Hello future friends. You all can call me Vg. I am practicing on some bag seed as this is truly virgin ground for me. I am sure that I am in capable hands.
I started out sprouting in a coco filled jiffy peat pot. I dropped them on 3/21. The weather here has become unseasonably cold and my poor sprouts have paid the price. They came up fast and then grew very slowly. Turns out the peat pots were lowering the temperature down to 60f. I added an incandescent to warm them. They started to grow slowly,turn yellow and started to curl under. I was not feeding them. I was told the cotyledons would feed them and not to give them ferts. Well, now I learned that this is incorrect. I have started to feed them 1/2 teaspoon of grow big per half gallon of distilled water. I have also been feeding them a mix of molasses and epsom salt both at 1/2 teaspoon per half gallon. I feed the ff grow big twice and then I feed the molasses and epsom salt. I have also transferred them over to some solo cups. I put a mix of 50/50 ffof and coco in the bottom and then I top dressed them with more of the mix. I should also mention that they are 6" under a 45 watt full spectrum white led panel. Is this too close? They are perky but not reaching. 72f and 35% humidity. In the last few days they have put on the second set and are starting on the third set of leaves. They are greening up slowly.
Will these nutes work ok? I can follow the schedule for the grow big. I am more wondering about the molasses/epsom. Is this the right amount? Should I be using more or something else all together?
Thank You for trying to make sense of my ramblings. Thanks for the advice.
I started out sprouting in a coco filled jiffy peat pot. I dropped them on 3/21. The weather here has become unseasonably cold and my poor sprouts have paid the price. They came up fast and then grew very slowly. Turns out the peat pots were lowering the temperature down to 60f. I added an incandescent to warm them. They started to grow slowly,turn yellow and started to curl under. I was not feeding them. I was told the cotyledons would feed them and not to give them ferts. Well, now I learned that this is incorrect. I have started to feed them 1/2 teaspoon of grow big per half gallon of distilled water. I have also been feeding them a mix of molasses and epsom salt both at 1/2 teaspoon per half gallon. I feed the ff grow big twice and then I feed the molasses and epsom salt. I have also transferred them over to some solo cups. I put a mix of 50/50 ffof and coco in the bottom and then I top dressed them with more of the mix. I should also mention that they are 6" under a 45 watt full spectrum white led panel. Is this too close? They are perky but not reaching. 72f and 35% humidity. In the last few days they have put on the second set and are starting on the third set of leaves. They are greening up slowly.
Will these nutes work ok? I can follow the schedule for the grow big. I am more wondering about the molasses/epsom. Is this the right amount? Should I be using more or something else all together?
Thank You for trying to make sense of my ramblings. Thanks for the advice.
