Oh no! Wtf is happening. Help needed

Woozer

New Member
Hey stoners and growers.

I have a major issue with my seedling plants. I've realised I fucked up some time ago but I'm experiencing some maybe root rot problems.
With this being my first grow of auto stardawg, I feel like I've neglected my young ones because lack of knowledge.
Never grown a plant in my life and maybe I should have had a practice.

So I'm running some 2 x 2000sp spider farmer led lights in my 1.2 x 2.4 x 2 grow tent, 1 rotating fan, 2 clip fans and a 4 inch inline fan from black orchid (wow the vibration of this thing).
I've grown half in rockwool and half in soil. 3/5 didnt germinate that good because of shitty soil that was contaminated by magic grow coco coir and one in rockwool died because of a rotten seed. So I've got 5 left, not including the rubbish one I have in my corner, just waiting to die by the looks of things. I'm using about 30% perlite so I thought air wouldnt be a problem...boy was I wrong. There was a really bad sulphur smell in the pots without rockwall so i flushed it in the bath with some ph6 and omfg...the smell was absolutely awful.

I've transplanted the autos in rockwall about 1 and half weeks from a propergator. The seeds actually looked amazing but when I transplanted it, theres more problems occurring with dry looking soggy limp leaves that look like there over turning with yellow and purple edges around the seedling leaves. Like an idiot I went to see if I can rescue them but maybe pulling it out of the soil, i snapped maybe a tiny root (I didnt take this out all the way, as soon as I heard this I didnt touch anything else). The 2 that where put straight into soil are looking rough as fu... and the ph is 5 at the bottom of the pot but I dont really want to flush it with 6ph and some hydro peroxide.
I've just bought some peroxide and diluted it accordingly. The soil is moist at the bottom but dry in the middle as I've waited maybe 3 days before feeding.
This first feed I just sprayed some water from a spray bottle on the top of the soil so I wasn't over feeding again but I belive it's to late to save these little ones. If only i got on here sooner and stayed out of the way. Human error is just as barbaric as the way I'm feeling.
I'm sick of spending fortunes of money on some junkie drug dealer for an ounce of weed. If someone can see these pics and lemme know wtf is going on I would so appreciate it. The temp Is 24c and humidity is 75%.
 

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TreeFarmerCharlie

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I’m guessing here, but I think you are probably over watering them and/or your lights may be too close to them. Seedlings need very little water at this stage and they will look like they aren’t growing for a bit while they build out their roots. Im finding that the key is to give them a softer light source, but closer to seedlings, to help keep them warm without biting them with light that is too intense. When my seeds sprout, I will water around the stem with less than an live of water and then just leave them alone, for at least a week, unless they start to look thirsty.
 

Woozer

New Member
I reckon my lights where to close at the beginning but I raised them all the way to the top of the tent so there was just a few lumens on them. So were about 1.8m up in the air with the LED. The water on the top is the hydro peroxide I've just bought so it's still quite dry underneath, unlike before. I'll just have to wait but in your experience can any of these be saved?

Thanks charlie
 

oill

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I reckon my lights where to close at the beginning but I raised them all the way to the top of the tent so there was just a few lumens on them. So were about 1.8m up in the air with the LED. The water on the top is the hydro peroxide I've just bought so it's still quite dry underneath, unlike before. I'll just have to wait but in your experience can any of these be saved?

Thanks charlie
You cant overwater coco. The light is not too close. It's most likely under watering or ph issues.

Did you soak the coco to start with? What coco is it?

Never let coco dry.
 

Oli247

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like the man above says, maybe over waterin. when mine are that size i give them just a dribble of water around the base. Then don’t water again until that soil is visibly dry.
 

oill

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This looks more like a soil coco blend than straight coco.
Probably coco perlite mix... not herd of mixing coco with soil.

Either way that should always be wet... always be ph at 6 and each watering needs nutes... it's called fertigation.... the symptoms here are most likely calmag issues because the coco consumes the calmag..

You need to feed these every time you water... every day. Ec 1 to 1.2. Ph 6. Should get 10% run off every day.

All this especially if it wasnt preconditions with a good soaking in nute solution.
 

peterstoke

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that seedling is under fed. there's absolutely no nutrients in coco soil so what's happening is the lower leaves are dying to keep the top part of the plant fed and alive. it's clear to see!
 

Woozer

New Member
You cant overwater coco. The light is not too close. It's most likely under watering or ph issues.

Did you soak the coco to start with? What coco is it?

Never let coco dry.
Its magic grow coco coir. I've heard that's pretty good but I'm having so many doubts. So you think under watering? Must be the ph aswell. I've got a ph tester digital stick ordered. So does the whole soil have to have 6ph consistency throughout?
 

TreeFarmerCharlie

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Probably coco perlite mix... not herd of mixing coco with soil.

Either way that should always be wet... always be ph at 6 and each watering needs nutes... it's called fertigation.... the symptoms here are most likely calmag issues because the coco consumes the calmag..

You need to feed these every time you water... every day. Ec 1 to 1.2. Ph 6. Should get 10% run off every day.

All this especially if it wasnt preconditions with a good soaking in nute solution.
The OP never mentioned coco, until their latest reply, so I was going off what they said...and they said “soil”. I assumed they were using one of the commercially available coco soil blends or mixed their own.
 

oill

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Its magic grow coco coir. I've heard that's pretty good but I'm having so many doubts. So you think under watering? Must be the ph aswell. I've got a ph tester digital stick ordered. So does the whole soil have to have 6ph consistency throughout?
Fertigate every day
Soak it till you get run off
Ec 1.2
Ph 5.9 to 6
Dont expect it to dry... some peeps do a dry back but I think this is when they are older


Coco is hydroponics... the medium eats calmag so you need to feed in every water.

Like the other guy said... there are no nutes at the moment... also your ph is likely to be out of range for some nutes to be taken up.

Stick to the above and let us know.
 

oill

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The OP never mentioned coco, until their latest reply, so I was going off what they said...and they said “soil”. I assumed they were using one of the commercially available coco soil blends or mixed their own.
Sorry... wasnt trying to be a dick.... it just comes naturally.
 

TreeFarmerCharlie

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Sorry... wasnt trying to be a dick.... it just comes naturally.
I wasn’t offended, I just wanted to explain where I was coming from with my advice. I can come off like a dick sometimes, too, so I try to avoid getting offended when someone disagrees with me.
 

oill

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Its magic grow coco coir. I've heard that's pretty good but I'm having so many doubts. So you think under watering? Must be the ph aswell. I've got a ph tester digital stick ordered. So does the whole soil have to have 6ph consistency throughout?
Ps... coco is the BEST medium once you are feeding it properly.
 
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