Hi all,
First time posting - first time growing
I started germination in a peat puck which worked great. I already had a seedling poking out the next day. At 1 week I was ready to plant her in a pot. I had read that the cloth around the outside of the puck doesn't decompose and I cut it off (noting that no roots had begun to poke through it yet) before transferring her to her first pot.
I started noticing when I went to water her that the puck would stay wet for nearly a week while the growing medium dried out in two or three days. This confused me... When overwatering is such a prevalent issue how could a damp soggy puck hugging the roots be healthy? I did my best mostly going 3 days between watering (going for the wet/dry cycle) even waiting once 5 days in between watering. While growth was slow, it didn't seem to show any symptoms of harm...
When I went to transfer her to her final home I had allowed her to dry out for 3 days and everything fell away nicely... except the peat puck. I squeezed it gently and about half of it crumbled off in my hand. I didn't want to touch the rest as the roots had grown well past it at this point but I'm afraid I damaged it.
Just a day later when I checked on her, the bottom set of leaves had gone almost completely yellow white and papery and the set above it had started as well. After a few days both sets fell off at a slight touch.
It's been about a week or so from the transfer. Attached below is what it looks like now.
If I had to guess I'd think I damaged the roots in the transfer... that being said, I know nothing from nothing about this. Can she be saved?
Thank you very much in advanced for any and all insight.
Details:
Growing medium: coco coir
Watering: Bottled mineral water - Every 2-3 days (Only started introducing Fert at about 4 weeks. I would have started sooner but she seemed small - about 3.5 inches tall and only two sets of leaves at that point - I might have waited a bit longer as well but the leaves had started to look a little pale)
Fertilizers: Simple 3 pre mixed bottles, one for growing, on for flowering and the last is a 'booster'.
Light: Started with a household white CFL, moved on to a 250w white CFL at the same time as starting the fertilizers (placed starting at about 3 feet above the plant). After about a week or so I lowered it to about a foot and a half from the top where it is currently.
Temps: 99% of the time has remained between 76-80. Low of 72, high of 82? Has remained fairly consistent
Humidity: Averages about 50-55% most of the time. Dipped down to 25% at one point for a couple days when she was about a month old.
First time posting - first time growing
I started germination in a peat puck which worked great. I already had a seedling poking out the next day. At 1 week I was ready to plant her in a pot. I had read that the cloth around the outside of the puck doesn't decompose and I cut it off (noting that no roots had begun to poke through it yet) before transferring her to her first pot.
I started noticing when I went to water her that the puck would stay wet for nearly a week while the growing medium dried out in two or three days. This confused me... When overwatering is such a prevalent issue how could a damp soggy puck hugging the roots be healthy? I did my best mostly going 3 days between watering (going for the wet/dry cycle) even waiting once 5 days in between watering. While growth was slow, it didn't seem to show any symptoms of harm...
When I went to transfer her to her final home I had allowed her to dry out for 3 days and everything fell away nicely... except the peat puck. I squeezed it gently and about half of it crumbled off in my hand. I didn't want to touch the rest as the roots had grown well past it at this point but I'm afraid I damaged it.
Just a day later when I checked on her, the bottom set of leaves had gone almost completely yellow white and papery and the set above it had started as well. After a few days both sets fell off at a slight touch.
It's been about a week or so from the transfer. Attached below is what it looks like now.
If I had to guess I'd think I damaged the roots in the transfer... that being said, I know nothing from nothing about this. Can she be saved?
Thank you very much in advanced for any and all insight.
Details:
Growing medium: coco coir
Watering: Bottled mineral water - Every 2-3 days (Only started introducing Fert at about 4 weeks. I would have started sooner but she seemed small - about 3.5 inches tall and only two sets of leaves at that point - I might have waited a bit longer as well but the leaves had started to look a little pale)
Fertilizers: Simple 3 pre mixed bottles, one for growing, on for flowering and the last is a 'booster'.
Light: Started with a household white CFL, moved on to a 250w white CFL at the same time as starting the fertilizers (placed starting at about 3 feet above the plant). After about a week or so I lowered it to about a foot and a half from the top where it is currently.
Temps: 99% of the time has remained between 76-80. Low of 72, high of 82? Has remained fairly consistent
Humidity: Averages about 50-55% most of the time. Dipped down to 25% at one point for a couple days when she was about a month old.
...touching the roots won't hurt them, unless you force them to stretch or something, cuz they don't stretch, they snap 
you have to water at least twice a day with cal-mag and small amounts of nutrients, and you'll have to PH it to 5.5 and no higher than 5.8...twice a day...
