certain plants have ramshorn curling, bright green and are close to death

Themountainman

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Alright, medium-1/2 mg potting1/2 petemoss light is a lizard warming light but flourescent and food has been shultz 10 20 10 (I KNOW ITS WRONG FOR VEG) plants hidden in 1 x 2 ft drawer light 12 in from bottom 6 from plant tops small 5 dollar fan that has been shifted possition regularly

This is somewhat complicated because the seeds are a high quality outdorr
sativa obtained from an aclaimated grower from the area. this farmer
recomended starting inside/ force to flower/ transplant to rush the crop
which is now aprx. 3 weeks old.
prologue:
due to limited space half of aprx 50 seeds went from germ in straight water
to the ground. first time for this messed it up. never tested soil first but
it seemed hard and dry was iinfested with red ants. only one came up as a
side question are red ants an indication of infertlle soil? potting mix was
put on the spot but very lightly and most definately insuffeciently. what
happened here, just because i want to use location again cuz its packed with
overgrown crap thorns and bees. however this thread is in regards to the
other half of the seeds grown indoors.
problem: leaves first curled down/inwards ramshorn got bright green/yellowish
and then sagged. within 3 hrs they have withered to the condition shown in
the picture ( 2 plants progressed and one with the problem just starting)
catastrophes that may or may not be the cause:
1) some plants were started under another light that was too hot and had to
be transplanted. not likely that they are any of these cuz most of them
died...
2) Early in grow large percentage of plants were lost to quick killing
fungus? or maybe stem snapping from rough training? the reason i think this
is different is because these shrivled and died within one day (during first
week) and showed no crazy leaf curling/ slumping.
3) since oringinal medium had no drainage whatsover and spidermight/fly
infestation all plants were transplanted into seperate sun treated soil mix
contained in newspaper homemade planting pots shown in the picture of my
healthy plants. Could this thing be simple transplant shock and have no
relationship to nutrient? i used rooting powder with fungicide for transplant
and in shaking off excess some plants were contaminated and showed small
burns but again are not the same plants that are dying now
4) due to poor mixing i undoubtably have hot spots and ph range is large -
6-7 but also varies greatly in plants suffering exactly similar syptoms.
for this reason i have not yet added citrus juices or viniger or anything
5)some plants are droopy but healthy seems due to over watering and
unrealated but then again lower leaves falling off. so confused, how could
they be n deficient if i burned them with food?
6) plants were sloppy style over fed with shults 10 20 10 so how can they be
defficient? did the incorrectly high P level screw them up? why only certain
plants also is it possible they have already outgrown there light?
SUMARRY
It seems ive had 3 different problems. The first massive death (inside) was
very resembling of fungus and not anything these plants that are
withering/curling now. the droopy plants with dying bottom oval leaves
probably is just some deficiency you guys can point out. but i have no
diagnoses for the death bound plants.
Since newspaper pot transplant drainage increase infestation greatly
decreased and the only treatment i have givin to these 3 plants is a quick
luke warm flush. I know they can be saved the stems are still nice and
healthy/ strong. also afected plants were near eachother but seems in
concusive because of seperate containers and dont even have the same ph in their soil. HELP HURRY !plants only have a few more days dont want to bury any more good soldiers also does it sound like i need to adjust ph (bright green 7) or use insecticide? how much water do u flush small plants in this situation with i probably did 1/2 cup est from the sink in each. is my hippy newspaper pots to suseptable to mold?
 

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Themountainman

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Is there a cheap fix? like i said the other light i have is too hot and my chick is scared its gonna burn down the pad... and i dont even know what im talking about so i cant convince her. does walmart have anything sufficient? i just want to bring them into early flowering but i am hoping for a constant harvest and possibly will convert in the winter
 

ceestyle

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dude i didn't read your post. that is way way too much text without proper punctuation to even bother.

if i'd seen numbers in there, say 250, 400, etc., I might have taken a look. Try punctuating and just saying more with fewer words.

i did see shultz in there. that stuff is not for growing pot. to start, it has no Mg, which is guaranteed to give you a deficiency.
 

Torturedzen

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No offense man, but that 1st pic is the most pathetic looking thing I've seen in a long time. Hope you're crafty enough to rescue them. Good luck.
 

honkeytown

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dude...you gotta get rid of that tiny light and the old lady and put up whatever hot ass lamp you have...who knows what it is but it will work better :mrgreen:
 

ceestyle

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dude...you gotta get rid of that tiny light and the old lady and put up whatever hot ass lamp you have...who knows what it is but it will work better :mrgreen:
it's probably merc vap or quart halogen . odds anyone? I'll take 2:1 it's not MH or HPS.
 

sir smokesalot

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Damn man:spew: you need to just let that one go. its done for, and your not going to be able to save it. that plant needs serious light. i couldnt get through the whole post but can you put your plants outside? if thats the only light you can grow it under your better off outside:peace:
 

panhead

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Wrong light & you fed it fertilizer,that plant is way too young for ANY fertilizer,a noob grower shouldnt use any ferts until flowerring,then only once or twice durring the entire bud cycle,noobs are on blast with the fertilizer & always way over fertilize everything.

Less is more when your a noob,you schorched that poor lil beasty.
 

ceestyle

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Wrong light & you fed it fertilizer,that plant is way too young for ANY fertilizer,a noob grower shouldnt use any ferts until flowerring,then only once or twice durring the entire bud cycle,noobs are on blast with the fertilizer & always way over fertilize everything.

Less is more when your a noob,you schorched that poor lil beasty.
ain't that the truth. some = good, so more = better. like a teenager drinking ...
 

SenorSanteria

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Start over. Even if you do get enough light on those plants now to allow them to flower, I GUARENTEE that at least one of them will go hermie and spoil your whole crop.

Just start over. Buy some compact flourescents and get started. Do some reading (especially the stickies) on this forum.
 

Sick

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Yeah man,
Like everyone is saying start over. Poor little plants they have stretch so bad. Starving for better light. Atleast get some CFL's. 2 for 6 bucks at home depot.
 

tokinman

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if you are going to grow with minimal light, an indica would be the strain to try.. sativas require about 2x the lighting that a indica does. i could be a bit off here but i read somewhere for a successful sativa to grow you need about 60-70 watts per square foot.. if you are looking for a cheap fix, go out and but one or two flourescent shop light fixtures from menards or home depot for 15 bucks.. 4:4' flouros would be minimal to grow like 2 plants.. hope that gives you a cheap alternative, but again with sativas you wont get really nice buds unless you can get 60+ watts per sq ft.
 

firebullet

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I'm still yet to know what lighting you are using, and still cannot make it through your post, but you can put those fluros (tubes/cfls) way closer then 12' in. They are not that hot, I would put them as close as possible, like 2'.

And I still want to know what the 'hotter' light is.
 
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