New grow.. northern lights need advice

coreywebster said:

Water the cloth pots very slowly, give them all a small amount each and go back around each one 3-4 times. They are great but they can be very misleading, you want to know your getting true run off and the whole medium is been saturated. Water too quick and it comes out of the sides and travels down the fabric which can make you think you have a fully watered plant when in fact you may not have. That will cause issues.

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Bilbo Baggins said:

Well, the cloth pots will certainly help, I think miracle grow soil is sometimes considered a bit 'Hot ' by growers over in the US ???--we don't really get miracle grow in grow shops here in the UK. but plenty still use it, anyway I don't believe the yellow spot thing is a fatal disease or anything, so don't get too hung up on it. A wee thing I used to do when I suspected the roots wern't getting enough air was to get something long and narrow like a knitting needle and insert it down among the roots half a dozen timescreating little tunnels of air in the soil, which the plants seemed to respond favourably

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Bilbo Baggins said:

Hi-I've grown NL dozens of times, Usually Nirvana Feminised, The yellow spot problem , I still get it no matter what I try. Someone above suggests Magnesium deficiency, but I routinely add a sprinkle of Epsom salts, so I don't think that's the problem. I grow in Bio Bizz soil with Bio Bizz organic nutes, You don't mention what soil you are using, but are using fox farm nutes. I think our common problem is a little bit to do with over fert during the young vegging stage, as the yellow spot thing seems to disappear when the young plant is around half vegged. I think its a common problem associated with soil being a little '' hot '' for a while until the plant is large enough to use up the available nutes. I know its not a very scientific analysis but its the only sense I can make of what would be a common symptom. The good news is, NL is a tough tough strain and can handle it, so carry on. If your grow follow the usual path which I am familiar with you will end up with really good weed, but your plant will look an absolute mess by the time its done. Everything else in your grow seems really well balances , temps humidity etc all A OK. Good luck mate. Reason I mention soil is that from your pics I don't see any pderlite or other drainage enhancer there---hows your Drainage, are your plants getting some form of Oxygen into the root mass??

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GhighJoe said:

Two weeks into flowering.. I have noticed the bud sites starting to turn white. A little bit of yellow spots on a couple leaves at the tips along with some tips looking torn.. only about 5 % of the leaves look like this though. Iv noticed a springtail bug running around in my soil while I watered but I researched and found they are harmless but to add a inch of sand on top of my soil to keep them away if I wanted. The plant looks a little droopy Idk if you guys can tell from the pics it's not as perky as it usually is so I figured I won't wAter till the soil really dries up.

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Bilbo Baggins said:

Lucky Luke--I find it you give NL a decent veg time then the stretch isn't bad, but if you push a half grown vegged plant into flowering a little earlier then the stretch can be 18inches maybe even two foot--Ive had them 4 foot tall and growing into the light suppose the average stretch could be around 12 inches or so

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Budget Buds said:

You're plant looks fine, stop over worrying it man, If this is a first time growing then you are doing better then 95% of new growers . let it do what she is going to do , smoke a joint and relax BB

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GhighJoe said:

Thanks for the encouragement. I know I have OCD and bad anxiety so it's my nature to worry. Just another reason I love my medication. Should I trim this thing or what? Any advice on thinning plants out? Its not very tall.. probably a foot but it's getting pretty damn bushy.

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weedhead24 said:

lmfao some bud makes me paranoid is fuck

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NanoGadget said:

I have grown a metric shitload of NL in my life and I never get tired of it. Beautiful plant in veg and the buds are are some of my favorite in terms of visual ashtestic and the high works so well with my brain chemistry. Only problem is that there are a lot of seed banks out there that seem to be calling some suspect genetics NL. So far nirvana is the most consistent and stable of the NL I've run. If really like to get my hands on a cut from a buddy of mine that's been running clones from the same line, uninterrupted since 1992. Unfortunately he lives in the other side of the country.

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BRANDON77 said:

i grew a nirvanna northern lights....loved loved loved the plant structure...give us some more pics!!!!!

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GhighJoe said:

Sure!

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GhighJoe said:

I don't know if I should trim to get those other nodes more light???

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