Did I Overwater and Mess my first try up?

DezmondG · Apr 17, 2026

I feel like such an idiot. Ugggh

I thought I would try the bottom feeding technique. Well today when I picked them up they were still heavy and wet wet wet.

So I up potted to 1 gallon containers I. Hops I can save them. When I pulled them from the solo cups they were mucky wet so I didn’t add any water to my new soil when I transplanted. I hope they are going to be ok.

Any thoughts?

JIMKSI64 · Apr 17, 2026

Seen and done worse.
You need to set up the soil moisture appropriate for seedlings. You do not want it dry because it got wet.
If it's just opened bag prolly just a hundred ml 2 inches out from the stem not at the base for sure.
If you can not control humidity to 70% or higher you may want to dome them but you need to be careful and wean them off a dome if you are stuck in low humidity.

DezmondG · Apr 17, 2026

JIMKSI64 said:
Seen and done worse.
You need to set up the soil moisture appropriate for seedlings. You do not want it dry because it got wet.
If it's just opened bag prolly just a hundred ml 2 inches out from the stem not at the base for sure.
If you can not control humidity to 70% or higher you may want to dome them but you need to be careful and wean them off a dome if you are stuck in low humidity.

27.6 Celsius and 81.2% Humidity right now in there right now. Fan moving air and lightly moving plants a bit. No exhaust on right now but I have the two bottom vents open on the tent.

hoffmister · Apr 17, 2026

DezmondG said:
I feel like such an idiot. Ugggh

I thought I would try the bottom feeding technique. Well today when I picked them up they were still heavy and wet wet wet.

So I up potted to 1 gallon containers I. Hops I can save them. When I pulled them from the solo cups they were mucky wet so I didn’t add any water to my new soil when I transplanted. I hope they are going to be ok.

Any thoughts?

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She can come back from that she dont need much water at that age she wont have much of a root system to absorb the water i tend to use a spray bottle to feed at this age.

TheGOONmxns · Apr 18, 2026

DezmondG said:
I feel like such an idiot. Ugggh

I thought I would try the bottom feeding technique. Well today when I picked them up they were still heavy and wet wet wet.

So I up potted to 1 gallon containers I. Hops I can save them. When I pulled them from the solo cups they were mucky wet so I didn’t add any water to my new soil when I transplanted. I hope they are going to be ok.

Any thoughts?

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I’d put more soil so it could have a bigger root system. And water every other day

trygrowup · Apr 18, 2026

DezmondG said:
I feel like such an idiot. Ugggh

I thought I would try the bottom feeding technique. Well today when I picked them up they were still heavy and wet wet wet.

So I up potted to 1 gallon containers I. Hops I can save them. When I pulled them from the solo cups they were mucky wet so I didn’t add any water to my new soil when I transplanted. I hope they are going to be ok.

Any thoughts?

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It's not normal for me to say but looking at the picture, the one in front looks like it got too much water.
Watering every other day at this point could be too much unless it's very dry conditions.

I also think a dome would be better in your situation.

GNick55 · Apr 18, 2026

your watering waaaay to often, and over mothering them/stressing them. lower the humidity into the 60’s,. what light you got and how close?

DezmondG · Apr 18, 2026

GNick55 said:
your watering waaaay to often, and over mothering them/stressing them. lower the humidity into the 60’s,. what light you got and how close?

The infinity s22. 80% power and about 18” away

Ninjadogma · Apr 18, 2026

DezmondG said:
I feel like such an idiot. Ugggh

I thought I would try the bottom feeding technique. Well today when I picked them up they were still heavy and wet wet wet.

So I up potted to 1 gallon containers I. Hops I can save them. When I pulled them from the solo cups they were mucky wet so I didn’t add any water to my new soil when I transplanted. I hope they are going to be ok.

Any thoughts?

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Ideally when you are moving to a different pot you want the root zone nice and moist so that nothing is brittle and breaking during the move. If it's swampy, in the future one strategy you can use is take the plant out of the solo and just leave it sitting on top of that clod of dirt for half a day where it's getting direct air exposure. When you move a plant to its new home you really do want to water it in, so the air dry is just a way of prepping to do that without further waterlogging the plant.

hoffmister · Apr 19, 2026

hoffmister said:
She can come back from that she dont need much water at that age she wont have much of a root system to absorb the water i tend to use a spray bottle to feed at this age.

