My First Greenhouse Grow

obelisk

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Thanks for stopping by my thread. I've read through yours, good on ya for the greenhouse! Do you have any worries about backyard snoopers?
 

kingdick

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Thanks for stopping by my thread. I've read through yours, good on ya for the greenhouse! Do you have any worries about backyard snoopers?
My garden is kinda hidden but my next door neighbours are old and a little dopey so nope not realy lol
 

kingdick

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Nice little greenhouse. I'd love to have something like that to fool around with. What's it made of?

You should probably stop advertising your grow in other people's journals. People don't really appreciate that.
Its made out of slot in poles like a tent with shelves and a pvc covering
 

kingdick

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thats what i mean the ling is in shock,, itl either die or live,, im on about the small plant wiyh 4 leafs, its yellow, wich more than likely means your plant has locked up or u got some bad roots that dont work any more, therefore its stopped taking nutriants in, u can give a plant to much water and the plant will either struggle or totaly stop root absorbing water to cope, also direct sunlight will cause u problems with seedlings,

or it could just be stunted , but 100ml for a ling every 2days isnt necesary, its roots wont drink that ,

keepin soil that wet means your roots dont need to travel and search for water and if they dont do that how do u expect the roots to get bigger and longer if they dont have to,,

basicly ur roots arnt gettin any time to expand and take in a decent ammount of co2,,

i take 1 of mine out ov a pot and the whole thing is basicly a root wich drinks like fuck where as u mite get a few roots around and about the pot,,,

any way its only advice, im not saying listen to me, but im sure it wud help,,

peace out,,,,,,,,,, good look with the grow,, ill stop by n see how it progresses if ur keepin the thread updated,,

they dont get direct sunlight because they live in the greenhouse but basically i should take it easy on the watering, thanks mate appreciate it
 

kingdick

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This mornings pics are looking ok im just a bit worried about that droopy one iv noticed that the upper stem is purple and on the other plants its turning purple kind of is this normal?

a well deserved wake n bake at the end there
 

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Mammath

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Hey KD.
To start with get those rocks off the top of the soil. Why is it there?
Remove it and it well help dry out the soil.
That droopy one in moisture stressed and has been for some time by the looks of it.
They all look really stunted. They should be 3 times the size at 8 weeks.
Plants that size in those pots should be watered about once a week.
Over watering will cause stunted growth, yellowing, and weaken the plant.
No plant should ever have to be held up unless in full flower with big heavy buds.
The stem on that droopy fucker is shocking.
Ease up on the watering, piss those stones off to help dry out the soil.
All the best.

Edit: and never remove any leaves unless they are totally dead.
 

kingdick

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woah thanks for the tips ill get rid of the stones and take it easy on the watering see how they get on cheers
 

HERBAL ADDICT

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HOWEVER some people do keep a light layer ov gravel or hydrotons on top ov the soil to allow roots to grow in the top inch ov soil,, it tends to make the plant stand sturdyer,and helps it later on when bud weight could be too much for the plant to banance, gravel & hydrotons keep the top layer miost for longer making it suitable for the roots to venture in to,, with out hydrotons or gravel the top drys fast as the plant gets bigger meaning roots dont go there any more, and dont want to go there,, meaning most the roots will sit in the bottom 75/80% of the medium,,
roots in the top soil does really help,,
even more if u have a thin stemmed plant,,

so yes it effects how fast the soil drys out
but as long as u do let it dry it dont matter at all
i let mine dry over the space ov about 6 days now

my plants in the pic are younger than yours,,lol,,,

peace:peace::joint::joint:
 

Mammath

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HOWEVER some people do keep a light layer ov gravel or hydrotons on top ov the soil to allow roots to grow in the top inch ov soil,, it tends to make the plant stand sturdyer,and helps it later on when bud weight could be too much for the plant to banance, gravel & hydrotons keep the top layer miost for longer making it suitable for the roots to venture in to,, with out hydrotons or gravel the top drys fast as the plant gets bigger meaning roots dont go there any more, and dont want to go there,, meaning most the roots will sit in the bottom 75/80% of the medium,,
roots in the top soil does really help,,
even more if u have a thin stemmed plant,,

so yes it effects how fast the soil drys out
but as long as u do let it dry it dont matter at all
i let mine dry over the space ov about 6 days now

my plants in the pic are younger than yours,,lol,,,

peace:peace::joint::joint:
In some situations gravel, hydroton, rocks etc, on the top soil can be beneficial.

