Help! Seedlings Matter

dredghead

Active Member
After months of study this will be a first time batch.
Seeds were planted 2 weeks ago.
Made the mistake of planting in soil straight out of the bag without getting moist. Gets about 2 tablespoons of reverse osmosis water every other day in week 1 and have gone to about 4 times a week now with a little more. They were extremely droopy at first but the soil was dry and moisture meter was registering dry so didnt think it could be overwatering. Stepped up the water just a bit to get the top soil moist. Over the past few days 3 plant tips are getting dry and worse by the day.
Two plants are drooping down but with no dry tips.
pH has been closely monitored and is sitting at 6.3-6.5.
Pics are posted, will have better ones later but any ideas would certainly help.


Thanks.
 

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Wavels

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Hi dredgh,
Those are pretty large containers for little seedlings, you should not need to water them for quite a while........ Even if surface appears to be dry, stick your finger in the soil...unless it’s dry to the second knuckle, don't water!
Try to step away from your little plants....let them dry up the soil more before you even think about giving ANY moisture!!
Benign neglect.
Good Luck
 

Acesover8

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take your finger 1 1/2 inches and see if its moist if not water and if it is wait but it looks like your either underwatering or overwatering

Maybe its your light if using flours make sure there pretty close to them... or if you dont have much maybe they need more

peace aces
 

dredghead

Active Member
Roger that.
Plants were transplanted into a smaller plastic cup without hurting any of the roots (from what could be seen)
Locked away for the next few days to let them dry up all the moisture.




Its greatly appreciated :bigjoint:

 

AllMeatNoPotato

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dude, you have some serious stretching going on there. get those fluros as close as you can. if you know, how old was the seeds? trust your moisture meter. if it says dry, guess what; the soil is dry. man 2 weeks and this is all you have. it has to be your lighting and drinking schedule. oh yeah what type of soil did you use?
 

dredghead

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Fluros were a good 6 inches away at first but are as close as possible now.

The seeds arrived no more than a week than when ordered. Seeds were sealed and floated.

Now with the seedlings in smaller containers and seems to have plenty of water for the next two days so we'll just have to wait and see.
 
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