Rollitupwarrior
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Thank you, will lower amount of feed ASAP
Do these look healthy?
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MrGreenFingers99
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Your welcome! We all started somewhere, just feed normally to about 10% runoff, no need to flush at this point IMO
JoeBlow5823
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I would just not water them until the cups feel pretty light because they look super wet. Do you have drain holes in the bottoms of the cups? Drain holes are a must.
SickboyDilligaf
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I stopped reading at post 5. Stop with the nutrients and did you say 100ml??? Anyone else jump in but that’s 10 of my feedings in soil. They are toxiffied —. Cal mag stop. Just water till it’s got some real growth. What light are you under
MrGreenFingers99
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If you had carried on to post 7 you would realise he is not growing in soil
SickboyDilligaf
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I should have kept reading. You got some great advice from Rollitupwarrior. Like I said I do soil grows. Coco next when I have time to water daily
SickboyDilligaf
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Yeah I saw that.If you had carried on to post 7 you would realise he is not growing in soil
MrGreenFingers99
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Yeah I should've given you longer then 10 seconds to correct yourself lol, my bad
SickboyDilligaf
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It’s all good I just saw 100ml and flipped my top.Yeah I should've given you longer then 10 seconds to correct yourself lol, my bad
Rollitupwarrior
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Okay, so today I added a whole bunch of extra drainage holes to the cups (see photo). I ph’d feed to 5.6 and gave about a third as much feed as I usually have been. Attached is an update picture of the seedling and I’ll upload more as it progresses. How long should I wait before testing pH of the medium after a feed?Yeah I should've given you longer then 10 seconds to correct yourself lol, my bad
Thanks again for the help, hope it sorts it out.
MrGreenFingers99
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Let it dry out a bit and then next feed, feed to runoff (so it comes out the drainage holes) at 5.5 again and test the runoff PH and let us know the reading.
Rollitupwarrior
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Will do
Rollitupwarrior
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still need to feed and test pH for today but do you think it is looking better at all? Or does it look like it’s still declining? Should my new growth be such a light color?
The second plant has had no new growth and those leaves are starting to turn brown, I don’t know if it’ll make it
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Rollitupwarrior
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the pH it’s on it’s way down, all 3 plants within 6.0-6.2 range
MrGreenFingers99
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Good stuff, you should probably feed once more at 5.5 and then you should be good to start feeding a little higher at 5.8, we want to get to the point where runoff PH is pretty much in line with input PH.
Dont worry about the growth at this stage, once your PH is correct then the new growth should be fine.
Dont worry about the growth at this stage, once your PH is correct then the new growth should be fine.
Rollitupwarrior
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Alright awesome, I’ll keep on bringing it down to 5.8 and will update you in a couple days, thanks
Rollitupwarrior
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update: seedlings are just over a week old, fed yesterday with pH 5.6 with runoff measuring 6.0-6.1, not feeding yet today as the coco is still quiet damp, might wait until tomorrow. Noticing a bit of yellowing on the cotyledons of two of the seedlings, should I be worried? It seems like they were too dark beforehand anyway
Anyway, will pH runoff after next feed and fill you in.
MrGreenFingers99
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Yeah let them dry out for a couple days, was hoping your runoff would be a little closer to 5.8 then that so next feed you will need to feed low again, maybe try 5.4 and hope it's the last one! In terms of the cotyledons becoming lighter, it's because the new leaves are taking there food from them because your high PH has locked out access to the nutes your feeding, give the roots a rest from being soaked now though and let her dry out over the weekend, I know it's slow going but have patience my friend!
Rollitupwarrior
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Update: still feeding with pH 5.5 but the runoff is still not coming under 6, I’m not sure why. 2 of the babies are bouncing back and the third I’m not so sure of, I do see the tips of the next set of leaves starting to emerge but I’m not sure if they will be out before the seedling dies. Here are the update pics and thanks again for the help, seems to be working! 
Pictures are in same order as last update.
Pictures are in same order as last update.
MrGreenFingers99
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Good stuff man, yeah those top 2 seem to be recovering and the 3rd one as long as there is green coming through theres a chance!Update: still feeding with pH 5.5 but the runoff is still not coming under 6, I’m not sure why. 2 of the babies are bouncing back and the third I’m not so sure of, I do see the tips of the next set of leaves starting to emerge but I’m not sure if they will be out before the seedling dies. Here are the update pics and thanks again for the help, seems to be working!
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Pictures are in same order as last update.
Assume your giving a light feed of nutes when watering?