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cannabis_connoisseur_circlestarted grow question 4 years ago
Hi Growers, 4 of my plants stopped to grow after day 3. I didn't use any kind of nutrient. I am growing in soil feeding 6.5 PH water with 0.3 EC. My runoff was 7.8 ph and 3.6 EC. I flushed 2 of my Plants on day 7 to see any improvement. is it overwatering or root PH,EC problem?
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Vincent11
Vincent11answered grow question 4 years ago
Hi Buddy Definitely need to get your PH down if possible to 6PH. I never use more than 6PH in Soil. To high PH will stun any grow never-mind a seedling. It looks to high PH and that has stunned your young plants already. Your soil looks so wet in the pictures could be overwatering as well with PH to high And you have a problem. Suggestions 1-Get your watering PH to 6PH. 2-Leave the soil to dry out to 5% moisture before watering. 3-Seedlings barely need more than 100/150ml of water a day in the first 2 weeks. Hope this helps and good luck with your growth.
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JinksyGrows
JinksyGrowsanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hello there. Seedlings stunting? Let's talk about it. Firstly, ignore the high EC and high pH of your Run-off. When you flushed through that new soil you pulled a lot of soluble material out of it, and I 100% believe that's why you were seeing such high numbers in the pan. The higher 7.8 run-off is somewhat concerning, however. Our mediums will sometimes come, in the bag, @ 7.5pH, but these numbers balance out with consecutive feedings/flushes at 6.2-6.6. I know the numbers you're seeing are scary, but I highly recommend you don't flush or feed with high pH solution to try and balance it out. This will cause more problems...trust me. Just 6.2-6.6 repeatedly will work it out. On to what I can see in your pictures and isn't' apart of your question (Kinda. It's in direct relation). When I saw you had flushed the seedling in such a large pot, I immediately feel you're now looking at an overwatering situation (which you did mention in the question). Yes, 100% overwatered. In the seedling stage there is no substantial root system to pick up all that moisture. Lot's of the moisture she needs is actually taken from the air through her leaves, feeding the root system and helping it grow. She is currently drowning and may have been drowning for awhile. This will stop growth and I do believe that's what you're seeing right now. If she remains in this state you will start to notice yellowing and other symptoms (namely Nitrogen deficiency). In the beginning when we feed the girls, especially when we start in a large pot with lots of media, I'd recommend to do localized watering .5-1 inch away from her stem with only 20-50ml of water at a time. This will effectively eliminate any further over-watering with the seedlings👍. She needs to be moist but not drenched. As for your current position with the girls, it's time to dry them out, and with no root system to take it up, this may take a little time. I've done this!!!! more then a couple times man, and that's where this info is coming from and here's what I do/did to help it dry faster. Firstly, circulation. Seems like a give in, but get some more fans and air flowing throughout your grow area. If you can, I would purposely drop RH a little bit and raise temperatures to pull moisture out of the tent/soil. Most importantly, I till the top of my soil where I know there is no root system. Turn it all up and around 2" deep and this will seriously help you out, and dry out the medium surrounding her much, much faster. The faster it all the dries, the faster she can breath, and the faster she will grow. Please PM me man, if you need anything further. If there are more details you think I need to know, let me know!👍 I'll end with, you'll be fine. As I mentioned, I've done this multiple times and it sucks, but after the dry out (and a little lost time😕) they do and will come back. I'd still leave nutrients out of the equation, btw. Far too early imo and this will hurt her more then it will help her, ATM. The lack of growth is not a lack of nutrients😉. Good luck with whatever actions you take in the coming day (s). Cheers my friend!
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Blueboy2019
Blueboy2019answered grow question 4 years ago
Hiya mate she's well over watered atm let her roots build up and it will be fine put a bottle over her as well cut a bottle in half and place it over look on my diaries there's a few baby's on there
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tobedetermined
tobedeterminedanswered grow question 4 years ago
Since you are using a largish pot, after the seeds sprout, the plant seems puts its energy into root development rather than upward growth for the first week. I have noticed this 'stall' in every grow. Just stay on schedule with mild nutes & just enough water.
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Fruitgrower
Fruitgroweranswered grow question 4 years ago
First of all welcome to the community bro. Going to give you some sound advice buddy. When they're in their seedling stage they're at their most delicate. A good trick to do is to cover the plant with a plastic dome (half a 2litre cola bottle). And spray the inside with water this will help prevent you watering so often.
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Denzul
Denzulanswered grow question 4 years ago
Gurilla makes some great points. Could be to powerful of a light. But it could also be overwatering. Early on you dont need to water to run off as the roots are no where near the full size of the pot. Over watering can make it hard to fully dry out as the plant is not absorbing much water. Constant moisture in the soil can lead to issues like the kne your seeing. I would try to pull the light back as far as possible and letting the plants fully dry out. If still nothing I'd give it a half maybe quarter strength feeding.
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rhodes68
rhodes68answered grow question 4 years ago
Plant looks healthy, light listed is fine, I did notice you started Day one at planting (or so it seems) Most call day one when its up and showing good green so you may think things worse than they are. Many strains pause vegetative growth during this stage to build root systems so nothing bad that I can see.
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Silverback_Guerilla
Silverback_Guerillaanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hello- You can't expect to see much growth at all for the first week, but to see no growth at all with seedlings 5-7 days old is a problem. What distance are your plants from the light? If too close, you can actually stunt their growth. You are using the 400w HID? This is very powerful. If you have a cool white fluorescent or low-watt LED, you can use it for the first 2 weeks and see great early growth. Then they are ready for the bright-lights, big city! If you have no low-watt cool whit alternative, make sure your HID is at least 3 feet (90cm) from the plants.
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