Stunted babies? Help!!

[Guest]

Hey all I've had my new little babies up and going and their now 25 days old. Truthfully to me they look like their growing slow and stunted a little?


And heres a pic of the group (the smaller ones are brand new just planted, but the bigger ones have been in there for 25 days).


Too me it looks like their taking a bit long? I haven't give them any ferts at all either, but i'm starting the growbig next week!

Thanks for all the feedback guys!

 

[Guest]

Hey JJ! Always helping me out I love it! Anyways they are from seeds and the one single one is hashberry and the other two big ones are Blue mystics. I let them dry out thoroughly before watering thme and only water them very very little(as I know seedlings don't need much). Anyways any more info could be great! My other ones took a little while like this and I always wondered why. I alwyas see others veg pics' at day 25 and they are a few inches tall. Also their under a 125 larger compact floro and temps are 76 in the rubbermaid! Thanks again JJ and hope to hear from you again soon

 

[Guest]

yes that could very well be it under watering! I water maybe 2 times a day very very little amount I always get scared ill drown them! I water not even a half of a zepher hills water bottle full total every day I guess I should do more? Let me know JJ!

 

[bigjayworks]

i Think you need to transplant.. i had that happen with me with some seedlings a few weeks back and they looked exactly like your plants... after the transplanting and a good watering... BOOM

 

[Guest]

I agree with bigjay.....transplant!!
Have used those cups on several occasions and by the time the plants are about 2 weeks old the roots have overrun the dirt in the cup. So, if you're not feeding them to boot, then they won't grow much.
I also see a bit of yellowing on some of the leaves. This is most probably due to the plants needing some Nitrigen which has been depleted from the soil.
Get them into some more soil bro!!!

Bh

 

[Guest]

Ahh!! Will do will do transplanting is my worst enemy!!!! =)

 

[Guest]

Yeah I know JJ! I started them off 2 waters ago on the grow big at 1/4 strength and today watered with ferts again at 1/2 strength hopefully they like it and hopefully they start to shoot up because im about to harvest my current batch of girls!!!

 

[Guest]

Looks like they have been overwatered a bit. Let them work for their water, you will get better root systems. They need to dry out before watering...

 

[TML16]

Only thing I can add to what these guys have already told you is...it looks like you have some long, stretchy, and skinny stems there.

Transplant into something bigger and bury the stem right up to the first node of leaves. These will strengthen it back up and eventually even grow a root system off the old stem.
Water them in good...then let them dry out and find their way through the new soil...couple days after that they'll be hungry for some nutes.

Good Luck eh

 

[Guest]

I do let them dry very very good before watering! Tommorow I will be seeing if their rootbound and if they are doing a transplant! Thank you guys!

 

[2buds]

Man when I water I soak the shit out of them. A good thorough watering then let them sit until the soil/pot feels lite, usually anywhere from 3 days to a week depending on the amount of roots in the soil. If your roots appear to be growing in a circle around the inside of the cup move them to larger pots and ruffle the outer roots to break the circular growth pattern. I take the small cups like you have an drill a few small drain holes around the bottom so there is some drainage for watering plus if I see roots growing in the holes I know I got enough roots to move them up a size. I go from small cups to 1 gallon containers for 2 weeks then 3 or 5 gallon containers/growbags (whatever is available) for flower.
On a side note, I got some female seeds WW and N.Lights that stayed small like that while others in the same conditions grew twice as fast and twice the size. I geuss some are just slow paced like myself.