Need Help. Seedling may be dieing

TylerinVA · Aug 31, 2023

Z my brother. Please tell me she is only bruised D:

Zerberus · Aug 31, 2023

Congratulations bro, for everyone here to be able to help you along the way, give us all the details you can about your tent set up, what soil your using, and light set up...

From the look of the picture you planted straight into a 3 gallon pot? If you did plant straight into the final pot, that's good that way you will avoid having to transplant.

1) is the seedling a photoperiod or Auto?

seedlings are easy to care for, just put the light at the recommended height and intensity that the manufacturer recommends for this stage.

also seedlings don't need a lot of water, BUT you can never let the soil become completely dry, if you see the top inch of the soil dry then it's a good idea to water it a bit but don't over do it, you don't want swampy soil, you want moist.

other than that it's pretty straight forward, just watch them grow, you don't need to feed them anything just plain water.

TylerinVA · Aug 31, 2023

Zerberus said:
Congratulations bro, for everyone here to be able to help you along the way, give us all the details you can about your tent set up, what soil your using, and light set up...

From the look of the picture you planted straight into a 3 gallon pot? If you did plant straight into the final pot, that's good that way you will avoid having to transplant.

1) is the seedling a photoperiod or Auto?

seedlings are easy to care for, just put the light at the recommended height and intensity that the manufacturer recommends for this stage.

also seedlings don't need a lot of water, BUT you can never let the soil become completely dry, if you see the top inch of the soil dry then it's a good idea to water it a bit but don't over do it, you don't want swampy soil, you want moist.

other than that it's pretty straight forward, just watch them grow, you don't need to feed them anything just plain water.

Well I'm using top soil with most of the wood chips taken out. Ik that's not the best that's why I got an organic starting mix to put it with. Been using a humidifier and fan. The soil is pretty dry atm but then with that one water leaf hanging I feel it's too wet idk. I got a lux meter and it says the plant is getting 5,000 lux atm which is what I saw was recommended for seedlings idk. Also it's a feminized autoflower

Zerberus · Aug 31, 2023

TylerinVA said:
Well I'm using top soil with most of the wood chips taken out. Ik that's not the best that's why I got an organic starting mix to put it with. Been using a humidifier and fan. The soil is pretty dry atm but then with that one water leaf hanging I feel it's too wet idk. I got a lux meter and it says the plant is getting 5,000 lux atm which is what I saw was recommended for seedlings idk. Also it's a feminized autoflower

Oh wow, auto flowers are very tough for a first time grower that's why I did photoperiod, because autos grow really quickly and any mistake could probably have an effect on your yeild.

My advice for watering is, use your fingers and touch to determine if the soil needs water, stick your finger in the soil about an inch or 1.5 deep and if it feels dry, water it a bit, you don't need to water down the whole pot, make sure the seedlings have enough water in the soil around it to about 4 inches away from it, there's a lot of videos on how to water seedlings in organic soil on YouTube...

In the end just use common sense, if you think it's too dry then water it a bit, your intuition will help you, follow it.

Zerberus · Aug 31, 2023

Don't water every 30 minutes, once you get the soil moist and you think you did a good job, leave the plant alone come back in 12-24 hours and feel the soil again, only water if you feel it drying out, you don't want to overwater it. Roots need a little dryishness (not completely dry) to stretch outwards in look of more water.

TylerinVA · Aug 31, 2023

Zerberus said:
Don't water every 30 minutes, once you get the soil moist and you think you did a good job, leave the plant alone come back in 12-24 hours and feel the soil again, only water if you feel it drying out, you don't want to overwater it. Roots need a little dryishness (not completely dry) to stretch outwards in look of more water.

Thank you Brodie. I'll try it and keep you updated thanks to that hurricane I got plenty of rain water hope you made it through it okay as well

Zerberus · Aug 31, 2023

TylerinVA said:
Thank you Brodie. I'll try it and keep you updated thanks to that hurricane I got plenty of rain water hope you made it through it okay as well

I was able to collect about 22 gallons of rainwater here and put them in storage until I need them.

TylerinVA · Aug 31, 2023

Zerberus said:
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I was able to collect about 22 gallons of rainwater here and put them in storage until I need them.

Hell yeah bro

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