Seedling yellowing need help

SaHt420

SaHt420

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My 10 day old seedling is yellowing.

Recently I did a transplant for bug issue and accidently trimmed roots while transplanting.

Using cfls about 1 1/2 In from plant good air and temps stay around high 70s lights on and low 70s lights off.

I don't know what else it could be. My guesses are shock from transplant, light intensity, or nute deficiency but I fought that cause not even 2 weeks yet.

Please help and thanks.
 

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Sapphyre

Sapphyre

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Sounds likely to be transplant shock

What bug issue?
Is that FF soil?
If so- look up hypoaspis mites. They are not bad bugs.

At this moment, if it were me (and you asked), I'd wait.
Find something else to preoccupy your mind and let her be.
There are things that some people suggest to help ease transplant shock...but all of them include avoiding accidentally pruning roots, so... let her do her thing.

Hopefully she bounces back for you :)
 
SaHt420

SaHt420

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Sadly not ff soil it's just some soil that I bought but it is not time release and it drains good. I don't know what the bugs were but on another thread someone told me they were little tiny worms that eat roots hence the transplant
Sapphyre said:
Sounds likely to be transplant shock

What bug issue?
Is that FF soil?
If so- look up hypoaspis mites. They are not bad bugs.

At this moment, if it were me (and you asked), I'd wait.
Find something else to preoccupy your mind and let her be.
There are things that some people suggest to help ease transplant shock...but all of them include avoiding accidentally pruning roots, so... let her do her thing.

Hopefully she bounces back for you :)
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Sapphyre

Sapphyre

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Tiny worms?
You might try picking up some sticky traps like they sell at the hydro store (I've also seen them at feed stores and garden stores) for white flies (etc)
They are a little thicker than card stock, sticky on one side, roughly the size on an index card- and cheap. Cut some 1 or 2" squares and toss around (sticky side up) on the soil.
It will help you figure out if they are gone before you have another infestation too big to handle!

Oh and for your girl- I'd still recommend doing everything in your power to let her be. They are tough but healing takes time :)
 
Silvio Dante

Silvio Dante

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You clearly have very damp, peaty based potting medium there - dry that right out ASAP as you're going to get the little gnats very shortly and root rot. I have a spare plant of a similar size and same pot and medium and this is what's happening to it.

I'd also suggest that it now requires some light nutrients as the limey green colour and faint early yellowing is highly likely to be a nitrogen deficiency, just solved by feeding. That kind of potting soil is never really good for more than a week. Quite often though, shocks can exhibit as though they are a deficiency, but I stick to my guns given the overall lime colour of the plant.
 
SaHt420

SaHt420

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Silvio Dante said:
You clearly have very damp, peaty based potting medium there - dry that right out ASAP as you're going to get the little gnats very shortly and root rot. I have a spare plant of a similar size and same pot and medium and this is what's happening to it.

I'd also suggest that it now requires some light nutrients as the limey green colour and faint early yellowing is highly likely to be a nitrogen deficiency, just solved by feeding. That kind of potting soil is never really good for more than a week. Quite often though, shocks can exhibit as though they are a deficiency, but I stick to my guns given the overall lime colour of the plant.
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Sapphyre said:
Tiny worms?
You might try picking up some sticky traps like they sell at the hydro store (I've also seen them at feed stores and garden stores) for white flies (etc)
They are a little thicker than card stock, sticky on one side, roughly the size on an index card- and cheap. Cut some 1 or 2" squares and toss around (sticky side up) on the soil.
It will help you figure out if they are gone before you have another infestation too big to handle!

Oh and for your girl- I'd still recommend doing everything in your power to let her be. They are tough but healing takes time :)
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Yea I already wait till it's dry before I water and I poke my finger in spill about and inch down to check for wetness

Yea I plan on getting some diatomaceous earth to keep from getting that problem
 
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