Stuck in Rock Wool

Gregzky

Gregzky

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These two auto flowers germinated well the. They went in rock wool. They popped through then they went in my tray in the tent under LED. Been 6 days. Don’t seem to be doing anything.
See pic please. Where should these go?
Under LED. In sun light?

Thanks for the help!
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JohnDee

JohnDee

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Hi Greg,
Those small cubes can dry out fast. Did they ever get really dry? Actually they look a little dry right now.

I would place them in a so;o cup surrounded by whatever media you're planning on using. Is the taproot sticking out the bottom?

6 days of stalled growth is a bad sign...good luck.
JD
 
Gregzky

Gregzky

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Tap root is visible into the rock wool but not
coming out of rock wool.

Should I place in the dark after or sunlight?
 
M

Mak'er Grow

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Wet the rockwell again and put a dome over them for a few days...slowly over the next day remove the dome for longer and longer periods until the plant doesn't go limp and they should start to grow better again.
Also in the picture...the bottom plant/cube...looks like most of the root is exposed.
Maybe split the cube open in the middle a little (try to keep outside edges of cube intact) and see if you can get the root down more in to the cube. Take a few small pieces off the outside of the cube to fill up around the stem again...if needed
Lastly try to get the shells off if you can...VERY carefully. Leave them if they dont come off easy...but keep trying every now and then.
 
stray77

stray77

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If the top one is brown like the bottom one, they're both dead. At this point they should be on the 2nd set of leaves and be unmistakably green. Even if they were alive (which they're not) you wouldn't want use them because they are way behind where a healthy plant would be. Again, I'm sorry.
 
Gregzky

Gregzky

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JD,

Thank you for your input! I put them in solo cups, covered the top of the Rockwool cube with soil. Watered them and voila!! Growing!! Both of them !

Thanks again!!
 
M

Mak'er Grow

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Gregzky said:
JD,

Thank you for your input! I put them in solo cups, covered the top of the Rockwool cube with soil. Watered them and voila!! Growing!! Both of them !

Thanks again!!
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Great work !
And all that nah say goin' on...lol
Be gentle on them for a little bit (week or so), but I bet they grow up strong now they had hard start.
 
Gregzky

Gregzky

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Not shitting you. Why would I lie?
I’m too lazy to head to the tent tonight lol.
Will post tomorrow
 
M

Mak'er Grow

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stray77 said:
Oh comon, post a pic please. I have to see it to believe it. The top one I can believe, that bottom one though, really? Bravo @Mak'er Grow your optimism paid off. I'm glad to be wrong.
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@stray77 It really could of gone either way to be honest.
They were right on their last legs for sure, but yes I like to keep optimistic...lol
If its not brown root or has a few leaves I try to grow it usually just to see if I can. :)
 
Gregzky

Gregzky

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Soon as they went in the solo cups things turned around. I’ve never had issues putting sprouted seeds right in solo cup. This time went with rock wool and almost lost 3.
Gonna just use my propagation tray with rock wool for cloning in the future.
 
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