2 weeks into my first grow

NewGrowerHelpMe

NewGrowerHelpMe

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I still haven't watered yet but the overwatered plants are almost dry. I took my humidity cup out of the tent because the cups should've been dry by now but the increased humidity slowed down the drying process. Upon checking the 2 oldest plants and they both now have at least 5 roots straight down to the bottom. They haven't wrapped around the cups and are far from being root bound. I might transplant tomorrow or whenever the cups are dry. I bought 1 gallon buckets because they're no way ready to end up in my 5 gallon smart pots yet. I don't even have branches yet but I'm trying my best to be patient and let nature run its course. They look exactly the same size wise. However, my oldest is working on 3 fan leaved 2nd node and I noticed the 3rd nodes tiny serrated leaves a few mins ago. They're still tiny and the leaves haven't even stretched past the edges of the solo cup. I'm hoping they'll blow up once they get into the gallon bucket. The roots are looking healthy white and progress is being made. It's just not the type of progress I've seen in the countless YouTube videos. The oldest are between 2 and 3 weeks yet the size looks like day 4 on most videos but maybe the overwatering, 6.3pH and other variables had a lot of input to the stunned growth so to speak. I wanted to give up and start all over last week before joining this forum but you guys and all the input kinda reeled me back in. Thanks again for the support and all the upcoming support.
 
nfhiggs

nfhiggs

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NewGrowerHelpMe said:
I still haven't watered yet but the overwatered plants are almost dry. I took my humidity cup out of the tent because the cups should've been dry by now but the increased humidity slowed down the drying process. Upon checking the 2 oldest plants and they both now have at least 5 roots straight down to the bottom. They haven't wrapped around the cups and are far from being root bound. I might transplant tomorrow or whenever the cups are dry. I bought 1 gallon buckets because they're no way ready to end up in my 5 gallon smart pots yet. I don't even have branches yet but I'm trying my best to be patient and let nature run its course. They look exactly the same size wise. However, my oldest is working on 3 fan leaved 2nd node and I noticed the 3rd nodes tiny serrated leaves a few mins ago. They're still tiny and the leaves haven't even stretched past the edges of the solo cup. I'm hoping they'll blow up once they get into the gallon bucket. The roots are looking healthy white and progress is being made. It's just not the type of progress I've seen in the countless YouTube videos. The oldest are between 2 and 3 weeks yet the size looks like day 4 on most videos but maybe the overwatering, 6.3pH and other variables had a lot of input to the stunned growth so to speak. I wanted to give up and start all over last week before joining this forum but you guys and all the input kinda reeled me back in. Thanks again for the support and all the upcoming support.
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You have them in clear cups. Light is bad for roots. Put the clear cups inside red cups. That way you can still check the roots, but they will not be getting a lot of light on them.
 
NewGrowerHelpMe

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nfhiggs said:
You have them in clear cups. Light is bad for roots. Put the clear cups inside red cups. That way you can still check the roots, but they will not be getting a lot of light on them.
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The cups have been covered up since another member mentioned that when I made the initial post
 
OrganiChron

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NewGrowerHelpMe said:
So recreational just passed an I'm a total noob at this. I'm growing inside of a 4x4x7 tent with a 1000w air cooled bulb with Intake and outtake fans. I know I've overwatered but I don't know how to remedy this situation. Initially I was going to add more medium which is coco to the bottom and the top of my solo cup but idk if I should just wait until the cups are bone dry before watering. The roots are staying to appear towards the bottom of the cups and they look healthy. I always do the finger drill to check moistness but have a hard time figuring out whether it's moist or dry when the medium is cold. The first pic is from my oldest plant and the second is from a baby around a week and a half old from sprouting. I recently started using cal-mag as the owner at my local hydro store informed me coco is lacking and my initial plant looked like it was lacking calcium and magnesium. They've only been fed a quarter strength of fox farm nutrients every other watering an I'm constantly checking my pH prior to watering. I always let the water sit out a day or 2 while the chlorine dissolves before adding nutes etc. My second plant was looking great until Sunday when it starting sagging so I watered it and it stayed the same until this morning when it sagged even more. I watered again today as the lights came on. I'm nearly positive I'm overwatering. How can I remedy this? Any and all input will be greatly appreciated.
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Stop fertilizing. They barely need anything at this stage..
 
confussed.com

confussed.com

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i never know why people choose coco does it increase yeilds? do people believe it tastes better? why wouldn't new growers start in soil surely it would be easier as it all ready has all the nutrients in there and allows the plants to get big and healthy before they need to be fed.

i am just curious to why coco is pretty popular choice over soil
 
confussed.com

confussed.com

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Bbcchance said:
Hydro growth rate, no pumps, easy to dispose of(Coco can be burnt), and finally big plants in much smaller pots, lots of reasons, but mostly just personal choice
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nice, didn't know coco has hydro growth rates if done correctly that is insane,

Ive seen plants grown hydro using a reservoir and what i can only decribe as a waterfall effect so on a slanted large tray that ran off into a bathtub size reservoir and a pumping system to repeat the process the growth rates were impressive.

also have seen a bio grow "in soil" done well, the hydro yielded more but for me the bio grow tasted nicer but i will look into coco in the future i think as haven't had much experience with it, it is nice to hear the benefits of it thanks Bbcchance.
 
Shroominnm

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nfhiggs said:
You have them in clear cups. Light is bad for roots. Put the clear cups inside red cups. That way you can still check the roots, but they will not be getting a lot of light on them.
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I learn something new every day.
Ive always used red cups because of light.
Clear cups inside red ones it is from now on!

stay smokin'
 
Shroominnm

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confussed.com said:
nice, didn't know coco has hydro growth rates if done correctly that is insane,

Ive seen plants grown hydro using a reservoir and what i can only decribe as a waterfall effect so on a slanted large tray that ran off into a bathtub size reservoir and a pumping system to repeat the process the growth rates were impressive.

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You pretty much described my tables! They drain to the back corner through the table back into the 50 gallon resevoir.
Untill yesterday, I switched to drain to waste instead of reusing the water/ nutrient solution.
I top feed with regulated sprayers coming from a pump in the resevoir.
Plants are in fabric pots filled with coco.
This is my first time using it and it beats the hell out of clay pebbles so far, those pebbles didn't hold enough moisture for my liking and only gave me a couple hours before plants were fucked in the event of pump failure.


stay smokin'
 

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