problem with my seedling?

you need to know the p.h of your water also and i never leave my water open to evaproate the chlorine it dosent matter if your water is good.
you can buy a cheap soil tester for testing both moisture and soil p.h at the same time it just depends where you live.mine cost £20 and is ideal and if your unsure about your water ph you can buy a p.h test kit from a fish/pet shop for about £8 and it will give up to 50 tests for testing water sources.
i use mineral/spring bottled water if you look at the labels on these spring/mineral waters it will show you the p.h. on the label.i use VOLVIC NATURAL MINERAL WATER its p.h. is a perfect 7.0.
here is my combi soil p.h and moisture tester.

awesome, thanks ludacris. also, i retract my previous statement about not thinking its a cotyledon. after further inspection, im thinking it MIGHT be, but i have never seen a set of cot's have so much fuzz/hair on it..i will definitely check out some pet shops here and see if i can find a cheap ph tester. thanks again

regal8r said:

awesome, thanks ludacris. also, i retract my previous statement about not thinking its a cotyledon. after further inspection, im thinking it MIGHT be, but i have never seen a set of cot's have so much fuzz/hair on it..i will definitely check out some pet shops here and see if i can find a cheap ph tester. thanks again

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no problem mate.
good luck.
any questions just send me a personal message and i will help were i can.

I've had this problem (or something like it) when starting seeds. I honestly figured it was mold (and my white fuzzy things developed after 2-3 days.) All I did was this... let it dry out A LITTLE.. meaning take the top off of it... (saran wrap or a germination dome) and let air get to it. Then I put it under 4- 40watt neon grow tubes. It litterally went away in 2 days and the plant grew up to be a big strong girl.. and she tasted pretty damn good. becareful to not let it dry out too much... that'll kill her at this point in time. If it is mold, the air and UV light from the lamps will kill it off pretty quickly. (Knowing how and why things work is my profession and UV light will kill mold!!) Don't move her around... You'll kill her that way to.

Side note... and I'm sure that Ill have a BUNCH of people writing to me on here saying oh your wrong your wrong.... but oh well... The paper towel method of germination... sucks!! It does work yes... Not denying that.. but it is THE MOST stressfull way to germinate a seed!!!! The method I ALWAYS use is soaking them in water for 24 hours... and then planting them. (and whomever said 1/2" is too deep is correct.)Some people say you should always plant them pointed side down.. and others say rounded side... Truth is... EVERY SEED IS DIFFERENT!!! I have done them both ways... and sometimes it pops up quicker.. and sometimes I get a root that needs to work its way back down into the media (soil or rockwool etc) There is no way to pick up a seed and say.. well this seed needs to be planted this way because this is how the root is going to pop out... yea.. ok...

If ANYONE wants to argue with that... Think about this... When a human is born.. you are supposed to come out of your mother head first... so what about breech births?? Nature has a way of correcting herself - and I am living proof. I came out ass first - Told the world to kiss my ass from day 1 !!!! LOL

Good Luck!! Oh.. and keep her warm too!!!

Side note... and I'm sure that Ill have a BUNCH of people writing to me on here saying oh your wrong your wrong.... but oh well... The paper towel method of germination... sucks!! It does work yes... Not denying that.. but it is THE MOST stressfull way to germinate a seed!!!! The method I ALWAYS use is soaking them in water for 24 hours... and then planting them. (and whomever said 1/2" is too deep is correct.)Some people say you should always plant them pointed side down.. and others say rounded side... Truth is... EVERY SEED IS DIFFERENT!!! I have done them both ways... and sometimes it pops up quicker.. and sometimes I get a root that needs to work its way back down into the media (soil or rockwool etc) There is no way to pick up a seed and say.. well this seed needs to be planted this way because this is how the root is going to pop out... yea.. ok...

(and whomever said 1/2" is too deep is correct.). that was me.

this is true but instead of pre soaking the seeds just plant them into the medium and water over.(plant the seeds 5-7mm deep)
this way the taproot will always grow downwards however you plant it.

plant sprouted today. the hairy part is still in the pot so, idk wtf it is. im pretty sure its part of the root like i had thought before. the sprout is the best looking one i have so far. the cotyledons on all the other ones are a little yellow, but this one is all green

the cotyledons start of yellowish and then turn green.
they will eventually die and fall off naturally.

LUDACRIS said:

the cotyledons start of yellowish and then turn green.
they will eventually die and fall off naturally.

