My First Little Garden

[cnalfonso]

So I wanted to start a journal to document everything I have been doing with my first garden so I can feedback and maybe some advice from everyone. However, right when I started my computer broke.
Now I have it back so I am going to start the journal now.

In the mail I received super lemon haze feminized and white widow.
By cnalfonso at 2011-07-12In a little container of water I put 2 super lemon haze and 4 white widow.

Once it germinated, I put the seeds in peat pellets until it sprouted. Then, I moved them into my cabinet.

I started watering with filtered water and now I water with purified water. I currently have 2 super lemon haze and 2 white widow that look really nice. I have one random bag seed that looks defected. I just put in the last 2 white widow yesterday in my cabinet that seemed to have sprouted because they had leaves, but when I checked this morning, they look like the died. I have posted pictured below.

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This is my overall setup:

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Feel free to comment! I will be posting more pics as the days go on.

 

[cnalfonso]

Here is an update of my babies... The leaves started turning yellow and a little brown so I bought some nutrients today. I bought BC Boost and Grown.

By cnalfonso at 2011-07-16

Also, the plants in their containers were only filled up half way so i put more soil in them today. I then added to nutrients as directed into a gallon of water and fed my babies. This is what they look like like now...

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Let's see what happens next...

 

[paulo73]

Nice start!
I would not be feeding yet.
Too early for that in my opinion. And they look a bit nute burned.
All the best for them

 

[cnalfonso]

thanks

 

[noWon]

HiYa cnalfonso

I am trying to learn to read the leaves and stems myself. It is challenging at times.

My experiences thus far tell me less is more

I have you tagged my friend

noWon

 

[BroughtSuperior]

you can try to give them less watter as well, it seems like they're a bit over watered.
cheers

 

[cnalfonso]

noWon and BroughtSuperior, thanks!! I am going to try watering them less.

 

[cnalfonso]

All my plants have gotten better except for this one... how do i save it?

 

[paulo73]

I would pull the dead leaves out and keep a low watering regime with no nutes whatsoever
My guess is that she will recover as well

 

[bho_expertz]

Do you know your PH ? IMO the problem should be in the PH.

 

[cnalfonso]

Do you know your PH ? IMO the problem should be in the PH.

I was using just publix purified water which has a pH of 5. I watered the plants once with nutes and I am not quite sure of how to get the pH of the nutes I used...

 

[FreezerBoy]

Nutes are acidic and will lower the pH of the water which is already too low for hydro standards and far too low for soil. pH can be checked with pens, meters, test strips or drops. I like the drops from the aquarium store, no batteries, no calibration.

Purified water is dead water and better suited to car batteries and steam irons. It's better than gasoline but has little to nothing of use to the plant. Unless you have definitive reason to distrust your tap, I'd stick to the faucet. Note nute makers intentionally leave out essential nutes the plant cannot do without because you are supposed to add them by the use of tap water.

 

[killerweed31]

TRY USE TAP WATER BRO AFTER DECANTATION 24H, AND STOP NUTES ITS TO EARLY MAN,,ONLY NUTES FOR ROOT YOU CAN ADD WITHOUT GET PROBLEM IN THIS STAGE OF GROW THAT ARE JUST BEGINNING OF LIFE, I THINK YOUR PROBLEM IS THE WATER...JUST MY 2CENT !!!

 

[cnalfonso]

Alrighty so ill start using tap water. thanks you guys!! I wont use nutes either. I've only used it once until everyone told me to not use them anymore. thanks you guys!

 

[noWon]

All my plants have gotten better except for this one... how do i save it?

Looks like you have that lovely new growth forming if my eyes are not deceiving me. I would worry now only about the new growth as the damage has been done to the older leaves. Hope that makes sense.
Dont let your soil dry out completely, as to me the soil looks a little dry. I like to go by the weight to see if it needs to be watered. Just pick up a dry container vs a container that is fully watered. This should give you an idea of how much water the soil is holding Hope that makes sense too. I am a little medicated.

Your doing great my friend

noWon