First Grow

[Billygroat]

Does this girl look OK?? Feels like she is struggling.

 

[Billygroat]

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[KingstonRabbi]

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Welcome to

Your plant looks fine. Seedlings take a while to get started. Slow top growth hopefully means your seedling is focusing energy on root production first, which is what you want now to support later growth and flowering.

It would help to know how long since sprouting, what kind of soil/amendments and watering routine, and the strain.

In that size pot I expect you wouldn't have needed to water yet and probably won't for at least a week more. She doesn't look at all stressed, but overwatering and over feeding at seedling stage are two most common mistakes so I mention those as possible answers to your next question. I killed or stunted many seedlings that way.

But your girl is off to good start. Keep us posted on her progress.

 

[Billygroat]

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Thanks for the reply , much appreciated ! It has been a week exactly since she popped her head out of the soil. I was watering to much, a friend told me to stop, and it's been 2 days or more without it. The soil is just a no name brand , professional gardening soil or something like that . And the strain is a auto fem, Auto A.K. It's my first so this a learning experience and very excited to see what it will produce if anything.

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[AngryBird]

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I am growing one too. Kingston's advice is
You can lower the lights more or raze the pot higher CFL doesn't burn easy . Like a hand away from plant/light

 

[Billygroat]

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Yah, thanks man. I haven't seen her yet today. Was up early and the lights are due back on here in about 15mins. How many days have you had yours going angry??

 

[Billygroat]

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[Billygroat]

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That's her tonight , I think she is starting to move a little. She looks good actually.
So Angry, I have Epsom salts, organic Blackstrap molasses, and coffee grounds from the cafe I work at, oh and bananas. I have read a little about all these things . What's good to add to my water once she gets bigger and start feeding get he

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[AngryBird]

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Hi , sorry but I went to bed, trying to fight a cold.
My AK Auto is born ( popped up in soil) 2nd of October.
Good things for fertilizers

You can start of by letting the used coffee grounds dry out a bit. Wet ones in soil can produce mold) next...for the peels it is tea or "powdery fertilizer" For the tea : boil the banana peels (4 peels in 1 L of water, boil for 5 min. Cool, strain and put in fridge for feeding: about half a coffee cup in 1 liter of water) or dry them in the oven (small pieces, low heat until almost crispy) Put them in the blender. Store in a container.

We started adding these at week 2.

 

[Billygroat]

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Man thank you so much, I lowered my lights tonight as well. She already looks happy!
I will give updates as she gets bigger and stronger. Much love ,!

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[AngryBird]

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Billy, now is a good time to start a journal. Here you will write and share your progress, with as much info you can.
Pictures/questions.. everything
Post thread in...

 

[Billygroat]

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[Billygroat]

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My girl doesn't really look like she is getting better. It's almost like she is turning a very light green, and yellowish. It's been a few days since I water her.
Is she going to be OK? My lists are pretty close but the are cfls

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[KingstonRabbi]

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I think the problem is too much water in soil still. I know you stopped watering. I'm trying to think of safest way to get plant out of that pot and into smaller pot that will dry out faster without doing to much damage to roots.

I think I would try to pull out a soil ball including plant just bigger than root system should be (forget trowels, fingers driven down into soil and under plant are best tool letting you cradle plant safely-ish), set soil ball aside, replace remaining wet soil in pot with dry soil and replant soil ball with plant back in dry soil. That will dry out roots faster and get them functioning again. Also when they start growing again and hit the dry soil they will branch further back and develop a much stronger root system.

I know that's a very extreme response compared to my first post, but the leaves look yellower now which in a plant this young means we can't wait for it to recover on its own. No watering until soil is completely dry (just before plant starts wilting) and no feeding after midnight.. I mean no feeding until active growth with several sets of new leaves.

And yes she can recover from this.

 

[AngryBird]

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And i agree on Kingston's post above, with an extra: add a thick layer of perlite in the bottom of new pot. It will help you have a drainage.

 

[Billygroat]

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Thanks guys, wonderful advice. I don't think I had much choice. So she is moved into a smaller container today, I have to go to work so I will see later tonight or tomorrow if anything changes. Worse or better
Hopefully better.

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[AngryBird]

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I missed your question earlier?/ my AK Auto was born 2nd of October. Don't worry, (and this is an advice fro a serious serial seed killer) AK Auto is easy

 

[Billygroat]

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Thanks man!!

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[AngryBird]

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would be (wo)man in my case

 

[GYOSeedBank]

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What is wrapped around the cage? Tin foil? It may cause heat spots that you don't want.