Starting again after a less than stellar harvest. Any advice?

[wannabeagrower]

I hope I'm not posting too much. I just wanted to talk with other growers.

I get the basics of growing, but my last grow went bad in the flowering stage. The leaves started looking unhealthy a few weeks after I started seeing buds, and once it started the yellowing and deficiencies kept spreading until the plants looked ragged on harvest day. The weed was still good but very small and not much of it.

I'm pretty sure the problem was PH. I was adding too much PH Down to the nutrient water. I was using strips from a ph test kit. I got a PH pen and realized I had been giving 5.5 ph water, and the runoff was even lower ph. So I think the solution to leaf deficiencies is the ph pen.

I'm starting with a good setup this time. But I'm just hoping it goes better this time. It's been fun growing but I need it to produce more weed. I know I can do it if just do the right things.

Anyone else been there? Any advice for someone's next attempt after a disappointing harvest?

 

[golfnrl]

Post as many times as you like...that's why we're here, right?

We've all been there. The flowering stage is where things can really go south, veg is easier when problems arise. I'm less concerned about what the plant looks like at the end than I am about the overall quality of the smoke. IMHO, you don't want to make the same mistakes twice. So, recognizing that PH is/was the issue your last grow, that is a good place to start. Do you have a grow plan this time? Whatever your grow method, perfect it. Dial in your environment. Tweak your nutrient and feed/water habits to be in tune with your weed. If your last grow went well in veg, repeat what you did this time. Don't be discouraged. Everyone has plant problems. Also, make a harvest, dry, and cure plan. You'll thank yourself for it if you don't already have one.

 

[Smallgrow]

We’ve definitely all been there. Your grow doesn’t have to be perfect start to harvest to get a good yield of good bud. I’ve had a number of ragged flower phases with deficiencies but was still able to have a good harvest. Just have to keep practicing and don’t forget your patience you’ll need all you got

Plan out and tell us all your grow details. Medium type , nutes you plan to use , tent, light , genetics , PH your shooting for, any other details you have and we can offer feed back before you start.

I think you’re in a tent now, a good start would be to fire everything up without plants for a week or two and see if you can get the environment where you want it.

 

[wannabeagrower]

I'm using a Spider Farmer 200 watt LED in a 2x4 tent. I pretty much copied this grow setup on growweedeasy exactly.

I have the light, the tent, the accessories, the nutrients, etc. It says expect 5-11 oz so my goal for this grow is 5 oz.

That's a good idea about running it first to see how the environment changes.

I think part of my problem is I started seeing the leaves get deficiencies and kept thinking, oh I'm sure it's fine. But it kept spreading and I kind of ignored it at first. And I would get home late with the grow light about to turn off and not have enough time to really look and think about the plants and watering then right.

This time in going to make sure to set the 12 hour dark period start much later at night since I never checked on plants in the morning anyway.

There's a saying about how the best nutrients for a plant is The Gardener's shadow. I think that's what my plants ultimately needed.

Thanks everyone for their advice! I will make sure to post next time as soon as I see any problems.

 

[Smallgrow]

Yes the gardeners attention is good, but too much love is also a thing we’ve all encountered.
You’re right you need to react as soon as you see a problem to stay ahead of it , but as a new grower it’s really easy to do too much.

You’ve got a good plan with your GWE setup, follow the associated grow journal as closely as possible and resist the urge to let the avalanche of other material out there influence your decisions.

My advice is follow that, and just focus on watering properly. It is my belief that the majority of problems for a lot of growers is not getting the watering right. That alone can lead to a million deficiencies and problems, often people treat the symptom and don’t understand the cause is too much or too little water as that dictates nutrient uptake to a large degree.
After 8 years I’m still always focused on proper water amount.

Grow on!

 

[Chipmunk]

I like what the others have said. I also think the 200 watt grow light in a 2x4 tent is good for beginners but its a week light for 8sqft =25 watts/sqft. You may want to get a bigger light as you become a better grower. 5 ozs from that set up should be doable but at some point you may want to reach for 8-16 ozs which is 1-2 ozs/sqft and that would be great. My growing philosophy early on was I needed to be able to grow 1 good plant before I could grow many. Its good to compare your grows to others and Nebulas grows are for sure a high mark to reach! Good luck and keep trying, you will have more ganja than you can smoke in a while!

 

[Gator]

Keep moving forward, I've been growing clones for a few years now, I never had much luck with them, but I kept going,I kept experimenting, asking questions, give it time and everything will work out fine, today is harvest day,I think I finally got it figured out, Alaskan thunderfuck clones in 3 gallon pots, probably yield about a half pound or more from the 3 plants

 

[Allotrope1000]

You are getting the whole grow thing down, wannabe. Learn what works and what doesn't. It takes a few grows to dial everything in. Like the others said, plan, plan, plan.

 

[Chipmunk]

I have the same 200 watt grow light and the 2x4 grow tent that a friend gave me. I never used that light in that tent. I still use the tent but I have a custom 480 watt plate style grow light in their