Seedling trouble

I can't manage to make it past a week. My seedlings start to lean and grow brownish reddish stems, any idea what I'm doing wrong

What are your temperatures and humidity like, what medium are you growing in, and how often to you water?

-spek

What soil/medium are you using? What lights are you using? Are you growing indoors/outdoors? What temperatures? How much are you watering?

Camvandam said:

I can't manage to make it past a week. My seedlings start to lean and grow brownish reddish stems, any idea what I'm doing wrong

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Thanks guys, well I'm growing indoors using Coco grower drip system. The area I start my seedlings in is 2x1x1. The temp is at 78 and humidity at 42. I start by germination, then I pop the seed into a 1.5 rockwool cube after I soak it in water. I have it under 1 t8 florescent light. I was told not to water until around 1 week. Ihave not watered her yet but she is deep green. Any ideas

Medium appears to be the problem. Have you tried growing in soil directly? (after germination, placing the seed into the soil?)

I've never used rockwool cubes or anything of that sort. I germinate my seeds and place them about 1cm below the soil, and make sure the seed is tilted on the side.

I'd suggest you get some regular soil that has no nutrients and pull that seedling out of the rockwool cube and place it inside the soil then give it a nice watering and allocate the seedling 3-5 days to recover and begin growing.

do not use the dripper on your seedlings untill they get a week or two under then. Untill the roots develop hand water..while coco cannot be overwatered that isn't entirely true i have noticed that untill i get about 10 days growth under mine i dont like to water them more than once every 3 days and once i know they are full of roots i start my everyday feedings