Don't Know What's Going On!

Hi guys, the problem i got is my northern light seedlings have new growth which is lime green in colour and what seems like nute burn on some leaves, plus the leaves are crinkled' i was told to flush with 3 times the amount of water to how much soil, done that and now 3-4 days on now the brown bits on the leaves seem to be getting worse, i have soil here that says its safe for seeds and cuttings so should i transplant then into that soil, they are about a month old now and havn't had any nute what so ever apart from whats already in the compost.
Plz could someone help me as to what to do now as im stuped, lol thanks guys

Watering your plant is process perfected over time. Try going light on the feedings and wait for your pot to be "light" when you pick it up before you feed next time

hoagtech said:

Watering your plant is process perfected over time. Try going light on the feedings and wait for your pot to be "light" when you pick it up before you feed next time

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that's perfect watering advice

If your new growth is green and the older leaves are dying, I would tend to think it's due to underfertilization. The plants will cannablize themselves in order to survive. I've noticed this when the plant is wilting too the bottom leaves die first. Your soil is not strong with nutrients from the sounds of it and your flushing too which only makes my theory even more logical. Once the leaves are damaged, they are not going to heal, pay attention to the new growth. I'd try to fertilize with a weak strength fertilizer and see if they look more healthy.

hoagtech said:

Watering your plant is process perfected over time. Try going light on the feedings and wait for your pot to be "light" when you pick it up before you feed next time

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If you read his post, it says he has not fed the plant any nutrients.

Scunk, I think the compost might be a litte hot for your plants. What kinda soil did you pot them in? You prolly should transplant, give them some superthrive or B1, flush and then follow hoagtech's advice

Does the compost have manure in it? Ive read that it can significantly drop P.H, causing lockout. The same thing happened to one of my girls when I transplanted into a bigger pot with a compost mix. After about a week of steady watering i think alot of the nutes rinsed and my plant was back to normal. Then again, some people argue that leaves from the bottom up is a nitrogen issue and Compost with Manure is very high in Nitrogen.

Thanks all for the info, yeah i know what your saying about watering' i was always told to water when the top 2inchs of soil is dry. in the compsot i mixed i put 60% compost, 20% canadian spagnamoss,
20% perlite and 10% sharp sand. i have been having probs with ph readings as i only had a test with a test tub and you put a drop of soliution, then i turns a colour and match it to the colour. last week i went out and got myself a digital one which they said is best, its very much like nute burn the colour on the tips of the leaves but then theres the the lighter colour in the leaves of the growing shoot. the seedlings are just over a month old, 5 nodes, just over half a foot" and i havn't fed them at all. i think the best way to go is to try and dig my way around it and transplant it into the seedling soil i got and then see what happens.
plz could someone tell me if this is the way i should go?
Thanks guys so much, scunk!

You dont wanna go by the top two inches of soil. Just physically pick up your pot. your top soil can dry faster for a variety of reasons. It does help to mist the top roots if they dry too fast and you dont want to give them a full feading or watering

Pipe Dream said:

If your new growth is green and the older leaves are dying, I would tend to think it's due to underfertilization. The plants will cannablize themselves in order to survive. I've noticed this when the plant is wilting too the bottom leaves die first. Your soil is not strong with nutrients from the sounds of it and your flushing too which only makes my theory even more logical. Once the leaves are damaged, they are not going to heal, pay attention to the new growth. I'd try to fertilize with a weak strength fertilizer and see if they look more healthy.

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If that was the case wouldn't all the plant leaves and all be light lime colour? i topped one of my plants and while i was waitting for it to root the whole thing went light coz like you said its eating its self to live, but none of the leafs had that brown tip burn look, can that happen when the plant basicaly eats its self?
Thanks dude

the guy's problem is obviously not moisture related. I think that after flushing well (which should also solve pH problems, and the guys said before that runoff comes out 6.5 as well), it's safe to start feeding gradually. my bet is that the plant is hungry. but without pics hard to tell.

scunkworm said:

If that was the case wouldn't all the plant leaves and all be light lime colour? i topped one of my plants and while i was waitting for it to root the whole thing went light coz like you said its eating its self to live, but none of the leafs had that brown tip burn look, can that happen when the plant basicaly eats its self?
Thanks dude

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I guess I misread I thought you said they were in the soil that said safe for seedlings. I was assuming they were in a potting mix like FF light warrior or something. In that case they would definately be in need of nutrients but I'm not sure about the compost. Here's a picture of some of my plants that started to eat itself because it was wilting and a handy little guide I recently saw someone post.

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