3 week old how do they look

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Chaotic

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Heres my babies 3 weeks old give or take. the little one is slowly dieing, my wife tossed a seed in a pot and it just happened to grow.

the 2 big ones are 2 days apart but the growth is a huge differance.

well here they are tell m e what you think

BTW this is my first grow
 

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the little one is way yellow i don't care if i lose it and the blue pot has some slight yellowing on a few bottom leaves and the big on has a tiny bit of yellow on the tip of one of the bottom leaves

I water once a day and they are on 24/0. no food at all just soil and water
 
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ive got 6 100 watt cfl and 2 150 watt cfls and they are very close like 2 inches away

sorry if i sound dumb i'm a little stoney
 
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not dumb at all - sorry didn't indicate what kind of lights you are using.

8 CFLs real close sounds good!
 
blonddie07

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they look pretty good.

do you PH your water?
what kind of soil?
any nutrients? (dont add any at this point of time, too young)
Yellowing could be from many things.. but from my experiences.. its from not PH'ing my water...

I started to PH water bring it to 6.5 (where the grow is. the tap water will PH to 7.8-8.0+ and water content is like 280-300PPM) and then added some bloodmeal (for nitrogen) and they got a very healthy green! :)
 
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Basically just tap water i let sit out for 24 hours. I don't PH the water, I'm not sure how. I'm using miracle grow soil. No nutrients at all either.

I'm not sure how much longer to let grow, before turning to 12/12.

I look at them now the large one has 2 bottom leaves that are drooping down way low and slightly yellowing but the rest of the plant seems unaffected.

The med one is perfect yellowing went away.

The little one I replanted into a bigger container and it seems fine hopefully the yellowing will go away but either way I don't care to much about this one its more of a practice plant.
 
blonddie07

blonddie07

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you have to pH... it seems that your tap water where you live/grow is just tooo high.. go to a hydroshop.. or even a home improvment center go to the gardening area and ask them for a PH test kit. PH your tap and if its really high.. like 7.2+ you need to bring it down to like 6.5.. and this should fix your problem..

Plants cant thrive when thier roots are locked.. they got locked due to the wrong PH.. plants like water on the acidic side..

Try this and let us know! :)

overwatering is a bit wierd... because when i started to PH my water and overwatered.. (when i knew i did to test stuff out.. ) it still wouldn't droop.

Maybe because of the soil.. but in most cases from what i learned its mainly due to PH..
 
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You may have PH problems with your water, but if you're watering every day and that's too much. Cut back to every other day at the very most. I've found that especially when they are young, they tend to not drink up as much water. I usually only water my n00bs a couple times a week.
 
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Well when i feel the soil its all dry even down to the bottom I water. Its usually not every day at the same time. Like once in the morning and then tomorrow afternoon/night
 
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What should the PH be around? I'm going to start using pure water instead of tap and pick up some PH up and PH down from the hydro store. When should I start to feed these suckers and how much, what kind, and how often.
 
blonddie07

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Soil: Ph should be around 6.5

Hydro: ph should be around 5.5

as for the nutes.. it really depends. you just really need to know what dosage to give them without hurting them.

maybe somone can come in here and help us out with the nute one.
 
matman4444

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Anyone know what distilled water in gallon jugs from the store is at?
I got ph strips but they arent too accurate since it's all eyeballing
 
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Chaotic

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other then drooping how do my plants look size wise for their age? what strain would you guess these are?
 
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