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rmax said:
They look pretty good so far. Thoughts on how the leaves seem to slump?
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When's the last time you watered them? They look leggy, maybe lower the light a bit? The stretched seedlings can be fixed when transplanting, just plant them a bit deeper. When I'm in solocups I like to have a clear one inside a red one, this way I can check out root development and get an idea of if they need water.
 
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rmax

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At the last minute I decided to hold steady with the 3 ounces of water. Why over-water now?
 
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rmax

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I'm going to have to transplant these six soon.

What do you think - 3 gallon plastic pots w/FFOF cut 50% with perlite? I don't know the females/males/(hermies) yet.
 
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rmax said:
At the last minute I decided to hold steady with the 3 ounces of water. Why over-water now?
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I prefer to water smaller amounts more often verses more water less often.

rmax said:
I'm going to have to transplant these six soon.

What do you think - 3 gallon plastic pots w/FFOF cut 50% with perlite? I don't know the females/males/(hermies) yet.
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What makes you think you're going to have to transplant these young plants so soon?
 
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rmax

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Marq1340 said:
What makes you think you're going to have to transplant these young plants so soon?
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Soon could be up to two weeks. I have to go to the hydro store for soil and pots, supplies. The perlite is in my backyard shed and that's snowed in still.

Maybe some debate about 3 gals. over fives. You know.
 
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My two cents. After your seedlings do their first initial stretch from hatching and breaching topsoil, get them out of the soil and refill the cup and bury them right below their first true leaves.
To be more detailed take your solo cup. Carefully isolate the seedling and its beginning root structure. Knocking all the dirt around it off, and empty the solo cup completely. Then put about an inch or so of soil in. Reinsert your seedling and see if it’s just taller than the rim of the solo cup. If yes then continue adding soil around it to give it stability. This will help you out from having wonky floppy seedlings like you have now.
When starting from seed, the seedling stage is toughest I’ve found because they are so delicate at that stage.
 
John Rollwan

John Rollwan

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weedstoner420 said:
Just my 2 cents, I don't understand pot growers' fixation on using solo cups, or any other container meant for drinking. I tried them for one grow and it was annoying enough trying to poke holes in them without cracking or splitting...I guess once the plants are growing they work just as well as any other container, but why go with something that requires modification right off the bat?

Why not use some 3 or 4 inch square nursery pots? They're not expensive at all, they already have drain holes of an appropriate size, and will last way longer than solo cups, plus you can reuse them...
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A lot of growers use them w no knowledge of solo cups history w cannabis growers. It’s like saying we could play beer pong with different cups. Yeah we could Tommy…. But the solo cups are cool. Sure red plastic bleeds lights, and they’re made of the planets shittiest possible plastic grade for recycling, but damn it we brought them this far out of frat rape culture I’ll be damned if we lose the war for the solo cup! Grow!!!!
 
John Rollwan

John Rollwan

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rmax said:
I'm going to have to transplant these six soon.

What do you think - 3 gallon plastic pots w/FFOF cut 50% with perlite? I don't know the females/males/(hermies) yet.
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I use pretty much only MG performance organic soil anymore cause it’s easy to access/normal to buy in black market land. You’re watering way too little water imo. The schedule is right but feel free to soak the entire medium heavy. I do every 3rd day in veg unless soils still pretty damp. They love it in this soil. In my experience you could run 10 oz. Of water through a solo as long as you give 2 days to dry above 70F under 65% RH they love it. Over watering is more frequency than amount in medium. If you’ve done this for awhile, and are sticking w that soil, transplant up to a 3 gal the day after next water, and lightly water. Let it dry, then pump it. It’ll take off in all directions.
 
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