light green

[demcc3]

Good morning everyone! So these ( Green Crack and Blue Dream) were transferred to their big pots on 10/14/22. The pots are 7 gallon cloth with Coast of Maine Stonington Blend. I've been using this soil for my last few grows and have no problems. I won't start using amendments for another few weeks...right now using the nutrients in soil (per instructions from Coast of Maine and other growers)
However, even though they've only been in big pots for about a week they seem a little light green to me. Should I cheat the system and add a little "extra" (and what SHOULD I use) right now?

Also.. I am running a 400watt dimmable LED light from Flora Gear ..the Flora S4. Since the plants are still so young should I be running the lights at 100% or should I cut back some?

[LemonBud]

Dont use anything. Your good for a week or two. Maybe the plant needs cal mag.

[dilvish]

Supersoil can be tricky depending on the strain. They do look a bit pale but they are still seedlings. Adding some nitrogen might help but a very small dose. Personally I'd just let them go. They otherwise look healthy.
In the first 3 -4 weeks the plant typically doesn't need as much light but now that they have more than 4 sets of leaves I'd put it up to full power.

[9fingerleafs]

I agree. You could lower light intensity to give te plants some time to grow more roots and suck more nutrients. Also some height will do them good

[AGH]

How fun! I'm currently running Blue Dream in organic supersoil in cloth pots...it's my second run like that. My avatar is actually my current Blue Dream grow that will be harvested within the next week or two.

You mentioned that you have used that soil several times. Do you mean that brand or that actual soil? One of the huge benefits of supersoil is that you can use it time and again without any loss in performance. However, if you're using the same soil over again, you have to add amendments back to it and let it cook for a couple few weeks to replenish the nutrients that were removed and to get that soil biome going again.

Question: Did you do this if you're re-using soil? If not, that may be why the girl is a little pale. If you did, then it wouldn't hurt to do a gentle tea. Something well-balanced and designed for the vegetative stage. I use Earth Dust, but there are several that get good reviews. If you do a tea, do it like half-strength so you don't burn them.

Also, like you, I go from germinating the seeds to putting them in a rapid rooter until they develop their first real leaves, then I go directly into a 7-gallon cloth pot. Nothing wrong with this, but it does require some attention to watering. It looks like you're doing a good job of doing just a little water around the base of the plant so you're sure the little roots get plenty of oxygen. However, if you're not already, make sure to occasionally do a light watering around the rest of the soil, maybe a day or two after you watered around the base. This helps to make sure that the beneficial microbes are staying alive and ready to take care of your plant as soon as the roots reach out into that section of the soil. I made that mistake once and since where the roots were growing out into wasn't moist and the biome wasn't chugging along, I had similar symptoms as you. Well, not me, but my plant :-p

Since I'm assuming you're doing an organic grow, I suggest that you stay away from things like synthetic supplements. These often kill the fungi and bacteria that organic grows depend on since that's what makes the nutrients available for your plant to uptake. I will say that Blue Dream loves Nitrogen during the veg stage! I usually add extra to mine in the form of urine at a 10:1 ratio every 10-days or so in veg. If you take medication though, you may want to opt for guano, fish meal or bone meal since some medications are excreted in urine and you probably don't want your plants absorbing that.

Regarding the lights, I've never used those, but my guess is they come with a chart showing how far away they should be at different intensities at different stages of growth. If those bad boys are up at 100%, you'll probably need to keep them pretty far away from the plants. And even then, it might be too much light for the young plants to process. Check to see if Flora Gear has any suggestions along those lines. Off the top of my head, 400w up at 100% seems like too much intensity.

With organic growing, usually less is more. Make sure that temps, humidity, ventilation, and circulation are all under control and you've got 90% of your problems stopped before they start. The other 10% can be avoided or managed by making sure that you're taking good care of the soil and the biome in it - correct watering techniques and adding amendments/teas judiciously and purposefully.

Have fun and keep us updated!

[demcc3]

Wow! AGH! Thanks for that informative response! No, I don't use the same soil over and over lol It's new round of soil each grow.
as I mentioned in original post I have one Blue Dream and one Been Crack. I'm noticing now that Green Crack grows quick and will be taller and less bushy while Blue Dream is a slightly slower grower and tends to be more bushy
The Blue Dream was germinated 9/17 and Green Crack was a little slower on 9/21. Both were transplanted to their own 7 gal cloth pots on 10/14.
Here they are now, November 7@ 7:40pm est. Blue Dream on left, Green Crack on right

[AGH]

You're welcome!

If you are growing all organic, you are able to re-use your soil because it actually gets better. That's because you nurture that soil biome with the fungi and bacteria that colonize the soil. That's one of the benefits of organic growing - you aren't using synthetic salt-based nutrients, rather you're adding amendments that make the soil healthier every time.

Just for reference for the Blue Dream (harvested on Friday, today or tomorrow should be the end of drying, then starting the cure) I did with the manifold method spent 38 days in veg and 9 weeks in flower.

As you're growing, if they end up different heights, make sure to do some LST to keep a level canopy so that both plants get even light coverage. The internodal spacing on both of my Blue Dream runs was very small which is great because it produced some nice fat colas!

Keep us posted!