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cool..thanks man..heres a few pics of the babies

this one is the actual seedling i was talking about. im attempting to point to the hairy part in the pic








awww, family photo time


since these were taken, i have 1 new sprout. so far all of the seeds that i germ'd, all but 1 or 2 popped and out of those all except 1 has sprouted already. finally some GOOD luck

31* is too hot.
but i see what you mean in pic 1.
it does look like a tap root.either let it be or if it was me i would just cover it with soil and all will come good.
the second last pic is exactly how cotleydons should look.
all looks good mate.
(never got my rep???).
LUDA.

Mine did the same thing so I ate them and started off fresh

you just need to be patient and see what transpires.
starting over is a sign of impatience and worry.
just let them be forget about them and water and all will be good.
i check my plants once a day for 2 mins and dont really care about them if all is good.
overstressing is the newbies biggest mistake.

LUDACRIS said:

you just need to be patient and see what transpires.
starting over is a sign of impatience and worry.
just let them be forget about them and water and all will be good.
i check my plants once a day for 2 mins and dont really care about them if all is good.
overstressing is the newbies biggest mistake.

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x2..my very first try was pretty bad bc of all the stress..no wonder it wouldnt grow lol. this grow however is going alot better IMO

i concur 100%, newbez stress way to much but the main problem is IMPATIENCE, if u aint got any patience u can forget growing, ALL IN GOOD TIME FELLAZ LOL.

taffo143 said:

i concur 100%, newbez stress way to much but the main problem is IMPATIENCE, if u aint got any patience u can forget growing, ALL IN GOOD TIME FELLAZ LOL.

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definately.
i am the most impatient sucker when it comes to anything.
i fucked up a couple of times before i got with it and when its done you will be well proud.
i have speeded this grow up dramatically by going 24/0 and starting straight under my 400w h.p.s. it was a risk skipping my c.f.ls to start out with but i dont stress about anything anymore now i know how its done.

im currently trying 24/0 my bigbud are 11days old 2moro and have their 4th set ov leaves already, internodes are spaced at 1/4 inch which is perfect. at day 14 im switching to 18/6 to get some nice upward growth, then day 28 switch to 12/12. im realy impatient to i get all exited but if u rush the plant u only fuck things up!! good luck with urs friend and i hopw we both get decent yeilds. TAFFO

taffo143 said:

im currently trying 24/0 my bigbud are 11days old 2moro and have their 4th set ov leaves already, internodes are spaced at 1/4 inch which is perfect. at day 14 im switching to 18/6 to get some nice upward growth, then day 28 switch to 12/12. im realy impatient to i get all exited but if u rush the plant u only fuck things up!! good luck with urs friend and i hopw we both get decent yeilds. TAFFO

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cheers TAFFO.
this seed was planted on the 3rd sprouted on the 7th and its now the 16th and the seedling now had 10 leaves.
this grow seems to be going rapid compared to last time.
(skunk special).

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cheers TAFFO.
this seed was planted on the 3rd sprouted on the 7th and its now the 16th and the seedling now had 10 leaves.
this grow seems to be going rapid compared to last time.
(skunk special).

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that seedling is on its 3rd set of leaves, it looks to me as if it has 4leafes going into 6leafes???

checked mine today and theyr 4set have developed, im a little ahead of u but mine sprouted on the 5th. cool

taffo143 said:

that seedling is on its 3rd set of leaves, it looks to me as if it has 4leafes going into 6leafes???

checked mine today and theyr 4set have developed, im a little ahead of u but mine sprouted on the 5th. cool

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yes its on its on its 3rd set of leaves but it has 10 leaves i have never seen this before(confused).
what kind of lighting are you using and whats the strain????.

im on 4th set, because i been on the 24/0 since birth ive had a lot of side growth2, so i have the usual normal sets of leaves plus new side shoots, on the 19th im changing to 18/6 to get some upward growth or shes gunna end up to bushy, if its to bushy lght penetration might come a problem!!

im using 4x18w cfl 2warm 2cool white for veg 400w hps for flower, BIGBUD.

Ur plant only has 4 leafes, ur going into ur 6 leaf(3rd set) the small leafes on the side are the same leaf.!!

Set1=1 blade on a leaf

set2=3 blades on a leaf

and set 3 ur next set should have 5 blades on the leaf.????????? Understand??