seedling look sick? HELP!

cap master

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I have 3 groups group a are 2 weeks group b and c(gold pots) are 1 week old do the seedlings in group a look sick? ik the one finger leaves will fall off is this normal or will this spread up the plant like its deficient? only on 3rd grow and getting paranoid.20160214_005229.jpg 20160214_005235.jpg 20160214_005245.jpg
 

Six9

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You're too organized!

Group A looks has an over watered look, but the soil looks dry. A little detail about the soil, how you're watering, and anything you may be feeding them. Also light and temps they're seeing..
 
Group A looks bigger/older, I would expect group B to look similar in a few days. Looks like no nutrients/soil PH issue to me.
 

cap master

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too organized u think??? my soil is a 6 part soil 2 parts top soil 2 parts pearlite one part verm and 1 part peat the tds ppm of reg water is around 164-175 ph is between 6.2-7.0 water is room temp. fert is 5.1.1. fish emulsion 2tsp per 2 qts water drop of ST quarter tsp of unsulphured molasses phed down to 6.5 and running around 3-65-385 tds ppm after mixed the babys haven't gotten it yet. temps range from 74-84 light are 8 new t8 tubes running 400w at just over 50k lumens watering every 3-5 days or when top inch is bone dry. moving fan for circulation a 160cfm exhaust fan and I .5 volt intake inside a baffle insulative mylar reflective humidity has been low around 30 but just installed a humidifier and now up to 45-55% lights on 24 idk what I'm doing wrong tho only thing I can think is the top soil may contain peat like some do and with adding peat its retaining too mutch center moisture. I need help they are not root bound and roots out bottom holes look real white like they should also group a is 2 weeks old and group b-c are a week today so aprox 10 days apart in age.
 

nomofatum

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Have you used the same soil with success? I'm guessing it's a bad soil or soil PH issue.

Soil PH test:
Pot of soil (with or without a plant, without preferred, use your extra soil if possible)
2 Containers, 2x the volume of the pot

I would use two containers and a pot to run water repeatedly through your soil then take a PH and PPM test of the water. Once the water goes through the pot 4+ times it will give you an accurate PH value for the soil. I'm guessing low PH.
 

Six9

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Hey OP darn website was down yesterday, meant to respond. Temps, light and watering seem okay, but yeah if not pH related could they be N hungry?that fish emulsion is 5.1.1 at the strength you've been using? last time fed? how are they looking now?
 

cap master

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I did that but with one pot tds came out around 680-682 and ph was 6.4 I'm thinking it has too mutch peat in it bc I noticed once reading the bag of the top I use its comprised of composted peat. plus adding peat means water retention. I'm just going to try and water a lot less. and yeah 69 511 is the strength last time I watered I fed. so I'm thinking its holding water in the soil and causing the plant to lock. its just those bottom leaves its not moving anywhere up the plant or anything.
 
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