Odd issue I've never experienced before

[mstead420]

Hello,
I planted some seedlings and I watered them with water at first, then started giving them worm tea every other feeding or so.. This is the first time I've done this with babies but I went to check on them this evening and noticed that the bottom set of leaves were shriveled up and turning crispy. I also have lady bugs in with them because of spider mite issues with other plants. Anywho, I don't know why the leaves are doing this. Has anyone else experienced this and what was the cause?

 

[NuttyProfessor]

pics would really help , worm tea can be very acidic or too alkaline , you are maybe burning the root zone ph out of wack , mites can kill leaves quick depending on how bad ,

 

[Fuzzy Duck]

The first set of leafs a seedling forms is called dicotyledons these are oval in shape & then the next set is called true leafs in technical terms palmate with a segregated edge depending on strain expression & breeding this may show 5 fingers & on rare occasions 3 fingers.

If it is the oval set I would not be upset...

On a fluffy bunny scale of guide lines I may question watering ?

 

[mstead420]

pics would really help , worm tea can be very acidic or too alkaline , you are maybe burning the root zone ph out of wack , mites can kill leaves quick depending on how bad ,

I'm not too worried about it since it is on the bottom leaves and eventually they will get pulled off but if this is a problem that is going to spread then I would like to get ahead of it. I've just never seen it before.

 

[mstead420]

The first set of leafs a seedling forms is called dicotyledons these are oval in shape & then the next set is called true leafs in technical terms palmate with a segregated edge depending on strain expression & breeding this may show 5 fingers & on rare occasions 3 fingers.

If it is the oval set I would not be upset...

On a fluffy bunny scale of guide lines I may question watering ?

Yeah I'm not worried about location.. I'm worried that the plant may be sick and it spread. But I'm just going to water with plain water for a while and see if she changes on the upper leaves or not. It could be the worm tea.

 

[mstead420]

It could be burnt where I mist to water the lady bugs.. It could be a lot of things.. I just have never seen it and I'm still learning.

 

[BeanTownFan420]

Looks burnt to me.

 

[NuttyProfessor]

its also pretty tall for the solo cup ive never feed in a solo or starting pot , root bound is causing this i would think ,

 

[NuttyProfessor]

this is when i transplant around three or four/5 nodes high , some in the pic i started in their first and final pot

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[JimJonesJr]

Kinda looks root bound to me. If its drying out fast it probably is bound.

 

[Fuzzy Duck]

Ye those lovelies will be root bound looking at the size of em & in those lil cups...

High time to pot up into a larger pot I'd suggest 10 to 15 liter or 2 or 3 gallon size you can go larger if you want but that only really saves on watering... depends on how much time ya wanna spend in the garden ?

By the looks of things you may have early signs of nutrient defs as well... so you will need a grow/veg nutrient feed & I'll personally suggest a micro nutrient feed as well.