Help my plants dont seem happy =C

im using 2 40 watt fluorescents, my babies are about 10 days from seed. This is my first grow ever, read alot but now im not sure what's wrong. 2 are white widow, the one that actually looks like its doing somewhat okay is the freebie hash seed i got.
have nutes on them already, not sure if that hurt them, its a 19-6-10 blend i believe.
please tell me how i can save them or help them out

bud4all123 said:

im using 2 40 watt fluorescents, my babies are about 10 days from seed. This is my first grow ever, read alot but now im not sure what's wrong. 2 are white widow, the one that actually looks like its doing somewhat okay is the freebie hash seed i got.
have nutes on them already, not sure if that hurt them, its a 19-6-10 blend i believe.
please tell me how i can save them or help them out

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First off, your lights are way to far away. they are reaching for the light. Second your soil likely contains time released fertilizer, the more you water the more nutes are released so if you are also adding nutes than you are likely overdoing it. Also most people recommend waiting 2 weeks or so before introducing any nutes. it also looks like your soil is pretty compacted which means that the roots are not likely getting enough oxygen. Change the soil, or at least add some perlite to the mix, reduce watering to when the soil is dryer and move the lights closer. If and when you transplant bury the plant a little deeper in the soil so that the stem isn't so tall. Good luck.

idlehands80 said:

First off, your lights are way to far away. they are reaching for the light. Second your soil likely contains time released fertilizer, the more you water the more nutes are released so if you are also adding nutes than you are likely overdoing it. Also most people recommend waiting 2 weeks or so before introducing any nutes. it also looks like your soil is pretty compacted which means that the roots are not likely getting enough oxygen. Change the soil, or at least add some perlite to the mix, reduce watering to when the soil is dryer and move the lights closer. If and when you transplant bury the plant a little deeper in the soil so that the stem isn't so tall. Good luck.

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Terrific advice! Also might wanna add a very small oscillating fan to build up that stem. Very low speed, and make sure it oscillates. Good luck

it's too young for nutes, especially what you said you gave it. You need a better light or place your lights alot closer. To help you gauge this is a pic of my current grow 14 days from seed.

Yeah, you definitely fert-burned them. You're only hopes of saving them, is to transplant, ASAP(yesterday, even.lol). I just hope it isn't too late, and you damaged them too bad. If so, they'll grow unsymmetrical and have alot of mutations. So, if you notice that they start looking really strange when they get a little bigger, finish them out, but order youself some new seeds because they won't be worth cloning. If ordering new seeds isn't an option at the time, you can clone them until you get some, but keep in mind that you'll never get the yield that you could from an undamaged plant.

And after the transplant, water them heavily so that water runs out the bottom, and that will help clean the leftover nutes from the rootball. From now on, never give the little one any nutes until at least 2 weeks, or 3 weeks if they're growing slower than normal. They don't use a whole lot of nutes when they're little, and the soil has plenty to sustain them for those 2-3 weeks.

jawbrodt said:

Yeah, you definitely fert-burned them. You're only hopes of saving them, is to transplant, ASAP(yesterday, even.lol). I just hope it isn't too late, and you damaged them too bad. If so, they'll grow unsymmetrical and have alot of mutations. So, if you notice that they start looking really strange when they get a little bigger, finish them out, but order youself some new seeds because they won't be worth cloning. If ordering new seeds isn't an option at the time, you can clone them until you get some, but keep in mind that you'll never get the yield that you could from an undamaged plant.

And after the transplant, water them heavily so that water runs out the bottom, and that will help clean the leftover nutes from the rootball. From now on, never give the little one any nutes until at least 2 weeks, or 3 weeks if they're growing slower than normal. They don't use a whole lot of nutes when they're little, and the soil has plenty to sustain them for those 2-3 weeks.

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Thank you for the advice, im not sure exactly how to transplant them, im worried about messing the roots up in the process, advice on this process would be greatly appreciated, i'm gonna get on ordering some new seeds though

Yeah, it's tough transplanting from those sturdy pots, because they don't flex. Try taking you hand and tap on the sides of the pot(kinda hard), and watch to see if it looks like it's loosening up. If that don't work, try to take a butter knife, and gently work it around the edge of the dirt. Those plants are still tiny yet, so there won't be much roots at the edge to damage, so you should be pretty safe. Then, tilt the plant sideways, angled down a little, with one hand over top of the soil making sure the plant doesn't fall out(keep the stem between the gap in two of your fingers), and tap on the bottom of the pot until it works loose. Then catch it, and flip it upright into the other pot that you have ready and waiting. Ifg your going to use the same pot, set the plant on a small pile of soil, or maybe even some wet paper towels, so that the roots don't touch anything that could harm them.

Better yet, would be to set the pot down and break the sides with a hammer, if that's an option. Next time use styrofoam or plastic cups, because they're nice and easy to slice down the sides when transplanting. That helps them to come out with minimal stress.