DR.Earth organic soil.BTW, a couple of days ago, I asked what medium (meaning soil) are you using?
3 TABLEspoons of any nutrient on a seedling is way over-feeding. You are using an organic soil, which has plenty of nutrients for a seedling to start with. And in any case seedlings have enough nutes of their own to go a couple of weeks w/o feeding in a soil medium.So I didn't over feed the plants. I meant 3 table spoons of the big bloom
That seedling doesnt have 4 nodes yet. At 4 nodes you will have 4 alternating sets of leaves off of the main stalk above the initial first set of cotyledon leaves.stoked! the LED's have made a huge difference.....my bigger seedling has exploded!! Im on my 4th node......day 10. might be able to top it in about 3-4 days
3 TABLEspoons of any nutrient on a seedling is way over-feeding. You are using an organic soil, which has plenty of nutrients for a seedling to start with. And in any case seedlings have enough nutes of their own to go a couple of weeks w/o feeding in a soil medium.
But, don't take my word for it, take a look at your seedlings over the next couple of days.
The little seedling sprout doesnt need any feeding yet. Just water it with no nutes until it gets bigger. Also, dont just add stuff because you read somewhere that some other guy did it. Get educated as to why you need to add certain things. Cal mag is usually added to grows using RO water or purified water with no Macros in it to supplement what is missing from the water.
That seedling doesnt have 4 nodes yet. At 4 nodes you will have 4 alternating sets of leaves off of the main stalk above the initial first set of cotyledon leaves.
This isnt nearly big enough to be topping or LST'ing yet. Leave it alone and let it gro up and establish a good root base first. I know you are ancy about doing work but you gotta be patient and let it get established first. "You can build a million dollar mansion on popsicle sticks for a foundation, and that mansion will only be as good as what it is built on".
check out uncle ben's topping technique here on RIUI also use the cal mag due to me using distilled water jugs. I ph my water to 6.5 and havent had an issue with it. Also good to know about the nodes......so I actually have 3....which is what I thought I had. I was watching a "when to top your plants" video and this guy was toping his plants and they were just as tall as mine. Maybe ill wait until I get into veg phase?
I make my plant training decisions by looking the plant over really well and trying to identify which shape will best suit that plant, I've found some indicia strains do better in a natural shape with the low branches remaining. I do however trim off the sucker branches off of those sides, for height reasons I tend to top my sativas and sativa leaning hybrids, as to when to do it and where that's more of a long term growth decision, try to picture what the plant will look like in the end and shape it a way that will fit your grow area best, my current grow has 4 plants all trained and topped differently based on how they grew in veg, and where I needed them to be in flower(I do a final trim up a few days before switching them) and my autos were the same strain same time, one lsted one left natural, the natural one out performed the lst in every way, sorry for the long post, just saying wait to see how the plant grows a bit first
check out uncle ben's topping technique here on RIU
Lol, don't hate 2nd node topping till you try it, made for a pretty cool planthttps://www.rollitup.org/t/uncle-bens-topping-technique-to-get-2-or-4-main-colas.151706/
Jesus so you cut your plant after the 2nd true node?!? lol mmmmm. I may just LST in Veg. and let her do her thing......just so i can get my first grow under my belt.....May try this with my OG kush going in the backyard.
We all make newbie mistakes and learn as we grow, cannabis is a very hardy plant and can survive all sorts as long as you keep learning and adapting your method. Your plants are just seedlings, like at that stage there's nothing you can really do with them other than go "aww" and even that's probably just my hormones... They're very cute looking seedlings, all they want's enough water, not too much, and a nice humidity so it can take in more water through its leaves while it establishes its roots. Or that's my understanding of it anyway. It has to be strong enough to process extra nutrients before you start adding stuff. But now you know, and as long as you keep checking out what you're doing with them then I'm sure you'll do fine. There's loads of good people on here that are happy to help, and a few that'll make you feel like an idiot for asking but don't worry about them, it's not personal. As long as you're growing, you're gaining knowledge and experience and it's all good. Good luck with your grow
Im not lol I actually am only on my 2nd node I guess. I counted the actual couple of branches on my big girl....kinda fondeled her lmfao. But was stupid excited at how big she is getting. She is the one I can see huge growth with every single day...if her leaves arent fattening her top is blasting threw...I actually may top 1 of my plants. But uncle ben says to wait until she is 5-6 nodes tall? Why not just top now at 2nd nodeLo
Lol, don't hate 2nd node topping till you try it, made for a pretty cool plant
Right now it needs all the leaves it can get to help grow roots, the big growth right now is underneath where you can't see, once the roots are established they are very hardyIm not lol I actually am only on my 2nd node I guess. I counted the actual couple of branches on my big girl....kinda fondeled her lmfao. But was stupid excited at how big she is getting. She is the one I can see huge growth with every single day...if her leaves arent fattening her top is blasting threw...I actually may top 1 of my plants. But uncle ben says to wait until she is 5-6 nodes tall? Why not just top now at 2nd node
I think you are confusing Tbsp (tablespoons) with Tsp (teaspoons) anyway...I know growing your first cannabis plant is very exciting. But, your plants are still in seedling stage and so far you have had fungus gnats, stunted growth, over-feeding, are talking about topping and LST...dude, calm down. Nothing has killed more plants than over-zealous and under-educated parents 'loving them to death'.Thanks! I actually just checked them and my seedlings are growing like a damn freight train. I def. think the 3 tablespoons of big bloom did wonders......No discoloration. The soil is moise at my first knuckle...enough to where ill hold off and water when I get off work at 7am....My stupid ass ph meter fell into my pot and got water in it and doesnt work. Ordered off Amazon and will be here thursday. So ill use a best guess which is normally 4-5 drops of PH down. Thanks for the kind wishes!