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[Unclecrash]

Well I went by a friend's house who obviously grows and mentioned in the past that he would loan me some stuff to get going . Well I asked him for help, but seems he is a bit in need of help too. he loaned me a 400HPS digital bulb and it has an adjustable balast. I expected to see a room full of plants at his place but his clones are slimey and there was a couple of vegged plants that were just set there to die so I said let me take them along with a few clones off one good plant and he did. My clones have been in a airoponic setup I made with bubbler and mist heads. I put them on a timer and will see in a few days what they are doing. I am worried as the basement is cold as at 60F but my room I taped off the heat register to try to get a bit more heat. So my room bythe plants is 70 ish but am worried I need more heat in the cloner, I think the water is a round 66 to 68 and just out side the box is 70 72 they are perky so Im going to give them a couple of days before I touch them or more stuff a round to introduce a fish thermometer into the mix because I have heard both you need it more heat in the bottom ,but then I know of some who say they do great with there water in the cloner a round where im at. My friend called all woung up need to get something going he is very impatient and told him if you are in need of roots now go BUY A FEW ALL READY ROOTED and fire up your big lite and generate a bit of heat. Seems he is having issues with it being cold also. Im concerned about the two big plants the one seems like I got it going but have not put much growth yet but has reached for the lite a bit and the leaves are not all curled up, but the other is all culred up but not burned on the edges, remembering it has been neglected and left for dead, I thought two things either he over nuted it or it was not getting enough water so I kind of flushed them both with a root stimulant cannot remember the name but its the drop to a cup or 1/4 teaspoon to a gallon. He is a bottom feeder and I dont think they were getting enough so I transplanted them to five gallon pails and soaked them down . I dont think I can post pics yet or I would. Is there anything else I can do to get this plant to turn a round as I dont like the curled up leaves they are not dry and are dep dark green but the tops or the next new leaves are a yellow but not a dead leaf yellow. I think they just need some time to recover from his neglect. UC

 

[AssSlinger]

Sorry man.
I really tried but reading half a page written without proper spacing is damn difficult to me.
If you could use the "Enter" key once after each sentence and twice after each paragraph it would really help me help you :-X

 

[Unclecrash]

Hey man Im not here for a spelling lesson from another newbie!! If the fucking thing had an edit button, or maybe there is and I just cant find it. I would try and fix it but Im no expert when It comes to typing or computers. Peace Out.

 

[Unclecrash]

And most sentence's with a period have a space. Here is a space between here and the period. And Chrome fucked up spell check so oh well...

 

[WolfieCat]

I dont think I can post pics yet or I would.

You can post pictures while on newbie status.
Just add them to your album and click the "Insert Image" button at the lower right of the post you're creating.
From there, just click on a pic to add it to the post.

 

[Snow Crash]

Well I went by a friend's house who obviously grows and mentioned in the past that he would loan me some stuff to get going. I asked him for help, but seems he is a bit in need of help too.

I expected to see a room full of plants at his place but his clones are slimy and there was a couple of vegged plants that were just set there to die. I said "let me take them along with a few clones off one good plant" and he let me. He loaned me a 400w HPS digital bulb and an adjustable ballast too.

My clones have been in a aeroponic setup that I made with bubbler and mist heads. I put the pump on a timer and will see in a few days what they are doing.

I am worried about my environment because the basement gets as cold as 60F, but I taped off the heat register to try to get a bit more heat. The room by the plants is 70-ish but am worried I need more heat in the cloner, I think the water is around 66 to 68 and just out side the box is 70 72. They are perky so I'm going to give them a couple of days before I touch them. I would like to have more stuff around, like a fish tank thermometer in the reservoir because I have heard more heat in the reservoir is good. But I know of some locals who say they do great with their water in the cloner around the temperature I am at.

My friend called all wound up. He needed to get something going - he's very impatient - and I told him "if you are in need of roots now go BUY A FEW ALL READY ROOTED and fire up your big light and generate a bit of heat." Seems like he is having issues with it being cold also.

