Can I save my seedlings, are they ok? 1st timer AK-47

5 of my seedlings sprouted last tuesday and the other 1 sprouted yesturday.


Ok so at 1st I had all them growing green house style with see 1st pic. But they weren't doing anything and I noticed the leafs where curling and I checked my nutes and I notice I was spraying them with the stuff it had me soak the cubes in. Witch is called Thrive Alive B-1 Red and I notice that there was a Thrive Alive B-1 GREEN and according to the directions I should have sprayed them with those. So I mixed it up last night and sprayed them. Well this morning they didn't seem to be a change, so I decided to remove the lid a few hours ago and now they look like this.


Is there anything I can do, they look bad? Should I put the lid back on? Should I just spray them with plan distilled water? My water is around 5.8. Did that B-1 Green possible burn them? I moved them further from the light.


This sucks, I only have 5 seeds left.

They don't look that far gone. I'd cut out the fertilizer for now. newborn seedlings get everything they need from stored energy, until the roots are established enough. They're definitely responding to the ferts, and not in a good way.

doobnVA said:

They don't look that far gone. I'd cut out the fertilizer for now. newborn seedlings get everything they need from stored energy, until the roots are established enough. They're definitely responding to the ferts, and not in a good way.

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K so should i water them tonight and is it ok to leave the lid off or should i put it back on? I've been spraying them like every day. God i feel dumb.

Nute burn, and maybe over-watering, or the humidity was too high. Do what GoldenGanja said.

Don't man I did the same exzact thing my first batch of beans, expensive ass hell beans to... ive learned a lil since then, like weed is hard to kill if you just give it water and leave it alone... and like guy says rockwool works best when its like half wet.. so that when you touch it feems semi-dry.. I dont even water the blocks, what i do is spray the bottom of the tray really good where the cubes are and the place the cubes ontop so they soak up the film of water from underneath. I'd take that dome off 4sure and get the light a lil closer so they dont stretch out and fall over on you.

they look bad but not that bad cut the ferts till later

GoldenGanja13 said:

What type of lights are u useing?

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I'm using T5's, only 2 right now, should i put 2 more in to make it 4 instead of moving them closer? Oh they are the lights that came w the fixtures. I dont really know what amount of lumens they are putting out. Should i switch to my Veg lights i purchased? I thought i would be ok w the stock lights for the 1st week or 2. Since most people just used t12's.

GoldenGanja13 said:

Leave the lid off! And make sure you are not keeping that rockwool soaked, just moist. Also you babies are on ICU for a week or two. No misting whatsover, just 6.3- 6.5 ph water assorbed through rockwool/moist not wet.

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I went ahead and sprayed the leaves off with some distilled water about and hour ago to try and wash the ferts off. It seemed to help, they perked up quite a bit since then. I did have the lid on. But i took it back off. My cubes seem almost too moist, so i'll check what they feel like in the morning. Since its sunday tomorrow i'll be sleeping in.

Thanks for everyone's input so far, its really helpful. kiss-ass

Your problem is simple, TO MUCH WATER, those things are not going to make it in that dome, take them out and let some of that water dry out on its own, do not mist or wet those babies for a few days, keep them under a warm but not hot, light. And maybe they will come back to you, good luck.

They should start to dry out faster once you take the dome off...pretty sure that'll help out alot.

OK so pretty much the 1 that sprouted late is doing awesome. As for the others. I'm pretty sure 3 are done for and the other 2 might make it.

I wanted your opinions, should i dump the 3 bad ones for sure and possible the other 2? I'm seriously thinking of germinating the last 5 seeds i have this week.

The really bad ones are 1st.