Slow growth

So, I am still kinda new to this. An ordered my nutes in the mail. They came hella late due to the covid issue. My plants are going on week 5, veg stage I think.
Also my light came in late.
I'm growing in fox farm jump start
600 watt LED
3x3 box tent
Run off seems decent
Humidity seems to stay around 31-35 %
Will they grow ok if I am this late on feeding them?
Please no negative remarks, im trying...

Nik-E said:

So, I am still kinda new to this. An ordered my nutes in the mail. They came hella late due to the covid issue. My plants are going on week 5, veg stage I think.
Also my light came in late.
I'm growing in fox farm jump start
600 watt LED
3x3 box tent
Run off seems decent
Humidity seems to stay around 31-35 %
Will they grow ok if I am this late on feeding them?
Please no negative remarks, im trying...

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Look good, need to try and get thay humidity up around 55-60 all the way through growth period. 35 percent humidity is the absolute lowest you will want to go and thays thr last 2 weeks of flowering. Never in VEG.

Take any criticism with grain of salt here on riu.
Lots of knuckle heads .

OK easiest way … go grab a bag of FFOF ( ocean forest ) transplant that girl into a bigger container ( final size ) …. Thats it.

FFOF will feed that plant just fine by itself until your nutes come. That medium will feed for weeks on water. Ph to match it ( it comes from bag at 6.3 ) target 6.6/6.7 and let her rip. “ Sometimes “ under blurple and LED - calmag may be needed as plant has slower transpiration under those lights compared to hps. But easily correctable- your tap water should have adequate calmag but just in case. FFOF will provide plenty of nutes upfront.

Another tip : grab a bottle of kelp / seaweed solution.
Micronutrients help plant and is my go to amendment during veg and flower.

Also you CAN feed that plant by means of adding MORE FFOF on top dressing and simply watering in.
Seriously . Plant will become more acclimated to it already so no surprises when “ recharging “ your host medium as it exhausts over time.

Ok, cool thx for the insight. I did receive my nutes over the weekend and did my first feed on Saturday and second feed last night. I do have a portable humidifier on hold, ill be picking up soon. I just been putting containers over them to try an help with humidity. So does it mean they will take longer to flower because they are growing slower?

Nik-E said:

Ok, cool thx for the insight. I did receive my nutes over the weekend and did my first feed on Saturday and second feed last night. I do have a portable humidifier on hold, ill be picking up soon. I just been putting containers over them to try an help with humidity. So does it mean they will take longer to flower because they are growing slower?

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Yes it can that low of humidity can sound the growth allow the roots to not develop, look it up. Just watch out going over 60 because anything past that can cause mild. I try not to get past 58.

Nik-E said:

So, I am still kinda new to this. An ordered my nutes in the mail. They came hella late due to the covid issue. My plants are going on week 5, veg stage I think.
Also my light came in late.
I'm growing in fox farm jump start
600 watt LED
3x3 box tent
Run off seems decent
Humidity seems to stay around 31-35 %
Will they grow ok if I am this late on feeding them?
Please no negative remarks, im trying...

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Seems small for 5 weeks of veg

Nik-E said:

So, I am still kinda new to this. An ordered my nutes in the mail. They came hella late due to the covid issue. My plants are going on week 5, veg stage I think.
Also my light came in late.
I'm growing in fox farm jump start
600 watt LED
3x3 box tent
Run off seems decent
Humidity seems to stay around 31-35 %
Will they grow ok if I am this late on feeding them?
Please no negative remarks, im trying...

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Welcome to RIU you probably need to transplant to bigger pot also

Bsmoke78 said:

Welcome to RIU you probably need to transplant to bigger pot also

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Could be but since I don't view blurple pics I may never know
Like many

Bsmoke78 said:

Seems small for 5 weeks of veg

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Yeah, that's what I said. My nutes took forever an my light kinda did too. I should of used the sun light until my actual light came in. But I didn't. They grew inches though since my 1st feed about 5 or 6 days ago.

Ok, so these are the nutrients I went with due to my budget at the time. Also those are my 2 newest seedlings I started 7 days ago.

Nik-E said:

Ok, so these are the nutrients I went with due to my budget at the time. Also those are my 2 newest seedlings I started 7 days ago.

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What kind of water are you using the PH on? Tap water or what?

