Need Help! Seedling Leaves Yellowing

MidnightJoker · May 30, 2011

My 10 day old seedlings are starting to turn yellow. I transplanted them last Thursday into 5 gal. smart pots with FoxFarm Ocean Forest Soil. I also have FoxFarm Nutes for soil; Grow Big, Big Bloom and Tiger Bloom.

According to the instructions on the FoxFarm nutes, I should be giving them 6 tsp./gal of Big Bloom, but I thought that for the first 2 weeks of growth, they wouldn't need any nutes.

Do you think the yellowing is caused by a nitrogen deficiency? Should I start feeding the plants? I can post pics later if anyone needs to see what is going on. Thanks.

toystorie · May 30, 2011

hey i'm a beginner at this and the same thing happened to me i just flushed them and now mine are looking full and healthy

robert 14617 · May 30, 2011

feeding too soon

Jeffdt1966 · May 30, 2011

hes probally right on the money .. the seedlings just are not ready to start nutes yet at ten days . I would wait untill they a set of true leaves and start a light mix and slowly increase mix from there . You gotta feel em out slowly so can correct easily if they cant take it .. just give a good flush and see if snap out of it .... they should if its just the lower leaves

Nullis · May 30, 2011

MidnightJoker said:
My 10 day old seedlings are starting to turn yellow. I transplanted them last Thursday into 5 gal. smart pots with FoxFarm Ocean Forest Soil. I also have FoxFarm Nutes for soil; Grow Big, Big Bloom and Tiger Bloom.

According to the instructions on the FoxFarm nutes, I should be giving them 6 tsp./gal of Big Bloom, but I thought that for the first 2 weeks of growth, they wouldn't need any nutes.

Do you think the yellowing is caused by a nitrogen deficiency? Should I start feeding the plants? I can post pics later if anyone needs to see what is going on. Thanks.

He didn't say he gave any nutrients, but was asking if he should and if the yellowing might be from N deficiency (which just isn't likely at 10 days old). Still don't need any nutrients, especially if you just transplanted into OF, otherwise Big Bloom is fine for early growth stages because it is light on the NPK.

Watering is good and everything?

robert 14617 · May 30, 2011

if you look at the bag ffof soil has a n-p-k value you are feeding your plants by putting them in this soil

MidnightJoker · May 30, 2011

Nullis said:
He didn't say he gave any nutrients, but was asking if he should and if the yellowing might be from N deficiency (which just isn't likely at 10 days old). Still don't need any nutrients, especially if you just transplanted into OF, otherwise Big Bloom is fine for early growth stages because it is light on the NPK.

Watering is good and everything?

Yes, I have not yet fed the plants yet. But I am wondering why the leaves are getting yellow at this early of a date in their growth. Watering is going fine, no problems. Just wondering why the leaves are yellow. TIA.

Jason2011 · May 30, 2011

pics would help but id be giving 1/4 strength nutes

tommyo3000 · Jun 6, 2011

Lots of people start seeds in FFOF..
so how did they turn out?

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