Capt. Trips
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I wanted to post an update because I'm concerned about the girls. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think they're doing very well. Any feedback/advice would be greatly appreciated.
It's been ten days since they broke through the soil. I have no experience with this, but I feel like they're small for their age. They all had roots sticking out of the holes in their cups, so I transplanted them into these pots. I put them in the same soil as they had in the cups, but I mixed some perlite into the new soil. I transplanted on Sunday, and I figured once they rooted in the new pots they would take off. This clearly is not the case. Am I right about them being small for their age, or am I being overly concerned. Also, they seem to be getting a slight yellow tinge to them. I only water when the soil dries out, and I haven't used any nutes.
I've been keeping them in my greenhouse during the day, and moving them into the house at night. I started doing this when they were still in cups and they seemed to be doing pretty well. But now that they're in bigger pots they haven't been growing and they don't seem healthy. They cover too much area for my little 24 inch T5, and I really don't want to go buy another light since they'll soon be in the greenhouse full-time. I know they're probably a bit young to be putting outside, but I figured getting sunlight would be better for them than being deprived of light with a tiny little T5 for all five of them. Am I wrong about this?
So do they look sick? Is there anything I should do, or should I just wait and see what happens? Do they need nutes? I'm afraid that I might be killing them, but I don't know what to do. Please help!
It's been ten days since they broke through the soil. I have no experience with this, but I feel like they're small for their age. They all had roots sticking out of the holes in their cups, so I transplanted them into these pots. I put them in the same soil as they had in the cups, but I mixed some perlite into the new soil. I transplanted on Sunday, and I figured once they rooted in the new pots they would take off. This clearly is not the case. Am I right about them being small for their age, or am I being overly concerned. Also, they seem to be getting a slight yellow tinge to them. I only water when the soil dries out, and I haven't used any nutes.
I've been keeping them in my greenhouse during the day, and moving them into the house at night. I started doing this when they were still in cups and they seemed to be doing pretty well. But now that they're in bigger pots they haven't been growing and they don't seem healthy. They cover too much area for my little 24 inch T5, and I really don't want to go buy another light since they'll soon be in the greenhouse full-time. I know they're probably a bit young to be putting outside, but I figured getting sunlight would be better for them than being deprived of light with a tiny little T5 for all five of them. Am I wrong about this?
So do they look sick? Is there anything I should do, or should I just wait and see what happens? Do they need nutes? I'm afraid that I might be killing them, but I don't know what to do. Please help!