I'm concerned about the two big plants. One seems like it is going okay but it has not put out much growth yet. This plant does reach for the light and the leafs are not all curled up.

The other plant is all curled up, but it is not burned on the edges. Considering that it had been neglected and left for dead I thought two things:
1. He over-nuted it
2. Not getting enough water

I kind of flushed them both with a root stimulant (cannot remember the name but its the drop to a cup or 1/4 teaspoon to a gallon). My friend uses a flood/wick watering system and I dont think they were getting enough with that method. So I transplanted them to five gallon pails and soaked them down.

I dont think I can post pics yet or I would. Is there anything else I can do to get this plant to turn around as I don't like the curled up leaves. They are not dry, the color is deep dark green, but the tops and the next new leafs are yellow (but not a dead leaf yellow).

I think they just need some time to recover from his neglect.

-UC

Fixed that for anyone who wants to try.

From one Crash to Another

 

[Unclecrash]

Thank's Snow Crash. I will see if I can get some photo's loaded, but the plants are in ruff shape. And I donot have proper equipment yet.
As I need a PH meter and such I have some ph up and down, some nutes he gave me and a bit more. Being they were all dryed out and leaves curled up I mixed up some water and superthrive at one gallon to 1/4TSP and soaked them down as they were very dry.

I found out that he was out of town and the guy let his plants dry out so that's the two I said he gave me that are in ruff shape. I messed the one up worse trying to move it I broke the one lead.

 

[Unclecrash]

You can post pictures while on newbie status.
Just add them to your album and click the "Insert Image" button at the lower right of the post you're creating.
From there, just click on a pic to add it to the post.

Thank's WolfieCat I will give it a try.

 

[Unclecrash]

Here are some pic's of my plants, they are in ruff shape so don't laugh too hard. I rescued them from death from a friend who thought they would never be anything but runts and were sitting in a veg area with the black plastic wrapped a round them. I didnt even know they were there until he pulled the plastic from a round them. https://www.icmag.com/ic/photo_popu...or_001&s=+&prod=albums&ins=link_thumb_2_orig#

 

[Unclecrash]

Sorry Im not very good with the computer.https://www.icmag.com/ic/photo_popu...Editor_001&s=+&prod=albums&ins=thumb&alb=all#

 

[Unclecrash]

Sorry guys just trying to add one pic at a time but it uploaded them all. and one more time!!

 

[Unclecrash]

I see it's going to take me a bit to figure out this forum, as im not used to the way they do things. Im used to just clicking on a pic from my computer and uploading right from there to the thread. Is there a place to go to do tests on uploading and such so I don't have to use my thread as a testing and learning area?

 

[Snow Crash]

Click on "Go Advanced."
Then scroll down a little bit and press the "Manage Attachments" button.
Then the "choose..." button to select the file from your computer.
Then press "Upload"

This will close that window.

Finish your post and Submit Reply.

 

[Unclecrash]

Thankyou... I missed that... how about edit a post, where is that at on this forum?

 

[Unclecrash]

Test

 

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[Snow Crash]

Watering concerns are real.

Regarding the larger plants,
There's not enough drainage material (perlite) in your soil mix. This is retaining more water than the root system needs in the media. Additionally, the plant itself is undersized for that large of a container so the excess moisture the mix contains is exacerbated by the amount of it surrounding the small root system.

I'd repot that plant into something that's more of a 60/40 mixture for indoor growth. Water only when the soil is practically dry. Like, it will ASTOUND you how light the container will get when you lift it. I'm talking feather light. When the soil reaches pretty much dried out, but before the plant suffers and wilts, that's the perfect time to water. Water to complete saturation slowly, so you can see runoff and ensure the media is evenly wet. Once something is wet, it's wet. It doesn't get more wet until you water it again. Over watering is watering too often, not with too much. So, get them in a good soil mix and water them when appropriate (they don't need that much attention, I swear) and things will straighten out for them.

Regarding the clones. Obviously not perfect but you're pulling it off. Get your temperature around 78-80 and your humidity at 70-80% and they will flourish. A humidity dome might be the right choice for them to keep that environment a little healthier.