Papaya Kush autoflower seeds germinate then die when planted

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From a fellow grower, all 20 seeds germinated, then died when planyed.

  • Strain: papaya Kush
  • Type (fem/auto/reg): auto
  • Climate (indoor/outdoor): indoors
  • Medium (soil/hydro/details):soil Fox Farm Ocean Forest
  • pH of runoff or solution in reservoir: RO system with Ph 6.1 going in and 6.3 runoff
  • Nutrient mix strength (EC/TDS): straight water for first 30 days with that soil.
  • Light type & schedule: LED 330W one half of tent 465W on other half. Run a 17/7 photo period
  • Temperatures day & night: day 81F / night 72F
  • Humidity day & night: 55%day/ 65night
  • Ventilation: two inline duct vent filtered exhaust
  • AC: roller unit set at 74F
  • Humidifier:N/A
  • De-humidifier: AC operates as such.
  • Co2: none.
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There should be no runoff with a seedling. Seedlings only need a couple ml of water per day. Overwatering is by far the most common cause of seedling loss. Much more than that will cause root rot and kill them.

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I agree with @MidwestGuy did you put seeds in forever home in hot soil will kill them also

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Fox Farm Ocean Forest isn’t really recommended to start seedlings, unlees it’s mixed with something like Happy Frog or Strawberry Fields. Every planted I started in it burned up the first 3 sets of leaves and stunted in the beginning.

Also, as Midwest Guy stated, no runoff for the first couple of weeks. Roots are growing and establishing and excessive or heavy watering can severely stunt root development and/or drown them out altogether.

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Couple of questions :thinking:
How is there runoff with “seedlings” ?
Sounds like over water :thinking:
And also, how is RO water PH to 6.1?
What instrument is being used to take a PH reading on RO water because that’s not possible without some really fancy equipment.

How was these watered for at least 30 days :thinking:
I thought they was seedlings that germinated then died after being planted :thinking:

If this is actually a real situation a grower is in then i have only 1 suggestion.

They need to log in themselves and let us walk them through a fresh start :sweat_smile:

We will be happy :blush:

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