First Grow - Indoor & Outdoor

Unlucky fella. At this age ya best off having a 600wtr about 600mm from them.

The light and heat output is just to intense for the little'uns, as you can see.

Air flow is a key element ti controlling heat In ya tent. a low down intake (cooler air) and an air output at the top of ya tent (heat rises) will help you regulate the heat Do you have a thermometer in there?

 

Keep at it matey.

 

Cap'n yNg

Advice regarding light height taken on board and light adjusted accordingly! I do not have a thermometer in there but I can make that happen.

 

Thanks cap'n.

Hey BBC, looks like she has potential!, except I think you are right about heat.   What is your setup like? Do you have good airflow through your grow area?

Well,

 

I have changed my mind about what the problem is here. I opened all the flaps at the bottom of the tent, raised the light to 600mm (measured precisely with a tape measure), put a 30cm fan in there and yet they still droop. What am I doing wrong, I ask myself.

 

Even if these things didn't fix the problem of "overheating" they should have made at least some difference, however it did not. I don't have a theremometer yet but even so going from a light 15cm above the plants with no exhaust fan and no 30cm circulation fan and no flaps open I assumed I would see a difference. So, perhaps the diagnosis of "too hot" was partly accurate but only a part of the whole picture.

 

Are you ready for it... Over-watering!! The leaves are firm and tough but turned down from the stems to the tips of the leaves. According to mighty google I am a water happy twat. I stuck my finger in to the growing medium up to my second knuckle on my index finger and it was wet all the way to the top. I have been suffocating them I think. I will not water untill the first two inches of top soil (or top coco, whatever, you guys know what I mean) is dry and see how they react.

 

As an optomist, I am expecting to look at my plants tomorrow to find that they have bounced back and are thriving.

 

Researching this actually lead to a discovery of a good site for learning about the different problems plants may have. Here is a link.

 

http://www.thenug.com/galleries/diagnose-your-sick-marijuana-plants

 

I was going to do a new glog post on all of this plus a few other smaller details and still might. tempted to just copy and paste this comment actually :-)

 

Peace Ford, and thanks for taking the time to comment, "It's fuckin phen-om-en-al!"

In terms of the set up (I neglected to answer that question sorry) I have a 1.2m x 1.2m x 2m tent approx with a 600W HPS light running off an analog ballast. I have a bucket of water to try to raise the humidty a little and an exhaust fan that is 35W with an exhaust port about 90mm across (in terms of L/min I have no idea). There is also a 30cm stand fan that you can pick up for $20.00 from anywhere that sells fans really. I have been using CANNA products as a nutrient cource but without any kind of irrigation set up. I water manually. I think that is about it mate.

 

Cheers,