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wdt258

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Hi I am using a t5 light and supersprouter. Days at 77 and 65 RH and nights are 73 and 60 RH. The seedling is on 18/6 for light. I am curious on how much to water at this stage, I have done misting top and a little under the cup up until now and the seedling is maybe 14 days old and has not shed its shell. I'm practicing patience but how much water do I feed it? 2nd official grow with like 3 dead seedlings and I've come this far!

*maybe 4 or 5 small roots grazing the middle sides of the solo where it meets a condensation ring in the middle. 2nd set of leaves still growing slowly.

Appreciate your help, Thank you
 

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Those are burned from nuts. That doesn't look like soil? Whatever it is they don't like its hot. Get the fuck ride of it and do it right with abit of reading up. Get ffoforest and read up on cutting it with some perlite and a bit of lime.
 
BongerChonger

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Water until the cup drains just a little bit.
Sounds like you've been underwatering.
Also, you'll need some nutrient.
Is just straight coco?
 
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BongerChonger said:
Water until the cup drains just a little bit.
Sounds like you've been underwatering.
Also, you'll need some nutrient.
Is just straight coco?
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Yes coco, ok so no more misting and now start watering till slight runoff? Now im underwatering lol...ok I can give slightest bit of nutes when I feed this evening...
 
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wdt258 said:
Yes coco, ok so no more misting and now start watering till slight runoff? Now im underwatering lol...ok I can give slightest bit of nutes when I feed this evening...
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Thanks boss, I'll PH my water and do that...I assume do this every couple days? I assume I can still save it and progress...
 
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wdt258 said:
Thanks boss, I'll PH my water and do that...I assume do this every couple days? I assume I can still save it and progress...
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It'll be fine.
Whenever it needs it. Every second day, sounds about right, for a seedling. But yours looks too dry in the picture, so you'll just have to judge it yourself.
You'll be watering the plants everyday, once they get a little larger.

2nd photo...does your coco come inoculated with mycorrhizal fungi?
Whatever it is, it doesn't look harmful.
Just curious is all.
 
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BongerChonger said:
It'll be fine.
Whenever it needs it. Every second day, sounds about right, for a seedling. But yours looks too dry in the picture, so you'll just have to judge it yourself.
You'll be watering the plants everyday, once they get a little larger.

2nd photo...does your coco come inoculated with mycorrhizal fungi?
Whatever it is, it doesn't look harmful.
Just curious is all.
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Got it, thank you dude, really appreciate you taking a minute. No so just bricked coco i fluff up with ph'd water. I have elite91 myco jordan that I've used but not sure when or how to use it with a seedling (used on clones before)
 
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wdt258 said:
Got it, thank you dude, really appreciate you taking a minute. No so just bricked coco i fluff up with ph'd water. I have elite91 myco jordan that I've used but not sure when or how to use it with a seedling (used on clones before)
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Ok.
No worries.
Well good luck!
Usually anything white and fungal at the root level is ok.
You'll know it's probably alright if the seedling keeps growing steady.
Should take off.
 
Bose

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wdt258 said:
Hi I am using a t5 light and supersprouter. Days at 77 and 65 RH and nights are 73 and 60 RH. The seedling is on 18/6 for light. I am curious on how much to water at this stage, I have done misting top and a little under the cup up until now and the seedling is maybe 14 days old and has not shed its shell. I'm practicing patience but how much water do I feed it? 2nd official grow with like 3 dead seedlings and I've come this far!

*maybe 4 or 5 small roots grazing the middle sides of the solo where it meets a condensation ring in the middle. 2nd set of leaves still growing slowly.

Appreciate your help, Thank you
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Your in straight coco? water them good till all coco is wet. Then once every day or as needed..don't let them dry out like I. The picture. even in coco I would wait for a couple of weeks to start feeding them. Then start with a light feed 100 to 200 ppm. Coco is great but not for beginners.
 
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wdt258 said:
start watering till slight runoff? Now im underwatering lol...ok I can give slightest bit of nutes when I feed this evening...
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Whatever media you're using, you want to bring it to saturation and allow it to drain, every time you water.

Allowing it to drain better assures proper saturation.
Helps drain accumulated silts, clays and dissolved solids.
Avoids chronic over or under watering.
Helps maintain and condition the media.

Remember you don't want the coco to dry out too much either. Holds onto a lot of nutrient when it dries too far. You might be watering more than once per day when the plant gets larger.

Coco's great for a beginner in my own opinion.
Just have to water it properly.

GL.
 
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BongerChonger said:
Whatever media you're using, you want to bring it to saturation and allow it to drain, every time you water.

Allowing it to drain better assures proper saturation.
Helps drain accumulated silts, clays and dissolved solids.
Avoids chronic over or under watering.
Helps maintain and condition the media.

Remember you don't want the coco to dry out too much either. Holds onto a lot of nutrient when it dries too far. You might be watering more than once per day when the plant gets larger.

Coco's great for a beginner in my own opinion.
Just have to water it properly.

GL.
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Understood, yeah its that timeframe of when to stop Misting and start watering...thank you boss and thanks yall for the input.
 
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Just a little update the plant is still spittin out root fibers (hoping to fill the cup that way I can start seeing real leaf growth). The 2nd set serrated leaves are slowly growing out. My sense of time these days is warped weeks feel long af lol so I'm just gonna keep it alive, monitor/feed accordingly n see what happens. Thanks for the guidance, really appreciate it.
 

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wdt258 said:
Just a little update the plant is still spittin out root fibers (hoping to fill the cup that way I can start seeing real leaf growth). The 2nd set serrated leaves are slowly growing out. My sense of time these days is warped weeks feel long af lol so I'm just gonna keep it alive, monitor/feed accordingly n see what happens. Thanks for the guidance, really appreciate it.
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I'm not sure if I should just start over before its not drinking properly or drying back at all...the cotyledons are green, the roots are growing, and I can see the leaves growing but I don't see it bulkin up at all.
 
Fish scale

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If that's coco then you should be feeding until run off daily. You want a low EC at this point which means you should be feeding very light everyday. Another problem you've got is those pots are see through and roots don't like light. So you should cover the pots in black tape. You also want to PH your water down to 6.0 PH. You should never let coco dry out. It's not soil.
 
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The roots are getting light when they shouldn't be. Plant roots don't like light. Those pots are see through and should be covered up with black tape to stop the light from getting to the roots. You are also treating the coco like soil which is totally wrong. You want to keep coco 100% wet all of the time. It's not soil. It's a hydroponic medium and should be treated as such. You also want to be feeding those plants at a very low EC depending on how soft or hard your water is.
 
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Fish scale said:
The roots are getting light when they shouldn't be. Plant roots don't like light. Those pots are see through and should be covered up with black tape to stop the light from getting to the roots. You are also treating the coco like soil which is totally wrong. You want to keep coco 100% wet all of the time. It's not soil. It's a hydroponic medium and should be treated as such. You also want to be feeding those plants at a very low EC depending on how soft or hard your water is.
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I guess for me I don't really know when to stop misting when the seedling has its 1st serrated leaves and start actually feeding till slight runoff. I had a light issue earlier that fixed but I guess if I can figure this out I'll be set. I understand the coco is very much like hydro, any feeds for a seedling have been or will be under 200 ppms.
 
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wdt258 said:
I guess for me I don't really know when to stop misting when the seedling has its 1st serrated leaves and start actually feeding till slight runoff. I had a light issue earlier that fixed but I guess if I can figure this out I'll be set. I understand the coco is very much like hydro, any feeds for a seedling have been or will be under 200 ppms.
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feed from day 1. As soon as it sprouts above the coco
 
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