Get them out of cups for Christ sake. For five weeks veg they are tiny. This is not negative, this is constructive. Five week plants should look like this..


If I see one more post in bloody solo cups asking why their plays are small, I'm going to lose my shit lol..what is with this site's obsession with solo cups? To put it simply, no have seedlings at 5 days that are rooting out of jiffy pots a bit smaller.than solo cups....that should say something..

I can guarantee every single post with someone asking why a plant is small after 5 weeks, it's in a solo cup for some retarded reason.

If I hear one person use the "seedlings like small pots" excuse, wake up to yourself...these plants at five weeks stopped being seedlings weeks ago.

Here's one for you. Four plants. Germinated on the on the same day last week and put in medium the day after. Two in 5 gal pots, two in jiffy pots.....same seeds, same medium, same water, same light.

VincenzioVonHook said:

Get them out of cups for Christ sake. For five weeks veg they are tiny. This is not negative, this is constructive. Five week plants should look like this..
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If I see one more post in bloody solo cups asking why their plays are small, I'm going to lose my shit lol..what is with this site's obsession with solo cups? To put it simply, no have seedlings at 5 days that are rooting out of jiffy pots a bit smaller.than solo cups....that should say something..

I can guarantee every single post with someone asking why a plant is small after 5 weeks, it's in a solo cup for some retarded reason.

If I hear one person use the "seedlings like small pots" excuse, wake up to yourself...these plants at five weeks stopped being seedlings weeks ago.

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I know they aren't seedlings, an I know they are small. That's why I was asking for help or advice. Are they still going to grow, are they a lost cause, im new to this and am trying to learn. I appreciate your feed back, I do have other medium size pots as well, just figured it was too big at the time. I do plan on getting it out of the solo cup today. People made them sound like they were the way to go. ‍

ZuuTeD614 said:

What kind of water are you using the PH on? Tap water or what?

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Yeah, and some of the water I buy at the store....the store bought water has a ph around 8 sometimes

VincenzioVonHook said:

Get them out of cups for Christ sake. For five weeks veg they are tiny. This is not negative, this is constructive. Five week plants should look like this..
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If I see one more post in bloody solo cups asking why their plays are small, I'm going to lose my shit lol..what is with this site's obsession with solo cups? To put it simply, no have seedlings at 5 days that are rooting out of jiffy pots a bit smaller.than solo cups....that should say something..

I can guarantee every single post with someone asking why a plant is small after 5 weeks, it's in a solo cup for some retarded reason.

If I hear one person use the "seedlings like small pots" excuse, wake up to yourself...these plants at five weeks stopped being seedlings weeks ago.

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Oh, also those ones in the cups aren't the plants I am having issues with. There are pictures up above, of those ones...sorry

Nik-E said:

I know they aren't seedlings, an I know they are small. That's why I was asking for help or advice. Are they still going to grow, are they a lost cause, im new to this and am trying to learn. I appreciate your feed back, I do have other medium size pots as well, just figured it was too big at the time. I do plan on getting it out of the solo cup today. People made them sound like they were the way to go. ‍

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This site has a straight up cult like obsession with solo cups btw. They actually have whole fanboy threads about them. .I just want to see people succeed, and he only things that are required are medium, water, air and light, and depriving them of one, especially growing medium of them is a killer.

Best bet is to transplant them and keep them going. They are resilient and will bounce back. No point throwing them out.

If I had a dollar every time someone came to me with a tiny plant in a solo cup and asks why my plants are always five times the size at the same age, I'd be rich. Even after that, they still start their next four plants in solo cups, leave them for four weeks and come back to me with the same problem.


Lack of medium during early growth is a killer.

VincenzioVonHook said:

Here's one for you. Four plants. Germinated on the on the same day last week and put in medium the day after. Two in 5 gal pots, two in jiffy pots.....same seeds, same medium, same water, same light.
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So they thrive better in a bigger pot size? Thanks for the insight, that helps a lot. I do have some bigger pots I'll go ahead an get them out of the solo cups....haha I actually seen that fan page about the solo cups...lol

Nik-E said:

Yeah, and some of the water I buy at the store....the store bought water has a ph around 8 sometimes

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Well make sure your PH tool is balanced because 8 is kinda high from a store. Normal drinking water should be around 6. I collect rain water and don't worry about anything. And it's ph is around 6.7 so perfect for me. Lol