@Donaldj @bob31
The primary issue is that they are autos that are almost three weeks old, so I cannot make up for the slow start by longer veg. It would seem even if they recover now they will be small and the yield will be light. So, I am thinking of starting a new grow and just keep seeing how they do. I will be three weeks behind, so if I can just get enough from these to last three weeks I will then get the next harvest.
yeah thats a problem.
Every now and then you just get a crappy bag it works fine just not as nice as a starter soil now I know how hot it is I will just make sure to rinse during transplants or mix it with my used soil bound for my garden or flushed then reused? It all started with what appeared to be nute burn on my transplants since I had given my other ladies a rather healthy feed I figured that was the cause but my never fed WW was showing burn too which had me decide to do some flushing. When I say some I mean 7 plants lmao each got a run off test after a slow water with rain water and florakleen half came up 1100 ppm the rest were 3-400 which was a surprise clearly I needed to up my nutes some ph on all was fine. All the ones that came up high were from recent transplant and or added soil to the pots
I have a feeling that @Medforme ran into a similar situation with his soil @Donaldj
@Medforme so bottom line here is that issues happen to the best of us. If you are able I’d flush out some of that soil and drop too more beans. Maybe the potting soil or whatever works for you. I don’t thing those others will yield much
@bob31 @Donaldj @Powaforce The journey changes course. I just put two new seeds into paper towel to germinate (Jack Pot and Sweet Tooth). If the existing three make a come back, I will just grow the two and cull a plant later if necessary. If they don’t make it, I will germinate two more. I figure it should be pretty obvious what is going to happen within a week.
I am going to dump the potting mix I made and get new potting mix. I have done some research and have narrowed it to three brands: Espoma, Fox Farms, or Black Gold. We have a local greenhouse/garden center also so I may talk with them and use theirs if it is right. However, it is clear to me that it needs to be straight potting soil.
The Espoma has a myco-tone mycorrhizae additive that is supposed to help roots and ward off disease (it is not a nute, but a natural enhancer). It seems good and has great references on the net.
“And FYI in is not normal for the cotyledons to die off when a plant has just sprouted”.@bob31, I did not think it had just sprouted…I thought it was just not growing good. How long do they generally last? These were planted 23 days ago I think.
honestly very easy to get a bag stored wrong
@Medforme flushing would be quite simple and not very stressing typically I see results from a flush within a day or 2 keep in mind this is a classic shit happens scenario and makes for good practice plants. There are very few times a grow venture goes flawless start to finish each time we have issues we get faster at spotting and dealing with them then taking proper steps to reduce repeats 
don’t dump it layer it use it in bottom of pots or mix and layer your choice but I never throw away a soil I could use later I just adapt it to work for me
@Tr33 From what I understand, the cotyledons are dying off as they should. However, the plant draws nutes from them as they die - that is part of their function. So, the fact that they are dying means my plants are running out of a source of nutes and since they are not getting any from the soil now their time may be limited.
@Donaldj I will likely save it, but I will be damned if I am going to use it on this next try!
And I didn’t realize that they were that old. Sorry guys I tried a new med tonight and I’m a little off my game.
I had an amnesia haze auto do a very similar thing to me. One is in flower 5 nodes tall and perfectly normal. The other is about 3 inches tall and I can’t get her to grow for anything. Both plants are exactly the same seeds soil water pots light everything.
@Donaldj @bob31 @Powaforce @Tr33 @70sChick
Thank you all for your input and support. It has been much appreciated!
@bob31, I have a little girl the same age as these, and she has been wanting to die since day one. She is small like these too, but I just keep trying to keep her alive. I don’t think she will produce much if she makes it, but I am taking it as a learning tool.
I buy Promix HP-M but I prefer to start in promix organic seed starter mix both have myco a fungi which helps roots absorb nutrients easier being auto’s I would layer soil myself the plant will work it’s way into stronger soil as it gets larger. I don’t tend to grow auto’s I like photo way more control
Auto or photo
@Donaldj I have auto seeds and I wanted a quick grow to begin with. Also, it would take a while to get new seeds. So, I am going with autos as I don’t think I can grow over the summer and I can get two auto grows in before then. Next fall it will be photos for sure.
I actually grow with 3 light rotation plus a mother/cloning and seed starting area with 5 strains atm I rotate strains and alternate between soil and hydro in 1 flower space and aggressive veg space. Both flower spaces are a month apart and anything that gets to main veg space gets same 1 month veg before going into flower
She is an auto.
they are so unforgiving most grow them alongside photo for insurance
@Donaldj I wish I had room for a set-up like that. I have a 1,000w metal halide and a 1,000w sodium that I cannot use. I think they would be too much for a 3’ x 3’ tent.