On this particular grow however, which is what we're talking about, they are not helping one bit.
All they're doing is adding to the over watering problem.

Lose the stones KD.

Feel free to put them back when you get your water schedule dialled in.
For now though they are doing more harm than good.
 

HERBAL ADDICT

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yea i was just saying if they guna be spindaly plants, wich they cud well be,, then its an idea,,
it works great for double cola plants,tall plants even just a wonky plant, it saves tying your plants to stuff to help them support bud weight,,
when your plants lean over they put more work in to the stem build rather than a 100% of its energy going to buds ,,
so im just saying iv found it works, and so have many other people
 

kingdick

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HOWEVER some people do keep a light layer ov gravel or hydrotons on top ov the soil to allow roots to grow in the top inch ov soil,, it tends to make the plant stand sturdyer,and helps it later on when bud weight could be too much for the plant to banance, gravel & hydrotons keep the top layer miost for longer making it suitable for the roots to venture in to,, with out hydrotons or gravel the top drys fast as the plant gets bigger meaning roots dont go there any more, and dont want to go there,, meaning most the roots will sit in the bottom 75/80% of the medium,,
roots in the top soil does really help,,
even more if u have a thin stemmed plant,,

so yes it effects how fast the soil drys out
but as long as u do let it dry it dont matter at all
i let mine dry over the space ov about 6 days now

my plants in the pic are younger than yours,,lol,,,

peace:peace::joint::joint:
thanks for the advice but your plants are much taller than mine because you use a light im using filtered sunlight in a green house lol but i did put the stones in to help support the plant because it didnt stand on its own
 

kingdick

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In some situations gravel, hydroton, rocks etc, on the top soil can be beneficial.

On this particular grow however, which is what we're talking about, they are not helping one bit.
All they're doing is adding to the over watering problem.

Lose the stones KD.

Feel free to put them back when you get your water schedule dialled in.
For now though they are doing more harm than good.
again cheers for the advice ill put the stones to one side for now and see how they go whats the worst that could happen
 

dj crane

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i am enjoying this thread, this is the first outdoor grow i have followed and as a result am learning alot already! keep it up bro. also i would be frightned to shit that somebody random who just sees a green house might break in, and if they knew what they saw, would take your plant. best of wishes bro.
 

kingdick

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thanks but i think there pretty safe i keep the gate locked and not many people know about them i havnt got time to post more pics yet ill post them around 5pm
 

HERBAL ADDICT

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yea mine are taller but yours should be even taller cos of less light
mine cud of been put on 12/12 at 5 weeks
and the worst that could happen by puttin gravel to close around the stem is stem rot,,bad shit
i wud leave a 10mm gap all around the stem if u plan on puttin gravel back on

are they lookin any better yet??

can slugs get into your green house??
 

kingdick

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are they lookin any better yet??

can slugs get into your green house??
one of them looks shit but the others look good mate, for the slugs they have been in before the plant that is dieing is the one that has had some leaves nibbled on

i would open the door on the greenhouse a few hours a day , get the wind to strengthen the plants a lil

Peace!
i may well start doing that but one of my plants is thickening up nicely at the minute
 

HERBAL ADDICT

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poison the slugs,, 1 hungy slug cud eat over 50% of a young plants leafs in 1 night,,(true) belive it or not,,
a greenhouse grower i use to talk to put all his pots on trays and on the surface that the trays sit on he give a good sprinkling ov salt and not 1 slug got on to the tray never mind on to the plants,,

u sound like u british?
 

HERBAL ADDICT

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that aint dying yet,, remove stones from arround the stem and prop the plant up,, its stem might be a little damaged under the gravel,, that plant is defo saveable,,
is there no chance of keepin them weaker plants inside for a couple ov week,, growin outdoors in uk is hard on the plants ,, me mate put his outside when they were 4 weeks old and that was in NE england

i in uk myself,, its coz u use the word m8 that i guess u british,,,
 
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