Total frustration

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Hey all. I’m very very sad. You all tried to help me with this, but I still have not had any success.

I have been growing successfully for three years. Currently it’s been 6 months, since I have been able to bring a plant to maturity.

I thought it was humidity. I adjusted. Seedlings still crisped up and died.

I thought maybe overwatering. I adjusted. They died.

I thought, seedling mix. I adjusted to Fox Light Warrior. Lost more seedlings.

This is getting expensive and I’m just wasting seeds and killing baby plants.

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I just don’t know what to do. I have 8 more seeds I’m germinating now. HELP! I’m at my wits end!!!

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Overwatering is by far the most common cause of seedling loss. A seedling only needs a couple ml of water per day.

The plants look strange. Are you feeding them anything aside from water?

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Agree w @MidwestGuy . Let them cups dry out.

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So I got rid of those plants a while ago. I’m starting over. No. I have not given them any nutrients. Nothing but water then.

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Overwatering is the most likely cause then. Your soil isn’t hot enough to burn them and if not feeding, then is isn’t nute burn.

Seedlings tolerate dry soil far better than wet soil. All a seedling has is a sole tap root. Roots need oxygen, and a single tap root can’t extract oxygen from soil that is constantly wet. Cannabis needs wet/dry cycles throughout its life for good root health.

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Wow. Great answer and it makes sense to me. Especially now that I’m also try to manage humidity I’m making for an even wetter invironment… hmm

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I learned this the hard way and drowned about 20 seeds. Once you’ve soaked it for a day, that seedling has enough water for a few days.

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In fact, seedling extracts most of it’s water from the air through the first leaves. I’ve accidently dropped a cup with seedling, put seedling back in media and it never stopped growing.

I agree that likely overwatering is the cause.

Here’s a suggestion: dampen your media before placing sprout in it. Before putting media in pot, squeeze the media in your hands until almost all of the liquid is pressed out. Use that to plant your sprout. Use a dome. Mist once daily the dome until plant diameter matches the diameter of the pot, then transplant.

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We use this in shroom growing and call it “field capacity.”

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That’s where I’m at. Just killing seeds. I just gotta keep at it till it works. I know I can. I have had some amazing grows in the past. I’ll get there again with help from all of you!

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Try one seed at a time until you get it figured out. Much cheaper than just killing seeds in mass.

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Has your water source changed?

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:joy: too late! I’m germinating 8 right now. But you’re right. I think I am the definition of insanity right now huh?

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Well, I live in a mountain community in AZ. Same source for the water but you’re right. Our water fluctuates! Good point

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Will you be growing these outdoors?

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I will start them indoors but I’d like to move them outside.

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You will need to unless you have bank. It would cost a small fortune to light 8 plants through flowering.

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Most likely, if I can get them going, I’ll do 4-5 outside and the rest inside.

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I live In a mountain community in AZ too

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idk if my info will help you but I had the same problem I went to the dollar store they have these coco flat bricks I transplanted my crispy babies and only fed them water Poland spring to be exact it was already pH to a 7.5 I bought a saucer and fed them through the bottom instead from top and two weeks later the change was remarkable at this point you have nothing to loose it can’t hurt them give it a try and let me know

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