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Knowing nothing about your watering I'm going to lean towards over watered.... Doesn't matter how well you maintain your environment if you over water or have poor soil drainage. Will stunt plants cold
Make a rack for them to sit on up off tent floor it's cold for them bad drainage as wellIn my new 4x4 tent I'm growing Boston Cream Pie and it's my 4th attempt to do so because the seeds just dont grow at their normal rate. Below is a picture of all 4 seeds grown under a Spider Farmer SF-4000 Full Spectrum LED, after germinating in solo cups in the Mother Keeper tent under a T5 with LEDs bloom and reg. This is 8 days from being planted.
The next pic is 2 plants being grown under 315w CMH after being germinated in the same Mother Keeper under T5 LEDs bloom and reg and also 8 days from being planted.
All plants are 8 days old, popped the same exact way and yet one is growing as it should, whilst the others are moving at a snail's pace. I seriously need advice or input on what's going on or what I'm doing wrong. I made sure PPFD on all plants was 180-190. I'm just starting to get irritated because I spent quite a bit of money on the new 4x4, light, induction fans, ect. and I've wasted 4 weeks and 6 seeds now trying to get it figured out. Any reasonable help would be appreciated.
Make a rack for them to sit on up off tent floor it's cold for them bad drainage as well
Make bigger drainage holes in the bottom of your pot if your drainage is bad.
You're saying the soil staying wet for about a week before needing watered again is normal? Because that's about what mine are at and I cant help but feel like that's not right. I made bigger holes and I have great air ventilation and circulation so I dont know why it takes so long for the soil to dry out. I'm using soil without wormcastings in the mix purposely for this particular strain.It is totally normal growth for 8 days and week apart watering for seedlings in cups is normal too in my opinion.
Looks fine to me.
You're saying the soil staying wet for about a week before needing watered again is normal? Because that's about what mine are at and I cant help but feel like that's not right. I made bigger holes and I have great air ventilation and circulation so I dont know why it takes so long for the soil to dry out. I'm using soil without wormcastings in the mix purposely for this particular strain.
After a few grows you get use to the weight of a cup of fresh, dry soil in your hand, around 150g. meanwhile if you have a small scale its a lot easier to water seedlings properly. You’ll want one to weigh those big beautiful buds soon anyway.You're saying the soil staying wet for about a week before needing watered again is normal? Because that's about what mine are at and I cant help but feel like that's not right. I made bigger holes and I have great air ventilation and circulation so I dont know why it takes so long for the soil to dry out. I'm using soil without wormcastings in the mix purposely for this particular strain.
If you can get plants to the Magoo size in 8 days I'd say you're doing a hell of a job. I grow outdoors, so susceptible to the whims of nature. it's my experience that it takes 5 days just for my plant to clear dirt, then another day or two to open up.All plants are 8 days old, popped the same exact way and yet one is growing as it should, whilst the others are moving at a snail's pace.
After a few grows you get use to the weight of a cup of fresh, dry soil in your hand, around 150g. meanwhile if you have a small scale its a lot easier to water seedlings properly. You’ll want one to weigh those big beautiful buds soon anyway.
I'm starting to get used to the feel of the cups!After a few grows you get use to the weight of a cup of fresh, dry soil in your hand, around 150g. meanwhile if you have a small scale its a lot easier to water seedlings properly. You’ll want one to weigh those big beautiful buds soon anyway.
Always takes that long under the t-5 flourescents first and maybe second watering. Seedlings have no big root system yet.
And it always happens again when i transplant up to the next size pot. 1 gallon then 3 gallon.
If i grow under the 600 w mh or hps or my 315 cmh it takes a couple less days.
This is all at 73-77 degrees and around 50% humidity with plenty of air flow.
If you can get plants to the Magoo size in 8 days I'd say you're doing a hell of a job. I grow outdoors, so susceptible to the whims of nature. it's my experience that it takes 5 days just for my plant to clear dirt, then another day or two to open up.
Here is 10 days from dropping the seed in dirt.
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Yes it's going to be quicker indoors with 18 hours of light as opposed to outdoors in April, but your plants look fairly typical IMO.
These two in the blue cups were exactly at 8 days
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I actually have a nice mister spray bottle but never thought of approaching watering my seedlings this way. I'm definitely going to give it a try next cycle! Thanks!I keep telling new growers this , but maybe not taken seriously , get a pint sized mister at home depot , mist / spray the soil in your seedling cups , that way you wont overwater with a "pour" insted you will gently mist till you feel the desired weight of the pot , you will better controll your waterings and not over or under water plants , been growing for a long time and i still hand mist soil in seedling cups .....
Drowing seedlings is a common problem
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