Well my blueberry seedlings were doing fine until I decided to add some techniflora Root66 to the soil thinking it would makes the roots grow faster. My PPM was 200. Now on 3 of the 8, it looks like the tips of the two leaves are turning brownish yellow. I don't want to flush them because they are so small and don't want to drown them. Sorry no pics, I am at work at the moment. Shouldn't they be ok it I just give them Plain PH'ed water for the next couple weeks and give them some nutes when they are bigger? Thanks
Nute burn on seedling leaves
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misshestermoffitt
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Did you go read the grow faq? Everyone says that you shouldn't give seedlings anything but plain water. I gave my seedlings a really really weak dose of some nutes and got nute burn too 
I'm just going to keep on watering mine, they'll come out of it, just may have slowed them down some. Never lose hope.. .....
I'm just going to keep on watering mine, they'll come out of it, just may have slowed them down some. Never lose hope.. .....
weezer
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you say it is on seedling leaves??
like the round ones?
pics would be great .
how old are they?
how many sets of leaves?
I have read that the seedlings just need plain water too. But my dumb ass was like"maybe if I put this root enhancer in the soil, the root system will grow faster". I have learned my lesson now! I hope they come out of it. Its not the round leaves, but the next set of leaves. comes out of the seedling. About a 1/4 of both sides of the tips of the leaves are brown now. I dunno if they will make it or not. They are two weeks old now. I will try to take pics!
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE REPLYS!
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE REPLYS!
weezer
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wwell at least it is only three of 8...
hard lesson are the best to learn..
i will look later for pics
Seamaiden
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Go ahead and flush them, assuming they're actually seedlings still (still have their cotelydon leaves). I keep mine in a tray with a minimum of 1/4" water in it 100% of the time until they're transplanted into their grown-up pots, and I haven't lost one yet to something like overwatering. I haven't lost a seedling yet.
If you want to stimulate good root growth, look into mycorrhizae. Used judiciously, absolutely will not harm those babies.
If you want to stimulate good root growth, look into mycorrhizae. Used judiciously, absolutely will not harm those babies.
I took some pics of the seedlings and they are looking crappy. When I first started, I put the seedlings in the B'cuzz Light Mix potting soil. Is that ok to put the seeds in or should I just of put them in jiffy pellets or something. Or maybe they would of been OK in the light mix if I did not add that ROOT66 stimulator? Does anybody know an average of how long it might take for these seedling to recover if at all? Thanks
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OnlyAftrDrk
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Looks just like my seedlings did. Some can recover if you fix te problem quick enough.
I'm a noob, but is hard to find where your going wrong without info. I found i was doing a number of things wrong. First, make sure you check the PH of the water, should be around 6, if not rectify before watering. If your soil has no fertilizer or nutrients then you might need to give them a little food. It could be that your watering too much or too little. Both will mean the roots wont get enough nutrients. Lastly what kind of light are you giving them? Its a good idea to get a thermometer and have it near the plants. Make sure that their temp doesnt go too far above 75 f. Once i fixed those problems with my plants they stated to spring back.. stunted but at least they are growing.
Seamaiden
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Um.....
juicyjayz
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dude..what ever happend to them?did they recover?if so how??i just noticed some of my seedlings got burend when i fed them for the first time last night..dammit..it ruined my day man..so should i flush with phed tap water right now,or just wait it out,and water next time with supoerthrive tap water??
Mine died way back then. I think I overwatered them and my soil was to compacted then.