrun our nasty Michigan cold falls. But gosh, not sure if we'll get there if this keeps up !
She started showing lots of yellow leaves a month ago and is a very light color. My PH was high as it turns out my well water is 8.0 (but PPM is about 150). I realized it and have been using PH down (or vinegar) and watering with about 6.0-6.5 and the last time I checked runoff it was good at about 6.7.
Once I realized the soil was most likely shit....I started feeding her very small amounts of veg and bloom food. Also adding calmag (that has a little nitrogen in it). Trying to get her to look better. She has lots of flowering sites and other than the color.....she seems OK. Growing noticeably.
I pulled down a few branches to let some of the lower flowers get some light ...being the optimist that I usually am, lol.
Any advice for a clueless newbie with this one?
Thanks in advance for any and all thoughts!
MJ
This girl is a Spaceghost photo that a friend gave me. It was started indoors on March 27th and I received it at about 7 weeks of age. I transplanted it into a 5 gallon cloth pot that I THOUGHT had organic soil.....well, as it turns out the bag of soil was pretty damned old. The other plants that I'm growing are all autos. I was going to try that first and then see about photos.
My friend is shocked she began flowering right away, as he said it wasn't supposed to. His that he put outdoors have NOT (but he said one other guys wholes close to me is flowering, too). He said he's confused about it. I was happy, as I figured I could maybe outrun our nasty Michigan cold falls. But gosh, not sure if we'll get there if this keeps up !
She started showing lots of yellow leaves a month ago and is a very light color. My PH was high as it turns out my well water is 8.0 (but PPM is about 150). I realized it and have been using PH down (or vinegar) and watering with about 6.0-6.5 and the last time I checked runoff it was good at about 6.7.
Once I realized the soil was most likely shit....I started feeding her very small amounts of veg and bloom food. Also adding calmag (that has a little nitrogen in it). Trying to get her to look better. She has lots of flowering sites and other than the color.....she seems OK. Growing noticeably.
I pulled down a few branches to let some of the lower flowers get some light ...being the optimist that I usually am, lol.
Any advice for a clueless newbie with this one?
Thanks in advance for any and all thoughts!
MJ