Issues

[thomas H coder]

I am having some issues with my operation and was hoping I could get some advice/help. I am a beginner so please be gentile with me.

I am growing in a tent that is 8 ft tall, 6.5 ft long and 4 ft wide. It is a bit large for the two plants that I am trying to grow but I believe it should still work. I am trying to grow two autoflowering plants. I have a 150w, sun system, HPS light that is sitting about a foot away from the plant and I have one under a 300W LED light that is about 3 ft from the plant. I left the plants in a tray with a globe over top of it for about two weeks and then transplanted them. When I did this they had two full sets of leaves and were starting their third. Since then they have not grown at all. They have been in the room for about 3 weeks and I have nothing but signs of dying. I am using the Natural Organics GoBox as nutrients and am watering with PH'd water twice and then nutes once. I am checking when my plants need water based on weight of the pots.

The plant underneath the LED light is very droopy and the leaves on the top of very thin, almost curled together and the plant underneath the HPS light is just not growing and yellowing, and drying out at spots including the top of the plant. I just can't figure out why they will not grow. Should I start over? Any advice will help. Thanks.

 

[OzBud]

Any photos of your plants? They really let us see the problem and be able to give advice from there.

 

[OzBud]

So they were transplanted after two weeks, and they've been in the room for 3 weeks. is that 3 weeks or 5 weeks total since sprouting? Do you know what strain of Auto they are?

 

[Canuck147]

Autos don't like to be transplanted. After germed you should have put seedlings into final pot you are using. They are in shock from being transplanted, but they are a weed so give them time and don't overwater and they will come back. You stated your LED is 3 feet, 36 inches from plant? Is that the manufacturers specs? My 300 LED is a G8 and there specs are 14 - 24 inches.

 

[thomas H coder]

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[Royal Nugs]

Looks like a bad case of ph lockout or nutrient burn.

What what kind of media is that? What are you adjusting your ph to?

 

[Bad Voodoo]

Seems to be severe overwatering, potential underfeeding, and your light should be 12-16".

 

[thomas H coder]

The first pic is the HPS light and the second one is the LED light. It has been 5 weeks since sprout. The strain is Northern Lights. Thanks for all advice in advance.

 

[thomas H coder]

Fox Farm ocean forest soil. PH the water to 6.

 

[thomas H coder]

My 300 LED is to manufacturer specs in regards to distance from the plant.

 

[OzBud]

Most autos should be flowering by that stage. I don't know if you've got enough time to recover and get much yield for those two. Have you got any other seeds you can start?

 

[Royal Nugs]

Is the runoff at 6 too? How much are you feeding them? Autos are supposedly sensitive to nutes. Ocean forest is a supplemented soil, you shouldn't need nutrients yet. Also FFOF is a peat based media, I'd be in the 6.5 range with that soil.

It may be too late by now. With an autoflower, the clock is always ticking... this is why I recommend photoperiod plants for your first few grows.

 

[OzBud]

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Not the best photo ($30 phone camera) and terrible lighting but the first photo is of my last autos at 4 weeks old with the first bud formations starting.
Second photo is just one week later with plenty of visible bud sites.

Different setups though. I used 6ooW HPS running 24/0 in a 2x3 cupboard, Coco coir & GH Flora tri + CALiMAGic.

My point is, if an auto is that far behind I think it will be a struggle if not impossible to recover.

 

[thomas H coder]

I do. I have three more autos and plenty of photos, although the photos are not feminized.

 

[Green75]

if those plants are truly 5 weeks old...I hate to say this..but, throw them out and start over...seriously...they are busted...

 

[dontknownuttin]

Isn't that special!