Seedlings dying again

[Aetheru]

Hi guys,

I bought new tent and light and somehow im not able to make my survive. I did everything as i did in my previous tent and all seedlings died. I waited 3 weeks for new seeds bc morons lost my package. I decided to do half of nutes i used previously and make sure that temperature doesnt go above 25 and below 20C. First 2 days they looked good but now this shit. I water them 3 dl per 3 days (until coco was dry) bc previously i water them once per 2 days so I was worried about over watering. But it clearly didnt help. Any idea what it could be bc im hopeless.

 

[Rurumo]

Next time start them in a smaller pot, they are much easier to water, dry out faster, and generally help avoid overwatering issues during the first 2 weeks. Root riot/rapid rooter type cubes are peat that's been turned into a spongey material, and I've found they are really good for seed starting too, if those are an option in your area. Your seedling looks fine, it's just much harder to water them in a big pot, you'll need to be extra careful not to overwater, while still growing the roots out to the edges of the pot.

 

[Aetheru]

I know smaller pots would be better but im broke rn and didnt though about when i was buying them bc previously i started directly in 25l pot and didnt had any problem. In this pots i have 6l of coco so much less. Im not sure if they are ok, started bending down and leafs started shrinking and curling

 

[Aetheru]

I also dont this is overwatering bc previous grows i used to water them more often. Now i wait until coco is almost dry on outside.

 

[twentyeight.threefive]

Hi guys,

I bought new tent and light and somehow im not able to make my survive. I did everything as i did in my previous tent and all seedlings died. I waited 3 weeks for new seeds bc morons lost my package. I decided to do half of nutes i used previously and make sure that temperature doesnt go above 25 and below 20C. First 2 days they looked good but now this shit. I water them 3 dl per 3 days (until coco was dry) bc previously i water them once per 2 days so I was worried about over watering. But it clearly didnt help. Any idea what it could be bc im hopeless.

Start them in a smaller container as mentioned.

Also your containers look less than half full, why?

What EC did you mix your nutrients at and which ones are you using? I thoroughly soak my coco, yours looks drier than the Sahara.

 

[MickFoster]

What @Rurumo and @twentyeight.threefive said.
You might want to do some research on how to grow in coco.......it should never, ever get dry.

 

[Star Dog]

Hi guys,

I bought new tent and light and somehow im not able to make my survive. I did everything as i did in my previous tent and all seedlings died. I waited 3 weeks for new seeds bc morons lost my package. I decided to do half of nutes i used previously and make sure that temperature doesnt go above 25 and below 20C. First 2 days they looked good but now this shit. I water them 3 dl per 3 days (until coco was dry) bc previously i water them once per 2 days so I was worried about over watering. But it clearly didnt help. Any idea what it could be bc im hopeless.

Both of them look fine to me, isn't one just a bit taller and maybe being pulled over?

I'd put some kind of prop on it until it can hold its own.

 

[Aetheru]

Ok, first of all i did lot of research on coco and i know whole medium should be saturated, but since my plants are so small i dont see any reason saturate whole medium since roots will not get to edges in such small time, i would just increase chance to have too high humidity for too long and thats invitations for fungus gnats and verticillium. I never let coco where roots could be dry completely, but i will also not pour water on wet coco

 

[MickFoster]

but i will also not pour water on wet coco

Good luck with your grow.

 

[Aetheru]

The reason why my pots arent full are that i wanna be able to add coco if they will have problem with bending at beginning (which they clearly do) and to keep them in size i want

 

[Aetheru]

I didnt measured ec since i need to buy new electrode or hows that shit called and im out of money now, but i have plagron feeeding chart from their website and i went with half dosage just to safe since i have very hard water so i dont think it should be nutrient burn

 

[Hook Daddy]

Like @MickFoster said, don’t let coco dry. If you did tons of reading you’d know that. Once it dries it repels water and requires a complete soaking. Your logic of letting the outside coco dry is flawed.

 

[Aetheru]

So you guys recommend to water whole coco even though it will just stay really dump for weeks probably

 

[Hook Daddy]

I have perlite in my coco, but water 4-5 times a day.

 

[Aetheru]

Because i understood that coco shouldnt dry out so it doesnt damages roots and doesnt fuck EC value in, but i dont see a reason why it should be problem now

 

[Aetheru]

I have perlite in my coco, but water 4-5 times a day.

Well i was watering once per 2 days in veg and once per day in flowering stage with 20% and watering area evenly and got fungus gnats and mold, which are both from overwatering so now i was trying to avoid that

 

[hotrodharley]

Because i understood that coco shouldnt dry out so it doesnt damages roots and doesnt fuck EC value in, but i dont see a reason why it should be problem now

Dude, read about peat based mediums and make your life so much simpler. And broke? A red solo cup or three ain’t gonna break the bank.

 

[Aetheru]

Didnt thought about plastic cups

 

[J2M3S]

Didnt thought about plastic cups

It’s obviously not too late to start over and do it the recommended way.

 

[Aetheru]

Well i will let them at least for week and see how they will grow, if they catch up i will keep it like this. Dont want to pay for new seeds 3rd fucking time. Previous 3 grows in smaller tent i did like this and harvested (once sooner bc of mold). Honestly nobody told me why it is wrong what i did and also didnt find anything in articles so this post didnt helped just made me more confused