Hiramklarke
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Hey all, your resident knucklehead Hiram, here with yet another question. Suprised? Yeah i didnt think so haha...anyhoo, backyard bucket grow problems, using MG 3mo Release (yikes) Bagseed (even more YIKES) 5gal buckets, 14hrs of daylight, sprout broke soil 33 days ago and only 3 are doing fair. They are only 8-9" above soil but a nice shade of green and they have fans that increase by the node (sign of health no?) Then there are the other 6 
tiny and sickly...i started them in cups for like a week, once they showed their first jagged leaves i transplanted them into 5gal buckets w/ drainage. 3 grew, 5 never grew bigger than 2" and the last stayed 3 1/2". I did more research and realized how bad the soil situation was..i bought gardening soil NOT potting soil which was FILLED with WOODCHIPS so i thought fast and came up with a way to sift 95% of the wood chips and alot of the nute pellets out creating a LIGHT, AIRY, CLEANER, FLUFFY soil mix and retained all my perlite as well. I transplanted all into smaller containers because their root growth was puney. I figured the very coarse soil and huge container wasnt fit, so i put them in cups with the good soil until the roots fill them out. Now, my question to you folks is, Are the tiny ones worth the effort or should i chunk em? Also, what say you about the small brown dots on leaves in picture? Finally what should i do about healthy ones in woodchippy soil?
tiny and sickly...i started them in cups for like a week, once they showed their first jagged leaves i transplanted them into 5gal buckets w/ drainage. 3 grew, 5 never grew bigger than 2" and the last stayed 3 1/2". I did more research and realized how bad the soil situation was..i bought gardening soil NOT potting soil which was FILLED with WOODCHIPS so i thought fast and came up with a way to sift 95% of the wood chips and alot of the nute pellets out creating a LIGHT, AIRY, CLEANER, FLUFFY soil mix and retained all my perlite as well. I transplanted all into smaller containers because their root growth was puney. I figured the very coarse soil and huge container wasnt fit, so i put them in cups with the good soil until the roots fill them out. Now, my question to you folks is, Are the tiny ones worth the effort or should i chunk em? Also, what say you about the small brown dots on leaves in picture? Finally what should i do about healthy ones in woodchippy soil?Attachments
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Also, whats worked for me in the past for seedlings is using those red solo cups to start in. Leave them till they have a few nodes, and by then you can cut the cup away or just pop them out and put them in a larger container. I go from solo cup to 5gal containers personally. Just be sure to cut good drainage holes in the bottom of your solos!
If thats the case, id stick with what you got and see how your girls do. Might be one of those live and learn situations!