Seedling problems please help!

G

Greencraaack024

New Member
So idk what the problem is but your help would be greatly appreciated. These are 2 auto Pounder plants in 7 gallon (I know the pots are probly too big) coco fabric pots under a 600 hps hid. I had them on 600 full power for a week but it was super hot so I just recently turned them down to 400 watts. They are 13 days old. Ive been giving them fox farm trio nutes at about 1/5 strength along with advanced nutes trio, voodoo juice, b-52 for a week and I just started using bud candy and sensizym as well, all at 1/5 strength. I've only fed with nutes twice and fed with plain RO water every other day(give or take). I haven't been watering until runoff though because I felt that the girls were still too small and I was wasting water. Is that correct or am I mistaken? I have A small fan blowing on them but it's still pretty hot in here, I'll get a thermometer tonight. I PH when I water(try to keep it at about 6) ppms at about 350-400. I haven't been keeping track of humidity but I spray the air with RO water a few times a day. What do u guys think is wrong? Any feedback would be much appreciated! Thanks!
 

Attachments

Buba Blend

Buba Blend

Well-Known Member
Greencraaack024 said:
So idk what the problem is but your help would be greatly appreciated. These are 2 auto Pounder plants in 7 gallon (I know the pots are probly too big) coco fabric pots under a 600 hps hid. I had them on 600 full power for a week but it was super hot so I just recently turned them down to 400 watts. They are 13 days old. Ive been giving them fox farm trio nutes at about 1/5 strength along with advanced nutes trio, voodoo juice, b-52 for a week and I just started using bud candy and sensizym as well, all at 1/5 strength. I've only fed with nutes twice and fed with plain RO water every other day(give or take). I haven't been watering until runoff though because I felt that the girls were still too small and I was wasting water. Is that correct or am I mistaken? I have A small fan blowing on them but it's still pretty hot in here, I'll get a thermometer tonight. I PH when I water(try to keep it at about 6) ppms at about 350-400. I haven't been keeping track of humidity but I spray the air with RO water a few times a day. What do u guys think is wrong? Any feedback would be much appreciated! Thanks!
Click to expand...
I think you should have perlite mixed in for drainage.
 
Richard Drysift

Richard Drysift

Well-Known Member
Try giving them water; they really didn't need any of the crap you gave them until 3 weeks after sprouting up. Bud candy needs buds to work lol. Water with a hand mister to keep them moist and don't let the roots dry out. High temps are very bad for young-lings...you got a ducted exhaust on that 600w? If not you might need one to help pull off the heat.
 
G

Greencraaack024

New Member
Richard Drysift said:
Try giving them water; they really didn't need any of the crap you gave them until 3 weeks after sprouting up. Bud candy needs buds to work lol. Water with a hand mister to keep them moist and don't let the roots dry out. High temps are very bad for young-lings...you got a ducted exhaust on that 600w? If not you might need one to help pull off the heat.
Click to expand...
Yea I feel u. i was just using the chart that came with all the nutes. And yea I have an exhaust set up. Thanks for the advice. I'm gunna give em regular RO water for the next week. How often do you think I should be watering them? Like once a day or ?
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

Well-Known Member
its not too late for that, carefully pull them out of the pots, remix your medium, and repot them. if you're careful, you'll lose little to no growing time. your medium looks entirely too heavy, your roots are probably slowly rotting
 
vostok

vostok

Well-Known Member
Greencraaack024 said:
So idk what the problem is but your help would be greatly appreciated. These are 2 auto Pounder plants in 7 gallon (I know the pots are probly too big) coco fabric pots under a 600 hps hid. I had them on 600 full power for a week but it was super hot so I just recently turned them down to 400 watts. They are 13 days old. Ive been giving them fox farm trio nutes at about 1/5 strength along with advanced nutes trio, voodoo juice, b-52 for a week and I just started using bud candy and sensizym as well, all at 1/5 strength. I've only fed with nutes twice and fed with plain RO water every other day(give or take). I haven't been watering until runoff though because I felt that the girls were still too small and I was wasting water. Is that correct or am I mistaken? I have A small fan blowing on them but it's still pretty hot in here, I'll get a thermometer tonight. I PH when I water(try to keep it at about 6) ppms at about 350-400. I haven't been keeping track of humidity but I spray the air with RO water a few times a day. What do u guys think is wrong? Any feedback would be much appreciated! Thanks!
Click to expand...
if these were mine I'd scoop them out with a big kitchen spoon

and soak all the plants in a large pot with air temp water

as you trashed that soil and the pots....

coco like moss holds water hence hold nute

mix into your pots 25% fox farm ocean forest and 75% perlite

water and leave in a dim spot over night to restart in the morning

no nutes for 3 weeks even then at 50% less

no more 'forcing' please you are not good yet

but hey I'm not you

good luck
 
Richard Drysift

Richard Drysift

Well-Known Member
Greencraaack024 said:
Yea I feel u. i was just using the chart that came with all the nutes. And yea I have an exhaust set up. Thanks for the advice. I'm gunna give em regular RO water for the next week. How often do you think I should be watering them? Like once a day or ?
Click to expand...
Water as needed to keep the medium moist without drenching it. Most of the problem is that straight coco holds moisture sorta like a sponge. If you water with a hand mister only it's almost impossible to overwater which is why I suggest it. You might even be better off doing as many others here are saying and adding in some perlite to help with drainage. Next time use a smaller vessel for seedlings; a solo keg party cup is perfect size for this just poke out a whole lotta drainage holes. Once they grow out of those go to the final size pot. Starting out in the 7g may not have been the best idea.
Throw the silly feeding chart in the trash and give them 1/2 strength nutes twice weekly & water in between but wait until after they grow some nodes. They shouldn't need anything but water for another 10+ days.
 
Buba Blend

Buba Blend

Well-Known Member
Richard Drysift said:
Water as needed to keep the medium moist without drenching it. Most of the problem is that straight coco holds moisture sorta like a sponge. If you water with a hand mister only it's almost impossible to overwater which is why I suggest it. You might even be better off doing as many others here are saying and adding in some perlite to help with drainage. Next time use a smaller vessel for seedlings; a solo keg party cup is perfect size for this just poke out a whole lotta drainage holes. Once they grow out of those go to the final size pot. Starting out in the 7g may not have been the best idea.
Throw the silly feeding chart in the trash and give them 1/2 strength nutes twice weekly & water in between but wait until after they grow some nodes. They shouldn't need anything but water for another 10+ days.
Click to expand...
I gave similar advice in the auto's section. I've never paid much attention to auto's. The person started in a 5 gallon pot. When I suggested going from 1 gallon to the final 5 gallon I was told that auto's should not be transplanted, they should be put in there final pot directly after germination.
 
Richard Drysift

Richard Drysift

Well-Known Member
Sure you can start off in a big pot if you want to...i fuckin hate autos btw..as long as your medium has decent drainage. No reason you can't transplant an auto seedling after it grows out a bit but I also understand alotta peeps would rather avoid a transplant. It doesn't matter how you do it as long as root systems get a good mixture of both air and water. Air to the roots is as important as water.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top