10 days from seed help me , + rep!

laserbrn

laserbrn

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How else are you watering? Looks like overwatering, but if you are only spraying them and only once/day it should be that. Is the soil REALLY wet or compacted?
 
MOBee

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Well the soil come dry fast on the surface... and those kind of pot get dry as well so i believe its all dry from top to bottom (when i touch soil with finger and dip it its look dry)

When i water em i water em enough to be all wet.
 
laserbrn

laserbrn

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MOBee said:
Well the soil come dry fast on the surface... and those kind of pot get dry as well so i believe its all dry from top to bottom (when i touch soil with finger and dip it its look dry)

When i water em i water em enough to be all wet.
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Are there any drain holes on those little pots? I know you're just gettin them started, but it looks to me like a watering problem.

At this point you know it's not underwatering so I would try to go 2 days and see if they perk back up. After 2 days pick up the little pots and feel how heavy they are. Then water and feel how heavy they are again. That's how you'll know they are dry, by weight and feel, not look or your finger. Especially without good drainage holes.

The good news is they look like they will survive and when you transplant just make sure the pots have good drainage and you should be good to go. Is that perlite in your soil that I see there also? That should also help with drainage.
 
MOBee

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yes its perlite. the soil have inmade perlite and enough for drainage but its the first time im using those jiffy pot (made of kind of jiffy but im not sure if the water can get out easily.
 
laserbrn

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MOBee said:
yes its perlite. the soil have inmade perlite and enough for drainage but its the first time im using those jiffy pot (made of kind of jiffy but im not sure if the water can get out easily.
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Those jiffy pots should be just fine. I've never used them, but I've seen them used.

Do you think it's related to watering?

Just wanted to get your feelings and suspicions on the matter and any more info you might have. At this stage it's really just put it in soil, under a light and give it proper watering.
 
MOBee

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well i guess i water em too much then... maybe i should let em dry for a while before rewatering.. Can my water ph of 8 affect this too? i got some ph down at house, maybe i should add it to water.
 
anberlinaddict

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MOBee said:
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Why are leaves like this?

Humidity: Between 40-50 During Light On 70% During Light off.
Temp: between 78-80
Soil: ProMix
Ph In Soil: 6.5 // Ph In Water 8 (Little high)
Light Used; 3x CFL 6500K 26W
Having a Little fan pushing air in to refresh.
No nutes used yet.

I Spray em with water once a day.
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i swear sometimes I think im the only one who has really good looking sprouts/seedlings

everyone elses seem to look really bad and droopy and just bad... weird.
 
Sgt.Sly

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anberlinaddict said:
i swear sometimes I think im the only one who has really good looking sprouts/seedlings

everyone elses seem to look really bad and droopy and just bad... weird.
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I agree, i find so many with sprouting/seedling problems, but yet i've never had one. It's the easiest part of the grow.

CFL lights need to be real close to those plants, I'm talkin 1-2 inches from the spiral, and a good reflector is very benifical. Looks like they been stretchin for light a bit, and like everyone else says, over watering.

Those pics are hard to tell
 
laserbrn

laserbrn

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Ph 8.0 is a bit high. 7.0 would probably be more appropriate, but I don't think that's what's causing the droopage.

I wasn't trying to be a jerk when I asked what you thought the problem was. I really did think that you might have a theory such as night time temps are maybe dropping too low, or I dunno, any other environmental variable.

Right now you SHOULD only need to water those things maybe 2x/wk.

It really all depends though and if they are underwatered starving them might not be a good thing. Although underwatered seedlings usually look like dead little twigs so I tend to think these are just slightly overwatered.

Good luck...cut back on the watering and see if they get worse. They may not improve immediately, but the shouldn't get worse immediately either. If it's underwatering they will get worse pretty quickly in that size pot.
 
laserbrn

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MOBee said:
how many time btw should i wait before putting em under the 400w mh?
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I'd say wait until they have about 3-4 real leaf sets. You can do it now, but I consider it a bit of a waste and more headache than it's worth.
 
MOBee

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ok exellent... are they good sized for 10day old from seed? Never dealt with seed so thats why im confuse and not sure of what to do lol.
 
laserbrn

laserbrn

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MOBee said:
ok exellent... are they good sized for 10day old from seed? Never dealt with seed so thats why im confuse and not sure of what to do lol.
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That all really depends on when the 10 day is from. If that's 10 days from when you put them in the dirt (ungerminated) or 10 days from when they sprouted?

10 days from germination they look great, 10 days from sprout they look OK.

Either way, it's nothing to worry about yet, the beginning is a little slow. The seedling stage can be annoying, but once they start really vegging it gets better.
 
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