EastLondon
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Started off in 12 ltr / 2.7gallon pots.
17 days from sprout.
17 days from sprout.
Is this too small for day 17?
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EastLondon
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Do you think it’s due to not feeding them enough? I started feeding them from day 8 onwards. I’m growing in coco.
EastLondon
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Or it could be the grow lights aren’t good enough
Merkn4aSquirtn
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What type of lighting are you running?
Don’t water the whole pot. Let the roots search for water. If they are always wet they won’t grow as fast. Water everyday. I gave this same advice to someone the other day. With a plant that size I’d go with a 1/4 solo cup watering a day or 1/2 cup. I don’t give nutes till around the 2nd week. Don’t saturate the stem either.. water the width of the plant. As the plant grows.. up the watering.
MickFoster
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They look very small for 17 days......probably because you started in large containers and didn't feed for a week.
Have you grown in coco before?
Never give plain water and never let it get dry.
Here's a pic of plants at 18 days for a comparison......in coco.
Have you grown in coco before?
Never give plain water and never let it get dry.
Here's a pic of plants at 18 days for a comparison......in coco.
Gentlemencorpse
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Both to be honest. They were starving for a week and that doesn't look like a very good light.
Just give them some time though. Now that their feeding they'll start to take off. Upgrade your light when and if you can.
Gentlemencorpse
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You don't give nutes until the second week in coco?
Merkn4aSquirtn
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The coco is buffed with calmag before I put the germed seedling in there. If you want to count that as nutes.
Gentlemencorpse
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Well yeah, CalMag actually has a lot of N in it ... but that's still crazy to me ... when I grew in coco I started feeding by day 3 usually. Two weeks is a lot longer than the cotyledon leaves provide nutrients
Merkn4aSquirtn
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Using calimagic with a 1% N rate. The sensi on the other hand has a 4% N. I've tried without buffing and about two weeks in thats when things start showing. Yellowing, spots, ETC... I'd say they start out @ 250-300 ppm with 50 ppm out the tap. I guess im adding around 200ppms to the medium starting out. Pretty much nothing