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[kingfish]

Rumman, Get yourself some 3" Peat Pots. Put your seedlings in them with the soil you will be using in the final pot. When the roots start poking out of the bottom, bury Peat pot and all in the final pot. No shock to the girls. It's the easiest way I know to transplant the girls. That's what I do. Like everything else I post. It is open for Debate.

[Rumman69]

So they just turn into mulch basically?

[kingfish]

you are correct.

[Rumman69]

Ok guys. I was too ancy and did all this replanting and cutting of things i should not have cut and here she is after 3 days in this huge pot. Is she stressed. Maby she needs a toke. I did. Do the leaves indicate low water. Ph seems like 7 in soul.

[Royal Nugs]

She looks waterlogged. Unfortunately underwatered looks the same. Is the top inch or two of soil dry?

dont look like it, looks wet...

[Karlee]

Hi Rum

curled in means to much water and if you did transplant it's stressed out ..wait for it to look normal might take a week but nothing new till it shows you it wants to live. I'm sending healing thoughts as I type do you have a florescent light to put on it?

[Karlee]

I was thinking let it dry with the lights if it takes that long to dry between water bring the temp up with more light, but not to hot they need first-aid

[Royal Nugs]

Listen to karlee, she'll get you straightened out.

[Green75]

That's only 92 watts... Add more lights....bunch

[Rumman69]

I know i am low wattage

[Green75]

In my auto area I have 12 40 watts and fear that's not enough...trying to figure out how to add more as I'm typing this

[Rumman69]

I was fooled when i bought the cfls. It says 23 watts equivalent to 100 watts. So I thought i was getting 400 watts. Rookie mistake.

[Green75]

I made the same mistake...had spent a $100 on them ran them for a week then took all back and got 40's

[Rumman69]

Do these require a special fixture?

[Green75]

I don't believe so no

[Rumman69]

[Rumman69]

Got new girls in the works. I need to just leave em alone.

[Karlee]

Hi Rum ;-)

It's just the watering and light and ph to mess with, it's all good you learned your lesson and have fun now.

[Rumman69]

Yes. I had read to much about mainlining and trimming. I was thinking to far ahead.

[Rumman69]

Ok. My soil is high ph. Like 7.5. Organic miracle grow with no time released nutes or anything. I have ph downed my water to 6.0-6.4 ish. Will this fix the soil ph being high.

[kingfish]

Rum, you are getting you babies way too wet. why is the stick in your pot ? You will find that your plant slows down the growing process. Because it is drowning. Little babes like this don't need more then 1tbls. of water at a time.

[Rumman69]

One shot up so fast it laid over cause it was top heavy. Stick supported her while i added soil for support. I took the dowel out after the pic

[Rumman69]

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