Bad Lookin Seed Sprouts.

[Harp]

Started 12 seeds - Banners Revenge

12/12 germinated fine. in 5.5 ph pre soaked rockwool cubes.

Watered when needed with 5.8 ph Tap water. My tap comes out 40 ppms/tds

One day later half of them have this rust look to the leafs and fold upwards.
The other half looks healthy. All under same conditions


I just know transferred them to 60% light warrior, 40% coco mixture with a hint of plant success great white mycorrhizae

6 out of 12 look bad

The other six are fine. I divided the good ones with the bad ones.

Temps 75-80 , t5 lighting , humidity 40%

 

[xX Kid Twist Xx]

pull them back from the center of the light a bit or higher it just a bt if you can. soemtimes the new growth cant handle the high lumens right away, until the plant gets a little bigger

 

[Harp]

I'll try that thanks @xX Kid Twist Xx

 

[north knect]

Becarful to not get water on the leaves when watering too..one little water drop with good lighting can easily cause that also..good luck man I'm sure they will grow outa it

 

[Joe Fresh]

pull them back from the center of the light a bit or higher it just a bt if you can. soemtimes the new growth cant handle the high lumens right away, until the plant gets a little bigger

its funny, outdoors, i agree 100 with ya, but indoors, i find my seeds get a better start under 1kw mh at about 24" away...but i also notice with seedlings, the more wet the soil is, the less light they need, the drier the soil(slightly moist) i can throw tons of light on them and they thrive...the growth difference for my seedlings under the 1kw and the t8 are not even close...though i know it isnt supposed to be, but for seedlings personally i prefer more light..just my personal experience though

 

[jumpincactus]

My question is.......... Are you letting your tap water out gas the chloramine or chlorine? I didn't see that.

As mentioned earlier by others keep water off your tender starts. As @xX Kid Twist Xx mentioned back your lighting off just a tad and see if that corrects itself.

New starts are the most sensitive time in a plants life. Have to treat them tender young un's with a tad more care than the established plants.

Under T-5 take care to check on them at least once in the morning and at night also. The rock wool will hold water but that soil surrounding the rock wool will draw its moisture out and under the heat of T-5's they can get dry rather fast. At least that's my case here in the desert.

Peace

 

[Harp]

I've been checking them every hour. Wanna make sure I don't lose the other six. I have a feeling it has to do with my tap water. The chlorine is killing my bennies.

 

[Joe Fresh]

I've been checking them every hour. Wanna make sure I don't lose the other six. I have a feeling it has to do with my tap water. The chlorine is killing my bennies.

to be clear, you dont need bennies to sprout seend into seedlings, and the chlorine in the tap water def wont stop you from growing plants or sprouting seeds....i always use tap water, both inside and out, some times i dont have time to let it sit, and i dont have a filter....i have never had issues with germinating seeds or growing plants....ive had more issues from using pure RO water than with pure tap wwater, a half half mix was ok....but point being there is no way its going to affect plants in such a bad way that they wont grow, not at the concentrations in tap water....pool water would be different...

 

[nazarbattu]

I'm not too happy with mine either, stretching more then I like, south window.
Naz

 

[Growin Grass]

NEWB ALERT

Personally I like to keep my RH a little higher for seedlings like 60-70
and keep the soil moist until at least a couple nodes before I start letting them dry out in-between waterings

But I'm still learning all this shit myself, something to look into though

 

[xX Kid Twist Xx]

I'm not too happy with mine either, stretching more then I like, south window.
Naz
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looks like you maybe to far away from the light and this is causing your stretch

 

[jumpincactus]

I'm not too happy with mine either, stretching more then I like, south window.
Naz
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Dang bro. those sprouts look ready to topple. Anyway to get them more light?

 

[nazarbattu]

Dang bro. those sprouts look ready to topple. Anyway to get them more light?

Days are getting longer, I'm hoping the wind and longer days help the seedlings kick it in to next gear.

 

[jumpincactus]

Days are getting longer, I'm hoping the wind and longer days help the seedlings kick it in to next gear.

If you are bound by outdoor photoperiod and are waiting for outdoor planting, try taking a small oscillating fan and let it blow back and forth over your starts and it will strengthen your stalks from the movement. That way they will be partially hardened off when they go out doors. :cool:

 

[Seamaiden]

Truth! But also, know that they really will just grow out of it. Really. Don't mess around with tying them to toothpicks, or burying them more deeply at transplant. Just appreciate that you don't have a bunch of plant material to clean out right next to the ground when you go to flower them out. ;)

I'm not too happy with mine either, stretching more then I like, south window.
Naz
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They ALL do that IME. Under the sun, under lights--they stretch. Then, they grow out of it. But a tip I have for you. Just fold down the sides of the bags. Having the sides too high in relation to the soil level will make stretching of seedlings much worse, IME.


I've gotta be honest gentlemen, I really don't think the OP's problem is chlorine/chloramine (it reacts with all organic matter and then is done reacting, so there's no way it could kill everything because the soil itself is comprised of organic matter, with which these compounds will also react), or water, or light, because my own experience says they can take full sun from the moment of sprouting, what I've got going now just got POUNDED by heavy rain and cold Friday night through Saturday morning and, again IME, as long as the soil and watering regimen are in line they should do fine.

I personally feel that watering below 6 is too acidic. And I note that you say they changed when you transplanted, but they seem to have only just emerged. How did you actually start the seeds? I do find that transplanting very young seedlings in a manner that disturbs its nascent rootball can cause problems.