what ph should I give the seedling?

I've been growing this seedling in a rockwool cube for about 2-3 weeks it's started on it's third set of leaves. It has a sibling which I put into a water farm but now there are no more hydroponic systems available for my use and I don't feel like making one. I had some miracle gro potting soil and a pot with a hole in the bottom. I have some nutrient solution at 470ppm which my other seedling that's exactly the same age likes very much.

The only problem is i've been giving this rockwool cube a ph of 5.8-6.0 (I use the solution drops not a ph stick) and I don't want to shock it too much. I think for soil grows the optimum ph is around 6.8-7.0 I believe? I don't know i've never grown with soil so I thought i'd give it a try. Should I go straight to 7ph or gradually increase the ph until it's there?

Just a suggestion, you could make an impromptu hempy bucket with very little work (probably less work than messing with transplanting into a pot of soil) and then keep on using your hydro stuff. Would just need to hand water it occasionally.

SableZen said:

Just a suggestion, you could make an impromptu hempy bucket with very little work (probably less work than messing with transplanting into a pot of soil) and then keep on using your hydro stuff. Would just need to hand water it occasionally.

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Agreed. I started with soil and it is a big hassle compared to hempy buckets. You can use coco, coco and perlite or pure perlite and get better results than you would with soil.

SHIT PERLITE! I the potting soil I got from miracle grow has a VERY LITTLE perlite in it, is it too late to till some into the first inch.

I grabbed this off the net and keep it for reference.

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In soil, pH between 6.0 and 6.8. Somebody mentioned a few weeks ago that he likes to let it drift around some instead of trying to keep it exactly in one place. Ca uptake starts at 6.5 pH and up. Mn starts at 6.5 and lower. So I thought his advice made sense. Let it fluctuate to some degree but keep it in range.

As far as trying to fix it immediately, I've read that you should be gentle.

However. We started a coupla seedlings with our 8.2 well water. Both of them popped but the first one looked very unhappy a few days later. We used a commercial pH down liquid to knock some water back to 6.0 and soaked both seedlings. The next day the sick one started to respond and it's continuing to look better. I think our alkaline well water was really screwing things up. So gradual change is probably good general advice but if you think you're gonna lose the plant anyway drastic action might be in order.

In soil,pH 6.0 to 6.5,no higher.

I have it 6.5 water at 480 ppm as the other seedling that's exactly as old as the is getting the same ppm in a hydroponic system with great results. I put the rockwool cube in the potting soil and watered it with said water. Why is it wilting/yellowing?!

Why is it in a bowl and not in a planter or solo cup with drainage holes?!

IMO you're seeing problems because there is no drainage hole,possible overwatering/roots sitting in water.

Also that soil is looking dry.

There is one hole at the bottom i thought it would be enough

Put some holes on the sides at the bottom.