New Grower...Need help with my Seedlings???

[moneyman]

I recently transplanted my seedlings into bigger containers due to yellowing and proximity of the fluorescent light. The fluorescent light is about 2" away from the seedlings now. Its been about 4 days since transplanting. The seedlings look OK except for the one in the middle. Has dried
yellow leaves. This is day 22 for the seedlings and they appear to be growing very slowly. I am getting anxious and want to transplant soon into 3 gallon containers and put into my grow room. Can I please get any "SUGGESTIONS" and "HINTS" that would help jump start my babies so I can be on my way to a successful first grow.

Thanks
MoneyMan

Currently: Using Propagation Kit with inclosed flourscent;
Just transplanted into bigger jiffy container; using bottled water instead of tap;
Soil being used is Fox Farm Light Warrior

 

[Weedninja]

Water them. That stuff looks bone dry.

 

[Crush]

using bottled water instead of tap

Careful.

Depending on brand, the bottled water can be very alkaline giving a PH of 8.

Rain water is 5.8. Tap water is 7.

Your soil is acidic and will bring the PH down from tap water - It's forumated for tap water actually. When the PH is too high, it will not uptake the minerals it needs from the soil which will hit the bottom leaves first. Also, tap water has a lot of trace minerals that the plant needs. This can be supplemented. The RO crowd are very good with this.

If the PH is too low, it will not get optimum N it needs and the NEW growth will become lime green and suffer.

Thus, i'm guessing your PH is actually too high. Please go to the organic forum and explain your situation with soil and the bottled water you are using.

Seedlings can be tricky though to diagnose so I could be all wrong but that's my guess.

I would just give them plain tap water considering your soil and monitor the new growth. The plant is growing slow because it's stressed right now and will make a comeback once they get going.

 

[rafe]

Water them only and after they get 3 or 4 sets of leaves you can start feeding them. If you fail at this start over with bag seed and you might get some killer shit. Or save your good seeds. I have some shit luck in europe but there are some wonderful people there too so I just don't want him to spend a lot of money until he learns how to germinate and get those babies going. Then you can go overseas for some really nice beans. When you get 50 posts PM me and I'll hook you up with some nice sellers and kind and honest.

 

[hempluvr]

You need to water those big time. Plants in small containers use lots of water fast. While growth above ground seems slow the root development is not. The roots develop fast. They may need to be watered every day if not every other day. Give them plenty of light, they can take it. Also,you should switch the soil to fox farm ocean forest if possible. It is more of a complete soil,and has enough nutes in it that you don`t need to feed them at all for 2 weeks. However you are using Light Warrior which is all organic. Organics are tricky,you must make sure that what you feed them does not kill off the organisms in the soil helping you out. So in a nutshell,water,give light,leave alone and have patience...all will work out. The one`s that end up being weak,scrawny and have no backbone,kill those. No need to waist good medium,time and money on such a weak plant.

 

[rafe]

PH

PH

My tap water is 8.5 and I heard lemon or lime would bring it down. About 2 tablsp. of lime from those plastic kind will bring the ph down until you get squared away. When a grower is broke he gets to learn the cheap ways. Thats a real good way to start. Good luck.

 

[southpaw]

Never grown in Light Warrior. Going by the "ingredient" list (sphagnum peat moss, horticultural perlite, earthworm castings, granite dust, humic acid, and oyster shell), and your pictures, I think those babies need a very light dose of a mild organic fertilizer pronto. The yellow leaves are indicating a lack of N, the slow growth a lack of P. Castings are great for bioactivity, but if you depend on them for stand alone nutrition, your plants will starve.

Now since you stressed them with a transplant (and personally, I would never transplant plants that small, a little bit of root bondage is way less stressful than messing with the roots of a very young plant), I'll second the plain tap water for now. A tiny bit of B1 might be good for them as well.

But after the next wet/dry cycle, please feed them with something. Neptune's Harvest makes a great line of organic seedling/ veg ferts. If you are going the chemical route, of course you have all kinds of options. Grow Big, any GH Series. Use this next week to plan your attack.

And lastly, until you get some strong, green growth, resist the temptation to transplant. When you do transplant, do it in steps. Those jiffy pots to 1 gallon, and from 1 gallon to your 3 gallon. If all goes well, you are at least two weeks away from needing to think about transplanting again.

Keep us posted.

 

[hempluvr]

Distilled water is the best friend of your plants

 

[Crush]

I'll second the plain tap water for now

Also it needs to be left out for 24 hours to dechlorinate or it will kill the micro culture in the organic soil. Tap water does actually contain zinc, magnesium, and other essential trace minerals that bottled water and RO water does not.

 

[hempluvr]

Just be cautious using tap water. Normally tap water is not sufficient enough for plants. Like crush stated,tap water does have lots of trace minerals plants love. However most of the time it is to much of one or not enough of the other and you end up with a nasty nute lockup. Which alot of times leads to bad problems. Save yourself the time and money,invest in an R/O(reverse osmosis)
machine or go with distilled water. Your plants will love it an thank you. Good water is worth it`s weight in nuggerz