I had purchased some super skunk seeds and I’m not sure if they’re bad seeds or I’m doing something wrong. I even gave some to my dad to check out and he is having the same issue. I’ve already invested more money than I should’ve into this project and I would be happy to harvest at least one plant. I’ve taken pictures and a few videos that you guys can check out. At this point I’m not sure if I’m just waiting time, money, and resources. I need help. I am a newbie so go gentle guys.
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It is a bummer that you are having these problems. I don’t know what is going but I can tell you that if the seeds germinate and start then any future issues are directly related to something in the growing environment, the seeds are fine. It could be a nutrient issue or pH or watering practices or even humidity levels. The growing medium is also a huge factor and affects which growing techniques are needed.
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They aren’t. If you got them to germinate, they are good.
We need more info. There’s a service ticket you can fill out that will help.
What lights are you using?
What medium are you in?
What is your watering schedule?
The more info you give the better we can help…
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I’m growing them with fox farms ocean soil and using their nutes as well. I’m going to try cutting back the nutes to see if they recover.
Unfortunately, every seed has had some issue. Even in the seedlings stage, they looked sickly.
Do you have stuff to check and adjust ph? A tds/ec tester would probably help you figure out whats wrong with plants too.
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I’m using two Phlizon 600 watt led lights.
I’m growing them in fox farm ocean soil.
I typically would water them with distilled water, so I won’t have to adjust the ph, with fox farms nutes. I was only using half the recommended amount of nutes because I was concerned about nutrient burn.
On the 11th, I transplanted them into 5 gal. grow bags and used about 1/2 a gallon per plant. My meter is showing it’s still wet on the bottom while it feels dry on top. I have been trying to just mix the soil with my hands so I can let them totally dry out before the next watering. I am concerned I may have been watering them too much at first, being the overzealous, impatient, new grower I am.
Light schedule is 18/6. I do have ph up and ph down adjusters but I’ve read so many mixed reviews about newbies attempting to adjust soil ph. 
I feel completely clueless at this point.
I do have stuff to adjust the ph but I have seen so many mixed reviews on it. I’ve read many people say this is something new growers are quickly jumping to and it’s unnecessary. My soils ph almost always reads at an 8 unfortunately, so I may need to add some to the next watering. I normally use distilled water so I won’t need to but perhaps the soil just has a high ph? 
I’m not sure where you got this information from, but…
This is potentially why your plants aren’t looking great. Simply adjusting the ph on your next feeding may not fix them either. You may have to flush your ppm down and ph to a reasonable range and/or reset your nutrients. Don’t know what your soil or runoff ppm looks like to say for sure.
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@dbrn32 is on point here…you will need a proper pH meter. Those two prong devices that you stick into the soil are all but worthless for measuring pH.
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How would you recommend I flush it?
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Yeah I’m beginning to see that. How do you measure the ph for your ladies?
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Prepare a bunch of water ph’d to around 6 and pour through until your runoff reads ppm of 1200 or less and ph between 6 and 6.5. If your ppm gets significantly lower than 1000-1200 you will want to feed after with medium strength nutrients ph’d in low 6’s.
I would get reasonable quality digital ph tester. You can usually get away with cheaper tds tester.
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Although I do have a soil pH probe (>$100) most of us including me adjust the pH of our water/nutrient solution. Many keep track of the pH of the run off but I only do that if I am seeing a problem to fix.
A decent pH meter will be aroun $20 - $40 and may have TDS as well. @dbrn32 can advise on this. My pH/TDS/Salinity probe is an Extech but nothing that expensive is really needed.
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Apera is pretty popular middle of the line tester in the forum. Been a while since I shopped, but they had a couple for maybe $40-$50. Some of them may cost a little more because they come with a little bit of calibration fluid and storage solution to get you started. Keep in mind that if you don’t get a meter with these, you will want to buy some.
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Ocean forest is a precharged soil if you just transplanted 7 days ago you should not be adding any nutrients and agree with the rest you need a better PH meter
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Ok cool! I appreciate all of the information from you guys. I’ll keep you posted on how the flush goes. Definitely will be investing in a better ph meter. Thanks guys!
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Ok i see ur problem fox ocean Forest soil is a hot soil it is loaded with nutrients and it has lots of nitrogen dont give ur plants any nutrients yet that soil will have enough fertilizer in it for about four to five weeks just use water
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