New here!! My first attempt at growing...anything.

[BurningTeddy]

Undecided or male preflowers

[BurningTeddy]

Couple issues or non issues?

1. Whole plant is a paleish lime green, still growing healthy (better than some others)

2. Leaves around top of most plants have yellow tips, with only a few clawing downwards.

I have moved my light up to 20 inches above canopy, and I fed woth fox farms notes at 1/3 strength 2 days ago.

Any ideas??

[BurningTeddy]

Cool thanks. Guess I'll just give it a few days with no nutes and watch since I've moved the light farther away already. How/what would I need to test EC?

[BurningTeddy]

Update! Out of 12 bagseed I've ended up with 8 confirmed females! Still plan on culling at least 2 more out once I need the space but we're looking good.

[IslandColas]

Update! Out of 12 bagseed I've ended up with 8 confirmed females! Still plan on culling at least 2 more out once I need the space but we're looking good.

You may decide against culling. Not trying to contradict Campesino but I’m running a similar 9 plant SOG in the same sized tent and I’m happy so far with the way it’s filling out. If you’ve already flipped and are committed to sog, I don’t think you’ll over crowd. You may not find any yield advantage though by keeping the two with a 300w light. Here’s a pic of my SOG on day 20.

[BurningTeddy]

Hadn't really planned a SOG setup but that's kind of what its turned into lol. I had only planned on keeping 6 since the beginning but I'm glad to hear that opinion. If I can manage the space I just might keep em all. Thanks.

[IslandColas]

Can’t get the photo to upload. I’ll do it when I get home from work.

[IslandColas]

No contradiction. I think he should keep all the healthy girls that he has room for!

IslandColas you must remember that I argued in favor of your SOG when setting up.

BurningTeddy has a smaller space and it seemed the plants may have already been larger than yours... But I agree, if they have room let them grow!

Oh I remember lol I’d be trying to scrog that ridiculous amount of plants without your advice 😂

[BurningTeddy]

So, back from the weekend camping excursion and I find my girls swarmed with fungal gnats!! Will be picking up some neem oil and yellow sticky traps tomorrow morning.

other than the gnat damage to leaves, and a little underwatering I think, these girls are doing great. 1 has almost doubled in size already and all are showing the start of buds.

[SovietStoner]

Looking good, my man.

[BurningTeddy]

Well, gnats are under control, almost completely gone. I think I'm running into a phosphorus? deficiency now so have upped the nutes from 1/3 strength to about 3/4.

couple of the girls are over 2ft now while the rest are about 1.5ft.

[BurningTeddy]

Have 3 or 4 that have what look like seed sacs popping up. Have these gone hermie? Have been watching closely and 1 popped pistils out of em so I dont wanna jump to conclusions to quickly.

with hermie still grow sacs in bunches like regular males or only single sporadic sacs?

How bad would it be to just snip them with some scissors??

[Canuck147]

Those are called calyxes - that's where the plant wants to grow her seeds after she's been fertilized - not a hermie. And with no males - fertilization won't happen.
Remember where those calyxes are cuz that is where you check your Trichomes for ripeness, when you get there.

[BurningTeddy]

Thanks guys.

[BurningTeddy]

So I still seem to be having some nutrient issues. Just did a first feeding of CalMag last night. PH is about 6.5-7 from what I can tell with the liquid tester (will be getting a digital as soon as I can).

I think we're finally done stretching with the 3 tallest being being just about 3ft and the rest between 2 and 2.5ft which was my goal so happy with that.

Gnats are under control, still see 1 or 2 flying around so am still doing a light spray of neem oil on the soil before lights out every other day.

[Canuck147]

Looks good - get some sticky fly strips for those bugs flying around.

[BurningTeddy]

Soooooo super new guy mistake!! I have been checking the PH of everything going IN to my soil but have neglected to test the PH of my runoff. Turns out I do have a decent PH probpem with the soil as my runoff came out to 4!!

It's not to late to flush and correct the next time they need to be watered is it? Should I wait that long? They were just watered yesterday so will be 2 days before they need some more H2O.

Ugh, beating myself up on this one.

[BurningTeddy]

We're starting to smell!! Came home to a nice fresh piney lemon scent filling the tent.

Flushed all 8 over the past 2 days, not sure I did it right though. 3 gallons of ph 7 (light green) water through each pot. Looked like the runoff PH came up to just under 6 from (liquid tester was just barely orangish yellow) and am feeding at what I hope is 7 (light green). My digital tester should be here next week so if I'm not seeing improvements by then I'll flush again unless that's bad?

Gnats are also coming back so yellow sticky traps are just going to be a staple of my setup from now on.

[BurningTeddy]

Well, gnats are back with a vengeance after that flush. Thinking of hitting the soil woth the peroxide/water mixture to kill the larvae and then top off my pots with sand.

PH issue is under control, still kicking myself for that one. Am watering at 7 and runoff is 6.2-6.5. They're being watered almost every day at this point with how small of pots they're in.

Also going to be getting some small stakes and plant ties for a few of them as they're starting to lean.

Going on 30 days from 12/12 switch

[BurningTeddy]

Thanks Campesino

[Chefbjy]

BurningTeddy you're doing great for the first time growing anything 😉. I remember having gnat troubles my first grow and didn't know wth ph was lol. Hope you got that fixed...gnats are a pita. You can use some crushed up bti bits on top of the soil with those sticky traps. I also use diamatocious earth when the top soil dries out. Maybe hang some fly traps too. Looking great BT...death to the gnats. 😃

[freddyyola]

congrats! looking great bro, million times better than what igot going on right now in my first grow.