Burns And Stunted Growth?

First off, today, my plant is 5 weeks old, at 9.5 centimeters.
Why is it growing so slow? Haven't given it any nutes yet either. AS you can see, there are some brown blotches on the bottom left leaf. Whats casuing this?



A closeup of the branch:



Another pic.



Whats wrong with my shit?

i would say if that is your light in the back round its toofar away. what kind of light are u using? if its a cfl get it about 1-2'' away from your plant. i have a plant about the same age its not that tall yet.its getting its fith set of leaves and only about 2'' tall how many lums you got i have 7900. with a 150w cfl. and it looks kinda droopyhow offen do you water? do u have a water meter if not get 1 u might be over watering it. but get the light closer

for one its overwatered

dew-b said:

i would say if that is your light in the back round its toofar away. what kind of light are u using? if its a cfl get it about 1-2'' away from your plant. i have a plant about the same age its not that tall yet.its getting its fith set of leaves and only about 2'' tall how many lums you got i have 7900. with a 150w cfl. and it looks kinda droopyhow offen do you water? do u have a water meter if not get 1 u might be over watering it. but get the light closer

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Nonono, that isn't my grow area, i have a grow box for that, I just took the plant out and put it on my computer desk to take the pictures. I got 2 CFL's, 2 1 foot fluorescent tubes, and 2 PC fans as the intake/outake exausts for my growbox. Yes, I was overwatering, I've realized that. I've now spread my waterings a few days apart. Their lookin not as drooopy already. What i'm wondering is, what are those brown blotches? And is my slow growth rate uncommon? And would the ovewatering have cause the slow growth?

For 5 weeks it looks rather small.

What soil are you using?

What are the N-P-K levels of the soil?

How is the drainage of your soil?

CFM of your exhaust fan?

Any pics of your grow box/way lights are set up?

Temps?

Do you pH your water?

I just thought of something. Could it be root bound? Becuase it literally stopped growing, and its kinda droopy after I spread out my watering cycle, so its not overwatering anymore. What are signs that its root-bound? If so, I guess it's time to trans-plant now eh? AND i can see the roots through the bottom drain holes, I'm pretty sure its root bound, fuck it, i'm transplanting to a bigger pot. See if that remedies it.

You could try transplanting but, your not giving it any nutes? How come no one commented on that...

If it has a fairly a large drainage hole in the bottom you might be able to see the roots growing next to it or into it, and droopy leaves with sufficient watering is a sign of being root bound, in the second pic there it does look like a nutrient problem. I'd transplant regardless into some regular potting soil with pearlite or something for drainage.

AssGasOrGrass said:

You could try transplanting but, your not giving it any nutes? How come no one commented on that...

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I'm kinda new to this growing scene, but I've done my research, spent countless hours reading growguide after grow guide, I went through almost all the archives of this forum reading old posts back almost 2 years, and on many other forums. One area that's still kinda gray to me is nutrients, I'm strapped for cash, like a very TIGHT budget. I know ferts will only costs a few bucks a bottle. So tell me, what should I look for at my local garden centre? Give me the best and worst nutes I could buy.

for a cheap nute that you can buy at home depot or lowes; try cactus juice.

Ok, I got it transplanted into a bigger pot, hope it doesn't suffer from shock.





Anywhoo, while I'm under the sink, grabbing another pot, I see this 10 year old container. Will this shit work? Or am I better of buying something more up to date and new.





Heres the shit inside, It says its water soluble on the box, comments?

The smallest bottle of Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Grow costs like $8-12, and it's about the best hydro-organic nutrients you can buy (I'm sure many will troll this opinion).

That's affordable, even if you're strapped. You spend more than that in energy consumption running those lights for a month.

Like most things in life, you get out of it what you put into it.

Ight, I'ma go look for this "botanicare", but what about that shit I found and posted pics of above? Usable or toss it out?

Fox Farm has a good line of poducts.

Grow Big and Tiger Bloom

one last time...your plant is overwatered

Seedlessone said:

one last time...your plant is overwatered

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For the third time, I KNOW. I fixed that. I think it was rootbound, thats why it was still droppy, but i transplanted it and its perked right up, looks healthy as could be. Starting growin again to. I couldnt find this botanicare shit or foxfarm. I bought "schultz" liquid plant food though, 10-15-10. Is that any good?

W33D said:

For the third time, I KNOW. I fixed that. I think it was rootbound, thats why it was still droppy, but i transplanted it and its perked right up, looks healthy as could be. Starting growin again to. I couldnt find this botanicare shit or foxfarm. I bought "schultz" liquid plant food though, 10-15-10. Is that any good?

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i dont know if shultz comes with all the micro nutes like magnesium. i know peters professional does but watch how u use it its strong. they have 20 20 20 veg and 10 30 10 bloom. a little woodash keeps the ph balanced jus fine. peters pro costs like 4$ and u get an infinate amount for ever. ive never bought a second one ive never had to.

its good stuff tho

battosai said:

i dont know if shultz comes with all the micro nutes like magnesium. i know peters professional does but watch how u use it its strong. they have 20 20 20 veg and 10 30 10 bloom. a little woodash keeps the ph balanced jus fine. peters pro costs like 4$ and u get an infinate amount for ever. ive never bought a second one ive never had to.

its good stuff tho

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Yeah, it has the micro-nutrients, says on the bottle.
This shit right here,
Schultz :: All-Purpose Liquid Plant Food - 1011 - 1012 - 10148

it looks like that you have pest problems and it might be over watered the droopyness is because of the pests they suck enzeyms out of the plant causing it to droop the brown efftect usually indicates low levels of potassiam

I thought my plant was over watered at once every 7 days because my soil was not dry an inch down, but now i was thinking maybe I am underwatering.. I might water every 4 days and see what happens.. But i am using MG and it seems to hold water for a very long time, what to do