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infamous8803
infamous8803started grow question 3 years ago
Blue dream 17 days old. Hasn't grown at all the past 3-4 days. I'm not over or under watering it and I've been giving her water ph 6.8. What could be causing this? It's not the size of the cup it's in either. I've started my seedlings off in these with no problems often
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Plant. Too short
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Gorillag
Gorillaganswered grow question 3 years ago
Needs very little water loves the dry soil and the warm Temps keep Temps 70 F or so
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ganjermaster
ganjermasteranswered grow question 3 years ago
I had this problems before and always had to do with bad lighting
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Benzels
Benzelsanswered grow question 3 years ago
ph is a bit high, but I use similar water ph from my tap for seedlings and never had an issue. Some seeds are just duds- or you think they are. Lols, Want example? The Bc Buds Hash Plant in my current diary was a runt, out of 4 seeds it was nearly half the size of the rest so rather then give it to my friend with the other 3, I gave him something else and kept it and planted it just to see what happens...It went bananas. Some plants do that, they seem to do nothing for a while then you blink and they bigger. I know you say your not over watering but that is the number one cause of slow growth in seedlings. Recently I heard of a few bad batches of pre packaged potting mixes from some of the bigger names that were either way too hot (too much nutes) or one that had claimed good levels but was shown to have very little in it at all... so id just give it a few more days and see, if its still doing nothing, consider a repot into either a slightly larger pot or same sized cup with fresh soil- that usually fixes most of my slow growing seedlings, not sure why but sometimes they just grow wrong and a repot with fresh soil or a diff type of soil from a diff company or a bit more perlite/bit less perlite ect fixes it. But generally speaking if they look healthy then leave em be.
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Bogart
Bogartanswered grow question 3 years ago
Hi infamous, from the looks, seems stretchy to me. Check your lights? Hope this helps, Bogart
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LoveGrowWeed
LoveGrowWeedanswered grow question 3 years ago
Most likely, the root is not developed. If the glass is transparent, see if there are roots at the bottom, 17 days, a small glass, he should have already "wrapped it with roots". My advice is not to torture the plant if it is possible to plant a new one. This happens sometimes. The reason can be both in the wrong PH-substrate-irrigation and in poor genetics of the seed. The cotyledons wilted, which means something is wrong with the nutrition, either fertilizers or the root has not developed.
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Grey_Wolf
Grey_Wolfanswered grow question 3 years ago
6.8 is too high soils optimum is 6.4/6.5 coco and hydro 5.7-6.2
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GrowCN
GrowCNanswered grow question 3 years ago
I'm sure it's growing. You just can see the difference.
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J_bon3
J_bon3answered grow question 3 years ago
Generally such small plants don't need big amounts of nutrients and you say you're not overwatering so it comes down to light and temps- which are both impacted by the distance to the light (also ambient temperature). Make sure that it's not too far away from the light source (check the light specifications for this distance) and around 27-28 (Celsius)/ 80-82 (Fahrenheit). Most likely this issue, but always try and narrow it down by eliminating possible errors. Hope that helps
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 3 years ago
hard to say with no diary, It could just be a dud seed. or that it needs more light. The stretching is an indicator to me the light is to far away or to dim. Need them photons to generate food and grow. Good Luck!
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