Help! Plants looking rough

Trout tricker

Trout tricker

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Any help is greatly appreciated! So I germinated these seeds in a paper towel the first of December and in about two days they had nice tap roots. Planted them directly in solo cups with fox farm ocean forest soil under six 28 watt cfls mixed warm and cool colors. Didn’t take long before they were up looking good and starting the first set of “real” leafs. Couple days later I moved them into three gallon fabric pots using same soil. Placed them under a mars hydro 3000. Belive it draws around 350 watts... no way yet to measure the output and the dimmer is in the ballast so I would need a meter ... which I will have just not at the moment. The light is 36 inches away . Temps stay around mid 70s daytime and low 70s at night. Humidity around 70 percent and 40 relative. For now I’m using my kestrel because I don’t have a temp monitor yet. Watered them lightly when transplanted and really haven’t watered much since. Most of the soil is dry but not just under where the roots are. Now leaves are turning colors and really dark green what parts are not dying. Strain is peanut butter.....what my guy said they were... bottom of bag seeds. The bud they came from I smoked and it was good mids tight buds and had a decent smell so I know they should grow a good crop. If I can figure why they are growing so slow and dying.
 

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dbz

dbz

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Trout tricker said:
Any help is greatly appreciated! So I germinated these seeds in a paper towel the first of December and in about two days they had nice tap roots. Planted them directly in solo cups with fox farm ocean forest soil under six 28 watt cfls mixed warm and cool colors. Didn’t take long before they were up looking good and starting the first set of “real” leafs. Couple days later I moved them into three gallon fabric pots using same soil. Placed them under a mars hydro 3000. Belive it draws around 350 watts... no way yet to measure the output and the dimmer is in the ballast so I would need a meter ... which I will have just not at the moment. The light is 36 inches away . Temps stay around mid 70s daytime and low 70s at night. Humidity around 70 percent and 40 relative. For now I’m using my kestrel because I don’t have a temp monitor yet. Watered them lightly when transplanted and really haven’t watered much since. Most of the soil is dry but not just under where the roots are. Now leaves are turning colors and really dark green what parts are not dying. Strain is peanut butter.....what my guy said they were... bottom of bag seeds. The bud they came from I smoked and it was good mids tight buds and had a decent smell so I know they should grow a good crop. If I can figure why they are growing so slow and dying.
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I would have run them in solo cups for 2-3 weeks personally as seedlings. Probably a bit of shock, as I doubt their root system was big enough to stay real "intact" when you moved them. Light prolly shocked them a little too.
Just water very lightly every 2-3 days, they shouldn't need more than 4 to 6 oz at this point.
Seedlings also do like decent humidity and temp conditions.
 
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Trout tricker

Trout tricker

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dbz said:
I would have run them in solo cups for 2-3 weeks personally as seedlings. Probably a bit of shock as I doubt their root system waa big enough to stay real "intact" when you moved them. Light prolly shocked them a little too.
Just water very lightly every 2-3 days, they shouldn't need more than 4 to 6 oz at this point.
Seedlings also do like decent humidity and temp conditions.
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Thanks a bunch! Hopefully they will bounce back
 
Zephyrs

Zephyrs

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Trout tricker said:
Any help is greatly appreciated! So I germinated these seeds in a paper towel the first of December and in about two days they had nice tap roots. Planted them directly in solo cups with fox farm ocean forest soil under six 28 watt cfls mixed warm and cool colors. Didn’t take long before they were up looking good and starting the first set of “real” leafs. Couple days later I moved them into three gallon fabric pots using same soil. Placed them under a mars hydro 3000. Belive it draws around 350 watts... no way yet to measure the output and the dimmer is in the ballast so I would need a meter ... which I will have just not at the moment. The light is 36 inches away . Temps stay around mid 70s daytime and low 70s at night. Humidity around 70 percent and 40 relative. For now I’m using my kestrel because I don’t have a temp monitor yet. Watered them lightly when transplanted and really haven’t watered much since. Most of the soil is dry but not just under where the roots are. Now leaves are turning colors and really dark green what parts are not dying. Strain is peanut butter.....what my guy said they were... bottom of bag seeds. The bud they came from I smoked and it was good mids tight buds and had a decent smell so I know they should grow a good crop. If I can figure why they are growing so slow and dying.
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I can only think that your pumping way to much lumens into that young seedling. At 36 inch above should be ok, but I think if ya can dim or raise the light it might help. Until they get more sets of leaves. Then it can handle more light at a lower level. I hope that helps/makes sense. Lol. Good luck Buddy!!
 
Crazy_Ace420

Crazy_Ace420

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That looks like a tough way to veg a plant halfway into a fabric pot, they might be root bound or the roots dried out at the edges
 
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