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These are my plants they are 23 days from seed. I water every 3 days planted in fox farm happy frog soil. And last night they where ok today there dropping. Today is water day. I did give them water today hoping they where just Dry. I have no idea what is happening I am a new grower. Yesterday was a hot day it was 85°F outside the plants are indoor.
 
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over watering you need to get the plants out of those cardboard paper cups they hold water and that’s what’s making you plants droop you need better draining pots . And do not let them sit in any run off from watering . OD .
 
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Also you need to get pots n drip trays up off cold floor creat a air gap under them and get pot risers to sit pot on in tray keep them up out of the run off
 
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This is how I run mine I have used upturned pots and ols mesh tray my wife uses for cooling down cakes it’s a easy thing to do it will help in plant health. Od .
 
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There is a chance the medium is too hot for the plants... you didn't add any fertilizer to the mix, did you? Fox Farms stuff has a lot of nutes in it and a lot of them are time released, which typically uses osmotic exchange with the water in the medium. If there is a lot of excess water, it can cause the medium to release the nutrients too soon and overfeed things, which can look like they are thirsty.
Those cups are Ok for sprouting, but you really do need to get to a regular container with good drainage. Good drainage will prevent a lot of different problems, so keep it in mind for future grows and you will save yourself a lot of headaches.
 
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The thing is they haven't been watered since wednesday and I make sure the soil dries out before watering again
 
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There is a chance the medium is too hot for the plants... you didn't add any fertilizer to the mix, did you? Fox Farms stuff has a lot of nutes in it and a lot of them are time released, which typically uses osmotic exchange with the water in the medium. If there is a lot of excess water, it can cause the medium to release the nutrients too soon and overfeed things, which can look like they are thirsty.
Those cups are Ok for sprouting, but you really do need to get to a regular container with good drainage. Good drainage will prevent a lot of different problems, so keep it in mind for future grows and you will save yourself a lot of headaches.

No notes yet. I checked the plants last night and they where fine. I looked today and they looked like that
 
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There is a chance the medium is too hot for the plants... you didn't add any fertilizer to the mix, did you? Fox Farms stuff has a lot of nutes in it and a lot of them are time released, which typically uses osmotic exchange with the water in the medium. If there is a lot of excess water, it can cause the medium to release the nutrients too soon and overfeed things, which can look like they are thirsty.
Those cups are Ok for sprouting, but you really do need to get to a regular container with good drainage. Good drainage will prevent a lot of different problems, so keep it in mind for future grows and you will save yourself a lot of headaches.

I have also only been using spring water for watering . I ordered a ph reader twice from amazon but I keep having problems with them
 
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There’s another problem you need to know you water ph .

Yes I order from amazon and twice the day they said it will be in they had a order problem. I cant find one in store anywhere so used Poland spring room temp water. Should I transplant out of those pots into fresh pots and new soil.
 
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Yes I order from amazon and twice the day they said it will be in they had a order problem. I cant find one in store anywhere so used Poland spring room temp water. Should I transplant out of those pots into fresh pots and new soil.
Yes but wait till they have to dry out and they have become more turgid, and if your intending using soil mixers with nutes already in it before you transplant get the new soil and give a good flush with water and wash some of the nutes out so soil will not be so hot in Nitrogen I think if you do not wash the medium first you will probably burn them , do you understand what I’m saying .
 
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Yes but wait till they have to dry out and they have become more turgid, and if your intending using soil mixers with nutes already in it before you transplant get the new soil and give a good flush with water and wash some of the nutes out so soil will not be so hot in Nitrogen I think if you do not wash the medium first you will probably burn them , do you understand what I’m saying .

Yes the pots where extremely dry today they took alot of water before draining out out the bottom could that be a symptom of under watering
 
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It could be a bit of both , you can never be sure in those paper type pots , I think after you transplant into better drainage pots and build your rack for them to sit above floor you will see a big difference.
 
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So should I toss the soil they are in and carefully take just the plant out and re pot them I do have pots or should I flush it real good in small pots then flush big pot of soul and plant
 
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So should I toss the soil they are in and carefully take just the plant out and re pot them I do have pots or should I flush it real good in small pots then flush big pot of soul and plant
No leave all soil that there in around the root ball or as much as you can I transplant mine when the root ball is dryer and not heavy in water , gently tear that cardboard pot away from seedling and place in new pot with your already washed n well drained new soil mix and gently back fill the new pot water in with ph correct water if you can’t ajust ph just water them in till you have 10 % run off straight after trans plant do not put under lights leave in dark or shade for 24 to 48 hr . Have a look at my thread taking the ladies out for new shoes you can see my technique.
 
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Does it look like the soil could be hot. Maybe I got a hot bag. The other day before water I opened a new bag of soil and did throw a little more soil in the pot. On wednesday when I watered and they looked fine all the way until today even last night they where fine
 
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Yes you said that if you keep dwelling on what you did then my time answering questions is over , you are only going to learn by mistakes , we all go through it good luck buddy , OD .
 
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