out with the old in with the new

i was really discouraged after my other plants were such a failure but i planted a new seed and its a week old now. looks alright. i used that miracle gro soil, its in a really small pot, i'll definitly need to transplant. when i need to transplant my baby im going to us different soil, is it going to shock the plant too much when i change soils? here is the baby




and also i was thinking about why my roots werent so big on my first three plants ( which all died in the fourth week ), i would water them on a daily basis, give em about ten sprays of water atleast four times a day, the soil was never dry, did i water too much? im sure i did. is that why the roots werent so big, they didnt really have to stretch much to get water, there was a steady flood.

master fuzzie said:

and also i was thinking about why my roots werent so big on my first three plants ( which all died in the fourth week ), i would water them on a daily basis, give em about ten sprays of water atleast four times a day, the soil was never dry, did i water too much? im sure i did. is that why the roots werent so big, they didnt really have to stretch much to get water, there was a steady flood.

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that would be a correct assumption. adequate drainage is essential for the roots because they also need oxygen in order for the plant to thrive, which isn't possible if the soil is constantly wet.

as far as switching soils, i don't think this would stress the plant any more than a normal transplant would, especially if you're upgrading soil, but i've never done it so i'm not an expert in that particular area.

Hi... I'm not a big fan of MG, soil or nutes. MG soil, I'm sure, already contains plenty of nutes in what they consider to be optimum ratios for most plants.

I advise you to just feed your plants plain ph'd water until your plants show some signs that they require nutes. This is purpling/redding leaf stems and main stem... also discolouration to the leaves.

Although, if the discolouration starts at the tips of the leaves this is an indication of overnuting.

yes what he said.

Yes... forgot about that. Let your soil dry out between waterings to allow your roots plenty of time to gather in oxygen. Don't let your lower leaves droop though.

Also, don't spray your plants... this burns them up under lights.

i love this site man. thanks for the advice everyone.