lochem
Well-Known Member
hi there
first grow, trying my best to keep optimum conditions all things considered...
the photo shows two youngest lowest leaves after 2 wks since planting germinated seed. you can see they are yellowing and brown and shriveling up slowly.
it could be a number of things, yes i know. ill give you this info and please give me your diagnosis (as best you can):
first grow so im using bag seeds. dont wana screw things up on good seeds!
i have a 45 W daylight CFL that i keep on most of the time, the rest of the time i put the plants on a windowsill and they get natural sunlight.
temp is always around 80 F. sometimes maybe higher.
i water only twice a week at most just until the bottom shows drainage.
im using bottled water that has ph of approx 6.4 (after using a pH down).
i DO have an issue with bugs, since they are attracted from the outside through the cracks in the window/walls to the very bright lamp. i usually see them dead on the shelf or in the soil (moths and small flies, could be fungus gnats) and once after not seeing the plants for 5 days i saw a bunch of what looked like tiny white eggs on one of the plants. i only have 2 plants and i dont know if this one was the one with the white egg-like substance but it could have been.
i have also found what looked like dead tiny worms (larvae?) as well as one tiny live one. i removed them.
regardless of what the *problem* is, my main question is should i be worried?
i have an organic spray insecticide, and i have sprayed once or twice so far.
the small seedling leaves on top look OK so far, so should i just wait and see if it spreads? or take care of it immediately? can my young plant still survive??
thanks!
first grow, trying my best to keep optimum conditions all things considered...
the photo shows two youngest lowest leaves after 2 wks since planting germinated seed. you can see they are yellowing and brown and shriveling up slowly.
it could be a number of things, yes i know. ill give you this info and please give me your diagnosis (as best you can):
first grow so im using bag seeds. dont wana screw things up on good seeds!
i have a 45 W daylight CFL that i keep on most of the time, the rest of the time i put the plants on a windowsill and they get natural sunlight.
temp is always around 80 F. sometimes maybe higher.
i water only twice a week at most just until the bottom shows drainage.
im using bottled water that has ph of approx 6.4 (after using a pH down).
i DO have an issue with bugs, since they are attracted from the outside through the cracks in the window/walls to the very bright lamp. i usually see them dead on the shelf or in the soil (moths and small flies, could be fungus gnats) and once after not seeing the plants for 5 days i saw a bunch of what looked like tiny white eggs on one of the plants. i only have 2 plants and i dont know if this one was the one with the white egg-like substance but it could have been.
i have also found what looked like dead tiny worms (larvae?) as well as one tiny live one. i removed them.
regardless of what the *problem* is, my main question is should i be worried?
i have an organic spray insecticide, and i have sprayed once or twice so far.
the small seedling leaves on top look OK so far, so should i just wait and see if it spreads? or take care of it immediately? can my young plant still survive??
thanks!
