Nodgman,
Your problem is the coco. Start seedling in a starter mix then into coco when they are much larger...Google: seedlings dying coco
Perfectly prepared and buffered coco will help...but seedlings are so sensitive. My feeling is that it's Na released from the coco. Very toxic to plants.
JD
Okay so with this latest batch I moved them into another room, a room that doesn't contain any hps lighting , to prevent temperature swings. Also this room has no fan going to dry out the coco. I also changed the lighting to a 100w equivalent cfl. Also I was researching damping off and read where someone recommended ground cinnamon on top the growing medium to help prevent it. Well I tired it on this batch of seeds, I did 2 seeds that I ordered (cheese and aurora INDICA) and a few sky walker OG. The two I purchased surfaced 2 days ago and last night I noticed that the others should be up by tonight. I'll keep y'all posted, going to try a seedling mix as we'll.Like Im going to practice with some bag seed first see what works for me then start planting my good seeds. Luckily I just got some skywalker OG, that I was able to pull seeds from so I'm trying those now.
Hey is miracle grow seedling soil ideal ?Nodgman,
Your problem is the coco. Start seedling in a starter mix then into coco when they are much larger...Google: seedlings dying coco
Perfectly prepared and buffered coco will help...but seedlings are so sensitive. My feeling is that it's Na released from the coco. Very toxic to plants.
JD
Hey thanks JD, I went out Monday evening and bought a bag of miracle grow's seedling mix. I threw some seeds in there Monday night and I'll let you know how that works out for me. As for the last batch that I did, the aurora INDICA and Swiss cheese died from damping. Those two seeds were both purchased as regular nirvana (brand) seeds thru herbies. Then I did about 6 sky walker OG seeds, these were bag seeds. Now with the OG seeds 5 out 6 look to be pretty good, one died from accidental damage I caused trying to get the shell off the leaves. Now maybe im crazy but im beginning to think it might be the seeds/strains. I've always ordered from Herbies (mainly because they sponsor this site) but maybe I'll have to try somewhere else just to see. I've also noticed that their will be certain seeds that I'll get 100% germination on. For instance my first grow, I had delicious jack herer, two free seeds, both grew to be beautiful plants. This time I had 3 free delicious Black Russian seeds, two germinated, one died due to grower error. Meanwhile I have those aurora INDICA from nirvana that out of the 6 i planted,all 6 died. Are some strains more susceptible to damping off?Hi Nodgman,
I've seen people get away with it. The deal is seedlings don't need any nutrients and don't tolerate nutrients well during early growth.. So better to use something mild like a seed starter mix. Miracle Grow makes a seed starter mix and does not recommend their regular soil for seeds.
This coco issue has been going on for years. Used to be worse because many cocos weren't rinsed adequately.
JD
Yes, thank u guys for the help. I'm not certain what I changed that really made such a difference, but whether it was the soil or just the room that there in. But whatever the issue was I definitely fixed it. Now I can't wait to get these gals up to size and induce flowering.Nodgman,
Congratulations on your success and thanks for posting the results. Nice to hear. Keep up the good work and happy growing...
JD