KanoCannabis
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thats a terrible idea and will prob lead to them dying they dont need ferts if u have soil that has them in it dont feed ferts for like 4-5 weeks
2 1/2 week old plant turning yellow, HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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filthy piglet
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Home depot, walmart, kmart....they all have seed starting mix......and they all have only tarce amounts of nutrients , just enough for seedlings to pop out and get a few sets of leaves, and i would also get some poatmoss cups that you can stick rite into a bigger pot cup and all when its time to transplant to a bigger pot that way you dont have to take the chance of hurting roots at all......do it that way with a new seed and you will have no problem......and always start with small pot and work your way to bigger one as the plant grows so your roots have time to fill each pot you use........thats the absolute best advice i or anyone else can give you.....always remember WATER LOGGED SOIL IS A SEEDLINGS ENEMY!!!!!good luck i have to be done with this topic now because i have given you what will work and im not gonna bash my head into walls with you...lol
hexthat
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i mean the soil has too much food for the plant and its killing it
oh ok i got it.. i was under the assumption that the plant was nitrogen deficient meaning it needed nutrients.. only fed it once with very low nutes because i DIDNT want to overdo it. and i havent been waterlogging the soil either i usually let it dry pretty good before watering. and so if i buy a specific SEEDLING mix, do i need to change the soil again once they arent seedlings anymore? sorry for all the stupid noob soil questions....
oh ok i got it.. i was under the assumption that the plant was nitrogen deficient meaning it needed nutrients.. only fed it once with very low nutes because i DIDNT want to overdo it. and i havent been waterlogging the soil either i usually let it dry pretty good before watering. and so if i buy a specific SEEDLING mix, do i need to change the soil again once they arent seedlings anymore? sorry for all the stupid noob soil questions....
kryptoniteglo
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Where growers talk about "hot" there can be two kinds. The first is temperature "hot" -- and you addressed that by putting your hand at leaf height and seeing if the temperature is warm or way too warm (hot!).
The second "hot" refers to a high level of nutrients in the soil. Soil with a lot of nutrients in it is called "hot" soil. So what the posters are saying is that the soil you were using to grow in inherently has a lot of nutrients in it. It's part of the manufacturer's mix. And because seedlings are very sensitive to additional nutrients, the growing environment is "too hot". You knew not to add nutrients at this stage (kudos!), but the manufacturer had already put too much in the mix.
I'm not a soil grower, so I can't help you with brand names. But I do know you want to plant your seedlings in good soil that isn't packed with nutrients -- some of those mixes have enough nutrients to last a full-grown plant a month or two! I'm sure some people will weigh in with some recommendations.
yeah dude its crazy i thought i was doing everything perfect like i committed to the first grow by buying all the stuff like the mh/hps and what not and i just hate the fact of wasting the expensive seeds if the plant dies
i thought picking the soil from the store was going to be the easiest part..... -_-but honestly i just dont want to buy the wrong stuff again......
wow so i just made an insane discovery (well to me it was insane lol) i decided to lift the pot and look at the drainage holes in the bottom and what do i see barely sticking out of one of them? a ROOT!!!!! so i went with my gut feeling on it and hopefully accomplished my first ever transplant haha and when i took it out of the small pot i was right the roots in fact had HIT the bottom! so is this why it looked so small as if it had stopped growing?because the roots had nowhere to go?
DANKSWAG
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I haven't read the entire thread yet, but seeing Scotts perked me up, have yet to hear much good about their product line. Then not only Scotts, but WTF is hyponex? Why is there no information about dervied from pertaining to this potting soil? To me this is a big ? mark in my diagnoses not knowing what the medium is composed of.
http://www.scotts.com/smg/goprod/hyponex-potting-soil/prod210004/;jsessionid=CBF54F207EB3B538E23E3F75E44A9AA7
Nonetheless not good but easily correctable. Go get some Black Gold Organic potting soil at your local large grocery / department store. It has the tomater on it.
Remove her ever so gently like a infant and rinse her roots with distilled water to cleanse her. Then place her ever so gently into a pot of the soil mentioned above or like it.
Anywise if your curious as have the tools take some of that distilled water run it through the scotts soil till your get some good run off, capture the latter and test PH with calibrated meter and PPM. This will give us some idea of the nature of the soil your using unless you have link to manufacturer specs.
Again I haven't read through this entire tread just caught the entry and noticed this medium I am not familiar with so wanted to validate what that is first and secure your baby in something I know will hold her over well for the first few weeks until you decide what course you want to complete with.
Anywise hope she comes through.
ChronicGrow
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I just got here but most likely its Bad soil with no nutes.
ChronicGrow
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No im stupid. Maybe the soil is too hot. Or overwatering let the soil dry out a bit b4 u re water
DANKSWAG
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Still the best the Walmart page offers is this which still leaves it as a big ass ? Interesting 5 stars great reviews on Walmart site, however Scott's site its rated a 3 at best and has poor reviews.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hyponex-by-Scotts-2-cu-ft-Potting-Soil/19581285#ProductDetail
Hyponex by Scotts 2 cu ft Potting Soil:
- Feeds for up to 4 months
- Helps grow bigger plants with more blooms (versus unfed)
- Contains sphagnum peat moss and perlite to retain water and improve
DANKSWAG
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another tip, its great you have an HID however I would suggest for seedlings you move them under 2x 24watt CFLs at 6500K around 1600 lumes each.
This is far more the preferable then what you have now at this stage of being a seedling.
Also you can put these closer to get a check on that stretchy seedling that is thin and lanky.
I'd re-pot it as well burying some of that stem at least half and place them all about 4 to 6 inches under the CFLs. Save that HID for once they develop to three or four nodes branches about 8 to 10 inches in height.
This is far more the preferable then what you have now at this stage of being a seedling.
Also you can put these closer to get a check on that stretchy seedling that is thin and lanky.
I'd re-pot it as well burying some of that stem at least half and place them all about 4 to 6 inches under the CFLs. Save that HID for once they develop to three or four nodes branches about 8 to 10 inches in height.
RIKNSTEIN
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Welcome to RIUwhere can i buy this stuff? and i gave 1/4 nutes but the plant just looks like so yellow i feel like its dying
and rosies right you need some topsoil mixed with perlite or a seedling starter mix with perlite to start beans, I used MG on my first grow and it burned a few of my babies, but the ones that made it were fucking awesome. You don't need to feed babies until their cotyledons (lil round leaves) are starting to wilt, and the reason your lil ones are turning yellow is the rich Nitrogen in your soil is too hot as was said, water them less is a rule of MG and other hot soils...good luckyeah looks like after my first run il be putting my soils together myself :/ i knew i shouldnt have tried to cut a corner and just buy a bag but hey also just wanted to say thanks for the warm welcome and all the fast replies! i will surely keep yall updated as to how theyre doing, daily.
but hey also just wanted to say thanks for the warm welcome and all the fast replies! i will surely keep yall updated as to how theyre doing, daily.Codexmaya800
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Okay! It's been 7 year later. How about that update... Did transplanting it work?
Also would like to know lil