TheGOONmxns said:
I’d put more soil so it could have a bigger root system. And water every other day

Rookie mistakes bud this shit happens. whats important is learning from this for next time. I hate soil even with perlite, i use coco its way more forgiving especially with over watering its ao hard to over water coco as it absorbs what it needs s then anything else runs off. the main thing with coco is to watch your run off and not let it dry to much it needs and to stay wet to some extent. Dont get me wrong people get sick smoke of using soil its a good way to go just a little less forgiving if you got no clue what your doing my. Coco for the win plus here aswell wen you repot use coco not soil. Make sure its buffered

ChairmanFester · Apr 19, 2026

The slight overwater plus high moisture will equal gnats and fungus.
You didn't kill anything so far.
Soil is fine, coco is fine, hydro is... also fine. It's about what particulars you like unless you're speed running.
Put your fingers in the dirt every day, EVERY DAY. Even if you just feather the top 2cm around. Know your plant's weight by feel (scales are fine too), but pick the darn thing up.
When you want to mother your plants, CLEAN SOMETHING. Like wipe off any soil sticking to the cup. Clean your tools. Clean your light ffs (I forget this too). And then if you're still antsy, go read something. Devour articles and books.
Go buy a few 5 gallon soil bags and a big ass $35 bag of pro-mix microrhyzzial. You'll be up-potting within 5 days.
Stick the whole cup in a divot in that new soil, cut one line down the side then on the bottom one left half circle-STOP-one right half circle-STOP. Slide cup out.

MercDod · Apr 19, 2026

I think those solo cups should have had a lot more material in them to start with. You could have just filled them up to where thy should have been and the water would have "wicked" upwards reducing the moisture level. Based on the leaf development the plant has more than a few days on it, not sure if its a photoperiod (assuming a photoperiod since its in a solo cup) or auto but sometimes autos will trigger into flower when the roots hit the bottom in a small cup/pot.
In my opinion, next time fill to near top and transplant at about 14 days.
Do not use a dome. I always remove domes as soon as seedling is standing and RH is between 60 and 75 to prevent dampening off.
Just my opinion
Good Luck.

DezmondG · Apr 20, 2026

Doing much better (I think) day three now since I up potted and let them dry up before giving them a small drink. Will keep you all posted.

ChairmanFester · Apr 20, 2026

Fabric pots will upgrade your life, but wait for a good sale. They get very cheap in bundles.

DezmondG · Apr 20, 2026

ChairmanFester said:
Fabric pots will upgrade your life, but wait for a good sale. They get very cheap in bundles.

I got a pack of AC Infinity 5 Gallons ready for final homes.

ChairmanFester · Apr 20, 2026

DezmondG said:
I got a pack of AC Infinity 5 Gallons ready for final homes.

As Ice Cube had once penned, "We too busy sain' HELL YEAH!"

My brother... are you ready for the ultimate soil experience? Will you accept the truth?

DezmondG · Apr 20, 2026

ChairmanFester said:
As Ice Cube had once penned, "We too busy sain' HELL YEAH!"

My brother... are you ready for the ultimate soil experience? Will you accept the truth?

Can’t wait!!!!!!

ChairmanFester · Apr 20, 2026

You need:
Red earthworms. Try Unlce Jim's Worm Farm.
White clover seed.

MAN you're gonna love this. And I love that you're gonna love this.

DezmondG · Apr 20, 2026

ChairmanFester said:
You need:
Red earthworms. Try Unlce Jim's Worm Farm.
White clover seed.

MAN you're gonna love this. And I love that you're gonna love this.

K need you to explain the why and how for the red worms and white clover seed. Also do I still use the Gaia Green Soil and 444?

ChairmanFester · Apr 20, 2026

DezmondG said:
K need you to explain the why and how for the red worms and white clover seed. Also do I still use the Gaia Green Soil and 444?

Yup. Everything as normal elsewise. @Mikedin has a whole thread you can refer to. If you start believing every little thing I say I'll forget to let people know I'm joking and suggest shit. For the record I'm 99% sure there is no use for explosives in plant care no matter what I say before or later.
But yeah, couple of worms per pot, some white clover on top. Chop it down and let it mulch in about end of veg or so I figure. It converts your soil to a nice bioactive thing you can recycle and it's like a sourdough starter for soil that can safely bank nutes, create helper molecules for your plant's processing it's own nutes, protect it with a strong second immune system, a lot of shit.
Mainly to start, cover crop of clover and worms. Up the water in the mix for feed a tad. Like a cup per pot.

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