Did I stunt them?

[Arnis&Weed]

I would let them go for atleast a day or two. Let the coco dry out until the top layer gets dry Sometimes you gotta stick your fingers in and get dirty to dee how wet your coco is. I would not use a dome personally because you can have them dampen off. 70 RH is plenty enough i would not risk it.

Also how big are your pots?

Will do. In four days I can turn on the auto pot and hope for explosive growth. The yellowing has gone away. One plant showing new growth.

 

[DoobieGrows]

Will do. In four days I can turn on the auto pot and hope for explosive growth. The yellowing has gone away. One plant showing new growth.

Aren't you supposed to wait until they have a few nodes before you turn on Autopots? Those are still seedlings. I would wait until they are in veg. Good luck with it. That's good that you see new growth. When you are in 3 or 5 gallon pots it's going to take a little bit before the roots fill up that pot. First all the action is down below. Then once the roots touch the bottom you will see alot more action on top.

 

[Arnis&Weed]

Aren't you supposed to wait until they have a few nodes before you turn on Autopots? Those are still seedlings. I would wait until they are in veg. Good luck with it. That's good that you see new growth. When you are in 3 or 5 gallon pots it's going to take a little bit before the roots fill up that pot. First all the action is down below. Then once the roots touch the bottom you will see alot more action on top.

I heard the starting from seed the roots take longer to get to the bottom. Auto pot says wait 10-14 days before turning it on. The obvious question is how will I know when they get to the bottom? Do I lift the pot and look for roots?
The gorilla glue ( seedfair )stood up and leafs say it’s happy the gorilla cookies ( fast buds 42 ) has the new growth and is looking nice and green after a little nitrogen

 

[BII]

When I used AutoPots, I started the bottom feeding with the very first feeding, at about 10 day. If you need to feed before then, I say just manually bottom feed. Seedlings in nature/soil have no problem with soil below being much more wet than up top. I see no reason to top feed when you want the roots to grow down.

 

[elcoloan]

Auto pot says wait 10-14 days before turning it on. The obvious question is how will I know when they get to the bottom? Do I lift the pot and look for roots?

waiting until leaves reach past the edge of the pot is usually a good indication it's ready to be bottom watered

 

[Arnis&Weed]

waiting until leaves reach past the edge of the pot is usually a good indication it's ready to be bottom watered

I am confused by this. Reason for the title of this thread is how slow this are growing. I have never grow in coco. Soil has nutrients and the plants grow much faster. Where do the plants get any building materials to work with? Did I stunt them ? Guess time will tell

 

[Arnis&Weed]

When I used AutoPots, I started the bottom feeding with the very first feeding, at about 10 day. If you need to feed before then, I say just manually bottom feed. Seedlings in nature/soil have no problem with soil below being much more wet than up top. I see no reason to top feed when you want the roots to grow down.

I’m planning on turning it on at day 10. I hope to see some real growth. I’ve never grown in coco and for the life of me can’t figure how the plants are supposed to grow with no nutrients

 

[Entombed]

I am confused by this. Reason for the title of this thread is how slow this are growing. I have never grow in coco. Soil has nutrients and the plants grow much faster. Where do the plants get any building materials to work with? Did I stunt them ? Guess time will tell

You have to give them nutrients every time you water. Always mix water and fertilizer, never just plain water in coco. They get a steady nutrient stream that way. Just mix a batch and pH it to 5.8-6.2 and you should be good.

If you are going to use the autopots make sure the reservoir is filled with a nutrient blend and maintain the correct pH level.

The first couple weeks go slow, once you get a couple nodes with some leaves it will go a lot faster.

 

[BII]

You haven't mentioned what you pre-charged the coco with, or what you've fed them so far. Did you just rinse the coco mix with water, no nutes? If not done already, I suggest feed the plants.

Most coco growers apparently pre-charge the coco with low concentration grow base nutrients. For ex., I pre-charge my coco/perlite mix with about 1/4 eventual strength nutes, and add no cal-mag/buffers.

 

[DoobieGrows]

@Arnis&Weed We would be able to help you alot more if we knew some details.
1. What size pots?
2. Are you feeding with plain water?
3. If you are using nutrients what kind? and how much are you feeding?
4. Are you ph'ing the water/feed?