Slow Sprout

juggalo666

juggalo666

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My sprouts are growing really slow should I put some perlite I'm my soil I wish I had a cam so I could post pix but can't right now I've been letting my soil dry out before I water again I feed it some bone meal do you think a little molasses would help I know it's for flowering but I herd it's good for veg also any help would be awesome my temps are 80f and 40%h my soil ph is at 6.5 I just dont know what else would help any
 
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cruzer101

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Yea, its hard to give an opinion without seeing something.
What I can tell you is adding molasses is not a good idea now. Keeping the soil temp between 70 and 80° when they are small helps.
The roots are super delicate right now adding perlite to the soil may help but would mean a transplant and its easy to break it right now. Most of the time when I get slow growth in a seedling is when I over water them or they get cold.
 
juggalo666

juggalo666

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Word thank you I'll try and find my soil temp is 18 on 6 off good for veg that's what I understood just double check so I have my shit straight my first true leaves there real small
 
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LostReefSponger

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My first seedling started off slow as well, some strains just take their time I guess, what soil are you growing in and all that stuff? I first started my seedling in just some normal dirt from my backyard and she was taking her time, then once I transferred her to Fox Farms Ocan Forest she took off. Sometimes you gotta give the plants time and let them do their own thing. Hope your grow goes well!
 
juggalo666

juggalo666

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Just some soil from the store called American soil it's cheap I think that might be part of my problem I'm just hella broke right now so it's hard to pay alot for soil and shit I have 5 23 watt soft white and 5 23 watt daylight cfls I think when I get some more loot I'll get some ff ocean forest every one says nothing but goodthings about it my soil dont seem to bad it's soft and the ph is good
 
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LostReefSponger

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Yeah man I hear ya on the being broke part, I got lucky and was given a bunch of CFL lights for free when we got a new heater for the house, my electric company is trying to get more environment friends houses. Then I got lucky with finding some cheaper FFOF for just like 8 bucks.

Seems like you got enough light for now, though you didn't say how many plants you have sprouting right now. Also, how long has it been since they broke ground?
 
juggalo666

juggalo666

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Just 2 of um I just got sum pro mix found it fur 4 bucks at the store with so dolomite lime and perlite and moss it's hell of alot softer then my other soil so I hope this help them I threw the other no name shit away but of well it was cheap as fuck the ph was 6.5 in the new soil also
 
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LostReefSponger

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Well I hope that new soil works better for you man, post pictures when you can, that would help a lot of the more experienced guys tell you what they think, as some guys say on here, "pics or it doesn't exist" haha.
 
xXOnyxXx

xXOnyxXx

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i run miracle grow moisture control. its working great the growth is fast and its cheap. i was using FFOF and FFHF but the cheap stuff is doing as well or better. but i do run all Fox Farms nutes though. try to keep soil for your sprouts on the dry side, watch for leaf sag and then give em some... they'll take off for ya then :)
 
juggalo666

juggalo666

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20/4 they have started to grow sence transplanting already should I change the like schedule to 18/6?
And I'll let them dry up a bit also that might do them some good im new at this lol so I'm just getting the hang of every thing
 
mike lanza

mike lanza

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im having same problem mine ice kush i got from attitude one leaf browned and is growing slowely outside...my other 3 purp kush are almost done for season..had a lil prob with white powder got that fixed with a lil milk
 
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