nutrient overdose, wilting after watering.

alright guys, i know this is stupid, but i have been feeding my 2 week old seedlings plain water.... and i mixed up a 1/2, or 1/4 strength nutrient solution for a friend, and accidentally watered my poor poor babys with the nutrient solution (2 waters ago, first watering showed no ill effects, most RECENT watering was with regular water thats when the burn showed up,) causing my lower leaves to start to yellow. i watered not last night, but the night before and my soil is still pretty moist, this is my dilema. what should i do? there in solo cups, about to be transplanted this weekend into FFOF 70-30 perlite, 3 gal pots, but now im worried, that transplanting already nute burned, 2 week old plants into FFOF sounds like a bad idea. should i flush my plants immediately, or let them dry out, transplant this weekend, while trying to remove as much loose dirt as possible, into the FFOF? what is your guys opinion, im feeling sad for my plants, and want there perky vibrant green back ASAP, but there also in need of a transplant, because the roots are on the outside of the dirt clod....
im not including pictures because theres nothing to really show.... i know its nute burn...

also after my last watering my BIGGEST plant, wilted, and is still wilting to this day.... water was room temp, sat out for 24 hours, plants lower leaves started wilting.... not sure if this could be caused by nuteburn, or the starting of rootbound?

any advice is appreciated, help me bring my babys back to life please!

no one? bumpy bump.

the root bound i seen stunts the growth not kill the plant. no pro but i say transplant them first so the roots can spread. option is to cut off the bottom of solo cup put it in the new pot slice the side of it and flush the cup let it dry some the jus pull up the solo cup put of the dirt. roots should go straight down and cup walls should keep most of the FFoF nutes out. only a idea using logic not knowledge.

that sounds like a decent idea, anyone else have any advice?

Well IMO you should post a pic but other than that I go from solo to 1 gal to 3 gal to 5 gal and let them grow a little in each (about 4-5 inches) and I would say (without pics) that when my lower leaves start to turn yellow...it means FEED ME cause the cotyledons are probably wilted or turning yellow themselves at this point and not able to feed the seedling any longer...post a pic and I can tell more...good luck and welcome to RIU

Just do your transplant and see what happens. Show us some pics next time, then we can make better guesses. : )

RIKNSTEIN said:

Well IMO you should post a pic but other than that I go from solo to 1 gal to 3 gal to 5 gal and let them grow a little in each (about 4-5 inches) and I would say (without pics) that when my lower leaves start to turn yellow...it means FEED ME cause the cotyledons are probably wilted or turning yellow themselves at this point and not able to feed the seedling any longer...post a pic and I can tell more...good luck and welcome to RIU

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Yes, what they said! Lol

3rd picture is my sad little wilty girl :'(

everyday i keep hoping she will perk up.... all new growth, looks lush, green, and great, BTW.

ditch the tap water, summa that is from sodium which is poison to plants. dont transplant yet, not necessary. ro water only from now on, water w/ it all week than start slowly adding your nutrients, mostly N at this stage

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Looks like you have vermiculite in your soil mix, and no perlite...The soil is holding too much water IMO...I would transplant into 1 gal pots but mix perlite in so your roots can breathe between water/feedings, and only 1/4 strength nutes to start..

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everyday i keep hoping she will perk up.... all new growth, looks lush, green, and great, BTW.

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Awe they look fine, you're just over lovin' em' = water too much

chernobe said:

ditch the tap water, summa that is from sodium which is poison to plants. dont transplant yet, not necessary. ro water only from now on, water w/ it all week than start slowly adding your nutrients, mostly N at this stage

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Dude, depending on where you're at and how your water supply is ...it's full of good stuff called "chelated minerals", and sodium is a nice way of saying "salt" which is what the main ingredient to Cal-Mag is....Epsom Salts = Mag...let your tap water set for 24 hours and mix your nutes and water/feed away, that's what I do and my results are goooood...so far

yup, it is verm, im doing a 70-30 FFOF and perlite transplant. that should do fine right?

^ This. The Chlorine will evaporate out of the water if for some reason it isn't fine out of the tap. And the cotyledons are supposed to fall off after a couple weeks, they are just water leaves for the seedling before it puts out its first nodes.

so as long as i transplant tomorrow, with perlite, and cut back on watering my plants should be okay?

when i transplant from my verm,peatmoss, EWC, soil into my FFOF, and perlite soil, should i try to GENTLY try to scrape off as much of the verm soil as possible, or should i be fine if i just transplant the whole dirt clod right into the new pots of FFOF and perlite? one more thing.... should i also heavily water my new transplant once its into its new pot? thanks!

That's what I would do, let your fingers hang down and "walk" the old soil out and then put it in the new soil. It WILL droop a little after transplant, but will be back in 3 days good as new, and don't forget to get the new soil wet after transplant....good luck man

RIKNSTEIN said:

Dude, depending on where you're at and how your water supply is ...it's full of good stuff called "chelated minerals", and sodium is a nice way of saying "salt" which is what the main ingredient to Cal-Mag is....Epsom Salts = Mag...let your tap water set for 24 hours and mix your nutes and water/feed away, that's what I do and my results are goooood...so far

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i respect you opinion but would like to kindly disagree. the 24 hour trick is for chlorine only because it evaporates in 24 hours. BUT most municipal sources have switched to chloramine which is ammonia mixed w/ chlorine. this is done so the chlorine wont evaporate out of the water, saving the city a lot of money each year. sodium is a salt, as are synthetic fertilizers but the difference is that sodium is poisonous to plants, doesn't matter how its delivered. flouride is added to most tap water and that will never evaporate. im not saying that all tap water in america is bad and wont work, what im suggesting is a visit to the water companies website to see exactly what will be going into the garden and make a decision from there. if one were to use bottled water make sure there is no sodium, it will say so on the label.

The notion plants need Evian water like little divas in soil, or that everyone needs to buy them bottled water or invest a few hundred dollars in filters and reverse osmosis is the most absurd MJ myth I have read yet. Know what plants around the world love? Frikkin garden hose.