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Cotyledons are still green, I’m not an expert so wait on advice, but I can say for certain don’t stress about adding any nutrients, they don’t need it right now

boomgagem said:

Cotyledons are still green, I’m not an expert so wait on advice, but I can say for certain don’t stress about adding any nutrients, they don’t need it right now

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More stressing about the watering situation the bottom of the pot is not drying

couple things, one, just have a bit of patience. everything is not a crisis.

next, to help things along the way you want to raise it off the floor a bit, then point a fan at the pot, the air will help dry the medium. do not add water till it needs water, the plant doesnt know about your half a pot watering plan, it wont like it. only ever water when it NEEDS water.

read this by @Aqua Man watering-how-media-pot-size-shape-and-environment-affect-it

then, when you up pot next, use a bag pot and add the perlite

and on a final note, why did you pick manure and organic potting soil? you studied the mediums and chose this one, why?

it has the stuff the plant needs, but you start off wanting to manually add stuff like cal/mag and upping ppm... you might want to rethink this choice, it wont like your methods. if you use coco, you can make her eat and drink on your schedule, but with organic soils and manure there are things in there that need to be considered. sort of like your plant is living in a food fantasy and then you stuffing mcdonalds burgers in there and wondering why they dont like it. then the burgers rot and things go haywire and you will be left wondering wtf.

beware when all and sundry start you worrying over ph, the soil you are using probably has a buffer so it will make the ph somewhere between 6.3-6.5, no matter what you do to it, and the stuff you use to alter it might not get along with the stuff they use. most speak of ph as it applies to coco or soilless (things like flushing and measuring runoff dont really apply like they do in other mediums), but soil changes things up for you. when you say "organic" soil, what exactly is it? i think all soil is actually organic till you/they stick stuff in it. what stuff is in it? was the manure aged? was it store bought?

till your plant is about 4 weeks old it shouldnt need any of those things you want to force on her no matter what soil. someone mentioned the first little leaves, they are looking at them and telling you they are still green so they are still helping your plant along and you dont need to add things to make her mad.

learn how to water by picking the pot up. you dont need to atlas it over your head, but just reach down and tug up on both sides, you will notice right away if it is light or heavy. do not water at all till it is light like sawdust. then water slowly, letting it soak in, till a drop or two come out the bottom.

i just noticed they are autos, watch out, doing things to her she doesnt like will slow her down and have a bad effect on yield.

Question - are you stuck with that soil you mixed up? It got you started ok but obviously is giving you issues with drainage right now. Why not pot up and use some quality commercial soil? Adding perlite may or may not need to be added depending on what you get. I’d also think about fabric pots.

Along with what @lvstealth said, you also have a drainage issue. Read the article he posted and then this one;

Then put a bunch of holes in those pots before your babies drown.

ComfortablyNumb said:

Along with what @lvstealth said, you also have a drainage issue. Read the article he posted and then this one;

Watering for Soil Growers Only

Watering in Soil Watering plants gives many new growers anxiety issues. Because we want our plants to do the best they can, we over water and some even underwater. To help relieve the stress and confusion, this is sort of a step by step of what to do and look for when you grow in soil...

www.thcfarmer.com

Then put a bunch of holes in those pots before your babies drown.

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Said he already did that.

Lets see the holes you added.

ComfortablyNumb said:

The reading? Ok. What about the holes?

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Added Holes....I think he has a pot of mud that won’t drain anymore.

I made some soil for Lemon trees in 7 gallon fabric pots. Citrus does not like poor drainage or wet feet. I love perlite so I put that togeather with a sack of potting soil and some sand. I was just noticing today with a garden hose without the nozzle the soil kept up pace with the hose draining. It would not fill up the top of the bag and over flow. It came out the bottom. Would be a great mix for those who like to over water their weed.

I picked up a meter like that one at Lowes. I wanted something to test my PH.
Wow it was so far off from reality I wouldn't trust it to measure anything. Toss it.

Needs to do some reading then.

That's a tough mix. They are buried in food and can't even eat because the water lockout.

well... actually... the first pic shows the plant is just winding up its push to grow roots and has started growing more veg. you say it is 2 weeks old. it looks like a text book 2 week old in growth and color. it is fine. do not do anything to it till it drinks its water. if you think it is sick, transplanting is a bad idea. it is just 2 weeks old so look up 2 week old plants, google it. they grew their 3 lobe leaves and just finishing the first set of 5 lobe leaves and at two weeks that is just what they should be doing.

you are going to let yourself get talked into doing crazy things to this girl. it has been just two weeks, so MAYBE one watering or maybe 2 - how did THAT mess up your ph and all? your ph is not the issue, in soil it is almost never the issue.

it is 2 weeks old so it is not nutes or cal or mag or anything, ff has what the plant needs for a while, longer than 2 weeks by any measure.

it is an auto, so dont up pot or repot. dont do anything to stall her

I don't see anything wrong with the plants themselves. OP said its not draining so, there is a fix. Its called more cowbell! Oh, sorry... more holes.

I would agree. Plants look fine to me. Grab a drill and add some drainage.

freezeland2 said:

Question - are you stuck with that soil you mixed up? It got you started ok but obviously is giving you issues with drainage right now. Why not pot up and use some quality commercial soil? Adding perlite may or may not need to be added depending on what you get. I’d also think about fabric pots.

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Thanks for the reply brother

yes I am in there final pot

I’ve heard mixed reviews about fabric pots I’ve also heard you can grow without perlite successfully...
The manure and soil did have grit and organic matter in it

well I may have found a solution I lowerd the RH to 60% and there drying out. Y the looks of the meter it’s day 5 of last water maybe it is actually a week to dry out

ComfortablyNumb said:

Along with what @lvstealth said, you also have a drainage issue. Read the article he posted and then this one;

Watering for Soil Growers Only

Watering in Soil Watering plants gives many new growers anxiety issues. Because we want our plants to do the best they can, we over water and some even underwater. To help relieve the stress and confusion, this is sort of a step by step of what to do and look for when you grow in soil...

www.thcfarmer.com

Then put a bunch of holes in those pots before your babies drown.

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I have put more holes in

I was going to do the sides but I read you get a uneven water and a bunch other stuff I can’t remember

it took me like 2 hours to do the extra holes and a lot of sweat, it was a frustrating time but tomorrow I may do 1 inch from the base with a hot bike spoke

ComfortablyNumb said:

Lets see the holes you added.

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Here’s a picture of my holes as requested I did theses 3 days after I noticed I had a issue