New Grower New growth curling/twisting

[Magic]

One thing stands out to me, your using a soil that has trace nutrients in it and you started feeding feed at 1/2 tsp at week 1.5 most don't start nutes until week 3 and even then only do a 1/4 of the strenth. I think it is a combination of environment and over feeding.how's your humidity around your parts?

 

[calitree2263]

I didn't follow that schedule exactly.. I gave big bloom week 2 and added grow big the following week
from week 3 on I used what it says

 

[Muddy]

I didn't realize it was an outdoor grow and a mix of photos and autos. Bear in mind that the photos should be able to tolerate more nutrients than the autos. Generally, autos require half the recommended strength where most photos strains will tolerate full strength. I don't think they look bad. Is the problem with the photos or the autos? If the bud leaves are curling down, they could be slightly overfed. You might consider adding something like Botanicare Silica Blast to your feeding routine. It will help them deal with the higher heat outdoors and with the twisting as well. As to how much to feed, I would think about 2 gallons per each 5 gallon pot. I grow in 3 gallon ones and usually give them a gallon each. Also, since you're using RO, give cal/mag with every feeding. RO removes almost all the trace minerals from your water so the cal/mag is needed to replenish it.

 

[calitree2263]

Sorry forgot to mention grape muerto is also an auto strain... They are all autos
I will definitely give my plants more when I water, before I used to give around half a gallon per plant. I will now try 1 gallon each...

 

[Muddy]

One gallon won't be enough for those 5 gallon pots. You want to wet it thoroughly so that about 10% of the water runs out the bottom of the pots to help prevent salt buildup in your soil.

 

[The Elvis]

Very good thread im also having some heat issues in my closet grow. It f*ing hot out this year!

 

[bad dragon bzzz]

its an outdoor grow yet behind glass ?
if the bud is touching or almost touching the glass,could this not create a micro climate that is rather unpleasant ?

 

[calitree2263]

update: They appear to have subtle changes. Two of them (1 NLB auto and 1 Grape muerto auto) I notice the buds are getting bigger, the other two grape muerto's bud leaves still look deformed and the buds don't appear to be growing, but the rest of the plant looks healthy. Two weeks ago today they showed preflowers, hopefully within the next few days they'll show some bud growth.