Help!!! My seedlings are 15 days old and look like this.

Shivaskunk

Shivaskunk

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By the way Did you just toss dry powder ferts right on the dirt and then water? If so always mix your ferts with water first and test their ec/ppm. I never go above about 350 ppms until rapid vegetative growth takes place. A plant that small needs no fertilizer at all...is not lacking calcium or magnesium or anything else. Those round first leaves are full of nutrients provided by nature to keep that plant growing. Until those round leaves turn yellow and fall off you really don't need anything but water...and with a pot that size and plant that size you don't need to water very often at all...maybe once a week.
 
Red1966

Red1966

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If he doesn't have a way to measure pH, he won't have a ppm or EC meter, either. Those light are definitely NOT 100 watts each. Maybe 23w equivalent to 100w incandescent. Not the same at all.
 
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hroman539

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Red1966 said:
If he doesn't have a way to measure pH, he won't have a ppm or EC meter, either. Those light are definitely NOT 100 watts each. Maybe 23w equivalent to 100w incandescent. Not the same at all.
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im going to buy a digital 3 in 1 ph meter tomorrow. can u explain the difference in the lights please Red?
 
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hroman539

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Shivaskunk said:
By the way Did you just toss dry powder ferts right on the dirt and then water? If so always mix your ferts with water first and test their ec/ppm. I never go above about 350 ppms until rapid vegetative growth takes place. A plant that small needs no fertilizer at all...is not lacking calcium or magnesium or anything else. Those round first leaves are full of nutrients provided by nature to keep that plant growing. Until those round leaves turn yellow and fall off you really don't need anything but water...and with a pot that size and plant that size you don't need to water very often at all...maybe once a week.
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i need all the help i can get...i dont want to fail at this! just sprinkled it on the soil then watered
 
Red1966

Red1966

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hroman539 said:
im going to buy a digital 3 in 1 ph meter tomorrow. can u explain the difference in the lights please Red?
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Glad to. CFLO's have two different ratings on the box. In big, bold letters, it will say equivalent to 100w. The word "equivalent" may be much smaller. Somewhere, usually on the back, in very small print it will say "23w consumed" or words to that effect. The bigger number is the incandescent bulb it compares to. Incandescent bulbs are very inefficient. Too inefficient to use for growing. The smaller wattage is the actual energy the bulb consumes. The actual energy consumed is what you should go by. The incandescent equivalent is misleading, really just marketing hype. This is a common mistake, don't feel bad about it. What you have is sufficient for now, but you will need bigger lights eventually. Growing indoors always ends up more expensive than you thought it was going to be.....lol....
 
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hroman539

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Red1966 said:
Glad to. CFLO's have two different ratings on the box. In big, bold letters, it will say equivalent to 100w. The word "equivalent" may be much smaller. Somewhere, usually on the back, in very small print it will say "23w consumed" or words to that effect. The bigger number is the incandescent bulb it compares to. Incandescent bulbs are very inefficient. Too inefficient to use for growing. The smaller wattage is the actual energy the bulb consumes. The actual energy consumed is what you should go by. The incandescent equivalent is misleading, really just marketing hype. This is a common mistake, don't feel bad about it. What you have is sufficient for now, but you will need bigger lights eventually. Growing indoors always ends up more expensive than you thought it was going to be.....lol....
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so in actuality i only have 184 watts with those 8 lights? i want to continue to use cfl's but what should i do? add more?
 
Red1966

Red1966

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Yes, but you're good for awhile. You can buy 150w, but they're huge and require a mogul socket
 
Red1966

Red1966

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Had to go back and look at your pics. You've only got one plant left. 184w is enough! You'll need to move them around a little when it gets taller. Put 4 around the plant, and 4 above it. You won't be growing a tree tho.
 
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hroman539

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Red1966 said:
Had to go back and look at your pics. You've only got one plant left. 184w is enough! You'll need to move them around a little when it gets taller. Put 4 around the plant, and 4 above it. You won't be growing a tree tho.
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well im going to try low stress training when she gets bigger. Thanks for all the input tho
 
jswett1100

jswett1100

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I can understand your frustration with young seedlings dying! its sometimes tough to get the little guys going! but just think about this, they are weeds so really they dont require that much attention. Here is something very important!!!! DO NOT GIVE SEEDLING NUTS!!!!!!! it will burn them and kill them if they are to young to handle the amount you give them and are not weened on it. Just make sure you have good SOIL enough LIGHT as long as you have those two things and dont mess with the little guys to much they will be fine. try watering them around once every 2 days, when they are babys they dont need much at all! plus you need to make sure that you put wholes in the bottom of your grow medians so that the water can escape and not drown you little babys.
 
*Vegeta

*Vegeta

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Dont give nutes to seedlings.. just put water on the 2 first weeks them star to put ferts but 1/4 strength.
 
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