Steve's Blossers-Grow attempt 1-Help me out-(New Pictures Every Week)

[offspringfrk316]

Alright I've pinched my plant and iv clipped off a couple of the lateral leaves so I'll update this in a week or two.  Thanks guys

[offspringfrk316]

Day 46
Sally, Sylvia, Selene, and Saige

Growth has pretty much exploded in Sylvia, Selene, and the little cutting I took from Sylvia and they're looking great .  As for Sally, every since I pinched her she has been looking like complete and utter s**t.  All growth has pretty much stopped and most of the leaves are getting a little curly, and the tips have turned black. She isn't looking too good.  Should I just leave her alone and let her grow and see what happens or if it gets worse should I just take a few cuttings and hope for the best.



Selene


Sylvia


Saige

Sally

[mattmc]

Nice work mate. Ive been looking at your log from start untill present and have decided to produce a setup like yours in a couple of weeks, when my exams are over.

Your plants are looking good. The only problem is, at what point are you going to transplant from the dome into normal humidity. I think that will be a large step for you, as it may be make or break for your lovely plants.

Once i have got my setup i will post a log aswel, and we could possibly help each other out as we will have the same system.
Hopefully you wont mind it, and i wish you the best of luck.
And i will enjoy seeing updates of your log.

Thanks
Matt

[nitelife]

How do you insert pictures into grow logs like you did?

[offspringfrk316]

Nicee..Yea I really don't know which method works best.  having them in the chamber or just acclimating them.  Good luck and let me know how things go with you.   This is my first grow so this is pretty much an experment.

[offspringfrk316]

Day 71
Sally, Sylvia, Selene, and Saige

Since my last update, I have taken my plants out of the grow chamber and they been fully acclimated to my room temperature and humidity for the past few weeks.  Iv also purchased an ultrasonic humidifier to humidify my room and have suspended the light fixture above the plants.  Also since my last update My "Sally" plant has really looked like shit and has mostly died so i salvaged what I could and now have a cutting from her thats rooted and growing.  They seem to look like crap and are curling, but not really droopy.  Also been seeing some knats and little tiny mites but i sprayed them with something called organicide for plants to get rid of soft bodied pests.  They apear to be growing, but very slowly.  If you can help me out it would really help thanks.




Selene



Sylvia





Saige


Sally Cutting New*

[Teotzlcoatl]

Very nice!

What are the little straws in the soil for?

[drift]

Very nice!

What are the little straws in the soil for?

If I had to guess, I'd say there's holes in the straws to provide extra oxygen to the roots.

[offspringfrk316]

exactly drift..got the idea from the tutorial in the cultivation section..so what do you think is wrong with my plants..theyre starting to brown a bit

[JustAnotherRegularGuy]

Generally your plants look OK to me. I just had a look through your grow log and glanced through all the pictures. The time your plant looked the best to me was at reply #41 (Day 21). The plant had a really full top and had nice green new growth. Are your general conditions different now then what they were then? Your soil generally looks wet in every picture. Is that just from misting your plants before you take a picture, or is the soil kept that wet all the time?

JARG

[offspringfrk316]

No they are in different conditions now and yea the only reason the soil looks that moist is because i mist them before taking pictures because it gives them that emerald green color for the pics

[|if3]

[Genius +] Steve, I love the plants. I wish I could have a set up like that.

Cheers man,
James

[offspringfrk316]

Day 115

Good and Bad news

bad news is I moved my plants outside since its getting nice out and my dog destroyed a couple of my plants.  Sylvia is now dead.  the only plant from my originals that i still have is Selene.  Which was the tip of my first plant that i tried rooting and she is doing beautifully.  As for Saige she is growing slowly but shes growing.  And the other cutting i took is growing slowly as well.  My Sylvia plant had a small piece of stem left and started to grow back so well so how that does.

Selene




Saige


Unamed cutting


Whats left of Sylvia

[JustAnotherRegularGuy]

Where did you get your soil mix? And more specifically do you know what kind of wood chips those are in your mix. It seems to be good to your plants.

JARG

[offspringfrk316]

It's actually 50% Miracle Grow Organic potting soil and 50% Miracle Grow perlite.  I had some extra mulch from my mothers garden so I place about a 2 inch layer of the mulch on top.  The brand of mulch is Timberline Organic Black Mulch.  They seem to like it.