Newbie Uk Grower Needs Some Help Please

[zeusk9]

hi all plz can any one help my first time ever growing and having truble with my babys my
ph 5.5 to 6.0 no ferts/nuets yet just ph water runing 100% coco ther just over week old tinny i at lose big time to what gong on been
ps sorry bad grammar /spelling very dislexic

 

[dan1989]

Looks alright in my opinion, no pro though. Are you on about the light coloured round leaves?

 

[DGP]

Coco has no nutrient value from what I understand. So, they may just need a,light feeding like 1/4 strength or so but hopefully some coco growers will chime in. From the pictures I can't really tell much but they don't look that bad....do you have a way to take a better picture with natural lighting or flash? A better picture would help a lot.

Dee

 

[zeusk9]

Looks alright in my opinion, no pro though. Are you on about the light coloured round leaves?

ye m8 and on the new proper leaves coming thru
i had 15 look same just end up dying

 

[DGP]

I enlarged the photo and kinda looks like the newest leaves are clawing and light blotchy yellow showing up.

Dee

 

[dan1989]

Well like I said I'm no pro but I'm a coco grower and I personally like to start in peat pellets/into rockwool cubes with no nutes just ph'd water. I make up the pots a couple days before planting and water the coco lightly with a weak solution, my round leaves are usually starting to yellow a little by the time I plant so I water the coco with say, 150ppm. If I see yellowing leaves I up the nute dose a little until I find the sweet spot between hungry and just enough. You really need to do your research when using coco, it's not soil. Nothing like it at all. Use the search bar that's all I'll say. That and typing 'cation exchange'. Get ready for a sore head :)

 

[zeusk9]

Coco has no nutrient value from what I understand. So, they may just need a,light feeding like 1/4 strength or so but hopefully some coco growers will chime in. From the pictures I can't really tell much but they don't look that bad....do you have a way to take a better picture with natural lighting or flash? A better picture would help a lot.

Dee

i sound twat/stupid asking as looked resurched all over every symptom looks same as every other symptoms every think contradicts its self wen comes coco watering and growing in general so i at a complete lose/head over load carnt Evan fined sutible feed/water chart just dont trust me self yet checky stuped feck but realy i need a dummy prof from day 1 scheduled doing for me to get me going basically but to checky to ask

 

[dan1989]

I'm still learning in coco by the way, done a load of single plant grows with LED's myself. On my first proper grow now in a nice big tent, 600w HPS and bla bla bla. Got so much space in there lol. Not an expert is my point, just sharing my own experience, not stuff I've read (except cation exchange)

 

[dan1989]

i sound twat/stupid asking as looked resurched all over every symptom looks same as every other symptoms every think contradicts its self wen comes coco watering and growing in general so i at a complete lose/head over load carnt Evan fined sutible feed/water chart just dont trust me self yet checky stuped feck but realy i need a dummy prof from day 1 scheduled doing for me to get me going basically but to checky to ask

If I were you I'd wait it out and see what happens next rather than reacting straight away you might do more harm than good it may simply have become stressed along the way and is settling down

 

[dan1989]

Do yourself a favour and cut the bottom of that cup off and tape it back in place. When it's time to transplant you whip the tape and cups bottom off and have a stress free transplant. Or get peat pellets, very nice to use.

 

[zeusk9]

Well like I said I'm no pro but I'm a coco grower and I personally like to start in peat pellets/into rockwool cubes with no nutes just ph'd water. I make up the pots a couple days before planting and water the coco lightly with a weak solution, my round leaves are usually starting to yellow a little by the time I plant so I water the coco with say, 150ppm. If I see yellowing leaves I up the nute dose a little until I find the sweet spot between hungry and just enough. You really need to do your research when using coco, it's not soil. Nothing like it at all. Use the search bar that's all I'll say. That and typing 'cation exchange'. Get ready for a sore head :)

was thinking starting rockwool but how long stay rock wool for before moving coco so yelowing means feed me/ready more neuts and is that what min asking for

 

[zeusk9]

Do yourself a favour and cut the bottom of that cup off and tape it back in place. When it's time to transplant you whip the tape and cups bottom off and have a stress free transplant. Or get peat pellets, very nice to use.

nice idea

 

[dan1989]

was thinking starting rockwool but how long stay rock wool for before moving coco so yelowing means feed me/ready more neuts and is that what min asking for

Well yes yellowing means needs more nitrogen but the tricky part is working out whether they're not getting the nutes because you're under feeding or have another problem say, ph issue

 

[dan1989]

nice idea

Thanks I'm positive somebody else has done it but in my world I invented it lol :D

 

[zeusk9]

this scedual thinking bout ones ready put to coco from rock wool but give 2.4 for firt water/coco wet dawn then water every 2day start 7.4 say week so in ? http://www.canna-uk.com/growguide

 

[zeusk9]

think having problems with tap water is 185pmm strat out tap nothing aded just left stand 24hr is that reading ok or do need go back to r/o

 

[Madbud]

Hi zeusk9, have you considered a softer light for the seedlings? I have very good luck with flourescent at 4 inches, 10 cm. Maybe torch em after a few weeks. Mine go two months tgen outdoors.

 

[iloveyoutoo]

coco is 99% inert. u need to add nutes at a highly diluted rate. and use RO water ! also consider raising ur light. the plants dont need that much light that young.

 

[zeusk9]

Hi zeusk9, have you considered a softer light for the seedlings? I have very good luck with flourescent at 4 inches, 10 cm. Maybe torch em after a few weeks. Mine go two months tgen outdoors.

i built a smaller box just for seedlings with two cfl one 27 one 67 just till ok move to leds think 25w but eqivlant to 100w i think

 

[zeusk9]

coco is 99% inert. u need to add nutes at a highly diluted rate. and use RO water ! also consider raising ur light. the plants dont need that much light that young.

ye thinking just before ready move rockwool in to bigger pots coco wet coco dawn with coco a b mix harf a lhgit dose then so on so on from there if use r/o and canna a b do stil need add calmag