**first Grow - Shiva Skunk (with Pics)**

Whats up everyone!

Yesterday, I started my first grow.

Here are my specs:
16 Shiva Skunk Clones (Thank you, prop 215!)
HydroHut Mini Complete
600 watt HPS
FoxFarm Ocean Forest Soil
Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Bloom (Soil Formula)

Yesterday when I got the clones, they looked a little droopy and some of them had a yellowing/burning to the leaf tips. Hopefully, they'll recover with time.

Here are a few pics to start you guys off:

This is my HydroHut Mini (I decided to go soil, phh there goes 300 bucks)


My Odorsok / Inline Fan:


My Nutes:

There were some nice roots on my clones, but some of them looked irregularly droopy. I also noticed some yellowing that looked like burn on the tips of some of the leaves.

The plants just look unhappy to me for some reason...could this be the stress from transplanting?













I'm guessing the cupping is from the heat stress, or maybe dehydration? I really want to know what the drooping is from, though.

The temps were a little high on my initial test run, but I managed to bring it down about 8 degrees with two 6" fans.

Before


After


What's going on here?




I just noticed this as well, and I'm not sure what it is (these are all the same leaf):

I also noticed today that a few of the stems on my plants are turning purple. This is not from cold temps, as the lowest my temps get is around 62F.

Also I noticed this leaf curling downward, and some of my leaf tips are yellowing/burning. Here is a picture:




And here is the purple stem:

My clones did the same thing when I put them in soil. I don't know if it's from shock or reacting to the roots coming into contact with the soil. Mine stole the life from almost all the leaves before the roots were working enough to support the plant. I lost 2 and 2 are still alive but not doing anything productive. keep the soil moist and mist them. As the water evaporates off the leaves it sucks moisture from the roots to take it's place. This starts forcing the plant to use it's roots to start keeping it alive. My clones were stunted for several weeks before they showed any signs of new growth. Don't give them nutes yet, let them get their root system into the soil and use the nutes there or you will burn them. They may get more yellow but they are building the roots and it takes alot of it's energy. be patient and don't over react and they will be fine....

Thanks for the response! I am definitely going to just let them do their thing.

I haven't used any nutes yet, and I've been watering once the top inch or so of soil looks dry, misting daily. My plants are definitely growing, as they've gained an inch since yesterday. I'm just mainly worried about the curling and the burning on the tips of new growth.

Should I wait for the plant to recover completely before flowering?

You can flower them whenever you want.

But will it decrease my yield greatly if they are not completely back in good health after flowering?

They're not going to bud overnight. In the 8 or so weeks your going to flower you'll probably have more probs come and go. Go when ever you want. The longer they veg the bigger they get by the time they're done......

nice set up man keep me posted

God speed and good luck

x x T2 x x

I would definetly veg as long as possible bro...The longer you can veg the bigger the plants will get when inducing flowering. A rule of thumb I see is whatever height your plants are when you induce flowering they should double in height of the veg state...So since your in a tent veg as long as you can untill height becomes an issue. Also what light cycle are you currently running?

Right now I'm running at 18/6 but I'm switching to 12/12 today. If my plants suffered damage from the hydrohut I had, should I wait for them to recover in veg before I flower? Or will flowering now not affect yield?

i have shiva skunk clones and my stems are purple too dnt know why but they are

for yield it depends on how much you want, if you a really big yield let em veg longer

Where's our update MW?

My plants look great since I took them out of the hydrohut. The growth has taken off and the buds are just now starting to form. I am in week two of flowering and last wednesday I pruned the bottom 3rd of all of my plants and watered with half strength flowering nutes.

Just yesterday I noticed some yellowing on the larger fan leaves on a few of my plants. Do you know what this could be? Here are a few pics:





You can't really see it because of the HPS, but there is some slight fading on some of the fan leaves in this picture.




Some of the yellowing:

I am currently battling a winged aphid infestation and mysterious yellowing. So, I just watered my plants and released about 50 ladybugs into my grow tent. I also noticed some extreme yellowing on some of the older fan leaves. What could this be?

Also, do my buds look a little behind for week 4 flowering?

Here are a bunch of pics:

Looks good my friend. I don't know why but mine yellow when they start to flower too. I think that it has to do with the energy the plant is using to gro the buds. I wouldn't worry to much about the lower 1/3 of your plant. Any yellow leaves near the bottem will be pulled later any way. I'd increase your nute strength and make sure your using flower nutes high in P and K but since it's still early in the flowering you should still have a good nitrogen count. I use the nutes in my thread and give them full strength with a ph of 6 to 6.5. It keeps my soil at 7 for the best uptake. Good luck, I was starting to wonder if you abandoned your thread...

It's 5 o'clock somewhere said:

Looks good my friend. I don't know why but mine yellow when they start to flower too. I think that it has to do with the energy the plant is using to gro the buds. I wouldn't worry to much about the lower 1/3 of your plant. Any yellow leaves near the bottem will be pulled later any way. I'd increase your nute strength and make sure your using flower nutes high in P and K but since it's still early in the flowering you should still have a good nitrogen count. I use the nutes in my thread and give them full strength with a ph of 6 to 6.5. It keeps my soil at 7 for the best uptake.

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I'll pull the dying leaves today to let the ladies get some air.

I'm skeptical about increasing nute dosage because my plants are showing signs of nute burn (burnt leaf tips, curling leaves) and other signs that I am not sure how to interpret (interveinal blackening/purpling starting at the outer leaf and progressing inward).

Good luck, I was starting to wonder if you abandoned your thread...

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No, just not a whole lot has been happening, and plus I'm a lazy stoner!