The coco is moist not sopping but I can feel the moisture and see the color difference from the dry top layer and the bottom layer should I still put 3pints in there? Thanks
Is my seedling over watered?? HELP!!
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I will try that thank you
The Gram Reaper
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Do not use straight water, it will drown/flush them out almost instantly with straight water. You will need a little feed in it.
What are your temps like? the other thing I am thinking is possibly low temps.
The Gram Reaper
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How often are you feeding? Its best to feed every day and keep them with fresh food. I feed every other day because I don't drain to waste and my plants are only hand watered for 2-3 weeks before going to an autofeed.
Your tapwater might have a way off ph also.
Bernie420
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Yeah I just did a couple of scoops in a few gallons and just top feed them. Helps to keep the top of the roots wet as well... imo ...that dont get wet in an ebb and flow hydro set up. I think the the good growth you said is more do to the roots being as fresh as possible so they can do their thing.
I just want more good bacteria than bad bacteria in there.
The Gram Reaper
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It does take some judgement, you don't want to oversoak but you want frequent feedings. Which is why you don't want them sitting in run off.
Bernie420
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650 ppms on a seedling?? Lets just start out with 150-200 and see how that goes first.
I feed whenever I see the top layer is dry about an inch down so about every 2-3 days I was feeding with no nutes in the beginning with distilled water ph’d to avoid nute burn and I just recently started using tap water left over night then I add my nutes and ph the whole thing
The Gram Reaper
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I like to flush through when I change the reservoir just to get salts out of the coco, we grow pretty much similar. They get food right after the res change, seems to help.
I started doing SOG instead of large plants and really liked it, then did some renovation, still waiting on my first harvest from the new room. Its looking pretty promising, I plan on making a journal if it all works well. Worked a couple kinks out already.
Gotcha
The Gram Reaper
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If you don't want to feed every day, I would atleast do every other day. Roots start choking off if you don't keep the water fresh. Coco is very odd and in no way close to soil. I see the best growth from people that let the runoff go to a waste bin. It works amazing with flood tables, they are a fairly cheap way to get a failsafe hydro system with good growth.
Bernie420
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You have to feed it something and at a low ppm Dont be going dumping 650 ppms on it...its a seedling
Isnt cocco an inert growing medium?
My temps stay at 72-83 RH at 40-60
Bernie420
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I do hydroton...growing is growing though it all crosses over from one to the other.
Low 70s at night mid to low 80s in the day
The Gram Reaper
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I would go with Bernie on using weaker nutrients, and start feeding more frequently. Don't let them sit in the runoff.
The Gram Reaper
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Try to have as little fluctuation as possible. I try to be within 5 degrees, which can be hard. When you get around a 15 degree difference from night and day you run into issues and have slower growth.
So should I still put the 3pints in there and just see where it goes I have other auto flower seeds I can plant so if this one goes it won’t be a big deal but I want to make sure the same thing doesn’t happen to my other seeds. Thanks
Got it thank you
Fatboy0701
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This is your Best answer so far.
Don’t need notes so early as this if you’re in a decent grow medium. I Generally use any garden centre compost 50/50 with coco and a scoop or two of perlite. Always used tap water from day 1 and never had a problem. Also I put them under a T5 about 6” inches away, they love it.