HELP! Beginner Needing Help - First Attempt Failure

[EmergeMSI88]

Hi,

I'm new to the forum and I'm looking for some help and Advice.

A friend of mine is new to the whole growing scene and from what they have told me they're aiming to be able to grow just a few plants at a time for themselves. From what they told me they have little knowledge other than basic things which they have read or watched online.

From what I can gather they seem to have jumped into it all little too quick, not that I myself have any knowledge on any of this either.

So in the images is their setup. As you can see the plants are looking dead and have apparently been like this for 2 weeks.

I have read quite a lot on this site and from what I can see there are so many different variants that can cause problems. I'm hoping putting this topic up may be able to help find a resolution quicker than them spending weeks trying everything possible to make the second attempt somewhat of a success.

Any information that is needed to possibly help identify the problem/s, please just ask.

[WeirdWiredWolf]

What type of soil?

That light may be too much for them at this stage...what wattage is it?

[Qwertywill]

I was thinking there is not enough drainage in the soil but they look dry... i second weirdwiredwolfs question, what type of soil?

How often are they getting watered, is there anything being added to the water? Is the water dechlorinated?

[WeirdWiredWolf]

I know I was having problems when using city tap water for veg (way too alkaline) and had to use a filter pitcher for awhile.

[Qwertywill]

Gotta do what you gotta do to fix the problem!

[Mr.furley]

You need perlite in your mix.
you need a Mh bulb for Optimum plant growth, the HPS bulb you are using is for the flowering stage and not so ideal right now.
We could help you more if you told us all the details about your grow.

[Greymowser]

I have 4 ww just started flower stage

[EmergeMSI88]

Thanks for all the responses. Here is some more info.



- Using Canna Coco soil. Also using the Canna Coco nutrients.

- Lighting is 600W

- Currently tap water is being used, watering whenever first inch is of soil is dry.

- The seeds are

Autoflowering

Feminised

High

Medium

90 -140 cm

Greenhouse, Indoors, Outdoors

50-65 days

[Qwertywill]

So three things I noticed:

1)Are you using 1/4 the recommended nutes on the young plant? Or full strength? (That will kill them at this stage)

Solution: Flush with phed water, let them recover a day or two, mix new batch at 1/4 str. Increase as you see deficiency.

2) Are you PHing your water? Coco has a lower ph than soil needed. (Again could kill them)

Solution: Buy at minimum a pack of ph strips, better yet a ph meter. Flush with phed water and start feeds again with phed water.

3) Are you letting the water sit a night or two to let the chlorine evaporate from the water, prior to feeding? (Again could kill them)

Solution: Fill up some buckets, let it sit out for 1-2 days, add nutes and feed.


Everyone fails at first! Dont feel bad, my first grow was gorilla back in 2008, I had a beautiful purple haze, aprox 5 ft tall, went to it one day, and a rabbit was eating it.. No way to recover, it was already down and almost gone! Nor was it flowering yet. I leaned put chicken wire around it!

[EmergeMSI88]

Thanks for all suggestions and answers guys