I have followed the suggestions here; watering in a ring, waiting for the soil to get dry before watering etc.
The plants just arent growing at all now and are all starting to look unusual. Photos below. I have the light about 150cm from the top of them, it is a 1000w LED grow light. They are on a strict 16 on 8 off light cycle. When I do water them they get a diluted mix of my worm farm wee.
I have noticed some fungus gnats around from my other indoor plants so have mixed in some neem oil in the last watering and have the sticky traps to catch them.
I always thought autos were the easiest to grow…last season I planted a bag seed and barely did anything and it was a monster after 4 weeks…
@dictionaryoption…fill out this support ticket. it will help you get better help faster. this way people wont be guessing so much. also i will be starting my gorilla glue autoflower grow soon…LOL i been saying that that for about 6 months now. anyway feel free to tag me and follow along
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Method: Soil w/salt, Organic soil, Hydroponics, Aquaponics, KNF
A blend of perlite, coco coir, peat moss
Vessels: Pots, Grow beds, Buckets, Troths
2 x 100mm pots (didnt realise we shouldn’t transplant autos)
2 x 330mm pots
PH of Water, Solution, runoff (if Applicable)
have not measured.
PPM/TDS or EC of nutrient solution if applicable
not sure what this means but only nutes that have been added so far are from worm farm run off, a very very mild application of Charlie Carps organic veg fertiliser and some GoGo Juice.
ph and ppm are very important. also you need to mention which scale you use. 500 or 700. readings will be diff for each range. i believe people on here use the 700 range still. you need to have these in range for each feed. They determine which nutes your plant will up take.
can your lights bee dimmed? and how far above your plant are they?
ppm is a measurement of how strong your feed is.
humidity and temps are very important also. i use inkbird controllers to control my humidifier and dehumidifier. make sure you have at least 1 oscillating fan. aim it to where your girls are just barely dancing.
i use nectar for the gods. it is alot diff than using salt based nutes. had to relearn everything. but it is lot better.
autos do a lot better with longer light periods. some people go 24/0. some 20/4 others 18/6
here is a link for autoflower grow guide. lots of good info:
youtube has a ton of good videos. check out bill ward…he busts alot of myths about training of autoflowers
Hi @dictionaryoption, please don’t lose faith!
Look at the state of mine when it were a nipper, it pulled through with the help of these guys!
They’ll do just fine if you take the advice here, I promise!
Can start to get a little costly but you will reap the rewards in the end.
They look starved to me. And without a pH meter, unless you’re super lucky, you’re almost guaranteed to have a pH issue.
Coco and peet are inert. I start feeding my girls full strength Jacks as seedlings.
You can probably save them still, but you need to get a pH pen for sure (digital pH pens are the way to go, most testing kits and soil probes aren’t actuate/reliable enough) and they need food.
Im with everyone uptop so far. Ph pen for sure over all. Ppm u can get away with but ph u need. Adding nutes changes ph of water so it might have changed the ph enough that it locked u out from any nutes at all. I would also see about getting a good nute setup jacks 321. General hydrponics trio. FF. Anything along them lines. Not sure of the fert u are using and what it is goof for. I would run distilled water thru them to wash away anything in them and start over with an appropriate dose and the mix being phd. So ph and ppm pens digital. Good nutes and some ph up and down. Good luck buddy. Distilled water if u dont have r.o. water
Couldn’t agree more. As a beginner, pH was 100% my issue. As soon as I saw how out of whack it was using a soil probe (starting cheap) I needed to make changes, so invested in a pH pen to test the water, and some pH Up/Down solutions.
Started seeing the benefits almost straight away, after 2 weeks she was a different plant!
I don’t have PPM/TDS metre yet and can probably get away without it this time around, as can you most likely, but will definitely invest in one for round 2.
Oh and don’t over-water… also learned that the hard way…
I agree dont lose faith this was my girls at 3 weeks and right now THERE IS HOPE fix your ph increase your light to roughly 400 par if they’re Mars hydro or a mediocre blurple and let your medium dry up to 1-2 knuckles before you water again
Feb '15
Feb 15
