Hello everybody, i am new to this forum this is my first post, i am having trouble with my seedlings, the are over 2 weeks old and the leaves are burning, they germinated inside in a sunny window, and progressively put outside in full sun, the growing mediun is peat, could it be light burning or maybe nutrient burning? should i maybe flush everytime i water? the pots have proper draining but i have been watering just enough to barely let a bit of water drain so i suspect it could be too much of a rich medium? i could also put a translusent plastic cover to block some UV rays maybe? please help me, here are some pictures for reference.
Need urgent help with seedlings!
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Bobthe420Builder
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Looks like yer drowning them
Are u feeding them now? If do with what and how much
Water/nute pH is??
Are u feeding them now? If do with what and how much
Water/nute pH is??
Just strait peat or is there something in there to buffer the pH?
The Celt
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As Bob said, chances are you are drowning them. At this age, do NOT water to run off, in pots that size, after planting, you should not be watering them at all for 2 weeks or longr
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not feeding them anything, just plain water until barely runoff, medium is only peat, they are outdoors so the mediun basically drys in abt 24 hours, should i give much less water? only a bit around the roots? my fear is maybe the medium drys so much i might loose them
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straight peat, i was told it would be a good idea, i give plain water everyday coz they are outdoors on my roof and they get plenty sunlight, my fear is maybe if i dont give enough water the medium might dry completly and loose the babies. should i he giving much less water?
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they are outdoor, my fear is if i let the medium completly dry the might die, the other day i had 2 of the droopy and after giving water they came back up, so it is most likely overwatr? i thought maybe nute burn since they barely have a bit runoff when i water even though the pots have good drainage. i thought maybe cos i didnt let runoff much the medium has too much nutes, but makes sense that thet might he overwatered,
The Celt
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They may appear dry on top but are likely still quite wet lower down in the pot and with only peat, you could be starving the roots of much needed oxygen. This is why most growers will mix their peat with perlite.
Bobthe420Builder
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How are they gunna eat
Peat has no nutes in it
Peat has no nutes in it
Ok how old are they? clean peat moss is not great for growing it needs something in it at to buffer of the pH because peat moss goes acidic pretty fast. Good to have perlite for drainage. Also peat moss has 0 nutrients.
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how can i save them at this stage? this is my first grow i have no experience, could i use some organic feed with the water for now? they 2 weeks old
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how can i save the them? give some organic feed mixed with the water maybe?
I Inoticed in the pictures it looks like most of the cotyledons Leafs are dead if that is the case they need food
Could you post a few pictures from the side
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yes indeed the cotyleidona are mostly dead. so im gonna give food and less water fir change, thank you guys everybody
One more thing I might add they really don't look too good if they do come through this and get healthier then you would want to transplant them into a proper medium straight peat moss not good.
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Yeah they definitely need some food make sure to give a seedling dose not too strong
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should i transplant right away? would that be a good idea given their actual size?
