First time grower, with many mistakes. Help if you can.

[Sauce]

I will start a grow jorunal later today I hope. Been reading them and every ones information has just been wow...

The blunt point, I did start growing just to see what it was like. I didn't do extreme research at first but I am really enjoying it now. But because I didn't do my research these little guys are hurting and thats not fair to them.

Strain: Mango Auto Fem
Water: 6.5 PH Distilled.
Lights:T5 2x4, 8 bulbs. 6700k. They are kept about a foot away from the plants.
Watering: Every 2-3 days.
Temp: 69-81F
Humidity: Morning or if it rains, gets to around 60+, night time is around 30-40s.
Age: 7 days from popping through.
No Nutes at this time.

Soil: 30% Perlit, 70% FoxFarm Aqua. Now heres one of my mistakes heh.. I used 2 small handfuls of organic lime in the mix. So because of this, I think my soil my be too hot for them. I did a run off test on one of the plants, level came around 6.5, water that went in was 6.6

Another issue is they are atm in some hydro buckets. Sounds silly I know, but I will separate them tonight. They are draining of course, but maybe not the best. Still, a good amount of water does come out.


The big one:

He feels dry or rough. He feels like hes had a hard life so far. Dark green, but light green in between. Has sort of a wrinkle look to him. I added two sets of pictures with him to get the full feel for him.

The little guy: Shes the runt of the family. I water every 2-3 days, I stick my finger in 1-2 inches feel if its moist, and I check for how much dirt stays on my finger.

Any help or advice on how I can help these poor guys out?


Also please let me know if you have an issue viewing those photos. I tried clicking on them to make sure every thing was ok, gives me a funky error. Thanks.

 

[namvet25]

Looks like mix is to hot.Just do not over water and just use plain ph water for awhile and see if they get better.

 

[Sauce]

Thanks I have six total, 4 are doing decent, just these two atm. But I will try that, thank you.

 

[dazedandconfuzed]

Yep, soil looks a little hot bro. They'll pull through, just as Nam said, leave them alone for a while. Soil looks nice and moist, try not to overwater them.

Karma and good luck, I'll keep a look out for your journal. It really is worth doing one!

Peace

 

[DarthMaul]

I do 50/50 perlite/soil also watering only once per week at baby stage and I water only around 20% of total pot size.
Do the pot lift trick to see how heavy it is after you water & lift again in a few days to see the difference. Finger trick is not the best idea because you dont know how moist the bottom is.
you could try to repot her if the soil is too hot but for now I would let her chill.
Dont feed nuts until 14 days atleast.

Good luck

 

[Sauce]

Thank you very much for all of the advice. I will leave them alone and just keep an eye on it. <3

 

[faded187]

get a digital scale and weigh ur pots,exact every time..bet they look better already