Hello! This is my first grow and let me say, although running into concerns stinks, diagnosing may be the funnest part? Maybe that’s just me.
Anyways, this Will be day 17 for my green gelatos. Around two days ago I started seeing yellowing on the tips of the two left plants. Yesterday, the furthest right plant’s first row of true leaves started to twist. Not curl but twist. Today, the second row looks like it’s beginning to twist as well.
For the initial yellowing I’m assuming it’s caused from under watering. This is my first grow and I tend to be super cautious, so I was watering literally 10ml which I realize now is an extremely small amount. I’ve watered with significantly more water this time and the yellowing appears to have slowed down if not stopped? So I’m guessing the underwatering may have caused a deficiency due to the plants not being able to absorb any nutrients from the soil? Please correct me if I’m wrong.
As for the twisting? Not a damn clue. Lol.
-Fox farm ocean soil
-6.5 pH water (water only no nutes as of yet)
-green gelato RQS
-3x3 AC infinity setup
-Lights are 18 inches away from canopy at 60%
I would suggest 1 gallon then to 7 gallon fabric pots.
When you started to water heavier the roots most likely dug deeper and found good soil.
How long have they been in these pots? You may be transplanting soon.
Also what light are they under… I noticed you mentioned:
The light manufacturer may/should list a recommended height above canopy. What are you using to measure the light? Photone App, a par meter, quantum meter?
How’s your environment? VPD… Mainly your heat and humidity?
Humidity is currently around 65-70.
Per the recommendation from AC infinity it’s 1.5 feet from the canopy at 40 percent for seedlings, same distance at 80% for veg. I’m not measuring Par currently. However, I’m only at 60%.
That’s what I thouht? But again, first grow, very unsure. I figured they still may be in the seedling stage just off of size? So should I be reducing my humidity and turning the lights to 80%?
Its time to transplant. Plants are like icebergs, what’s underneath is bigger than on top. They have depleted the nutrients in the soil and are starting to reclaim food from the bottom leaves. It will only become worse in those little pots.
I am not a fan of multiple transplants. I plant the seeds directly into the final pot after a 24 hr soak. But transplanting is fine and no big deal really. If you use fabric pots you only have to place the smaller one in a larger one and roots grow right through the fabric into the new soil. Here is one I did a couple years ago.
You can see I did not bury it very much. I did that so the plant had more new soil to grow into. The deeper you bury the first pot the less new soil the plant gets.
But it is time to transplant into something bigger as they are done in the nursery pots now.
I have posted it several times. Feel free to save it and do the same.
I learned it off a YouTube vid on vegetable gardening.
It was probably the best soil grow I ever did. The plant got huge.
@Spiney_norman any recommendation on when to start nutes? I imagine transplanting I probably won’t need to for a week or so seeing that they can pull from the new soil?
Ocean Forest will usually feed for a few weeks. If you introduce new soil I would say 3 weeks each time you add fresh soil. But if you begin to see yellowing again on multiple leaves then feeding should begin.
Remember the older soil its in will be depleted so new soil may not add enough so watch during the whole process.
