Plants growing fairly slow?

[giroldo]

hey everybody. I am located in massachusetts near boston. I have a plant growing outdoors. It was put out around five or six weeks ago. the only problem is, it seems very small for its age. It is between nine to twelve inches tall. Is this plant smaller than normal?

 

[NickMode]

that is def not normal. Maybe it isnt getting enough sunlight? or poor soil conditions? too wet perhaps? ITs hard to say why its not growing right with just pictures

 

[NickMode]

my plants that have been outside about 6 weeks are nearly 5ft tall

 

[Suby]

That soil looks very compacted, some soils can inhibit root development which can impacts growth obviously.

Did you use4 the soil from the hole or did you use a mix??

 

[Guest]

NickMode's right, they need a little more sun to start with. Take som snips and lower the little maples surrounding the plant. If you can be there around 9 am , you can determine the track of the sun and then again about 2. Often, it can be a matter of just clipping a few branches. Once it starts growing it should be fine.

You need to feed her, (lets hope its a her), Mix up some water soluble ferts with a bit higher levels of nitrogen and pour it on tommorow. Next Sat, do it again and again. Aug 1, repeat weekly feedings with a bloom fert.

I feel if the ph was too bad it wouldnt be as big as it is. Transplant shock can stop a plant cold for 2 weeks. Its hard to say but I'd take action and start pouring someting on her.

sb

 

[giroldo]

NickMode's right, they need a little more sun to start with. Take som snips and lower the little maples surrounding the plant. If you can be there around 9 am , you can determine the track of the sun and then again about 2. Often, it can be a matter of just clipping a few branches. Once it starts growing it should be fine.

You need to feed her, (lets hope its a her), Mix up some water soluble ferts with a bit higher levels of nitrogen and pour it on tommorow. Next Sat, do it again and again. Aug 1, repeat weekly feedings with a bloom fert.

I feel if the ph was too bad it wouldnt be as big as it is. Transplant shock can stop a plant cold for 2 weeks. Its hard to say but I'd take action and start pouring someting on her.

sb

you sure know your stuff man and i appreciate it a ton. I will put all of your advice to good use.

 

[giroldo]

i visited the grow spot and i encountered a problem> i realized the trees were closer than i thought; The trees are less than 100 feet away. Also the trees are facing east, meaning they are directly in the path of the morning direct sunlight. They block most of the direct light to my plant (hopefully more plants soon). The trees block the morning sunlight almost until 10 am> Would this be much of a problem?

 

[Guest]

As long as theyre getting 5-6 hrs of sun its ok. May have to pay atttention to mould in the fall, but lets get them growing big enough to worry about mould first. Did you give them some water soluble food ? Should be seeing some reaction pretty quick now, especially with the nitrogen- greener turning to blue with new growth neon green? If you havent seen some reaction/improvement in 5 days, go, mix up another round and let it go again. Id make them grow or burn them with ferts.

 

[sow the seeds]

That soil looks very compacted, some soils can inhibit root development which can impacts growth obviously.

Did you use4 the soil from the hole or did you use a mix??

I agree looks very compacted and I don't much if any perlite? MJ roots love oxygen and compacted soil doesn't get enough to them. Sun is probably fine because if they weren't getting enough there would be a lot more stretch I'd think.

Try the ferts too...I'm giving mine this week and hoping they explode.

 

[marto]

I had a similar problem with some of my plants. They only grew a few inches in the past month and they'd always be slightly wilted when i went to water. It turns out the holes were totally infested with an invasive root mass that was totally strangling the tiny plants. It was a thin fibrous root mass stealing water and nutes. Next year i will plant in bags for sure.