Slow growth, Should I yank them out or be patient?

LAVAFLO

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They are 25 days old including 2-3 days of germination in soil, I have tried in several ways to improve conditions, including changing the light to 2-40w floros, and 2 cfls, I originally blasted them w/250 hps and not sure if that contributed to the grow stunt.
Question is do you think I should give up on these babies, they look healthy but are growing but at a VERY slow pace, can you beleive their almost 1 month old? I have not given up because I bought feminized dutch passion blueberry seeds and they werent inexpensive. I have also put in much time and effort and $ into this grow. But im starting to loose hope and ready to throw in the towel. Should I continue growing them? Also any idea what the dark spot on the smaller plant larger leaf is? Please help!! I want to save these girls and want them to start developing faster. THanks.
 

tech209

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wut type of soil u using???how offten do u water??? put the light about one inch above the plant also are you using a dixie cup or a plastic cup and it does have holes in the bottom to drain right?
 

LAVAFLO

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im using happy frog soil, I water about every other day...or spray the soil. I just transplanted them from cups to coco pots and introduced them to pure blend nutes, i used a 1/4 of what they recommended to diluted even more. Any other suggestions as to what can make them grow? They are not dead and are still developing very slowly but is their growth stunted? Should I wait and continue to try..or are they gone?
 

Humboldt

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Little yellowing but they look fine just let them grow, what is your grow room environment like? also do what tech209 suggested, put them lights right on top of them leave on 24/7 if you want faster growth and I wouldn't go using any nutes just yet, the plant on the left looks to be over watered because of the yellowing, maybe less water.

Can we get some pics of your grow room?
 

upinchronic1

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Definetly get those cfl llights up close as possible, like 2 maby 3 inches, also what wattages are those cfls?
 

LAVAFLO

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Thanks for giving me some hope again humboldt. Below is a pic of my current setup, 4 out of 5 seeds made it I also started a grow journal but have not updated pics since the pics I took last week look almost the same as this weeks. https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/28684-1st-grow-dp-blueberry-indoor.html

I'll see if watering them less helps and I will also stop using the nutes, and the light are as close as they can get. Do you think slow growth is related to the strain? I was reading around and read that blueberry has a slow/stunted growth at first, but mine are growing so slow they look a couple days old at almost 1 month. Also any idea what the dark spot on the leaf is?
 

Humboldt

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You're welcome I enjoy sharing my experiences and things Iv'e learned on the way.


Do you think slow growth is related to the strain?
Could have something to do with it, however I found by using flo's slows growth a lot, I say this because I started mine under flo's didn't seem to be doing much, so I transferred over to cfl's and they took off like a bat out of hell, I would recommend putting them under some cfl's and use the flos for side lighting.

Also I would repot the sprout on the left to avoid additional stretching and to encourage tighter nods, the other two doesn't look as bad although I can't see how much soil you got in them pots, looks to me that you don't have much soil should add more if possible, if you are unable to then try repotting them into more stable containers and burry the stems just right below the water leaves, not to close though because when they start growing you will have a hard time watering them as I found out.

Good luck with your grow, feel free to PM me with any questions you may have, I'll be happy to help in anyway possible.
 
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