I am hitting 2 weeks tomorrow on this seedling and it has not changed and has only one set of leaves. Is the growth stunted?
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What’s the temps and RH and are keeping these under a dome? Seedlings require very little water but a lot of RH 65-70% and misting the inside of a clear solo cup placed over the seedlings help with this. They’ll absorb the moisture through the leaves while their putting down roots and about a shit glass of water every 2-3 days 
temps around 78-84
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Looks good. She’s growing. It’s about 98% underground right now.
It’s about 75 degrees. I figured it was too late for the solo cup. Just trying to give it lots of light.
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When do you think it will start to vegetate?
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I suspect overwatering. Seedlings hate wet feet and it will substantially slow growth. She looks healthy and may just be laying roots down, but think about your watering practices. A seedling that size only needs a couple ml of water per day, and if using a dome watering the grow medium isn’t necessary at all. She should take off when her roots are happy.
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They’ll still get plenty of light with a clear solo cup. I transplant at day 14 above ground if they’re healthy and day 15 is day 1 of veg
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Less water more root reaching. So when the roots are established she will continue her upward journey. Patience! The first few weeks and the last few weeks seem excruciatingly slow. The next couple weeks will amaze you.
Sort of. Cannabis roots use a lot of oxygen and it’s hard for the plant’s roots to extract oxygen from the soil if the grow medium is overly wet. As you go forward, be sure to give the plant’s soil wet/dry cycles for optimal root health.
Awesome. Start a journal here and we’ll help you along the way.
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Thanks everyone!
I’ll leave soil talk to the dirt farmers. I let mine reach down through the rocks for a few inches and then I drown them. Hydro DWC. Most of the root ball stays wet, but a large portion of it goes thru wet/dry cycles as the water level drops and is refilled.
A few weeks from now you will look back and ask yourself ’when did this green happen”
I had a toothpick stuck in the soil for comparison.
I was in checking and trimming and saw it still stuck there beside a giant thumb sized trunk and just chuckled
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My bet is that @OGIncognito meant a shot glass, not a 
glass. 
Looks like others have you well-covered for answers. 
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yep
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Welcome. There alot of good caring peeps on this forum willing to lend their experiences. What has been said here already is sound advice. Good luck 
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If it’s taken 2 weeks to get there that’s very normal. Someone else said it but they pause a bit at this stage up top to grow those roots. Looks healthy to me. Patience grass hopper
It’s not uncommon for seedlings to grow at different rates, so seeing only one set of leaves at two weeks may not necessarily indicate stunted growth. However, there are several factors that can affect the growth rate of a seedling, such as:
- Light: Seedlings require adequate light to grow. If the light source is too weak or too far away from the plant, it can result in slow growth.
- Nutrients: Seedlings require a small amount of nutrients, especially nitrogen, to grow healthy leaves. If the soil lacks nutrients, it can slow down the growth rate.
- Temperature: Seedlings grow best in warm temperatures between 70-80°F (21-27°C). If the temperature is too low or too high, it can affect growth.
- Watering: Overwatering or underwatering can also slow down the growth rate of seedlings.
If you suspect that the growth rate of your seedling is slow, you can try adjusting the conditions and monitoring the plant’s response. Ensure that the plant is getting enough light, water, and nutrients, and that the temperature is within the ideal range. If the plant still does not show signs of growth after a few more days, it may be stunted, and you may need to take corrective action or start again with a new seedling. Good Luck Peace out
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Sorry to hijack this post but new account, not new to this forum though. I have had ongoing issues getting my seedlings past their first set of true leaves, I’m not sure if it’s too cold (VIC is very cold lately can’t get temp up above 21c, averages 19c in my garage, in a grow tent. I checked the PH and it was so low! Low 5’s but the water going in is 6.4/6.5? Now the seedling has not only stopped growing but is fading into a pale yellow and drooping. This isn’t my first rodeo and I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong, I just watered them so they look worse, it has been 6 days since their last watering. The 3rd black pot is a seed that just didn’t germinate at all, used the paper towel method and go inpatient after 2 days and just planted it and nothing!
Seeds - GG4 from medi seeds
Light - Spider farmer SF1000, was at 60cm, 50%, then 60% when I noticed no growth, went all the way up to 80% to try and increase temps and growth but only got worse from there.
Medium - Seed starter osomite mixed with cactus soil by osomite and 40% perlite, a lot of perlite as this isn’t my first rodeo, I’ve overwatered seedlings before but I really didn’t this time? They’re almost 1 month old and today was 2nd time I deep watered until run off, prior to that they just got a misting every morning and night.
Temp & humidity - those are questionable and what I’m fearing might be the problem, the device I have got temp and humidity always reads low humidity, even with the water cup in there and even if they’ve been watered. Fan is always on except when lights go out, 18/6 light cycle.
I’ve just put my remaing 2 GG4 seeds into a moist paper towel to try again as I think I’ve somehow overwatered them again, seriously though next time do I just not water them at all? Including not misting? I’m not perfect and still a newbie but I really don’t understand how I’ve overwatered again?
Other serious problem is PH, it’s always reading really low! At one stage this morning before too dreading with dolomite lime I was ready high 4’s!
Please help, if these almost 1 month old seedlings need chucking out that’s fine, I will sterilise the grow tent and start again, funny how right next time them is 1 week old thriving tomorrow and sunflower seedlings, I literally don’t even bother with those seedlings apart from a light misting every day or so and look at them, those tomatoes seedlings were freshly germinated by the way all in the one pot and I gently separated them, a very stressful process for a seedling yet they’re thriving under the same light and conductions? It’s really doing my head in, please help! If I’m overwatering then I guess I should give them 0 water including misting?
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For seedlings to flourish they need temps in the range of 76-85 with an RH of 65-75%
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Thanks for your reply, excuse the mess I just dusted with cinnamon, I’ve got the temps dialled in now but I think I had the lights too close? Looks like too much fertiliser and clawing but there’s no leaf tip burn and the leaves aren’t dark green? It’s a spider farmer sf1000 light, had it at about 22 inches and 80% I lowered the light a bit and turned it down to 70%. See the folding tips, my temps don’t go above 28c in the tent, should I remove the heat mat as it’s finally warming up? I think it’s heat stress but just wanna see what you guys think?
1 last thing, my moisture/ PH pen says the soil is dry, so I just misted them as you can see but I have been overwatering so km scared to water, it’s been about a week since there last watering and just misting a bit every night. Would you water them now or can I really push the dry cycle more than I think and just water them when they wilt? Thanks again.
