Unhealthy seedling. Advice appreciated.
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Resinhound
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Looks like light burn,ill play the guessing game I spose.
Holisticfarmer
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That, and maybe hot soil. Could be something else though.
The soil should be hot hot.. it's not seen a light tho. I'm going to try to transplant. Could I put a bit of cloning hormone on the tap root? Would it encourage it to root rather set shock and die?
I added dry fertilizer so I don't think a washout would get all the fertilizer out..
I added dry fertilizer so I don't think a washout would get all the fertilizer out..
Holisticfarmer
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Well to be honest, it might save you the trouble to just start over. Seedlings are very fragile in this state, any early problems especially in this stage WILL reflect growth there on and harvest.
Holisticfarmer
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You said the soil SHOULD be hot? By that I mean rich in nutrients, therefore burning your seedling to a crisp
Holisticfarmer
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I would start over then. The likelihood of your seedling surviving a second transplant is slim.
Growdict
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Seedlings need no nurients to start and then very little. Most soilless mixes are too hot ie nute rich than seedlings can handle. Take an empty container and wash some water through the mix. Measure before and after ph and ppm. You can try to rescue by pulling seedlings out and restarting in seedling media or just start over. This time make sure your media is 6ish ph and ppm are less than 150 doing run off test
Ok guys this is what I ended up doing. Thank you all.
I went to wash the mixture and really just made it worse as it kinda collapsed the soil, so I started over with this one and transplanted into peat seedling mix, added perlite, a handful of compost (small hands), 2 scoops of the previous mix (hand shovel garden tool scoop)
I also oddly dipped it in rooting powder, as if it may help the situation lol.. I did notice as the 3 day's it's been in its 3 gal toxic mix it did form a very long tap root, much longer that it originally had 3 days before. I did try to put this longer root the same depth it had grown to.
I would trash it and restart but I have no more autos. My other plants are great though. Obviously not in the toxic mix I combined.
I went to wash the mixture and really just made it worse as it kinda collapsed the soil, so I started over with this one and transplanted into peat seedling mix, added perlite, a handful of compost (small hands), 2 scoops of the previous mix (hand shovel garden tool scoop)
I also oddly dipped it in rooting powder, as if it may help the situation lol.. I did notice as the 3 day's it's been in its 3 gal toxic mix it did form a very long tap root, much longer that it originally had 3 days before. I did try to put this longer root the same depth it had grown to.
I would trash it and restart but I have no more autos. My other plants are great though. Obviously not in the toxic mix I combined.
Holisticfarmer
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I would be quite surprised if that little guy came back to life espicially with the crazy concoction you transplanted into! Either way, good luck and keep us posted!
Thank you. I think it's about had it. All my plants are thriving so much that day by day their larger. This guy just isn't doing it's thing. It was a freebie seed anyway. Has anyone ever experienced bad gifts? I've seen one of the same freebies from a member here at 5 week's and frosty already. I happened to see that luckily. I think it's odd it's differing from my seasonal plants this much, but I do know an auto is supposed to be more than less different.
Holisticfarmer
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Most freebies are shit imo but maybe that's just me. Also I haven't ordered from anywhere other than nirvana so maybe other dispensaries pack some good freebies.
I'd rather grow seeds that I can do the research on before I even buy'em.
Do you like nirvana service?
Holisticfarmer
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I haven't had a problem, aside from autos not really being autos. Otherwise speedy delivery and good customer service.
Help me understand the auto deal, what happened? I'm curious
Holisticfarmer
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dude, honestly just give it a shot, the small issue I had is really nothing. If your really want the details I'll give them to you. Grew some swiss cheese autos form nirvana, very happy with results.