Auto seedling leaves curling down

Cwmoore577

Cwmoore577

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Have three autos from seedsman, two doing well and this one, GelatOG, that is a bit stunted and the first leaf set is curling in.

Soil is Fox Farm strawberry fields in 2 gallon smart pots. It’s 7 days from sprout and watered so far same as the others with distilled water twice and once with calmag added to distilled at 1ml/gal. All ph to 6.5. It’s under about 25-30 watts of full spec LED clamp lights as there’s no room in my tent yet.

I know curling is usually watering or hot soil usually. I have watered very lightly with a spray bottle and let it dry well before watering again.
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Bobby Long Buds

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Your pots are too big especially if your new to this. If you have 2 gallon pots and you thoroughly watered it 7 days ago it’s probably fine for another week or more without hardly any water. You will stall growth if they are too moist. Raise your lights a few inches and ensure your temperature are 25-28 celcius. A cool grow room combined with too much water could cause this.
You definitely don’t have a cal def the answer to your problem will not be found in a bottle.
 
Cwmoore577

Cwmoore577

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Bobby Long Buds said:
Your pots are too big especially if your new to this. If you have 2 gallon pots and you thoroughly watered it 7 days ago it’s probably fine for another week or more without hardly any water. You will stall growth if they are too moist. Raise your lights a few inches and ensure your temperature are 25-28 celcius. A cool grow room combined with too much water could cause this.
You definitely don’t have a cal def the answer to your problem will not be found in a bottle.
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I’m not new to growing plus autos have to be started in their final pot because they don’t respond well to transplanting. I water with a couple sprays from a spray bottle just around the seedling and wait until it’s dry. I don’t drench the entire pot I highly doubt it’s overwatered. Temps and lights are fine as well.
 
rob333

rob333

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Cwmoore577 said:
Have three autos from seedsman, two doing well and this one, GelatOG, that is a bit stunted and the first leaf set is curling in.

Soil is Fox Farm strawberry fields in 2 gallon smart pots. It’s 7 days from sprout and watered so far same as the others with distilled water twice and once with calmag added to distilled at 1ml/gal. All ph to 6.5. It’s under about 25-30 watts of full spec LED clamp lights as there’s no room in my tent yet.

I know curling is usually watering or hot soil usually. I have watered very lightly with a spray bottle and let it dry well before watering again.
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u can also go into a 30ltr 40ltr 50ltr no issues if not my plants be dead years ago
 
MrToad69

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Cwmoore577 said:
I’m not new to growing plus autos have to be started in their final pot because they don’t respond well to transplanting. I water with a couple sprays from a spray bottle just around the seedling and wait until it’s dry. I don’t drench the entire pot I highly doubt it’s overwatered. Temps and lights are fine as well.
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Looks like you’ve overwatered a bit is my guess..seedlings are very sensitive to overwatering.
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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Cwmoore577 said:
Soil could’ve been a tad hot who knows. The plants adjust though and then take off.
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autos are very sensitive to over feeding, some more than others. i don't grow them any more, lack of space, but when i did i started them in fresh well rinsed coco, and gave them 100 ppm till they started to get pretty big. they never got over 250 ppm, i just adjusted how much N/P/K they were getting as they got closer to ripe
 
Cwmoore577

Cwmoore577

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
autos are very sensitive to over feeding, some more than others. i don't grow them any more, lack of space, but when i did i started them in fresh well rinsed coco, and gave them 100 ppm till they started to get pretty big. they never got over 250 ppm, i just adjusted how much N/P/K they were getting as they got closer to ripe
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250 ppm seems low once they get bigger. Here’s my only one that’s in coco. It’s day 43 and I water twice daily with around 900-1000 EC and 600-700 ppm. Been given at least over 350 ppm since about day 18.
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Roger A. Shrubber

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Cwmoore577 said:
250 ppm seems low once they get bigger. Here’s my only one that’s in coco. It’s day 43 and I water twice daily with around 900-1000 EC and 600-700 ppm. Been given at least over 350 ppm since about day 18.
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just my experience. only grown about 15 or so, so i'm far from an expert. when i gave them more, they started to get very dark and would get leaf tip claw, even though i was feeding them straight 5-11-26, with an occasional foliar feeding of cal mag
 
Cwmoore577

Cwmoore577

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
just my experience. only grown about 15 or so, so i'm far from an expert. when i gave them more, they started to get very dark and would get leaf tip claw, even though i was feeding them straight 5-11-26, with an occasional foliar feeding of cal mag
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Mine is 4-3-3. Always put 4ml calmag per gallon ro water.
 
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