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Limolax · 05-16-2015, 04:59 AM

Hi there. I am just browsing. But could some one tell me what's wrong with those plants in the pictures. Do the plants look sick at all ?! I dont have much experiance but I like the way they look. So Canadianharvest what do you see on your plants to think they are sick? I mean if you wana describe your plants condition and sickness signs. Wish you all the best with your grow. I hope you get some killer bud. CheeeeerZ

Roll · 01-28-2018, 08:33 PM

A tad late but I guess I can chip in my 2 cents on the matter. My advice? Don't guess! Measuring is knowing.

Measure run-off water for EC. Mine was ~3 while advised for ~3rd week of veg in soil is 1.2-ish. I used 50/50 old/new soil and apparently didn't flush well enough last time and had fed them some fertilizer in the beginning, assuming most was depleted. My mistake.

Also feeding the plants water doesn't solve this problem! You are still stuck with excess ionized molecules that you MUST FLUSH out of your system or your plants may not recover from it. One of my five girls is showing serious stunted growth (not great clones to begin with) but I was LST-ing them at the same time so it was a bit harder to determine what to expect. That one girl was the weakest one of the clones to begin with though, and I had to take of 2 leaves early (week 1).

Then again, LST-ing in my case probably worked out for the better. The early investment in development of lateral shoots goes at the cost of root development and I had been foil feeding them every now and then in the beginning.

I'm using 33 liter air pots and it took about 30 liters of water to flush out the excess particles to satisfactory levels, hopefully not too late.

Granger2 · 01-29-2018, 02:33 AM

Canadian,
Not enough bottles??? You kidding? Don't you know how cheap 5 gal plastic buckets are? Quit killing your microbe buddies. Give your tap 24 hours to dechlorinate, then add MO [molasses] to neutralize chloramines that may be in your tap. Use a straight MO/EWC tea weekly. Brew till the pH right, then apply.

After that, use your chem nutes, which will not kill all your microbes. May kill some, but replenishing them weekly should give you a healthy soil. Prepare your tap into dechlorinated water for anything you apply to your plants. Good luck. -granger

Fred Sanford · 01-29-2018, 03:31 AM

The plants op was asking about are long gone.

mowood3479 · 02-02-2018, 06:17 PM

Looks fine to me.

mowood3479 · 02-02-2018, 06:18 PM

Never mind.. dead thread

05-16-2015, 04:59 AM	#11
Limolax Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 206	Hi there. I am just browsing. But could some one tell me what's wrong with those plants in the pictures. Do the plants look sick at all ?! I dont have much experiance but I like the way they look. So Canadianharvest what do you see on your plants to think they are sick? I mean if you wana describe your plants condition and sickness signs. Wish you all the best with your grow. I hope you get some killer bud. CheeeeerZ __________________ Here is a link to my grow attempt. I am a beginner. Comment and give me advice please. CheeeerZ https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread....33#post6918333
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01-28-2018, 08:33 PM	#12
Roll Newbie Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 2	A tad late but I guess I can chip in my 2 cents on the matter. My advice? Don't guess! Measuring is knowing. Measure run-off water for EC. Mine was ~3 while advised for ~3rd week of veg in soil is 1.2-ish. I used 50/50 old/new soil and apparently didn't flush well enough last time and had fed them some fertilizer in the beginning, assuming most was depleted. My mistake. Also feeding the plants water doesn't solve this problem! You are still stuck with excess ionized molecules that you MUST FLUSH out of your system or your plants may not recover from it. One of my five girls is showing serious stunted growth (not great clones to begin with) but I was LST-ing them at the same time so it was a bit harder to determine what to expect. That one girl was the weakest one of the clones to begin with though, and I had to take of 2 leaves early (week 1). Then again, LST-ing in my case probably worked out for the better. The early investment in development of lateral shoots goes at the cost of root development and I had been foil feeding them every now and then in the beginning. I'm using 33 liter air pots and it took about 30 liters of water to flush out the excess particles to satisfactory levels, hopefully not too late.
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01-29-2018, 02:33 AM	#13
Granger2 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Easy St. Posts: 4,412	Canadian, Not enough bottles??? You kidding? Don't you know how cheap 5 gal plastic buckets are? Quit killing your microbe buddies. Give your tap 24 hours to dechlorinate, then add MO [molasses] to neutralize chloramines that may be in your tap. Use a straight MO/EWC tea weekly. Brew till the pH right, then apply. After that, use your chem nutes, which will not kill all your microbes. May kill some, but replenishing them weekly should give you a healthy soil. Prepare your tap into dechlorinated water for anything you apply to your plants. Good luck. -granger __________________ Fully compliant Medical Patient.
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01-29-2018, 03:31 AM	#14
Fred Sanford Newbie Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains Posts: 24	The plants op was asking about are long gone.
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02-02-2018, 06:17 PM	#15
mowood3479 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: lima, peru Posts: 1,288	Looks fine to me.
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02-02-2018, 06:18 PM	#16
mowood3479 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: lima, peru Posts: 1,288	Never mind.. dead thread
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