Slow growing seedlings

Damn. I’m getting very frustrated now. Would anyone be able to help me with a soil mixture? I used regular potting soil. Very new to growing.
 

PurpleGlurple

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Damn. I’m getting very frustrated now. Would anyone be able to help me with a soil mixture? I used regular potting soil. Very new to growing.
I use Jiffy Seed Start from home Depot. I wait for the 2nd set of leaves and use extreamly light nuits & myco

I have excellent results. takes a about a month to look like a real plant
 
Ok, I’m going to use this info and do more reading. I’m doing something wrong for sure. My first five seeds all popped but this same thing happened and the only thing besides me I could think of was the soil.
 

PurpleGlurple

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Ok, I’m going to use this info and do more reading. I’m doing something wrong for sure. My first five seeds all popped but this same thing happened and the only thing besides me I could think of was the soil.
The Soil is too hot for the seeds. See the 3 leaves? That's a sign of nutrient burn. Use Jiffy Seed Start. trust me
 

DankDave420

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What soil are you using?
I used some cheap stuff from DG my girlfriend bought to starts seeds and they did the same thing. I replanted them in HF and they were twice as big in a week.
Is that plant outdoors?
 

DankDave420

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Are you saying that they stop growing when you plant the peat pod into your soil?
If that soil was too hot the plant would be dark green.
You can start in Jiffy but you have to transplant into hot soil eventually.
If that is low grade soil then that is your problem, even worse if it is used stuff you scavenged. Get some real dirt and you're golden.
The more info you can give when you ask Qs, the better answers you will get.
 

Fluffy Butt

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See those plastic beads in the soil? Those are nutrient beads. Shitty soils like MG have them.

Find the best compost you can find. Earthworm castings are best if you can verify their quality, but regular high quality compost is fine. As a general rule of thumb you shouldn't exceed 15% EWC in your mix, though some do fine with more. Next pick up some Canadian sphagnum peat moss, and some pumice or perlite. Mix them in equal portions, 1/3 of each peat, compost, and perlite/pumice. An easy way to do it is with a 5 gallon bucket. One bucket of each is 15 gal, or roughly 2 cubic feet of soil. This will be your base mix.

Once you have your base mix, you can amend it with dry organic amendments, and set yourself up for an easy grow. There are many different recipes if you look around, some using individual components like kelp, neem and crab meals, while others simply use an all purpose organic fertilizer such as tomato tone or gaia green. You may also need to add a liming component to buffer the pH of the peat, I use dolomite lime.

After you mix your soil with the amendments, you should hydrate it and let it sit for a period of a few days, to a month or more before planting in it. This isn't always necessary, depending on your mix, but it certainly doesn't hurt to let it sit for a week to be safe.
 

oill

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I’m not sure what to say except that these were dropped in peat on March 12 and popped on March 17. I’m just wondering if it should be bigger than this at roughly one month old. This is a Somango XXL. Also I’m in NC so it’s been cool off and on.
Temps?
 
Ok I understand. So I started them in Jiffy pellets. Once the root exited the bottom I transplanted to those 5 gallon smart pots. It was cooler here in NC on March 12 th so they started out inside. They’ve now been outside for a week or so. I attached pictures of the soil mix I used. I used mostly potting soil, small amount of compost and perlite.
 
Ok I understand. So I started them in Jiffy pellets. Once the root exited the bottom I transplanted to those 5 gallon smart pots. It was cooler here in NC on March 12 th so they started out inside. They’ve now been outside for a week or so. I attached pictures of the soil mix I used. I used mostly potting soil, small amount of compost and perlite.
 

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Are you saying that they stop growing when you plant the peat pod into your soil?
If that soil was too hot the plant would be dark green.
You can start in Jiffy but you have to transplant into hot soil eventually.
If that is low grade soil then that is your problem, even worse if it is used stuff you scavenged. Get some real dirt and you're golden.
The more info you can give when you ask Qs, the better answers you will get.
Yes basically. I plant the pod in the pot and it grows very little from that point.
 

DankDave420

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You have garden soil, that isn't meant to be in pots.
I never used it before but I still say it's the soil.
Other than that if it is due to your outdoor conditions others would know better.
 

Fluffy Butt

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It's for sure the soil. Both your soil and your perlite have synthetic fertilizers. This should be avoided, even if you are planning on feeding bottled nutrients instead of growing organically. If you are planning on feeding bottled nutes, you should look into coco instead of soil. Just my 2¢.
 
It's for sure the soil. Both your soil and your perlite have synthetic fertilizers. This should be avoided, even if you are planning on feeding bottled nutrients instead of growing organically. If you are planning on feeding bottled nutes, you should look into coco instead of soil. Just my 2¢.
So just all coco and non synthetic perlite you think?
 
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