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Plant seems to not be growing

Unagi

Member
You need an oscillating fan to blow on your canopy only. The fan for the light is great, but you need a seperate oscillating fan to make that plant dance a little in my opinion. I wouldnt be suprised if hotspots are causing the curling. From information ive aquired by reading, the leaves look like that because the plant is transpiring water too fast. (In short: drinking too fast) wich can be caused by high temps. How is ur canopy temp btw?

There are many ways to decrease the temps and keeping it stable.
1. AC unit.
2. Swamp cooler.
3. Air vented reflector hoods
4. Put your grow operation in a basement ( concrete is extra chilly).
5. Have your light come on at night time, when outside temps are lower

Keep us updated!
 

Raver90e

Member
You need an oscillating fan to blow on your canopy only. The fan for the light is great, but you need a seperate oscillating fan to make that plant dance a little in my opinion. I wouldnt be suprised if hotspots are causing the curling. From information ive aquired by reading, the leaves look like that because the plant is transpiring water too fast. (In short: drinking too fast) wich can be caused by high temps. How is ur canopy temp btw?

There are many ways to decrease the temps and keeping it stable.
1. AC unit.
2. Swamp cooler.
3. Air vented reflector hoods
4. Put your grow operation in a basement ( concrete is extra chilly).
5. Have your light come on at night time, when outside temps are lower

Keep us updated!

Thank you for replying! I have a clip on fan above the reflector facing downwards and that fan and the one for the bulb are causing the plants to dance as you said if they are moving about from the wind do you still think i should get a third fan or maybe just move the clip on fan a bit lower?
Great tips, the tent is on carpet but i can move it to expose concrete no problems so will defo do that.
I am going to change the lights on time to night as you suggested however i need advice on how to approach this for example they are currently on at night from 1am to 7pm in the evening and to have them on during the night i would change those on hours to 7pm to 11am now my question is how do i introduce the change, do u think i should just let them run for 24 hours and turn them off at 11am the day after tomorrow?
Will look into ac units and swamp coolers now thanks for the tips man, il post a pic from tonight 1am when the light came back on
 

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Unagi

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She looks like she's improving, good job man!

If she's dancing she's good :) concrete floors will help. Just keep track of the temps so they dont get too cold either. 65-70f is a good place for the roots to be.

And yes, just leave the lights on and turn them off when you want to start the new cycle :)
 

Raver90e

Member
Update

Update

She looks like she's improving, good job man!

If she's dancing she's good :) concrete floors will help. Just keep track of the temps so they dont get too cold either. 65-70f is a good place for the roots to be.

And yes, just leave the lights on and turn them off when you want to start the new cycle :)

Man the temps are still at 88-90f and i really cant afford a ac unit or swamp cooler getting quite worried now.
Il post a pic from today
 

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Unagi

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Just sit back and relax! She looks fine man, and plants can grow good in those temps. Its just that the optimal temps are mid 70s, now that doesnt mean you wont grow awesome buds! Ive grown buds in 90f and they were good. Not as mind blowing on taste and smell as the winter grow. But it didnt smell like hay either.

These were grown during a hot summer and temps even hit 95f sometimes..



the plants go through a hell of alot more water at high temps btw :tumbleweed:
 

Raver90e

Member
Just sit back and relax! She looks fine man, and plants can grow good in those temps. Its just that the optimal temps are mid 70s, now that doesnt mean you wont grow awesome buds! Ive grown buds in 90f and they were good. Not as mind blowing on taste and smell as the winter grow. But it didnt smell like hay either.

These were grown during a hot summer and temps even hit 95f sometimes..

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the plants go through a hell of alot more water at high temps btw :tumbleweed:

Thanks for the reply dude! Wow those flowers look dank bro thanks for the pics it put me at ease most definitely. And you are right plants survive in india morocco heat and stil come out dank the green house guys even found haze in the mountains which i would have expected to prefer colder climates.
Im at a point now to just sit back as you said and just hear her out. Im just so worried about my baby lol but then again when i started i said id be happy with even a sprout let a lone this bush shes grown into!
 

Raver90e

Member
Pre flowers??

Pre flowers??

Not sure if they are or not but man i got excited as hell when i saw em.. ill post pics tell me if they are pre flowers or not please
 

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Raver90e

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She looks droopy

She looks droopy

Hi guys so i just went to water her and she looks droopy to me yesterday she was super pointy and today just doesnt look the same. Il post comparison pics
 

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Raver90e

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Looking much better

Looking much better

Ok so about 3 hours after watering her with 1.5l water mixed with 0.5ml biobizz bio grow she has woken up completely i think the poor girl was thirsty but iv found her sweet spot for watering now (3 days) but of course gotta go by the feel and weight too. Temp right now is at 87F so thats looking better and iv changed lights on to night now so ill keep u guys updated hopefully this will all help someone else new out there. I'll post a pic of how she looks now post feed/drink in comparison to how she looked this morning(bear in mind too that i gave her non stop light from yesterday to change the time from night to day) the first pic will be her this morning and the second and third pics will be her after watering showing both sides of the pot
 

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corky1968

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Glad she's doing better now. Told you she looked dry.:tiphat:

During vegetative mode I like misting my plants once a week.
 

aridbud

automeister
ICMag Donor
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These are autos, correct? Stay on 18/6 or 20/4 light cycle.

Water only after top soil (approx. 4 cm) is dry. Watering 2x a day will stunt them. Some auto strains don't grow large.

I have a GG and is quite squat vs. Tangi'matic bestowed by Fast Buds.

Once inducing flower nutes, use have strength every 3 waterings. Newbies mistakes growing autos: over watering, over fertilizing.

Have no expectations and you'll be satisfied with result.
Good luck!
 

Raver90e

Member
Glad she's doing better now. Told you she looked dry.:tiphat:

During vegetative mode I like misting my plants once a week.

Yeah defo will be misting top layer to get some humidity going i finally feel relaxed i guess i just had to get to know what she likes. Well its my day off its a lovely day think im gonna take the dog out and enjoy a well deserved spliff of lemon haze haha cheers for the reply mate!!!
 

Raver90e

Member
Day 21 update

Day 21 update

Quick update day 21 watered her yesterday with 1.5l water mixed with 0.5ml grow nutes. Temps are much better due to switching lights on time so thank you guys for telling me that. Still waiting for a reply on when to switch to 12/12. Il post pics of what i think are pre flowers too.
 

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Unagi

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Yuor question has already been answered ;)

These are autos, correct? Stay on 18/6 or 20/4 light cycle.

Water only after top soil (approx. 4 cm) is dry. Watering 2x a day will stunt them. Some auto strains don't grow large.

I have a GG and is quite squat vs. Tangi'matic bestowed by Fast Buds.

Once inducing flower nutes, use have strength every 3 waterings. Newbies mistakes growing autos: over watering, over fertilizing.

Have no expectations and you'll be satisfied with result.
Good luck!
 

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