Inverse's First Grow

[inverse]

new pics...hahah.

plant 1 on the left and 2 on the right

plant #1

plant #2

take notes on the focusing sardonic

 

[namo420]

nice pics,im glad you can take pictures,it makes everyhing better.....whats the sensor for?

 

[inverse]

the sensor is for a thermometer.

anyways, today my friend gave me this really sick poor plant thats already gone into flowering. it was grown on his window sill in inadequate soil with no drainage. its really small and sickly, but its showing female. i transplanted it, but screwed that up because the soil it was in was too wet. i couldnt wait for it to dry out before transplanting though because the container never would dry out. so basically all of the soil fell apart and left the plants roots exposed (the plant itself is maybe twice the size as my sprouts with 5 sets of leaves)...so i tried to evenly distribute its little roots into the new soil. i dont know if the thing will survive (i doubt it), but if it does it would be tight. i dont want to take a pic of it until i know it wont die :-/

 

[inverse]

too many pictures? i dont care though

plant 1:

plant 2:

 

[Guest]

if you can, clone the sick one if its not too far into flowering (doesnt sound like it), and then go from their

 

[inverse]

the sick one is really small still...maybe 4 inches tall. the branches arnt long enough for me to clone it =/. however, thus far the plant has not shown any signs of wilting or droopiness....hopefully it will survive. my friend says its a GDP plant

 

[Guest]

take a top clone

 

[inverse]

i havnt heard of that...would it be like taking a normal clone...except i just cut the main stem like halfway up or something?

i took 2 pics

its in a red plastic cup, so you can see its not that big

 

[Guest]

exactly, just like topping except you take a large portion of the main shoot to use as a clone, the plant th clone was taken from will respond with increased vigor in all the side shoots that still remain

 

[inverse]

so you think that would be my best bet right now? its been nearly 2 full days since i transplanted it and the dirt fell off all the roots. would the plant be shriveling yet if the transplant had failed? i just dont want to cut the stem and transplant it if it has a good chance of surviving as is. (also im nervous about cloning because it would be my first).

if you do think it would be necessary to clone it...do you think its absolutely necessary to create a humidity dome for the clone? my room humidity is 55%

thanks alot for the help rkrone...i might head out to buy root hormones in a sec

 

[J-Roc]

hey inverse
nice little setup you got there guy
i wish you the best of luck

 

[Guest]

unless you do a bubble or aero cloner, a humidity dome is necessary....but it seems like it will bounce back, so a clone may not be a must

 

[inverse]

thanks guys.

if it starts to get droopy a bit im going to clone it, and hopefully it wont be too late. but jeah.

i cannot wait to get my hps alreadyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

[Sardonic]

so you think that would be my best bet right now? its been nearly 2 full days since i transplanted it and the dirt fell off all the roots. would the plant be shriveling yet if the transplant had failed?

id like to know the answer to this too.

good job so far

 

[inverse]

so guys, i think my seeds may be getting too much water. the leaves are starting to droop...otherwise they look healthy. im keeping the soil pretty much moist/damp at all time...so im not going to water them today and see what happens. let me know if this is a bad idea

also, on plant #1 the next set of leaves is just 1 leaf growing per side, which is normal i imagine. on plant # 2 however, the next set of leaves so far appears to be a set of 3 for each side. what do you think about that?

 

[Guest]

let them dry out between waterings and they will respond better

 

[inverse]

i thought that was correct but my friend kept telling me that his sprouts died of underwatering because he didn't water everyday

but yeah...as a general rule of thumb....how deep into the soil should i let dry out? a couple of inches? just the top?

 

[Sardonic]

I didn't say water everyday, Inverse. I said every other day for the seedling stage, silly .

water completely every other day. at least that's what I do; On the day off I just mist them when they're getting dry. I stick my finger 3 inches deep to check the soil moisture. Since I've started doing this, all my seedlings have become healthy.

 

[Guest]

a good rule of thumb is, stick your index finger into the soil, if it comes out completely or almost completely dry then water, but if you can clearly see or feel moisture then wait.

 

[inverse]

heres some more of my inherited plant