sick widows

[HitTheHazards]

I'm having a few problems with my White Widow plants. I hve 12 of them in very early stage. I'm growing them on a mix of planting soil, blood meal, and perlite. Lately, The plants have been drooping (not able to support their own weight.) I have tried to prop them up on sticks but they still manage to droop. Another problem that I'm having is burn marks. I currently have the plants under two compact fluorescent bulbs and I believe the burn marks come from the light being magnified through the water drops, but I'm not totally sure. The last problem I have is there is some kind of fungus growing in the soil whenever it gets dry. The fungus is like white whispy hairs nd is very concerning. If anybody can help me with these issues, I'd really appreciate the help. Thank you

 

[halloweed2006]

i've got some WW and along with trainwreck those girls are the canaries of my garden. They are super sensitive and are the first to complain from ph/nute/bug/stress problems. So you're growing what I'd call an expert difficulty plant.

How often are you watering and what is the ph of your run off? The white fungus i have no idea bout that, but i've noticed often on soil, especially if i cover the top of the soil for an extended period. So far my plants are good, i'm hoping it's just mycorrhiza.

 

[fideralala]

we need your water ph / ec, runoff, which soil are you using?
how far is the light awaay from the plants?
how often do you water? do u use nutes already?

to me it looks as if the lightsource is too far away plus your soil may be too hot

 

[MynameStitch]

LIght too far away and the plants look like they were watered to death

 

[HitTheHazards]

My name stitch. You hit the nail on the head with that one! I realized that I was watering the plants way too frequently to the point where the soil was actually growing mold due to the damp environment. I lost a few of my girls but was able to regain control and save 7 of them. I also took into account that my lights were too far from the plants because I noticed them stretching for the light, creating weak stems that couldn't support themselves. I now have the lights 3-5 inches from the tops with the stemps tied to poles as support hoping that they will recover and grow strong bases once again. Thank you for everyone who helped me in a time of despare. If anyone has anymore tips on watering regulation it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again!

 

[MoeBudz^420]

Only 1, go by weight to know if/when it's watering time. A wet container of soil is much heavier than a dry one. About the best way to avoid over-watering IMO...

Peace

 

[HeadyPete]

The blood meal is also burning them. Blood meal is like 12-0-0 or something, very strong.

Flush with ph adjust water till they recover, than start half dose grow fert.

 

[MynameStitch]

Using there right size pots/cups will help prevent overwatering and adding a lot of extra perlite, use the lifting of the pot method before and after a watering to determine how heavy or light the pot is..... always add holes to the bottom of the cups, preferably dixie cup size for seedlings.

How much bone meal is added to the mixture?

 

[HitTheHazards]

I added way too much blood meal. I should have read the back of the bag and I will probably have to replant them soon. I stated with an original number of 13 plants (6 Cali Skunk-Thai Sticky hybrid and 7 White Widow.) I now have 6 plants due to deaths (2 Cali/thai hybrid and 4 WW.) Even though many died due to this unexplined (sickness or over watering the 6 remaining survivor are looking Very healthy and are maturing quickly. My next real concern is being able to identify male from female soon, my seeds may have been femilized but I'm not totlly sure. If anyone has some easy ways to tell thatwould help be emensely. If you're ever in the Seattle area, Ill smoke ya some of my fine Widow sometime, heh.Thank everyone for their kind words of advise.

HitTheHazards
coming to you live from the Evergreen State ;-)

 

[Aerokush101]

Next time just drop the seed in a starter plug, give plain water, and put it under some good light and hola...

 

[MynameStitch]

Y ou won't be able to tell for a bit, so don't worry about that! As long as you don't stress them out too much they will remain female; stress will cause them to hermie even fem seeds.
The way they get fem seeds is by breeding hermies until they get it stable as possible.
Just watch out on the ferts and watering they should be good in no time
Your plants will start to show sex at different times, I find weaning there lighting down does in fact help as it mimics the season changes of lighting changes in the environment.

Around the 3-5 node is when they start to show sex, it's always on the main branch first the main stem and later on other branches.
You can get a microscope with a light and check right where the branch comes out of the main stem, this is where you will want to look first for signs of showing sex, if it looks like a tear drop shape or a pear shaped it's female,

If it looks likea ball with 2 fingers it's a male.

 

[MoeBudz^420]

Sexing via preflowers

Sexing via preflowers

" My next real concern is being able to identify male from female soon"

Here ya go...male 1st, female 2nd.

Peace