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MakeMeSleepy420
MakeMeSleepy420started grow question 3 months ago
I screwed up water at 8.7ph (now 6.7) for first 3-4 days, but something is wrong. Soil was from previous grow, flushed and no new nutrients. I figured I would just start Fox Farm nutes out of the gate, but these girls don’t look right. Seeds from previous grow, hermie plant.
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 3 months ago
Soil manages its own PH mostly, 8.7 is high but I bet the soil managed it well. Sometimes a shift in PH can affect plants in soil. However its best to bake your soil before reusing it. Like tossing it into a garbage bag and letting all the roots decompose and disease spreading organisms to fizzle out and other microbes flourish. So the soil could be a key to whats up. Also unless the foxfarm nutes are supplying a complete feed, NPK + CaMgS + all micros its going to show issues as the soil is depleted and lacking much of anything, The last main thing is that you are growing out hermi seeds from a previous grow. The chances of the plants going hermi again is higher, a friend of mine grew out a bunch of bag seed "hemri plants" and out of 15-20 plants, only two where true females. the rest hermi. Its just not worth the time IMO. better off just buying good seed and making clones if you want a bunch of plants.
Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 3 months ago
Seeds from hermie plants will turn out hermies too............and be inbred with genetic deformities...........a bit like marrying your sister. New plants = new soil............never re-use old soil.
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 3 months ago
Nodes look a bit tight, i'd reduce light slightly - maybe, -10% and see how it goes for a week or so. These are from a "selfed" plant that hermed on its own? This can impact vigor of the next generation. inbreeding has a negative effect quickly. It's pretty easy to give a young plant too much light, then that carries over to next stage of life with a slightly stunted plant even if it can now handle more light given a slightly better start. I just did it to a few seedlings. The ones that sprouted first needed more light to stop stretch, but then the ones that sprouted 1-2 days after were given a bit too much light too soon. Now, they sit off to the side and cross fingers they snap out of it quickly. The "tacoing" is usually environmental - temps, rh, direct fan with too much wind etc. the soil probably didn't get up to 8.7. Leftover nutes (what's left, albeit low EC) likely lowered it a bit. The plants look like they are ready for some sort of fertilization with some chlorosis working up the plant. The first 3-4 days can't be too big of a deal. they germinated, so they were relatively fine despite not being in a more optimal pH.
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