Stunted In Infancy, Baby Autoflowers Not Growing... Help?

Brother Sweetleaf

Brother Sweetleaf

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Thanks for reading this...

Having first sprouted between 4 and 5 days ago, my baby-girls have been the same teensie size for about 3 or 4 days now. These are my first autoflowers, & I had rationalized that they're "building energy" to explode any day now, but now the White Widow has 1/2 of one leaf dead, the others appear to be getting deeper, darker coloring (stripes) on their baby-leaves, and I'm worried.

Any helpful advice, thoughts, and opinions are welcomed. Thanks...
 

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Brother Sweetleaf

Brother Sweetleaf

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Could this be a Phosphorus deficiency? I've been using distilled water with only a tiny bit of organic ferts at 2-4-1. A few posts here and there suggest that "Phosphorus helps build strong roots...", "highest levels of phosphorus are used during germination, seedling growth...", and that "leaves turn deep green on a uniformly smaller, stunted plant. Leaves show brown or purple spots...", which might be seen in the photos I've posted above. Can anyone offer some solid wisdom or advice? Anyone?

Anyone?

Bueller?
 
OGEvilgenius

OGEvilgenius

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You look like you have nutrients in your medium. They don't need nutrients now and you're feeding flowering nutrients, they want more nitrogen early. Aside from that it looks like they are growing. Just slowly. What kind of light?
 
Brother Sweetleaf

Brother Sweetleaf

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Thanks for the advice! None of the babies had made it past their infancy.

For a growing medium, I used Fox Farm's "Light Warrior", as per recommended to me by the management of the local hydro shop...

So, nute-free (or nearly nute-free) soil for seedlings, regardless of how sincere hydro shop management seems. Got it.
 
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