First grow not sure if my babies suppose look like this or if I'm doing something wrong... advice appreciated

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Just popped yesterday Wednesday 5/9/17. Using fox farm ocean forest soil. Soil is moist not soaked.

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Say hello to the babies :wink:, no nutes for a while and light on water, no too intense light, if you can manage some air circulation that would be even better…
Happy growing !!!

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I’m new to growing but from my limited experience and advice I got from @garrigan62 the ffof soil is not good for seedlings. They look a little under or over watered and you should have humidity high like at least 70 percent. You should fill out one of those support ticket. I don’t know how to link you to it but if you search for it you could find it @Medatswho good luck with the grow😁

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Thx guys appreciate the input. I am having trouble with getting humidity higher. Varies between 25-55. I know it’s supposed to be at 70 I’ve been having a few 20oz water bottles, cut the bottoms and put over my seedlings to increase humidity. It seemed to get them to pop up. Not planning on feeding nutes til week 2-3. Just put on 18/6 light schedule. 300w led pulls 137w actual. I had another 300w led but had to return. Grow tent is 36"x36"x63". Haven’t set up my 4" inline fan or carbon filter yet. Will do when smell becomes a problem. 3 strawberry kush seedlings. That’s about the jist of it.

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Make sure that light is like 3 feet away or you’ll cook the babies!

Do you have lots of drainage holes in those cups?

Ffof is nutrient enriched but lots of folks start grows in that without issues.

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I just made the holes bigger. And the light is almost 3 ft away, but with the tents size and the hanging kit drops my ceiling a foot and half. So I’m gunna try and rig my light up someway to get it to sit higher

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They just woke from 6 hours of darkness. Hopefully they’ll improve tom

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Now maybe a fan to get some air circulating some air around the cups to help the soil dry out . The roots need air water and nutrients (from the soil, not added) and they can’t get the air if they are too wet.

They will improve.

pH water is very important!

The droopy leaves are over or under watering. Yours look over. Let them really dry out and they will perk up

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@Medatswho

Yea you have been over watering. Here is a pic of a seedling over watered’

There ya go. They look the same don’t they ?

Will

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You can increase the humidity by placing a sandwich bag over the potted plant. Be sure to cut air holes and remove it periodically.

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Hi I’m a first time grower and also using the same soil. I just transplanted from white cups to pots last Saturday. I watered for the first time yesterday since transplant. I’m also using T-5 fluorescent light for now. Plants are looking very good. That soil was highly recommended by the place where I buy my growing needs. Best of luck to you!

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Thx everyone for the knowledge. I’ve not been able to respond cuz I reached my max for a newbie on this site. But I have a question. I cut bigger holes for better drainage in my cups and the roots are growing out the bottom of the cup through the hole of one of the seedlings into a second cut I have for insulation/ drainage. What should I do about this??? The root is pretty long sticking about 4 inches out the bottom of first cup starting to circle the bottom of the second cup. Advice is much appreciated

Sounds like you’re ready to transplant to a larger pot

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@Medatswho

you need to get though’s girl transplanted asap

Will

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Update: day 5 in soil upon yalls adice I transplanted from solo cups to 3 gal buckets, cuz the root was coming out the bottom of one of the drainage holes of 1 of my cups. And when I went to transplant the sharp edge of the cup cut the taproot almost entirely about less than a half inch from the tip I transplanted them about 20 hours ago. The overwatering problem seems to be correcting itself, I did not give any water when I transplanted into the bigger pockets because the new soil seemed moist. Plus my pH meter seems to be acting up so I am waiting for some up and down solution in the mail should be here today. Was I correct in not watering when I transplanted because the new soul looked moist? And about the taproot that was cut Will that plant survive?

I think I read somewhere that breaking the taproot is a Japanese technique for shrinking plants

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It will in all likelihood recover. You can provide some root conditioning like roottone if you like.

Your ph meter may be bad. You need to rinse the electrode and dry it with a kleenex EVERY TIME YOU USE IT. If you didn’t it’s toast. Buy a new one. Mine went south and I almost killed my plants before I figured it out.

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