When to feed autoflower seedlings in coco?

[Isabella144]

I have 2 9 day old autoflowers and I’m unsure when to feed them . I am using the green planets nutrient line . Also growing in 15 L fabric pots with canna professional plus coco mixed with perlight .any advice would be greatly appreciated

 

[go go kid]

this may help you.

 

[MickFoster]

I start feeding from the day it sprouts.
Never give plain water in coco.

 

[JordanZz]

Feed from beginning as said above. I am growing in coco/perlite and found the easiest way to water is by going off pot weight! Others say everyday in coco but when I did this, they were drooping as hell! I am day 61 from seed and are looking great. I am in 5gal smart tubs and seem to water/feed every 2nd day around 4l
Good luck!

 

[Rurumo]

Until they fill out their initial pot, you need to be careful about feeding them too much. While they are tiny, just use a ml syringe and feed like 20 ml of 200 ppm nutrient solution right around the root zone, and as the plant gets bigger, start feeding more of the pot. Once a plant fills out it's initial pot, you can feed to runoff, but at that point it's ready to "pot up" so guess what? You start over, small plant/big pot, just feed around the root zone. All you are doing at this point is growing roots, don't worry about the plant. Once a plant has rooted out fully in a pot of coco, then you're on easy street, and you will need to feed min twice per day, though some people feed 5-6 times per day on an automated system with awesome results. Good luck!

 

[Star Dog]

I like seedling to have nutrients from day one, I follow the advice given above in post #5 if you follow that you shouldn't go wrong.

 

[Isabella144]

I like seedling to have nutrients from day one, I follow the advice given above in post #5 if you follow that you shouldn't go wrong.

Ok thank you guys it is 10 days old now and seems to be growing very slowly ..I read somewhere on the internet that you don’t need to feed them the first week or 2 because they already have enough food supply in its seedling leaves ? I will feed them today and see how they go .

 

[Star Dog]

The/my objective with the syringe is to wet the middle and let it wick out rather than soak it at that age.

 

[Isabella144]

Here some pics from today

 

[MickFoster]

Your slow growth is because you started in large pots.......it makes maintaining the correct moisture level for the roots a challenge.
And yes........you can transplant autos..........it's a myth that you can't transplant.
Here are some 10 day old plants in coco........fed to run off every day for a comparison.

 

[Isabella144]

Your slow growth is because you started in large pots.......it makes maintaining the correct moisture level for the roots a challenge.
And yes........you can transplant autos..........it's a myth that you can't transplant.
Here are some 10 day old plants in coco........fed to run off every day for a comparison.
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Your slow growth is because you started in large pots.......it makes maintaining the correct moisture level for the roots a challenge.
And yes........you can transplant autos..........it's a myth that you can't transplant.
Here are some 10 day old plants in coco........fed to run off every day for a comparison.
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ok thanks

 

[Joeykamma]

I wouldnt call yours slow, i would call hims pro lol or 1kW from the very beginning
I stick to the basics. But thx for making me soak all my earth in my big pots with runoff. Cant be healthy roots finding dry earth

I got my white closet, a 5w fan, some pottingsoil with sand, soiltabs(cant nute burn), very low odour strain, and last but not least 250W hps. They seem to make it fine everytime
Soon getting a raise though