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ElmerBud ElmerBud
5 years ago
The theme for the week is "I suck at watering." I add too much water one day, and the girls droop. I let them dry, and they perk up, but I wait too long to water, so they droop, and then I add too much water again. Aye-aye-aye! The result is lots of yellowing of the older leaves and differing shades of green in the new. I got some advice to cover the outer edges of the cubes to allow roots to grow, so I added another row of cubes around the outside. That seems to have helped root growth, which appears to be very strong. I used the same 25% nute mix this week but added some CalMag. Judging from all advice I've received, I've waited too long to transplant, but life sometimes gets in the way. I'm back in town and ready to roll, so today is the day. I'll be transplanting into a top-drip DWC environment. The girls will hopefully survive my brown thumb as seedlings, enjoy their new homes, and begin to thrive.
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ElmerBud
ElmerBudstarted grow question 5 years ago
Many of my seedlings are drooping, with some yellowing and even some brown spots. I think my increased watering schedule is the problem. Does that sound right? What corrective action should I take?
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Wicked_Stixanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hey elmer bud I saw that this question is 6 days old and was wondering if you ever transplanted them? You are correct that rockwool is VERY sensitive to overwatering. With those size cubes you want to plant them as soon as the roots start coming put of the bottom. But once you transplant them quite the opposite will happen. The grow medium you plant them in will pull water out of the rockwool so you will not have the overwatering issue anymore. I use perlite mostly but have used the clay pebbles, soil, coco and you want to plant them in something asap. Hopefully you already have. Curious to see an update on how they are doing. Good luck!
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Puffer_Bill
Puffer_Billweek 3
Best of luck for the transplanting. I'm sure most will be fine. ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ€
Wicked_Stix
Wicked_Stixweek 2
Hey curious what you ended up doing with these girls? Hope they are doing well!
Wicked_Stix
Wicked_Stix
@ElmerBud, I just ordered some general hydroponics rapid rooters they are supposed to have better airflow than rockwool and a little dose of nutrients to give them a kickstart. They sound pretty nice. I have heard great things about them.
Wicked_Stix
Wicked_Stix
@ElmerBud, once you get them planted they will do much better. I look forward to the update! Will follow along.
ElmerBud
ElmerBud
@Wicked_Stix, Hey, thanks for the input. I've been out of town, was gone for a few days, and that sort of put everything on hold. I've still not transplanted, though that is the pan for later today. I look forward to my next go-round and taking advantage of your sage advice to transplant much earlier. I'll be posting an update here shortly, but the short version is that I continue to ride the over/under watering merry-go-round. Thanks!
raptor65
raptor65week 8
Good luck mate , ๐Ÿ‘
ROM101
ROM101week 6
Wow looking great I love a good expert Seeds diary๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ‘Š
Wicked_Stix
Wicked_Stixweek 4
They look happy now! Glad you got them planted. And sounds like you are learning a lot pretty quick.
Puffer_Bill
Puffer_Billweek 3
Best of luck for the transplanting. I'm sure most will be fine. ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ€
CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowweek 2
hey there elmer, hope i answered your question, anything else you need just let me know ๐Ÿ‘Š
DILLIGAF
DILLIGAFweek 2
@Elmerbud Hi mate theres two answers mine and the one he googled Good luck
CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrow
@DILLIGAF, ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚ toy
ElmerBud
ElmerBudweek 2
First a big thanks to the responses I received here. Lots of good advice along with a fair amount of encouragement . . . what could be better. Hindsight now tells me that the problem was definitely overwatering; I seem to be a serial offender. I regret putting my girls through the back and forth cycle, but it'll all hopefully workout in the end anyway. I'm now equipped to do better next time. Live and learn.