Drooping seedlings

Hey Hey Y'all,

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop in and read up on my problems and offer your help. RESPECT

So it is week 3 for these two seedlings. They are kept at 28c & 60% humidity. 2 CFL's 7" away from the top of the plant. I water when they start to get dry (about knuckle deep) " I'd say every couple days ". I noticed last week Tuesday they were drooping due to lack of water. I meant to water Monday but forgot and so Tuesday morning they were really dry. I watered and a little seaweed extract and 5/6hrs later they perked right back up. HOWEVER this keeps happening the same way every day since. Every morning I check them before lights out and they are drooping I checked them after their 6hrs lights off and they have perked back up...It's not underwatering at this point because I'm careful and check daily. It's not overwatering either because I'm very careful to watch the amount of water going in and how often. It's a mix soil (80% ProMix 20% Coco Coir) The lights are 18/6.

Can anyone tell me why this is happening ?!?!? Any help is much appreciated!!! Thanks again!!!

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They don't look too bad, the roots will take a few days to bounce back.
When you let it get too dry, they take a knock. Not the best idea to go straight to feeding them straight off after.
Learn to watch your leaves, they will lift and pray as they dry out, and then start to go limp from the tips down. You want to water between prayer and leaves losing turgor.
Ideally, this will be every 2 or 3 days.

Leaves move all day long, they also know what time it is and what time the light goes on and off and stuff like that.

Your plants will take a little less water now than before, so just take it easy, they will bounce back.

As long as your plant is perking up, there's nothing to worry about.

What you're experiencing is the effect of your environment to water movement inside the plant and the humidity outside the plant. If you want to maintain turgor pressure all the time, I suggest read up on water potential.

As the plant matures, it needs more water, there's always a constant movement of water. This movement of water is responsible for the turgor pressure of your plant (ex; leaves)., the purity of that moving water inside your plant will dictate how turgid is your plant would be.

I'm busy training a clone, I have to check it like 3 times a day as it seems to move about, so need to constantly make mini adjustments and super cropping.

water by weight ...as the pro's do

note the red stems...thats poor temp control

maybe at night?

time to pot up and prevent that droop

good luck

+1 they certainly are ready for a bigger pot. Red stems can also be caused by watering with cold water.

vostok said:

water by weight ...as the pro's do

note the red stems...thats poor temp control

maybe at night?

time to pot up and prevent that droop

good luck

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Thank you so much for your response and advise. I will repot.
Also the temp really only goes between 24-28c so I'd be surprised it was the temperature but maybe. It could also be I used cooler water than usual. Thanks again!

ANC said:

+1 they certainly are ready for a bigger pot. Red stems can also be caused by watering with cold water.

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Thank you ! I will try to be more aware of the water temperature. Cheers !

Bright light in a hot grow tent, move futher away thus reducing temps, plus all the above

vostok said:

water by weight ...as the pro's do

note the red stems...thats poor temp control

maybe at night?

time to pot up and prevent that droop

good luck

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Transplanted, went well. Thanks for tips.

The same way it is caused by general cold I would assume. You are cooling the rootzone when you add cold water.
It is a protective measure in many plants, you often see leaves on things like roses go almost rust red in winter.