Anybody see this before?
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Bud man 43
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I would say the soil is too hot- seedlings feed off the cotyldons for the first few days up to a week.
They should be sprayed several times a day to water them.
RiverRunzRed
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Wouldn’t I have a problem with rest of them then as well? PH level is 6.5, I’m doing the nitrogen, potash, phosphorous test today, been racking my brain here the rest seem to be doing ok the temp is 77 degrees in the soil and I do water, I’m just afraid of overwatering
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Bud man 43
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Looks like it is beginning on 2 others on the right side of the picture-
The 2 times in the life of the plant that are the most difficult to manage- seedlings and flowering
RiverRunzRed
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The one is the same one, just a different angle, but yeah I see the other one now, could it be light burn? I’ve been keeping the light 2 inches from plants just strange I have taller ones that are doing great don’t see how it would burn the smaller ones and not the taller ones
I'm not a soil grower, but It looks like one I sprouted in coco that was too hot, the first leaves were fried in a couple days. I flushed with a very weak nute solution and it bounced right back, minus 2 leaves.
RiverRunzRed
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What is the nute solution, sorry I’m a newbie here
RiverRunzRed
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Like did you do the nitrogen, phosphorous, potash test, to find out what nutrients to give them?
Its just fertilizer in water.
conor c
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Dont spray on the plants only the soil or the droplets can burn the leaves mate acts like a magnifying glass for the sunlight
No one is suggesting he fertilize.
RiverRunzRed
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Well I did take a soil test and potash was adequate, but nitrogen and phosphorous were deficient, so I should fertilize or no?
conor c
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I wouldnt feed for first couple of weeks myself till it needs more seedlings need light media
Billy the Mountain
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When I see the water drop folklore, I feel compelled to respond.
It's an old-wives tale that a water drop on a leaf will act as a lens and focus the light like a magnifying glass.
The shape is wrong to focus light and water has a lot of thermal capacity.
Theoretically, if a hairy leaf can suspend a drop of water just above the leaf it could indeed focus light on the leaf surface.
If the water droplet as a lens theory was valid, my outdoor plants should be pockmarked with burn marks; it doesn't happen.
It's easy enough to confirm, simply spray some water on a plant in direct sunlight or intense LEDs and check for burning.
RiverRunzRed
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So, I did do a rapid soil test, phosphorous and potash were in range, but my nitrogen is depleted, I have a pack of raw nitrogen coming hoping this helps. Fingers crossed
If that test wasn't sent away and cheap I wouldn't trust it. Imo you have scorched tips.. to much nitrogen contrary to your test ID bet my bottom dollar on hot soil. Something isn't testing right what kind of soil you got and u shouldn't be feeding anything at this stage maximum 200ppm if your ininert dirt
RiverRunzRed
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Hot as in? Dry soil, or too much nutrients?
I use natural and organic seed starting mix with peat moss, coconut coir, vermiculite
Natural and organic are scary words doesn't mean cannabis friendly unless you really know what's in it like a cannabis friendly well known soil like fox farm or similar its hard to throw a perfect blend of soil together without ALOT of trial and error. I've never had issues from soil using foxfarm but I have had issues using maaaany other dirt and natural dirt not knowing about ph OF THE SOIL you might be PHing your liquids going in but the soils PH is the precedence holder and the liquid will adapt so for example in south florida lots of lime stone in the ground had no idea ot was gonna spike the soil up to 8.1 but Liv and learn .. black gold bad choice but good for other things...
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