it's not so easy...

[goofywck]

All of it is more delicate than I thought...







and this... strange leafs, is it ok?




My babys do not look happy.
16 days from seed, they get nutrient only once yesterday and I'll see maybe will get better.
What you all think?
Nutrient is: grotek Solo-tek grow /canada/
soft solution, I think it's not to strong but...
temps 25-28 C and hum. 46-56%
ph. more or less 6.0 i do not have digital meter.

any suggestions? please.

 

[WiltedRoots]

my 2 cents:

i personally think you shouldnt be using ferts for now, and there should be some in that medium to last a couple more nodes

as for the strange leaves........ most likely it will grow out of it

 

[dre86]

If the cotyledons (=first pair of leaves, round) are still green, I never give 'em nutrients at that stage.. I grow in soil though

 

[goofywck]

yeah but this burning marks and realy light colour of leafs start to show up about 4 days ago. so it's not cause by nutrients. i'll take them back for now from soil plants, till cotyledons will loose rgeen.
thx for that.

 

[sproutco]

How exactly are these seedlings being grown? They look like they are sitting in wet peatmoss with a sprinkle of perlite and then hydroton on top.

 

[goofywck]

i put them all to coco plugs and germinate normal, I think, in dark and warm, next in propagator, when roots went out from plugs i set them in biger rockwoll.
Biger roots they have, I go forward and now they grow in soil and buble tank.
Some plants grow creazy fast and others are in bad condition.
It is posible that just some seeds go bad?
O yeah, and I soak them in feminization gel on start.

I have to learn on my own mistakes. How was your first grow?

 

[dre86]

yeah but this burning marks and realy light colour of leafs start to show up about 4 days ago. so it's not cause by nutrients. i'll take them back for now from soil plants, till cotyledons will loose rgeen.
thx for that.

What water you give them? IMO one of the most important elements for a succesfull (soil) grow

i put them all to coco plugs and germinate normal, I think, in dark and warm, next in propagator, when roots went out from plugs i set them in biger rockwoll.
Biger roots they have, I go forward and now they grow in soil and buble tank.
Some plants grow creazy fast and others are in bad condition.
It is posible that just some seeds go bad?
O yeah, and I soak them in feminization gel on start.

I have to learn on my own mistakes. How was your first grow?

Feminization gel?? Whats that?

 

[goofywck]

Feminization gel?? Whats that?

it makes them female

feminizate them...
i don't know something like that...

 

[Guest]

when roots went out from plugs i set them in biger rockwoll

Rockwool needs to be cleaned/flushed well. Depending on the brand, the PH is very high. It also needs to be at the right humidity, not too wet or the roots will be saturated. I have had problems doing that.

I also think your PH is probably way out of whack. Tapwater has high chlorine levels that will hurt roots and seedlings. Cold water is also not good, nor is fertilizer at this young stage. Have you tested the runoff of water from a rockwool you are using? What do you use for ph?

If you are starting out, try soil until you get things down. Then try to go more advanced. KISS technique.

Please describe your whole setup, temperatures, water type, ph testing method, lights, ventilation etc.

Good lUck!

 

[dre86]

it makes them female

feminizate them...
i don't know something like that...

never heard of it...sounds cool though, but does it really work?

 

[goofywck]

Yes, ph. I'll try to do something, buy meter...
Now i have this chemic, not accurate one.
Water is for sure out of range.

But it's still strange that some of them going well.
is it?

 

[goofywck]

never heard of it...sounds cool though, but does it really work?

We'll see

http://www.accenthydroponics.com/prod_info/seed soak_info1.htm

 

[dre86]

Yes, get yourself a pH meter, if you look good on eBay you can buy one @bargain price. It's what I did.

Personally I use filtered rain water for my soil plants, they love it. On my previous grows I have used distilled water with good succes.. But if you have lots of plants (5+) I can see it getting expensive...

That some of them do well is perfectly normal, some strains/phenotypes are not so picky..

 

[goofywck]

Ok. I adjust ph and stop ferts for small ones.
how long it will take to see is it help or not?

Soil for begining? plants in bubbles seems to go a lot better than this in soil...

Setup as follow:
400w hps on 55-60cm.
temps 24-30C hum. 40-55%
vent. computer fan injecting air in half of tent high and extraction holes on top.
ph testin by chemic tester. tap water.
something about that.