I found a fresh bag seed from either Dolato or Biscotti... I forget... anyway I germinated it and then popped it in paper cup of some organic soil mixed with compost and peat moss. I placed it on my windowsill because I plan on throwing it in a greenhouse. After a few days it noticed it was stretching a bit high, so I decided to transplant it into a deeper pot and buried a lot of the stem. I decided to throw it under 2x 40w and the stretching seemed to stop, but I noticed the seedling is looking light green and the veins in the leaves look a bit purple, along with what looks like some purple coming in with the new node. I hadn’t checked the ph of the bottle of distilled water I was giving it, but I just checked yesterday before I watered and realized it was really high like 8.5 alkaline. So I adjusted down to like a 6.0. Does anyone have an idea or reason to what’s going on here?
Why’s my seedling lime green and turning purple?
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LakitusKloud420
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To me look like it too early to feed them nutrients and best way to keep them warm between 70-80 deg that will not make them turn purple on steam and that soil is so wet look like overwatering so best to let them dry as well in couple day then feed water again jusy use up 1/2 cup of 6.5pH level water.
LakitusKloud420
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see how i doing only water with 1/2 cup per day till she become week 3 start to feed nutrients. Start solo cup transplant to pot
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looking great man. Thanks for the reply. Yeah right now temps are maybe a tad bit below 70 in my closet because it hasn’t reached those temps in the north east region yet. I stopped turning on my heat, this isn’t a good soil IMO.. I don’t think it’s airy enough. Lots of water retention. This seed I was just playing with. I’m not going to water it for a few days.
LakitusKloud420
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Welcome anytime and yeah that soil kinda of bad you can get soil from homedepot if there in tour town lucky to have burpee coco coir brick then grab one bag of perlite and dr earth all purpose dry fertilizer to mix them then put which pot you like to grow 3 or 5 gal that it to feed them most water till it get healthy your lucky if they not turn healthy then let it grow for test you know what I means? I’ve been let it grow 4 fucking males strain which is really bad and I kill all of them for not get pollen on my female plant
LakitusKloud420
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LakitusKloud420
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I already make an order 5 different strains of autoflower and it up to you for that FF happy frog.
LakitusKloud420
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I mix coco and perlite and some potting soil to mix and add dr earth all purpose mix it too then feed 1-2 per day depend how fast they drink KEay always keep your soil little moisture for root easy to develop
Kassiopeija
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You dont have to alter the pH of your RO water, because its EC 0.0n anyway...
In organic soil the pH is mostly controlled by microbes & whats already in that soil.
Just give your seedling some time to explore the pot and it should fare better over time...
In organic soil the pH is mostly controlled by microbes & whats already in that soil.
Just give your seedling some time to explore the pot and it should fare better over time...
PadawanWarrior
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It sounds like it's the soil you mixed up. I would just give them plain water for awhile without trying to change the pH. Fox Farms soil is decent. I started with it and have since turned it into no-till.
I also don't recommending mixing peat with coco. They are 2 different animals.
Another tip I like to give to new members is to be careful who you listen to.
Welcome to RIU though man.
I also don't recommending mixing peat with coco. They are 2 different animals.
Another tip I like to give to new members is to be careful who you listen to.
Welcome to RIU though man.
PadawanWarrior
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You'll be able to soon.
I had the same issue at pretty much the same stage of seedling...turned out it was the burpee seed starting mix I had planted the germinated seeds in...it has fertilizer for bout the first week I think I was told, after that they are in dire need to be transplanted into a more permanent medium.
I put my 3 seedlings of lime green and purple stalks into some ff happy frog organic potting soil, they started looking better after a couple days
LakitusKloud420
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Alright but I did try with fox farm ocean forest it’s pretty good too
Here’s an update two days later -and I just realized probably why I’m having some growth stunt issues.. I used straight top soil without even mixing perlite in.. so my roots are probably struggling pushing through the heavy heavy top soil. I jsut put her into dark period,but when I wake her up I’m going to transplant into some FFOG with perlite mixed in
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LakitusKloud420
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mmhm what kind light you use?
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Plus what size pot is that?