I used 50 % happyfrog and 50% ocean farms . So I really don't think there's any soil issues. I turely think it was the environment it started of in. Temps fluctuated way to heavily in the extremes, along with too little light even for the seedling. I also over watered in the beginning. don't see the point in throwing any living plants out especially for my first run. People keep talking about if plants are worth running all the way through. Or not. To me any plant that makes it to the end will make me happy, I just wanna succeed and learn regardless of the yield or quality even if it isn't as expected. .Also if I can veg for however long pretty much ,does the couple weeks of stunted growth really prohibite me from topping? I'd imagine since the growths sped up and that I have control on how long I wanna veg , that Id have time to top after som more growth?
What fun is our beloved hobby if not for the learning curves we get. Personally, I'd still have that seedling in a solo cup, definitely not a pot yet. That said, stop watering!!! Allow the substrate to dry back and make those roots expand in search of water. When she's thirsty, you can visually tell.
At 20 some days into it now, I'd say you've made a few errors and I'm betting my left nut it was excessive watering and that 50/50 mix. FFoF is hot and even cut in half is still too much for a sprout. Next time, use a 16oz solo cup and use the happy frog only. The current size that you now have.... that's a good size to up-pot from solo to a 3gal.
Me, Personally, I'd wait a bit to top or fim, you'd be much better off utilizing lst and once you've gained root mass, then you'll be in a better position to induce high stress training.
For the time being, focus on dialing in and maintain the ideal environmental parameters and light intensity/distance/spectrum. You soon come to see that everything else falls into place. Overwatering is the worst thing you can do!!! Keep that in mind brotha.
