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Eigholte Eigholte
6 years ago
Normally, I update at the end of the week, on Sunday. I checked in on the plant Monday morning. End of last week the cotelydons were yellowing, but I had been thinking that was just the seed getting rid of them. This week, the faintest yellowing started on the edge of the true leaves. This was a problem. To cut to the chase, the soil pH was horribly off. Run-off was testing at 7.9 when watered with 6.2. If I had to do it again, I would NOT use a color based soil pH test again - I was pretty sure the soil was pH 7 but apparently I'm not great at differentiating small differences in shades of blue green. *facepalm* I tried flushing with a gallon of 6.3pH - only got the run off to shift to 7.6 which was disappointing. So I tried something drastic - did an emergency transplant into a coir-vermiculite media soaked in pH'd seedling strength nutrients. So far, 12 hours later, my seedling is alive the yellowing on the edge of the true leaves seems to have improved, and there are no signs of wilting or shock. So this week will be interesting. We'll see if the seedling known as Sprüht perks up or if I have to start over. Also - found the instructions for the local-shop's hydro nutrients. I was CLOSE with my guess, but now I don't have to guess about that anymore.
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Eigholte
Eigholtestarted grow question 6 years ago
At what point would you assume a seed will not germinate - I've read most will germinate within 3-5 days - but I'm curious when most people would bite the bullet and start a different seed? (This is not a concern yet - I'm only at 36 hours! I'm just impatient!)
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Fun_Growinanswered grow question 6 years ago
I've seen them take over a week But a healthy one will pop by day 5 or sooner almost always...
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Fun_Growin
Fun_Growincommentedweek 16 years ago
I noticed that your new.. I would highly recomed checking out @b4rns grows, mainly the first 4 weeks and note, how small the pots are, how small the lights are, etc... The pot you have prepared for your seed will not be needed for 5-8 weeks... you will need a solo cup and one gallon container for first 6-8 weeks before you ever get into a 3 gallon... Also, if your growing with a 600w or less I would use soil from the bag, use water, microbes, and maybe a seeet product at the end... This takes way less input than you think it does... "too much" is how you kill them Best of luck to you
Eigholte
Eigholtecommented6 years ago
@Fun_Growin, Thanks for the pointers! I'll go check out @b4rns. For what it's worth, the first pot for my seedling is a 0.8 gallon, but I wrote it as 3 litres... My brain runs metric by default, sadly. I do have a second DIY smart pot that is 5.5 gallons ready for use as my "final" container. I'm hoping that'll work out. I'll do my best to practice some restraint here - It wouldn't be much of a stretch to say I tend to make things more complicated than they need to be in general. 😆
ToadieK
ToadieKcommentedweek 46 years ago
yay! she's alive.
Stick
Stickcommentedweek 16 years ago
Hi @Eigholte! If the seed is not popping out after 72h, I take a delicate look into the soil with a Q-tip, this helps in diagnosing the issue. Happy growing! 👊
Eigholte
Eigholtecommentedweek 46 years ago
Yay indeed! It was a bit of a close call: those slightly crispy looking leaves on the bottom are all she had for 5-6 days, but I'm actually really impressed at the recovery, now that her roots aren't being pH'd to death. Thanks for stopping by!