I planted this one on the first of the year! Directly into a rapid rooter. Came out of rapid rooter day 5
And left in the seedling tray until late Jan 8th then moved to Dwc bucket.
Got second set of true leaves on the 12th, she was in a 2x2 with a spider farmer 1000d light. Started seeing signs of drooping.
Got a 4x2 couple days later and on the 15th I moved her to the 4x2 with a marshydro ts 2000 light still seeing some drooping but she is still showing some growth! Still no roots touching the bottom of the net pot though.
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I was top watering 2-3mls a day when I got off work once I seen first set of true leaves!
No nutes in my rez water just running clean/fresh water from store. ( just getting distilled gallons)
Drooping been going on for about 2-3 days now. Would really love some advice or suggestions on what I can do or change ! Thank you all
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Have 1 airstone in water and running a vivosun water pump. Had it up a little high so turned it down as low as possible to maybe allow the roots to breath, maybe I was not allowing enough airflow to the roots?!?!?!
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Also have the light hanging at about 24ā and is on 50%
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And lastly my temps during the day are 75-77 and low is 70
Humidity depending on if humidifier is on humidity can go up to 87 an when off can drop to 30
But trying to keep it at about 60-70
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First pic was the 14th, second pic is today the 16th
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Probably need to start nuets go in low with the ppm to start and work up gradually just my .02 ill try to tag some hydro growmies for yaš
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@Myfriendis410 @GoneFission can you assist im not a hydro geower so not much i can help with and would hate to give wrong advice thanksā:metal:
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Welcome to the forum this is a great place and plenty of knowledgeable growers here to helpš
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My NL#5 was drooping. I just backed off watering for 2 days and its perked back up.
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It needed nutes from the time it got its first set of true leaves.
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What do you mean when you said you removed it from the rapid rooter and put it in the seed tray?
When I think of a rapid rooter I think of a peat plug or equivalent. My seed tray would be a tray with a humidity dome over it.
I never take my seedlings out of the peat plug.
When the first set of true leaves shows I give her a couple drops of a rooting enhancer thatās been diluted 10 drops to a cup of RO water. Just enough to keep the plug damp.
After the roots are growing out the bottom and sides of the plug I transfer to a grow bucket. Iāve got nutes in the system at 10% and the water level about 2 inches below the net pot.
Monitor for a couple days and if she looks happy I bump up the nutes to 50% just by adding to the res, no changeout yet.
After a week Iāll so a res changeout and go with 100% recommend nute strength.
Now for your girls:
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Add 10% nutes strength to your res.
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Turn your air pump to full blast. The nute āmistā will feed your girls.
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My peat plugs are damp when I transfer so I donāt top feed at all after transferring to the net pots. I would stop top watering completely at this point.
Here are my plants 24 days from seed with this strategy. One got off to a slow start but sheās recovered nicely
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I should have started off with welcome to the Honey Hole! Greatest place for growers of all skill levels.
Have you looked at all the additional, free growing resources at ILGM.com? Itās amazing what they provide.
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Oh yeah, lower your light 12 to 18 inches from the top of the plant/canopy.
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I added my micro, grow, and bloom nutrients following advanced nutrients calculation I did on website for my specific nutrient trio. Root at the bottom of net pot now and I lowered water level slightly.
And I didnāt remove her from the rapid rooter I just moved her to the bucket after I seen a good amount of root growth in the tray.now seeing signs of tiny grey/brownish spots! Not bugs but maybe need some calmsg, or just need to be a little patient with the nutrients now in place and her roots showing growth downwards
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Updated photos from the exact moment !
Also sorry for late reply since Iām a new user I have limited replyās !
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I wouldnāt do anything right now as long as the new growth looks like your does now. Those bottom leafs are gonna die off anyway.
Did you turn your air pump up to full speed?
Do you have an EC meter?
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You need to bring your humidity up. Looks like itās at 38%. For seedlings at 77 degrees air temp you need at least 60%.
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