Seedling issues. Help wanted. Droopy.

BeeRaasta

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Hey guys and gals!
After searching through threads and seeing how outdated some are and not wanting to hijack anyone’s post with my own issue so I just thought I’d start a quick little thread myself.
I started a couple Purple Afghan Kush beans from Dinafem and I am expieriencing some trouble/problems. Now, I’m not the greatest with seeds cause I haven’t popped too many in my 6+ years of growing. So any help would be very appreciated.
Strain: Purple Afghan Kush
Grow Space: 2x4 tent just for seedlings
Lighting: 4’ 4 lamp T5
Light height: 2ft above plants
Medium: Coast of Maine seedlings
Feeding: just water
Temp: 82f
Humidity: 30s (low I know) :/

I currently just transplanted one yesterday into a bigger pot thinking it could use the room and fresh nutrients from the soil. I am 99% certain this is not an over watering problem. Only water when cups are dry (about every 3 days). The second picture posted is the same strain popped and planted at the same time but not transplanted due to its size.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks!
 

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MrGhettoGrower

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Dose the dirt already have nutrients in it? You want use something like Light Warrior or my fav is sunshine mix 4 because they have no nutes I'll mix 2 to 1 with perlite for better faster draining!
 
MichiganMedGrower

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Looks over watered. I let my little plants in plastic cups go like a week between watering. Usually still 3-5 days the second week.

I have transplanted them up not knowing I over watered when I was newer and it can make the situation worse as there are not enough roots to dry out the largwrbpot and they stay soggy half way down for too long.

I almost always grow my plants from seed.

Here is some happy young plants. I add about 25% large perlite to Ocean forest for better drainage.

Again. The seedling cup was watered in to runoff before I planted the taprooted seed. About5 -7 days after sprout I will topfill the gap with new soil and re saturate the cup slowly and gently to not disturb new roots much. And it will be another 5 days while she roots before watering again.

The medium plant is now on day 3 since transplant and does not need water under my t-5 fluorescents.

Hid bulbs can speed the drying up. Mine took a couple of days off he timing I just said.

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Diabolical666

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Yeah I second that..drowning them. Thats sufficated roots and they cant uptake any nutes in the soil. At this point it was wise to up pot it. Now just water lightly to yiu figure out its drinking schedule. You will loose the bottom leaves from the stress, but focus on top growth.
I live in dry climate and the plants acclimated to that just fine. Humidity is not as important as you think. If you have ever had powder mold or botrytis..after that you will swear by keeping it as dry as possible. Watering your plants creates enough humidity anyways
 
Mo9000

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Definitely looks like overwatering to me, by far the two most common causes of drooping is from under or overwatering. If the case is underwatering the leaves will be limp and lifeless, and if its overwatering the leaves will still feel firm and keep their shape while drooping. You should only water once the top inch or so of your medium feels dry to the touch, and make sure that you are getting at least some runoff every time you water. And yes diabolical is right you would much rather have a lower than optimal humidity than too high of a humidity.
 
Indacouch

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Diabolical666 said:
Yeah I second that..drowning them. Thats sufficated roots and they cant uptake any nutes in the soil. At this point it was wise to up pot it. Now just water lightly to yiu figure out its drinking schedule. You will loose the bottom leaves from the stress, but focus on top growth.
I live in dry climate and the plants acclimated to that just fine. Humidity is not as important as you think. If you have ever had powder mold or botrytis..after that you will swear by keeping it as dry as possible. Watering your plants creates enough humidity anyways
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Another one Dia ......lol
 
BeeRaasta

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MrGhettoGrower said:
Dose the dirt already have nutrients in it? You want use something like Light Warrior or my fav is sunshine mix 4 because they have no nutes I'll mix 2 to 1 with perlite for better faster draining!
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I use The Coast Of Maine seedling starter which is similar to light warrior. Only watered when cup was completely dry and that was about every 3 days or so.
 
BeeRaasta

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natureboygrower said:
ive never grown mj in coast of maine,but i have grown annuals.coast of maine soils seem to run a little hot as well retain h20.gl
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It’s their seedling starter soil so it’s not as rich in nutrients. It seemed to dry up pretty quick. Was watering about every 3 days or so.
 
BeeRaasta

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MichiganMedGrower said:
Looks over watered. I let my little plants in plastic cups go like a week between watering. Usually still 3-5 days the second week.

I have transplanted them up not knowing I over watered when I was newer and it can make the situation worse as there are not enough roots to dry out the largwrbpot and they stay soggy half way down for too long.

I almost always grow my plants from seed.

Here is some happy young plants. I add about 25% large perlite to Ocean forest for better drainage.

Again. The seedling cup was watered in to runoff before I planted the taprooted seed. About5 -7 days after sprout I will topfill the gap with new soil and re saturate the cup slowly and gently to not disturb new roots much. And it will be another 5 days while she roots before watering again.

The medium plant is now on day 3 since transplant and does not need water under my t-5 fluorescents.

Hid bulbs can speed the drying up. Mine took a couple of days off he timing I just said.

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Thanks for the reply. I was almost certain I wasn’t over watering and now I’m second guessing myself. Cups were definitely dry after about 3-4 days. Maybe drying too fast and then watering again and the plant isn’t receiving much oxygen? I’m kind of stumped. I’ve taken thousands of clones and never have a problem, but it always seems my baby beans struggle.
 
BeeRaasta

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Diabolical666 said:
Yeah I second that..drowning them. Thats sufficated roots and they cant uptake any nutes in the soil. At this point it was wise to up pot it. Now just water lightly to yiu figure out its drinking schedule. You will loose the bottom leaves from the stress, but focus on top growth.
I live in dry climate and the plants acclimated to that just fine. Humidity is not as important as you think. If you have ever had powder mold or botrytis..after that you will swear by keeping it as dry as possible. Watering your plants creates enough humidity anyways
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Thanks man. Yeah I have never expierenced powdery mildew or mold of any sort so I guess I’m lucky there. I’ll see what the outcome is after letting them do there thing for a bit. I didn’t think I was over watering by the weight of the cup and dry soil on the top. But maybe being in solo cups it needs a little more time in between cause they are taller then the average square nursery pot for seeds.
 
MrGhettoGrower

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The 2nd pic looks retarded or deformed that's what make me think it's the soil or nutrients if you added too much of anything?
 
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