Hey Grow Fam!
My name is NJ, and my roommate and I are two FL boys that moved to Cali a few years ago in the search for good weed and good vibes. Just a few weeks ago we decided to grow for the first time ever, we are in the heart of SoCal and picked up 3 clones of OG Kush nearby on 8pm Sunday night 3/15/2020. We have a 2X2X4 Amazon grow tent on our balcony outside. We should have done a bit more research because the first few days we were worried as they were wilting and started to droop. The first few things we realized we did wrong was
1. Put the 2inch rock wool clones directly in 2.6 gallon (cheap plastic) gallon pots. *We should have put them in a smaller pot/cup to start and root* we have miracle grow potting mix *We know now to get something with less bark.
2. Soaked the soil completley with water the next morning
After 24 hours they already starting to bend over a little and our soil was still very damp, we didn't think anything of it really and maybe thought it was normal or transfer shock. DAY 2 and 3 we almost lost hope. They were almost sagging completely, taco-ing, curling, the new growth was barely showing. We searched the internet for answers and realized our muddy pots of airless 02 was suffocating our babies. We aerated our soil with bbq skewer sticks and did not water them AT ALL for the next 3 days. by SAT night and and now Sun morning we have dialed our Air and Humidity and it and it looks like they are perking back up :) I will upload pics Later this evening when I can get some natural light on them. All the photos and videos are from our prep to our first 5 days with them. As you can see we named them after the powder puff girls, haha I know its lame.
So we have faith again and I decided to make this diary. Hope for the best in the end and I appreciate all the help I can get, we will need it.
Also** We had them on 24 hours of light till Sat and now they are on 18/6 since I see they are surviving... for now