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Does this Seedling look healthy?

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Does this Seedling look healthy?

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Gaudy said:
Could you explain whats not good about it? I have not heard of foxfarm, and yes, I wanted to stay away from ordering online its more expensive bc of weight and I wanted something more readily available locally.
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What's not good about your soil is all the bark chunks (cheap) like you can see on the top, it has virtually no perlite to increase drainage and aeration.

You've also kept it soaking wet which is likely why you're having the plant issues. Do you know your pH?

If that's an auto seedling I would start a new seed, if it's a photoperiod you can wait it out. I would up pot it into a better pot with better soil with added coarse perlite, if these things are available to you.

Fox farm ocean forest or happy frog are ok, also Coast of Maine Bar Harbor blend is another quality product you might look into
 
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Beachbumm said:
Agree w/ Sunasun, overwatered. Gotta let it dry out between waterings.
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when did I say the soil is soaking wet? And in each of the photos the topsoil is dry, I wait for the topsoil to be dry before watering, and when I water it's maybe a shot glass worth of water. I feel like you guys are jumping to conclusions on the watering. At this point I'm about 95% sure it got sunburned bc of me putting it in direct sunlight. It had so much sun it drooped over, and after bringing it back inside it sprung back up.
 
#28
no it look more like some damage due to too much moisture on young growth at the time the seed crack open in soil, sun damage would look yellow/orange/brown and dry
 
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Gaudy said:
when did I say the soil is soaking wet? And in each of the photos the topsoil is dry, I wait for the topsoil to be dry before watering, and when I water it's maybe a shot glass worth of water. I feel like you guys are jumping to conclusions on the watering. At this point I'm about 95% sure it got sunburned bc of me putting it in direct sunlight. It had so much sun it drooped over, and after bringing it back inside it sprung back up.
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I said it was wet.

You obviously have all the answers & don't need my help, good bye.
 
#31
Gaudy said:
when did I say the soil is soaking wet? And in each of the photos the topsoil is dry, I wait for the topsoil to be dry before watering, and when I water it's maybe a shot glass worth of water. I feel like you guys are jumping to conclusions on the watering. At this point I'm about 95% sure it got sunburned bc of me putting it in direct sunlight. It had so much sun it drooped over, and after bringing it back inside it sprung back up.
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ngl, I had the impression that medium was drenched. I think it's because with Foxfarm (and actually any other dirt I've played with with recently in the yard) looks closer to brownish/coffee colored when bone dry where that looks like dry mulch or something.

If it is dry (and I believe you), it seems to be complicating things especially when we're going off pictures and we can't touch/feel the stuff like you can. We're going to have to assume, since we can't touch it/feel it or anything and like I said up to now all the dry medium I've seen is coffee colored and normally when we see medium that dark, it really is wet because people are using normal/common medium.

I know you didn't know not to use that stuff, but this is probably another reason why you shouldn't be using it. Or maybe put in big bold letters "LOOKS WET. IT IS NOT. IT'S JUST THE STUFF I'M USING", heh.
 
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TheCroppeteer said:
ngl, I had the impression that medium was drenched. I think it's because with Foxfarm (and actually any other dirt I've played with with recently in the yard) looks closer to brownish/coffee colored when bone dry where that looks like dry mulch or something.

If it is dry (and I believe you), it seems to be complicating things especially when we're going off pictures and we can't touch/feel the stuff like you can. We're going to have to assume, since we can't touch it/feel it or anything and like I said up to now all the dry medium I've seen is coffee colored and normally when we see medium that dark, it really is wet because people are using normal/common medium.

I know you didn't know not to use that stuff, but this is probably another reason why you shouldn't be using it. Or maybe put in big bold letters "LOOKS WET. IT IS NOT. IT'S JUST THE STUFF I'M USING", heh.
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Ya, I gotcha, I did find a local supplier for the fox farm stuff, I'll swap to it for the first transplant, or something similar. It's a hard pill to swallow for me to believe I need to buy expensive soil for a plant thats been growing centuries without it you know.

Appreciate all the insight, this has been incredibly helpful.
 
#33
Gaudy said:
I'm unsure how you discerned it has no drainage, but I assure you it does. The plant is also in a shaded area outside so the soil also drys out faster.
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Because I see no discernable perlite for drainage.
And it looks like mud, that's not good no matter how you try to sugar-coat it.

Good luck, I'm not here to fight in my limited free time.
 
#34
Looks like it's sick. Also, your soil you're using looks way too woody and I'm guessing as a result the pH of your soil is probably too low which can cause nutrient deficiencies and stunted growth. I'd suggest switching it to a soil with less woodchips in it. I've had great luck with Fox Farms Ocean Forest throughout my whole grow straight from the bag without amending it (even for seedlings). 1 large bag costs about $30 and is enough soil to fill roughly two 12" 7 gallon pots with some left over. I made the mistake of buying $7 potting soil from Home Depot for my first grow that looked really woody like yours does, and I ruined 3 of my $15 seeds as a result. Switched to FF OF soil and been golden ever since.

My lesson learned: Don't cheap out on my soil
 
#35
Sunasun said:
Because I see no discernable perlite for drainage.
And it looks like mud, that's not good no matter how you try to sugar-coat it.

Good luck, I'm not here to fight in my limited free time.
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no ones fighting, appreciate your input.
 
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