First time grow gone bad. 1 plant left - need advice- lots of pics-

Ok to make a long story short.

i ordered seeds off the internet, 15 in total. Northerlight strain. I germanted them and 10 sprouted so i planted them in soil i bought from the local wallmart. They grew quick, but my friend told me to raise the light and i ended up stretching them large.

then i tranplanted them into bigger pots. put some 10-10-10 fert and used 10-10-10 water soluble mix to feed couple times a week. They grew quick for a bit then stopped, tips of leaves turned yellow so i figuered nut burn and flushed with water.

2 ended up dying. Then i decided to put them on 12/12 to sex them then planned to return them to veg after ive sexed them to clone.

3 weeks later. 3males 5 females tho 1 is starting to look limp and is starting to wilt, i have no idea why. so i have 4 plants left now, 3 more start dying now i have only 1 healthy one left.

This is what ive been using.

4ftHO 1 cool bulb, 1 warm bulb.
2- "veg"bulbs i bought from home depot. said it wasfor plant growing so id give it a try.
2- CFL cool bulbs

i got some cheap home made reflectors made with tin foil and a fan on the side.


any advice/help would be appreciated.

The plant that is left was tranplanted to a bucket. i just moved it to 18/6 light to put it back to vegging so in a few weeks i can take some clippings to clone.

Im making a Aerocloner. but thats another story.

Anyways my plant is tall and lanky, stem has no streigh and from what i saw from the other dead plants the roots arent thick or strong?why? i dont know?

I plan to keepn the light close to the plant and grow it outward.ill beusing the same lights but pointed at 1 plant.

anyways thanks in advance!

I should also add that adventually id like to go for a purpetual growth cycle using aeroponics. but i dont want to rush before i know the basic to growing, this first advanture sure taught me a lot, ive been reading these forums up and down for weeks.

I have a 1000W hps Ballast and currently just a 250W hps bulb for flowering. I plan on using Stinkbuds model of purpetual harvesting. I plan on building the cloner this week so hoping this last female we revert back to veg. its about 4 weeks into flowering, anyone see any problems with this? also id like to top, since i didnt originaly, if i revert back to veg will i be able to start topping again? then keep the lights close and let it bush out and start topping and tying it down to get myself a pretty mother plant to take clippings off for my aerocloner.

My current grow is in my closet which is a 3x5x8 space. and my adventual flower room is about 10x10x10. I plan on picking upi a 2nd 1000w hps when the time comes.

What have you been feeding and what is your watering schedule?

i hear that blue plant light is trash. best if u replace it with cfl's and ur plant is over 6 weeks? i guessing u gonna need more light.looks like u only have 1 cfl's? and 2 of those plant lights? try getting 4-6 more cfl's in there i bet u see a happier/bushier plant.

yea.. your plant is stretched.. it stretches because its not getting enough light. on your clones after you cut and they survive the shock..since you have florescent you should keep those lights very close to touching your plant. you will see a big difference it will bulk out alot.. i promise. (its not strong enough to give your plants a sun burn too n have a fan blowing on your plant so your stem can bulk up a bit cuz your stem will not hold up your nugs in flower..and youll see a big diff if you use cool bulbs(the bluish one) not sure if its warm or cool. dont use the yellowish one

go0odstuff said:

yea.. your plant is stretched.. it stretches because its not getting enough light. on your clones after you cut and they survive the shock..since you have florescent you should keep those lights very close to touching your plant. you will see a big difference it will bulk out alot.. i promise. (its not strong enough to give your plants a sun burn too n have a fan blowing on your plant so your stem can bulk up a bit cuz your stem will not hold up your nugs in flower..and youll see a big diff if you use cool bulbs(the bluish one) not sure if its warm or cool. dont use the yellowish one

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or get a metal halide bulb for veg. n dont use you cfl

Ok here is exactly what im using atm. And more info about my grow.
I have a florecent light at the top, 1 cool bulb and warm builb
i have a 42W 6500k CFL cool Bulb hanging from the side with another small warm hanging next to it.
I have a 36W warm CFL hanging on the other side.
And 2 of those blue plant lights i got from home depot. with small reflectors.
I have fan on the plant keeping its leafs moving at all times and a small 50cfm exhaust pulling air out.
My first i added in some sand and perlite with some 10-10-10 MG fert.
Its planted in 1 bucket with holes at the bottom and sides for air and drainage, and is lined in another bucket.
Ive been waterin every 2-3 days depending how dry the dirt is, i usually dig my finguere on the sides to see how moist the soil it.
I was using 10-10-10 all purpose water soluble to feed them, but kinda cut back since 3 weeks ago they showed singns of over nuting.
This plant ISSSSb flowing. i had it on 12/12 light to sex and now moving back to veg. will i stil be able to bulk the plant up if i keep my lights close so it dosent stretch? also will i be able t o top it? or is it to late for that?
my fluro is aboutn 5cm away from the plant. the 2 cfls are about 10ishcm and im keeping the other 2 a little further as i notice they seem to get pretty hot (the plant bulbs i bought)

ps. Thanks for the help guys!

just give up and try agian
get some knowledge first , your babies will be stressed and make scroggly buds

DylanH said:

just give up and try agian
get some knowledge first , your babies will be stressed and make scroggly buds

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Ive been reading 2-3 hours a day for months now on growing, this was trial by fire .

You dont think i can bulk up the last plant by reverting it to veg stage again?

BREAKING NEWS FROM THE STREET!

So today i go to switch it from 12/12 back to 24 hours to revert back to veg and what do i notice?

Little balls!!! my plant was 4 weeks into flowering, pure female and now its showing signs of both. I think it got stressed and hermied on me. not im not sure what to do.

Do i pick the few balls off and revert it back to veg?
if i do and clone it will my clones be all hermies?

If not can i continue budding it? and just remove the balls daily as they show up?

any advice would be appriciated.

those blue lights are bad.. i used them for a couple weeks on my first grow and replaced them with cfls... they get too hot so u cant keep them close or they will burn ur plant and thats how they get stretched cuz u gotta keep it pretty far away.. if i were u i would not use them and replace with cfls so u can keep it really close gl!

Throw that hermie in the garbage and try again!

Sorry, but sometimes you just gotta let it go.

YO