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Seeds were put in a glass jar for 16 hours then place in paper towel. Poured some water from the jar onto towel and placed in freezer zip lock bag. 100% germination rate. 4/4 seeds.
I planted the germinated seeds into small pots to start. Reading up on autos now that this was not the ideal because the lack of recovery time the plants have. Sprouted from soil after 48 hours. First set of serrated leaves 24 hours later. Plants stretching high, lowered the lights to roughly 12 inches from plants. Lights are set to bloom/veg only. Watering daily and misting daily. Added fan on low setting and humidifier
Plant is now starting to speed up on growth. halfway through this week I transplanted into 5 gallon fabric bags. Filled with fox farms ocean soil, 3 cups perlite, 3 cups seedling soil. Worried the soil I used, a very cheap Walmart seedling soil, with the fact I could see roots growing out the bottom of pot, was stunting grow or hurting the plant. Transplant went very well with little to no signs of stress. With much growth in the next 24 hours. Watering plants once every 30 hours or when soil seems almost completely dry. Just outside the leaves canopy. Leaves are starting to curl upward. Raised lights to roughly 24 inches
Leaves are curling up roughly 48 hours after transplanting into 5 gal fabric bag containing different soil then the seedling starter I started out with. Soil is mostly fox farm ocean - 3 cups perlite and 3 cups seedling starter i’ve only watered twice now. 30 hours apart
Leaves curling up like that indicate things are a little too hot for them so the fact you raised your lights is a good thing and she ought to calm down now - although the leaves look like they turned a bit crispy? If they did, they won't repair themselves but the new growth - which might take a bit longer to emerge due to the shock of the transplant - won't look like this. The new soil may also be a little too "hot" (nute wise) and so this may also have been a shock to her... She's pretty young to have been transplanted which tells me the pot your had her in, if the roots were coming out from it, was pretty small.... there's no reason why you can't start seeds off in a 5-gallon - in fact, if you were growing an autoflower, that's what you should have done as they really hate being transplanted no matter what... so next time, you can just skip that step and germinate in the larger pot.
Give her time, make sure she's got good humidity and that the lights aren't too close and have some patience. It might take her several days to recover but I think she'll be ok if you don't overreact and overwater her (overwatering is not how much water you give her but the state of being constantly wet). And just one more thing - I don't see the pH information in your diary so make sure you monitor that and keep it between 6.0 and 6.5.
Good luck!
Ph was 8.0 from the tap. Adding a teaspoon of honey into the water I was able to bring the ph just under 6.5.
Adjusting the lighting 5 inches helped with the heat stress. Also had the fan directly pushing the plant around probably stressing the poor girl out worse.
The new growth doesn’t show signs of curled leaves like before. Light is 18 on
6 off.
This girl, was overall stressed out from the beginning. Lights, overwatering, ph , wind burn, you name it. Either way all of the plants have long recovered. Still stunted tho.
Plants have only received one 1/4 dose of veg nutes. Are the spots from lack of P and K?
Certainly are... particularly potassium. Definitely up the dose of the grow nutes to 1/2 strength... in another week or so, you can start adding some bloom nutes for her as well since she should be going into pre-flower.. but don't take the grow nutes past 1/2 strength... when she gets into flower, reduce the grow nutes back down to 1/4 strength... too much nitrogen in the flowering stage just invites a lot of problems.
She's certainly sounding like one tough lady!! Good for her - and good on you for sticking through the rough patches (we all have them!)
Good luck!
Plants have been giving fox farm grow big nutes at quarter strength with half strength cal-mag. Big bloom 1/4 strength. Was able to start an actual watering/feeding schedule. Understanding when to water now.
Feed once a week. Watering almost everyday. 2 cups per plant.
Leaf tucking, bending stems and very light defoliation. 3 leaves per plant. Mainly ones covering bud sites. Plants looks healthy. This may cover weeks 4 and 5.
Next grow will be documented properly.
Steady goes. Starting to fill out alittle bit. Buds are pretty small still. week 6 of flower.
Wondering wether to maybe feed her once more and drag it out or start the flush.
Fox farms grow big, tiger bloom and cal-mag
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