Hydro-Organic HELP!

Hey there. I started a Hydro-Organic grow from seed about 4 weeks ago. The strain is THS "Hog". I'm not quite sure what the issue seems to be here. Do these appear to be over or under fertilized? I started with a mild nutrient solution as suggested, and have grad increased the amount of nutrients as I believed the plants to be showing signs of K deficiency given the turning of old leaves and the spotting. After no sign of improvement, I decided to flush. I ran the system with nothing but water adjusted to 5.5 then started running a fresh nutrient solution per Earth Juice directions. (Note, there's nothing skimped on here in terms of nutrients, I have the whole line in order to produce a "complete" solution). Initially there was a ph issue, I have alkaline water (almost 9ph) but with much battling I seem to have it under control. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

no expert but damn that is tiny for 4 weeks from seed, your growth looks very stunted probably from the very high PH I dont know how long you went before you caught it, but at this point I suggest just giving it properly ph'd water, not sure what your mdium is but 5.5 seems too low for anything I know of....

Agreed, WAAAAAY too small. The nute man says that I should be between 5.5 and 6.2 with a max of 6.4.

I guess my ???? is are these salvagable or do I kill the lot and start from scratch, I'd hate to waste the loot I ponied up for the seed and the 4 weeks effort (but it could be chalked up to education)?

Yeah, a seed puts down a taproot that is a mirror image of the plant stem below ground. If that root is impeded, or not healthy, the plant won't make it. If you were growing many seedlings, you would toss those two, and select the seedlings that are actually growing.

HTH

potroast said:

Yeah, a seed puts down a taproot that is a mirror image of the plant stem below ground. If that root is impeded, or not healthy, the plant won't make it. If you were growing many seedlings, you would toss those two, and select the seedlings that are actually growing.

HTH

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Thanks potroast,

Given that it's the whole batch and that a few aren't going to lag behind, can they recover? Or am I better off going again with fresh beans given the time it would take (if they could) recover.

Thanks much.

I would say if you have the ph under control and there is still some life in the plants then keep them going, I have read that super thrive works wonders for sick plants, I have never used it personally but most on RIU rave about it,