What is happening to my girls

[New.grower26]

Hi everyone, I’m growing AK-47 and GDP autos. It’s been 14 days since they sprouted, and they were doing great for the first week. I had to start them in small pots initially and transplanted them into their final pots on Day 8.

> I'm using a Light Mix soil. My light is a 250W Hyper Quantum Board, kept at 60-70cm with the dimmer set to 40%. I keep the temperature between 23-27°C and humidity between 50-70%. I usually water every 3 days with pH-adjusted water; no nutrients have been added yet.

> I think I might have overwatered them in the first pots, or maybe it’s transplant shock—I'm not sure—but the leaves are now very thin and feel dry. Do you think they can recover? I always wait for the soil to dry out before watering and I'm monitoring the environment closely, but they still haven't bounced back.

First photos are day 8 and the last ones are day 14.

 

[trygrowup]

Hi everyone, I’m growing AK-47 and GDP autos. It’s been 14 days since they sprouted, and they were doing great for the first week. I had to start them in small pots initially and transplanted them into their final pots on Day 8.

> I'm using a Light Mix soil. My light is a 250W Hyper Quantum Board, kept at 60-70cm with the dimmer set to 40%. I keep the temperature between 23-27°C and humidity between 50-70%. I usually water every 3 days with pH-adjusted water; no nutrients have been added yet.

> I think I might have overwatered them in the first pots, or maybe it’s transplant shock—I'm not sure—but the leaves are now very thin and feel dry. Do you think they can recover? I always wait for the soil to dry out before watering and I'm monitoring the environment closely, but they still haven't bounced back.

First photos are day 8 and the last ones are day 14.
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They start to look better.
Could be the roots got disturbed a bit when transplanting.
It is an early transplant in the sense that the seedling is a bit fragile.
But if you can transplant without disturbing the roots, then it's fine. And that is absolutely doable too. Just be careful.

Last thing. Do you need ph adjustment? I don't know if your soil is buffered or maybe your tap water is near 8 ph?

 

[New.grower26]

They start to look better.
Could be the roots got disturbed a bit when transplanting.
It is an early transplant in the sense that the seedling is a bit fragile.
But if you can transplant without disturbing the roots, then it's fine. And that is absolutely doable too. Just be careful.

Last thing. Do you need ph adjustment? I don't know if your soil is buffered or maybe your tap water is near 8 ph?

I use bottled water which the bottle says around 8 ph. I use 2-3 drops of white vinegar to bring ph down around 6.

 

[trygrowup]

Ahh ok. What about your tap water?
It just i don't think you can ph down like that.
If i remember correct, that ph down is temporary with vinagar.
Try make the mix you use and let it sit for a day and then measure again. I think it will rise back up.
Last thing. Do you use ph strips to measure?

 

[GNick55]

start over and don’t grow autos,

 

[Galgrows]

Now you know how sensitive these autos can be. It's probley a combo of things. Photoperiods are far less sensitive to handling. I would start over cause these don't bounce back like photos. Sorry

 

[Ninjadogma]

It's got that early cal & mag transport warble going on and that will straighten out. The tip burn could be light intensity too high. With a photoperiod plant it's just one of those things that can happen and you recalibrate and it's no big deal but with an autoflower it's a time penalty that costs you growth potential. The clock is counting down the moment that seedling popped. You transplanted. 5 day penalty against your finish. Lights were a little off with distance. Another 5 day penalty. Cal warble? 7 day penalty. Recovery times are just examples to show you the downside with autos and how all the usual stuff that can pop up during a run counts against you.

I'd let it go and see how it does, but I would also significantly lower my expectations of that one. Get another one going if you have another seed so you aren't wasting electricity on just that one that might not amount to much.

 

[trygrowup]

I'd also say try let them grow.
One thing for sure. If you start a new seeds it's from start again. And the two weeks is lost.
And i think they appear worse than they are. And they already have maybe 3 set of leafs with the 4th coming.
I'm pretty sure they made some work under the soil and will be ok but it's true that the clock is ticking.
But it also true they can grow bigger than needed even if it's autos. I've grown my share of autos. Only thing i'm not a fan of is the ruderalis part. That puts some limitations imo. The same with the clock ticking but i don't mind that.
New grower on the farm impressed all with a monster auto so there is that too.