First grow - What is going on with these?

[daydreeamgrows]

Today is day 6 since these sprouted. Planted in jiffy pellets and now growing in Fox Farms Happy Frog/Perlite with a little bit of coco. Temps have been 77f-80f with RH around 70. Qb's are 13k lux and around 30 inches away. First few days i was watering everyday with 20ml of distilled water and then every other day with 50ml dechlorinated tap water Ph'ed to 6.5(150 ppm)

 

[reallycoolguy]

I think you are watering wrong. Water them when they are light, slowly until they are heavy. Only start watering when they are light again.

 

[daydreeamgrows]

I think you are watering wrong. Water them when they are light, slowly until they are heavy. Only start watering when they are light again.

I have been. i make sure they are dry to the second knuckle before i water them

 

[Gemtree]

I have been. i make sure they are dry to the second knuckle before i water them

They have to be bone dry

 

[GeneBanker]

Do you have holes in your cup? And you’re poking your finger in the that cup two knuckles deep everyday? I feel like with that size of container your finger pushing in every day 2” is prob stressful to a small root system. Just use a spray bottle a few spritzes a day is prob all you need. For the first couple weeks.

 

[reallycoolguy]

They have to be bone dry

Letting your soil get bone dry is bad for beneficial microbes and mykorhizae. He is using Foxfarm so there is both in his soil.

 

[jimihendrix1]

Also if bone dry, and theres fertilizer in there, be it organic, or chemicals, it will concentrate the dissolved solids, and when released, can burn your plants. You also risk leaf drop if they get really dry.

I use a cheap Lowes/Walmart Moisture-Light-PH Meter, and never let the needle get to the Lowest line on Moist, always slightly above. Always in Low Moist. I also do the pickup-Light/Heavy weighing test.

 

[daydreeamgrows]

Do you have holes in your cup? And you’re poking your finger in the that cup two knuckles deep everyday? I feel like with that size of container your finger pushing in every day 2” is prob stressful to a small root system. Just use a spray bottle a few spritzes a day is prob all you need. For the first couple weeks.

Yeah multiple holes in the bottom. It was mostly just the first couple days, since then i've been feeling them and checking the weight

 

[daydreeamgrows]

I just checked my runoff ppm and it was 2500 which seems crazy high and i'm guessing this was the issue

 

[pulpoinspace]

ditch the distilled water. never use it again. when you water use tap water and water to runoff, and no more. wait about a week between waterings. soil needs to dry out between waterings.

mixing coco and soil not usually advised

 

[daydreeamgrows]

ditch the distilled water. never use it again. when you water use tap water and water to runoff, and no more. wait about a week between waterings. soil needs to dry out between waterings.

mixing coco and soil not usually advised

I only used distilled water for the initial watering in the jiffy pellets and the first one after that. I've noticed that they go almost completely dry in a day or two, am i not watering enough? I was doing 50ml every other day until today when i flushed them. My plan was only to mix in a bit of coco when they were in solo cups to eliminate any chance of the soil being hot and i wasn't going to do it on further transplants

 

[Wattzzup]

Why would you flush something when there are no signs of issues? You’re over watering. Watering everyday is too much for soil even in full flowering.

plain tap is fine no need for expensive water. Don’t worry about tds being high the soil is brand new. It’s typical.

 

[Geedoubya]

Your soil may be hot. You know what your PH is going in, more importantly what is it coming out. Your stock and leaf stems are already showing signs of anthocyanins but wattzzup's advice may be correct as well too much watering will choke the roots of oxygen.