Crooked8 Does Karma OG
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I see 3 keepers already!! LOL..
Looking forward to a proper grow as you always do Crooked8.
Looking forward to a proper grow as you always do Crooked8.
One more is up today.....but sadly three are down. Not sire wtf happened they just wilted and died. Too moist of soil? Too dry? No idea. Everything else seems fine and the soil seems wet but i only watered it once. My understanding was always that seedling require very little moisture and that overwatering is a big problem for them. Maybe i got it too wet to begin with. I dunno. Just as a precaution i hit all the living seedlings with a tiny amount of water in case the seedlings died due to drying out. Scared now.
Some of the ones that didn't pull through
The six healthy seedlings i have left
Not exactly sure what happened here. I guess i didn't have them moist enough? Maybe it was too moist? Pretty pissed at my results here. I know somehow its my fault but i don't get it. With my Karma/Horti testers i did everything the same way and i barely lost any. Out if 15 seeds 12 sprouted and only 6 have survived. Im disappointed because they even broke the surface and then died. Regardless, 6 Karma OG seedlings is better than none! I still feel blessed. My apologies to Karma for the shitty turn out.
The six healthy seedlings i have left
Not exactly sure what happened here. I guess i didn't have them moist enough? Maybe it was too moist? Pretty pissed at my results here. I know somehow its my fault but i don't get it. With my Karma/Horti testers i did everything the same way and i barely lost any. Out if 15 seeds 12 sprouted and only 6 have survived. Im disappointed because they even broke the surface and then died. Regardless, 6 Karma OG seedlings is better than none! I still feel blessed. My apologies to Karma for the shitty turn out.
dont beat yourself up it happens. in the future ive been reading that a chitosan presoak will cutdown on that immensely. its microbes and individual situations can vary. dampeing off is likely the culprit and you can suddenly take a hit doing everything the same. if the conditions are ripe and its present it dont take too much. on the otherhand you can be sloppy and get great results because its not the right time of year temp humiduty or the bennificial micros are in massive numbers in your soil etc.
Crooked looks to wet to me you should look for MG seedling starter mix its ideal for seedlings and cuttings
http://www.scotts.ca/smg/goprod/miracle-gro-premium-seed-starting-potting-soil/prod10190088
i use it for seedlings n cuttings you might still be able to save them carefully taking them out of cups wash soil away and carefully re transplant them n place into domes thats probably what i would do as last resort
http://www.scotts.ca/smg/goprod/miracle-gro-premium-seed-starting-potting-soil/prod10190088
i use it for seedlings n cuttings you might still be able to save them carefully taking them out of cups wash soil away and carefully re transplant them n place into domes thats probably what i would do as last resort
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hit em with some bennies.
Ha dr, they are finished. Thanks for the tip though. I literally saturated the soil one time. Never watered it again. After some died, out of fear that the top of the soil dried more than i could see, i hit the remaining seedlings with a tiny amount of water. They all seem fine. Ill get over it. Ive tried starting seedling in plugs, rockwool and coco and ive always had my best luck going right into soil. Oh well, ill only cry myself to sleep a few more times then ill be back to normal 
I suck at getting seeds going. Once they're going, it's pretty easy, but getting them above ground odd for some reason difficult for me.
I'm betting you'll have some keepers in the ones that did make it, so don't sweat it.
I'm betting you'll have some keepers in the ones that did make it, so don't sweat it.
All good bud what i like to use with seedlings is a syringe for first little while this way i know i do not over water hit them with 10 ml in my 1 "x 1" tray till roots come out then transplant them into either cups or 1 liter milk cartoon problem with solo cups is if you don't punch out hole over watering and lack of 02 becomes common
Good luck with the rest make it happen
Doc
Good luck with the rest make it happen
Doc
I think the biggest problems people have with seedlings is too much soil when starting. I start them out in 9oz beer cups that are cut down to about 1/3 their normal height. This means I can put them on a heat mat AND KNOW the soil around the seed is warm, not just the soil at the bottom of the cup. I guess I found in my own seed ventures, that I'd create a anaerobic environment near the bottom of the cup as it was staying too wet. But the soil at the top of the cup was drying out as the fluros are only you know 8-10" above the seeds.
By the time the roots got to the bottom, the soil was oxygen deprived muck and the roots just wouldn't take hold - and then seedlings would wilt off from pathogens.
So, I just started using smaller amounts of dirt for starting my seedlings. Heat from the mat below and heat from the lights above meant the soil actually drying out and needing to be watered every 2nd or third day - which was exactly what I wanted with my seedlings...
Just sharing...fingers crossed on your 6.
dank.Frank
By the time the roots got to the bottom, the soil was oxygen deprived muck and the roots just wouldn't take hold - and then seedlings would wilt off from pathogens.
So, I just started using smaller amounts of dirt for starting my seedlings. Heat from the mat below and heat from the lights above meant the soil actually drying out and needing to be watered every 2nd or third day - which was exactly what I wanted with my seedlings...
Just sharing...fingers crossed on your 6.
dank.Frank
Agree with frank and if you happen to have fungus gnats the larvae will eat the embryo and/or new roots.
That's usually what happens to me when seedlings wilt/die/damp off.
