Help, something is wrong w/ my first grow! Pics

Hi everyone,

You may have read my post from last week, but in brief I started my first grow ever last week. I'm growing easy ryder autoflowers (lowryder #2 x ak-47). I germinated the seeds last Wednesday night, the sprouted by Friday morning and they went in the AG last Friday night. Room temp. is like 80, pH is correct. I have a 10" airstone and it's the AG Deluxe (3 flat bulbs).

Anyway, these pics are from this morning, so a little more than one week. I put half the "dose" of the seedling mix from the Recipe for Success kit on Friday b/c they weren't doing well (first week was distilled water only) and I thought maybe they needed nutes. What is going on with these seedlings? Can they be salvaged?

I read everything on here and followed all the instructions, so it's a little discouraging. I'm going away for vacation around Dec. 20 so I don't know if I have time to start again at this point. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

looks like nute burn to me

put just plane water in the rez for the first two weeks

But it was getting like that even before the nutes (maybe nit as bad though). I'll change to plain water. Are they growing slow or is this normal size for one week? Thanks!

I'd say on the small side for a week. I have 11 sprouts now that all germed the same time. Some still have only 2 single leaves and one is on it's 4th set. They are on day 8.

Did you order these seeds or are they bag seed? I always run pure water only for first two weeks, then add 1/2 strength nutrients and slowly ramp up to a full dose once the plant has become a true seedling. Weed doesn't require as much food as one would naturally think. its a fine dance you play with mother nature. You will not need the bio domes ever to grow weed. Its important to know your strain if you plan on growing in an aerogarden.

Alot of people take a piece of the plugs and wedge it under the plug to raise it higher in the basket. Its important the plant gets plenty of light, so don't use the bio domes.
Healthy MJ plants will drink up the water quickly, That will be a problem for sure. Maybe fit a gravity refill bottle. Ive seen it done but haven't tried it myself.

I grow jalapenos and tomatoes in my gardens. I have been for the last two years. Its how i learned to grow hydroponically. Since then i have moved to a full DWC system. I hung 3 (42 watt) bulbs inside a reflector i bought. It gives you so much more room when you break out of the aerogarden. (I own three ag's)

JP

Smucker G - Your seedlings look much better/healthier/happier than mine do. I'll flush tomorrow and hope for the best.

I bought the seeds from Attitude. They're Autoflowering Easyryders, which are a cross between Lowryder #2 and AK-47.

Empty your reservoir. Refill it with 1 Gallon of distilled water.
Those seedlings are not near ready for any nutes; get that water out of the res and use Distilled water.

take it easy on the nutes. I don't go anywhere near full feeding strength for a good 3 weeks (Esp. for auto flowering plants)

An issue I have a peave with on the AG system..... water dripping off of a sopping wet sponge may provide theoretical aeration... but not as much as the submerged roots would like to have. A $10 aquarium air pump and airstone will make your roots 10 times happier, your plant will look better.... and root rot, mold, slime, algea etc will be less of a problem.

I do have an airstone but the plants are looking worse and worse. It's weird though, roots look ok. They're just growing really really really slow (no bigger than they were like after four days) and they're just dying more. I flushed them but no luck.

One weird thing though and if I can get an answer to this it would be great: my pH is higher now than when I put the new water (w/o nutes) in. I was right under 6 when the water went in and now it's over 8. What gives? I really want to get everything straightened out and may start new tonight (I'm thinking of germing two new seeds).

I have had tap & bottled water Ph at 8. Typically when you add nutes, it brings the Ph down then you adjust further after that if necessary.

You need some Ph down. Some folks use lemon juice in a pinch. Some folks swear by lemon juice and use it all the time.

Good luck!

the more complex you make this the more inclined it is to mess up. Remember that.

Yeah, tjats what I'm thinking. I'm starting fresh in the AG tomorrow. I'm germing my last three easy Ryder seeds so I hope it works this time. This has been huge outlay of $$$ so far with no prospect even of getting anything back. I'm optmistic though. I'm going to put the third seed in dirt in a pot next to the AG w some additional CFLs and see how tjat one goes.

DDS said:

Hi everyone,

You may have read my post from last week, but in brief I started my first grow ever last week. I'm growing easy ryder autoflowers (lowryder #2 x ak-47). I germinated the seeds last Wednesday night, the sprouted by Friday morning and they went in the AG last Friday night. Room temp. is like 80, pH is correct. I have a 10" airstone and it's the AG Deluxe (3 flat bulbs).

Anyway, these pics are from this morning, so a little more than one week. I put half the "dose" of the seedling mix from the Recipe for Success kit on Friday b/c they weren't doing well (first week was distilled water only) and I thought maybe they needed nutes. What is going on with these seedlings? Can they be salvaged?

I read everything on here and followed all the instructions, so it's a little discouraging. I'm going away for vacation around Dec. 20 so I don't know if I have time to start again at this point. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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I use the RFS too. TAR as a pre mix for the germination and rapid rooter plug pre soak. Sugar Daddy and Root 66 full strength for a week after germination to get some nice roots goin. When you start to Veg, mix it @ 1/4 strength. Check out my links in my sig, Budd.