This week was rough and I made some major errors here. Basically right after that beg of week 2 picture they went downhill, went all yellow and started to burn on the leaves, slowed growth and not looking healthy. I lost 1 plant.
First error was before I started, I used regular potting soil and its muddy and has too much mulch, retains water weirdly, not good. Second error was watering every day, I guess I didn't think much of it as the first week I'd water a very small amount each day but it added up and I eventually started adding more. Third error was nutes, I added full strength nutrients at the beginning of week 2 and immediately messed the plants up.
I learned a lot this week and it will enhance every grow from here on out, I'm glad the plants didn't react well to my poor handling of the seedlings, made me learn how to correct and what I did wrong.
My remedy:
I transplanted everybody to proper soil and dissembled the root block and all full soil transplant, took a look at the roots and they were pale white which is ok they didn't get completely messed up, and now they are much better setup for the future.
Strict watering schedule now, I've learned what I need to do and sticking to that, after each transplant I did a full flush with regular PH 6.5 water to flush any nutrient lock away and get them situated.
I also raised the lights a bit to rule that out.
They already started their recovery, the one on the far left (in the first photo back left) is doing really well, leaves perking up and getting its green color back and showing faster growth. This plant was my transplant test, I didnt want to ruin the whole crop by transplanting so I did it to this one first and it showed signs of recovery so I did the rest. The others are only 24 hours or so past transplant so need a couple more days to show recovery.
Overall I probably delayed my grow two weeks lol but hey if they make it I'll be happy.
My seedlings are on day 12 and over the course of the past couple days have turned yellowish/light green. Week 1 evergreen and now this color, what could be the cause this early? I over watered a bit could that be all?
Hi there!
I aint no expert by any means but that droopiness tells me either overwatered or too intense light so they are tired. Do you have any idea what is the pH of the water you give and the pH of the soil? Could be pH problem also.. The yellowing could be overwatering or maybe your soil was so light with ferts that it's already running out or too "hot" with nutes and it's causing lock out?