Okay so the last few days have been a rollercoaster.
13/14 day old random seeds
Under a 400w MH light about 21" from the top
Temp is about 85 degrees
Ebb and flow system
Light is on 20/4
Watering is 4 times a day every 6 hours (6am, 12pm, 6pm, 12am)
I began by watering them too much originally (5 times a day) and it stunted their growth. I changed it to 4 and they were flourishing for a while. However, they were still drooping after watering so i decided to change it to 3 times a day once every 9 hours for watering. Well the day I changed the cycle I came home and found them drooping really bad. I quickly changed it back.
It's been two days and they're not perky though.
I changed out their water on Monday and according to the back of the product (Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Grow) I should up the nutes. Well I did and since then I'd been noticing problems. In my last problem I noted that the edges of one of the leaves began to curl and then after a few days the leaves began to curl under. A lot of them! Then the tips of some began to turn yellow. I also found a few threads on here stating that the nutes recommendation by botanicare is way overstated for hydro setups.
So last night I flushed it out, put it back at the old amount of nutes and now I'm just waiting but I'm still worried.
So the symptoms are extreme drooping, tips of leaves yellowing, edges of leaves curling and end of leaves curling under.
I'm also thinking it might be that the pots are too small. you can see them in the pic. The roots are starting to show at the drain holes of the pots. Maybe this is from them being root bound? Can I just transplant them? How big should I go? Or is it not a problem? Please help
13/14 day old random seeds
Under a 400w MH light about 21" from the top
Temp is about 85 degrees
Ebb and flow system
Light is on 20/4
Watering is 4 times a day every 6 hours (6am, 12pm, 6pm, 12am)
I began by watering them too much originally (5 times a day) and it stunted their growth. I changed it to 4 and they were flourishing for a while. However, they were still drooping after watering so i decided to change it to 3 times a day once every 9 hours for watering. Well the day I changed the cycle I came home and found them drooping really bad. I quickly changed it back.
It's been two days and they're not perky though.
I changed out their water on Monday and according to the back of the product (Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Grow) I should up the nutes. Well I did and since then I'd been noticing problems. In my last problem I noted that the edges of one of the leaves began to curl and then after a few days the leaves began to curl under. A lot of them! Then the tips of some began to turn yellow. I also found a few threads on here stating that the nutes recommendation by botanicare is way overstated for hydro setups.
So last night I flushed it out, put it back at the old amount of nutes and now I'm just waiting but I'm still worried.
So the symptoms are extreme drooping, tips of leaves yellowing, edges of leaves curling and end of leaves curling under.
I'm also thinking it might be that the pots are too small. you can see them in the pic. The roots are starting to show at the drain holes of the pots. Maybe this is from them being root bound? Can I just transplant them? How big should I go? Or is it not a problem? Please help
