New Grower Buddha seeds PK, Skunk #1 *extremely noobish grow

[crimpz]

Update

Purple kush 20 days -

Purple kush (2) 20 days -
Apparently this one decided to begin flowering already. I've noticed some deficiencies on this one especially such as brown/yellowing tips and first set of leaves shriveling up.

Skunk #1 20 days -
This girl is growing so slow and trying to fall over and die all the time -_- and she smells so good too.

J.herer 14 days -
this girl started slow... accidentally made her stretch so bad at the beginning.

 

[crimpz]

Update

Purple Kush 23 days
She looks like shes dying and I have no clue what to do (extremely noobish grow). I used the $7 genhydro ph indicator and i THINK my water ph is at 6.5, shyts hard to read. Im not sure how to ph my soil. its possible its heat stress but it could also be a def. Im using OF and havent used any nutes. someone please help.

Purple Kush (2) 23 days
LST'd her yesterday. unfortunately she looks like shes dying too, same issue as pk 1 whatever that is.

Skunk #1 23 days
she looks more healthy than my PK's now, but she's still so small and weak. smells good though lol

Jack herer 17 days
this one is growing insanely slow man... idk whats going on but this is the one that'll go outside in about a month.

can anyone tell me what I need to do based on the pics/info i've provided?

 

[Happy Horticulturist]

The fact they're growing so slow is probably down to your poor quality light setup. How far away are your lights? Also don't LST them. Common noob mistake is killing them with love. Don't touch them until you're almost an expert.

 

[crimpz]

The fact they're growing so slow is probably down to your poor quality light setup. How far away are your lights? Also don't LST them. Common noob mistake is killing them with love. Don't touch them until you're almost an expert.

My lights are about 4 inches away. I don't think lst'ing the one pk stunted it at all or slowed it down, but time will tell. I'm content with the slow growth, but I'm just concerned that the slow growth is due to deficiencies... I'm worried they will die soon.

 

[Happy Horticulturist]

If they are that small and growing that slow and it's only been three weeks and they are in good quality pre fertilised soil they're not going to be dying out of deficiencies, most likely they die from too much love.

 

[crimpz]

If they are that small and growing that slow and it's only been three weeks and they are in good quality pre fertilised soil they're not going to be dying out of deficiencies, most likely they die from too much love.

Yeah, I've heard that before which is why I water every 3-4 days, shut the lights off at 6 on the dot and back on at 10. I haven't fed them and I don't think I will since ffof is packed with nutes. I've come to the conclusion that I'm experiencing a nute lockout due to my soil's ph being around 5. Going to head out to home depot today and pickup some lime dolomite and hopefully my plants will start to take in nutes again.

 

[Happy Horticulturist]

Best to start in lightly fertilised soil. I've never grown in fox farms but I'm guessing it's full strength. Better of starting in light / seedling mix and after a couple of weeks start adding some nutes. Or start in a small light mix container and transplant into a full mix container after 2 or 3 weeks then feed after 4 weeks after that.
. I think your soil is maybe too strong, the lights are not good and probably too much love / leave them be.

 

[jebkmoo]

If i may offer a suggestion or two... you may want to increass your wattage on your cfls to atleast 23w or 26w. As far as the yellowing goes you may want to flush with a gallon or two of water.

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[crimpz]

If i may offer a suggestion or two... you may want to increass your wattage on your cfls to atleast 23w or 26w. As far as the yellowing goes you may want to flush with a gallon or two of water.

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I just copped a 4 pack of 23 watt cfls. Also picked up some garden lime, so i'll just flush and add a tbsp on the top layer of my soil. thanks for the advice guys, really appreciate it!

 

[MoChillah]

Need stronger lights, sir! I also grow with CFLs but I use a minimum of 26 watt cfl up to ~75 watts!