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Week 1
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D03872 D03872
4 years ago
Edit: I want to thank everyone for their reactions! Although it doesn't seem like there's a clear consensus yet, I feel more informed to make decisions (or leave things as is) for now. I'll try to keep this diary up to date. Hi everyone, this is my first grow. If anyone has any specific questions, I have lots of pictures and information if someone needs it. The plant stays outside for 10 hours a day and I supplement some light with a simple, screw-in LED growlight with some red/blues. I made this diary to ask a question: I started my seedling indoors, but I moved it outside because the weather is very nice, clear blue skies. The leaves have started to get a lighter color, from a deep green to more of a lime-green. Can anyone explain/see if something is going wrong here? -- I'm using a mix of Spa water (ph 6.0) and tap water (around 7.5-8 according to local water company). I don't have any equipment to measure exact water values, so EC and pH are just guess work unfortunately (I spent everything I want to spend already, for now at least). Since germination I've watered on day 1 and day 2, approximately 100mLs each time. Because the soil seemed a bit wet I've stopped watering for a bit, only did 1/2 sprays down the stem each day (so max a couple of mLs). Currently, the top inch of the soil is dry. In doubt between watering today or tomorrow, I don't want to overwater. I did not water my soil at the beginning, it is a seedling soil with low amounts of nutrients, I also mixed in 15% perlite. I added a "slow release nutrient" mix (on the lower side of recommendation) to the lower two-thirds of the soil, it's what I had to work with. -- May 30th update: changed the watering to a 60/40 mix of tap water (pH 7.8 avg) and spa (ph 6.0), so this should lead to a pH bump, let's see what this will do. I noticed that my soil bag says that the pH is 5.2-6.2, which would mean that the soil is slightly acidic, meaning the yellowing could have been some form of nutrient deficiency. Time will tell. I do get the feeling that she should've grown a bit more in the last 2 days.
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Grow Questions
D03872
D03872started grow question 4 years ago
Hi! The leaves have started to get a lighter color, from a deep green to more of a lime-green yellow-ish color. Is something going wrong? The leaves do not seem droopy and the seedling keeps increasing in size. Thanks
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Leaves. Color - Yellow
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Nor_Cal_Kannabliss
Nor_Cal_Kannablissanswered grow question 4 years ago
It is common for new growth to be a lighter green. If it becomes almost a yellowish lime thou it can be the signs of a nute def. Starting. But from everything I see that is not an issue. It's a great looking girl! Keep up the good work! Cheers and happy growing!
D03872
D03872started grow question 4 years ago
I also added a pic for today. I read somewhere that it can be possible for a seedling to receive too much light. I've read NorCal's answer but I'm still not sure (I don't want to mess up the plant in this seedling stage)
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Leaves. Color - Yellow
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NobodysBuds
NobodysBudsanswered grow question 4 years ago
best guess is the 6.0 pH in soil. Bring that up to 6.5 and test that out. Could be impeding nitrogen use with lower pH. hot soil for a young plant is possible too. if that's the case, ignore the previous suggestion... if anything, the 6.0 would be helping in that context. too much light would be interveinal initially and spread quickly on top leaves. your cotyledons look fine. i don't think it is the case here. it could be evaporation increasing concentrations of available nutes in soil. So, think about recent behaviour, eliminate all the possibilities.. and if more than 1 is left, do the least invasive or not involving putting anything into your soil, first. always the safest way. can easily adjust from there
D03872
D03872started grow question 4 years ago
Added description of watering behavior so far to week report.
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Leaves. Color - Yellow
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Nor_Cal_Kannabliss
Nor_Cal_Kannablissanswered grow question 4 years ago
It could be yellowing slightly from those time release nutes. I would normally stay away from those. Next time find a good Supersoil or even Fox farms ocean forest which has enough nutes in it to last for 3-4 weeks with no feeding needed. Other than that man. It really is looking good!!
D03872
D03872started grow question 4 years ago
Week 2- Yellowing is more visible now, contrast is more visible with the green veins coming in more clearly. The yellowing is affecting the new growth fully and the older leaves from the inside out. It's hard to diagnose by searching online since my plant is so young.
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Leaves. Veins - yellow between
Leaves. Color - Yellow
Leaves. Color - Pale
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D03872
D03872answered grow question 4 years ago
Added another picture for week 3. Growth is still occuring, but plant is very clearly stunted.
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D03872
D03872answered grow question 4 years ago
New picture was added to show growth at day 12.
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NobodysBuds
NobodysBudsanswered grow question 4 years ago
it shouldn't need nutes at that age. if it hasn't fallen over, it's not light-caused. if you've been fertilizing too much, it could be lockout or toxicity related. pH is another thing to check. So, your recent behavriour and environmental contexts will rule out the least likely. if it is nutrient-related, it is immobile, since it's at the top. could be p / k tox or an Mn / Zn deficiency that all cause yellowing like that in that way. even iron is possible, since it;s a smaller plant. So, rule out the easy stuff first -- pH / tds... and stick to pH'd water-only. ~6.5
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