Week 2 - Feb 8 - 14
Feb 8 both The Chemdoging are not right. One has a brown-ish portion at the developing node. The other has a weird pattern to its leaves. They both seem a little sickly so I started to germinate three more to 24s To replace them.
I could have been over watering (see "The strange yellow and red growth in this picture has been caused by giving the plant too much water, too often. Over-watering can often causes what appears to be nutrient deficiencies in young plants! Older plants tend to just droop, but especially seedlings can have really odd reactions to root problems." picture.
The only strange thing is I started both DGs In uncompacted soil One came in with a healthy green the other, which is actually grown larger than the first DG, in the other came in with a yellowish green.
The rapid rooters were quite saturated and, with the exception of the DG pot, the pots were flooded first and left for a day before the seedlings were put in (which also compacted the medium - poor for root expansion). The D pot (5 gallon for 2 plants) was a combination of the old compressed and saturated 3 gallon pot and fresh dry pro mix mixed in and fluffed up - these plants are further ahead in their development.
Feb 12 - put 2 germinated 24s intro one 3 gallon pot. watered with voodoo only. I also put a small handful of potting soil at the bottoms of the holes they were placed into - I did this in a past grow and it seemed to help the rapid rooter nutes. I am hoping to avoid the seeding turning pale green in their first 2 weeks. I also planted these in non-compacted soil - I will compare these to the single 24 that was started in compacted soil. [I NOTICED THAT BOTH NEW 24 SEEDLINGS HAD SOME BURN ON THEIR 1ST LEAVES – TO MUCH LIGHT. IT STUNTED ONE (WHICH I PULLED) BUT, INTERESTINGLY, THE OTHER SURVIVED AND IS THE MOST VIBRANT AS OF MARCH 30]
ALSO, THE NEW 24, I INCREASED THE NUTES BY 25% EACH WATERING AND NO LOCKOUT OR NUTE BURN – I WILL USE THIS NEXT GROW]
@Lucifers_Nursery, hi, I actually just had a grow, Deeze Nugs and Skywalker, where I had single and double plants in 5 gallon pots. I used lst and got the same yield (about 1.2 oz/plant) from each pot regardless of the number of plants per pot. . I didn't run into any issues due to the number of plants per pot. I figure that in nature they grow side by side.
The Double Grape looks healthy. From my limited experience, I suggest you keep your lamp at 24" or more from the plants for some time. You will want to encourage a bit of stretch so you have something to LST, if that is your plan.
@mingokoon, I have not seen anything like this before. Starting some new seeds makes sense if you have the space available. Otherwise, it may be something that they grow out of, the strange leaves in particular. See how the next set comes in.
What are you growing in and have you provided them with any nutrients? Actually, I'm hoping you say no nutes. The other thing I recently learned is that you have to water seedlings very small amounts of water. I was "drowning" mine in 500 mL of water. Even though I had soil that drained well, I think I set my plant back with this over watering.
None of this is the final word, just some of the thought's I would have if they were my plants. Good luck with the grow!