Plants leaves curling down in on themselves?

[Palgoo]

I had the same problem, and for me it was actually that I had been using tiny seedling fabric pots and they were drying out too fast. I was probably watering too little too often (about once every 1.5 days, sometimes only misting), but the problem seems to have been moisture retaining. I took the worse curling one and repotted carefully into a plastic pot, watered until a little runoff, then left it overnight and it bounced back like a newly born. In your case, I am venturing to guess that your soil too is drying out too fast - but watering often is also bad, so somehow, you need to keep it moist; what's your humidity level? I was also at 40% so no wonder they were drying. (picture shows how it bounced back after repotting and a good soak. I was using a couple of small LED bulbs, and switched to mars hydro 600W at 20 inches. so I think your light is probably fine.View attachment 1122751
check out my question for more photos.

I also keep a humidifier nearby so that the humidity is ~ 50-70%

 

[NapkinB]

You are going to keep having problems until you use a scale. Water slowly to runoff. Weigh before and after.

Watering to run off leads to overwatering. Tried it multiple times and everytime it’s killed my plants

 

[NapkinB]

I had the same problem, and for me it was actually that I had been using tiny seedling fabric pots and they were drying out too fast. I was probably watering too little too often (about once every 1.5 days, sometimes only misting), but the problem seems to have been moisture retaining. I took the worse curling one and repotted carefully into a plastic pot, watered until a little runoff, then left it overnight and it bounced back like a newly born. In your case, I am venturing to guess that your soil too is drying out too fast - but watering often is also bad, so somehow, you need to keep it moist; what's your humidity level? I was also at 40% so no wonder they were drying. (picture shows how it bounced back after repotting and a good soak. I was using a couple of small LED bulbs, and switched to mars hydro 600W at 20 inches. so I think your light is probably fine.View attachment 1122751
check out my question for more photos.

Have my humidity at around 55-70. It bounces from those levels every 5 minutes or so because my humidifier keeps it in that range

 

[NapkinB]

What’s up bro, How close is your light ? Do you have a humidity dome you could throw that in? If not maybe tent it in a plastic bag. And mist it lightly. Seedlings don’t need water every two days generally.

20 inches away 30% intensity ts1000 mars hydro

 

[growsince79]

Watering to run off leads to overwatering. Tried it multiple times and everytime it’s killed my plants

Not so in my 42 years of growing. Weigh before and after. Perfect seedings every time. If you don't use a scale you don't know how much to let dry. I promise you it works. I always water to runoff.

 

[NapkinB]

Not so in my 42 years of growing. Weigh before and after. Perfect seedings every time. If you don't use a scale you don't know how much to let dry. I promise you it works. I always water to runoff.

Do you know of a good scale to get? And how do you water to run off? Because everytime i do it They die

 

[growsince79]

Any scale that will weigh to a gram is fine. I water to runoff a day before planting so it has time to lose 10-20 grams. I plant the cracked seed and cover with baggie. Once it sprouts, I remove the cover. Water when it loses enough weight.
In my case it's 155g dry.

 

[NapkinB]

Any scale that will weigh to a gram is fine. I water to runoff a day before planting so it has time to lose 10-20 grams. I plant the cracked seed and cover with baggie. Once it sprouts, I remove the cover. Water when it loses enough weight.
In my case it's 155g dry.

Do you water to run off everytime you water?

 

[growsince79]

Do you water to run off everytime you water?

Every time

Cali connection purple chem seeds

Day oñe for purple chem. Grew one last year. You could smell it four blocks away even with a new filter.

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Colombian Saucyballs vs Saucy Colombian

I used my male Colombian to breed Saucyballs female. 100% sativa x 80% indica. I bred the Colombian's sister to Saucyballs brother. It will be a fun experiment to see how different the double first cousins are. So far only one seed popped. Colombian Saucyballs day 2.

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[NapkinB]

Every time

Cali connection purple chem seeds

Day oñe for purple chem. Grew one last year. You could smell it four blocks away even with a new filter.

www.thcfarmer.com

How do your plants grow so fast?

 

[growsince79]

How do your plants grow so fast?

Proper watering. Using a scale was the best tip I ever got 4 decades ago.

 

[welcome2goodburger]

20 inches away 30% intensity ts1000 mars hydro

Bro try backing it off to 30 inches.

 

[NapkinB]

Bro try backing it off to 30 inches.

there’s not really any signs of heat stress. They would be leaning over or getting burnt leaves. I’ve kept them at 100% intensity at 20 inches before but they were a tiny bit bigger so that’s not really the problem

 

[NapkinB]

Proper watering. Using a scale was the best tip I ever got 4 decades ago.

Do you have any tips right now or if you think they’ll come back? They’re still dropping and curling and wilting in on themselves and I’ve watered quite a bit since they started doing this but no change. The leaves look dry and not full

 

[growsince79]

Bro try backing it off to 30 inches.

Not sure how much lux it's getting now. Too much light will make sic plants worse.
I start seeds at 10k and increase to 14k after a few days. I find cfl to be better than led or HID for seedlings

 

[NapkinB]

Not sure how much lux it's getting now. Too much light will make sic plants worse.
I start seeds at 10k and increase to 14k after a few days. I find cfl to be better than led or HID for seedlings

I forgot what it’s called but I don’t have one to read how much light it’s getting

 

[growsince79]

I forgot what it’s called but I don’t have one to read how much light it’s getting

Lux meter. Free cellphone apps. But not for purple light.

 

[growsince79]

Do you have any tips right now or if you think they’ll come back? They’re still dropping and curling and wilting in on themselves and I’ve watered quite a bit since they started doing this but no change. The leaves look dry and not full

If you have plenty of seeds, start over. If done right they'll pass the sic one in two weeks.

 

[NapkinB]

If you have plenty of seeds, start over. If done right they'll pass the sic one in two weeks.

Problem is I don’t have too many seeds. Tried to order seeds off here but I don’t have mastercard and zelle doesn’t really work

 

[growsince79]

Check the grow stores and dispensary.