CincityFinesse
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Planted directly in FFOF, didn’t have time to amend. Have been watering slightly once a day. Day 2. Light is ab 24in 60%dimmed. 18/6 light schedule.
Light burn? Soil too hot?? Seedling problems
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FastFreddi
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Looks fine op.
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JustBlazin
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probably a good thing you didn't have time to amend that soil, if you had you probably would have toasted your seedling. As it would have more than likely been to hot for it. Hopefully your ffof isn't to hot for it to start
CincityFinesse
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I was going to add some coco and more perlite. I did dust taproots with great white and added a little to the water.
JustBlazin
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oh i thought you meant you were going to add more dry amendments to the ffof, which alot of people do.
just have to be careful with seedling as they are very sensitive to over feeding and over watering.
i usually start them in a beer cup of 1/3 my organic soil i mixed up and 2/3 pro mix
just have to be careful with seedling as they are very sensitive to over feeding and over watering.
i usually start them in a beer cup of 1/3 my organic soil i mixed up and 2/3 pro mix
JustBlazin
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oh and i have heard on more than occasion that you don't want to mix soil with coco, i think i is tough to grow in if its both soil and coco in the same mix.
eather do one or the other
CincityFinesse
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No I was just going to use the coco mix to cool the soil down for seedling stage, then transplant into straight FF.
CincityFinesse
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I moistened the soil when I first put in cups. Other than that they have only received a splash of water twice.
JustBlazin
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do yourself a favor and ditch the coco, unless you want to grow in coco, but if you want to grow in soil get yourself some promix or another peat based growing medium to cut your soil with
CincityFinesse
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Noted. I don’t want to grow in coco yet bc I don’t want to pay for all the nutes rn, but I’ll probably transition to compare next grow. I want to fert as as less as possible. Not goin to feed these babies anything but water for awhile.
Budzbuddha
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Leave it as is in FFOF . It may burn upfront ( strain specific) but plant WILL ACCLIMATE to it in time as long as you do not add unnecessary amendments to that host soil . Very little watering is required upfront - as you do not want to cause a damp off situation that will kill it.
When i plant a seed into straight FFOF , i tend to scoop out a center plug area and fill that with HF or another MILD mix .... think sandbox for seedling start so seedling can begin growth without being overpowered in beginning of growth.
FFOF will feed a plant up to 6 weeks on water alone. It is that ammended right out of bag. So your “ feeding “ is covered already. Target 6.5 ph in watering and let it do its thing.
As a natter of FACT , FFOF can be your “ nute “ for entire grow ... all you do is top dress at certain intervals to keep it recharged as it becomes exhausted over time. Top dress new FFOF and water in ..... stupid simple.
When i plant a seed into straight FFOF , i tend to scoop out a center plug area and fill that with HF or another MILD mix .... think sandbox for seedling start so seedling can begin growth without being overpowered in beginning of growth.
FFOF will feed a plant up to 6 weeks on water alone. It is that ammended right out of bag. So your “ feeding “ is covered already. Target 6.5 ph in watering and let it do its thing.
As a natter of FACT , FFOF can be your “ nute “ for entire grow ... all you do is top dress at certain intervals to keep it recharged as it becomes exhausted over time. Top dress new FFOF and water in ..... stupid simple.
CincityFinesse
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So u wouldn’t use coco for plug area only something like HF?
Exactly. One of the main reasons I decided to grow in soil so I didn’t have to worry ab over fertilizing.
Any recommendations on what I should top dress with?