First Grow, Downward Curling Leaves

[Prosper]

Hey all,

I am 2 weeks into a grow and all seems to be going relatively well.

However for sometime now I've noticed downward curling leaves on my plant and wanted to know if this looks normal or if this is some symptom of other issue at play.

Please see pics and give your thoughts

(Note: Just for reference the first two leaves that sprout after the solar panels)

 

[Kismet]

Looks like the baby roots are drowning? 2 weeks in they should be bigger. You need more air bubbling around those babies or up the nutes. Hydro isn;t my thing . @Pennywise

 

[Kismet]

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• Kismet
• Sep 11, 2019
• 1

Everybody uploaded into dollar buckets for now.Except the Blueberry.

My babies just past 2 weeks in hempy. More of a passive hydro attempt.

 

[Kismet]

You need to add more of what buckets and nutes you are running. Some great hydro guys here. @Icemann420

 

[Kismet]

Definitely stalled. Happens when you start up on occasion.

 

[Prosper]

So I have my rockwool in the net bucket which has a water level slightly touching the wool. Should I reduce the water levels?

 

[Canuckush]

Welcome to the forum!
Is the seedling 2 weeks from germination? You may have plugged it into the netpot too early and the roots are suffering, a safer way to go is let the seedling grow in the rockwool for its first 2 weeks. Either drip or dunk feeding until the roots are well established then plug it into the netpot.

It's still alive so give it some time to recover, and yes the water level should be below the rockwool, they're soaking up the water.

 

[Kismet]

Yah Canuck prolly knows. I've seen people fuck their shit up on here with rockwool. It;s finicky unless your a pro.

 

[Prosper]

At the start of this week I introduced nutrients and put in about 1/3 of recommended dose. So that would have been when seedling was 1 week old.

 

[Prosper]

@Canuckush yes it's current age is 2 weeks from germination. How does it look for that age? And what is your recommendation for getting my grow back on track?

 

[Kismet]

They are stalling hard.

 

[Prosper]

@Kismet Any recommendations to get my grow back on track?

 

[Kismet]

Start over after the guys chime in .They may be salvageable idk tho.I had one stall for 2 months hahaha. Pop some new beans in perlite hempy cups. The easiest i know so far. See what @Penny and Ice say. They know straight hydro better. They can probably help more.

 

[Kismet]

Or anyone @420 ?

 

[Canuckush]

Try dropping the water level an inch from the bottom of the netpot if you are going leave it in there and go 1/4 strength nutes for the time being, rockwool can be tricky the first time, honestly it's also mine but the general practice is to not plug them into the netpot until after 2 weeks.

 

[Kismet]

What Canuck said. They like some air on the roots. Should just being bubbles spashing lightly an inch or two under the air pots.

 

[Kismet]

And yah go easy on the nutes til they get some vigor/life.

 

[Canuckush]

Yes and @Kismet said, air, hence the bubble action, instead of sitting in the water, do you have your ph and ppm/ec pens ready for the grow?

 

[Prosper]

Yeah I have PH / PPM pens. Although my PPM recently died due to water lol you would think they'd waterproof an item whose usecase is to be dipped in water. I have dropped the water levels and I have bubbles hitting 1 root that's made it through the getting , there are about 10 smaller roots at the bottom of the Rockwool though. I'm doing a full nute change tomorrow so I will take your advice and go 1/4 strength. Awesome community vibes guys! Lovin' it

 

[Kismet]

Although my PPM recently died due to water lol you would think they'd waterproof an item whose usecase is to be dipped in water

Safe with 1/4 nutes til they get some air hahaha. Ph is more important at the moment. Welcome to 420 Prosper These folks here are the best around.