New Grower Is this even an auto??

[wg]

OF is too hot for almost all seedlings and clones, Eek is spot on about the burn. If she appears to be growing slow at all, it's more than likely due to the hot soil.. Seven days since germination though, Sally doesn't look too bad.

 

[sapphire420]

is your display pic your current grow?

No the one in my avatar was the first plant I ever grew 2 years ago - those tiny first leaves just killed me! lol

Not ALL af's are equal....
This one actually begins flowering around week 6-8....

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TLBWP

True that! I'm not worried about the flowering yet, just getting more leaves

I am sure the poster above has grown quite a few Sweet tooth's, so he knows what he is talking about. But you know what it actually looks like to me is you are using a soil that is too hot for the seedlings. It is true that auto's don't like transplanting, but it is not going to hurt the plant. This plant has some burn on it (fourth pic). But I would say that transplanting so early could be a problem also, especially if you exposed the roots to a light source.

my two cents

Eek

Your two cents are greatly appreciated Eek! I've never heard the term hot soil before but I get it - too many nutes, right? I'm not seeing any burn tho, just curled leaves on the 3rd pic...

Also, just for clarification, I planted the eggshells with the large hole in the bottom directly into the pots, just buried them instead of stacking as I see with solo cups - did it purposely that way to hopefully avoid transplant shock... Anyone think the eggshells themselves could be the problem??

I really appreciate your input, friends!

 

[sapphire420]

OF is too hot for almost all seedlings and clones, Eek is spot on about the burn. If she appears to be growing slow at all, it's more than likely due to the hot soil.. Seven days since germination though, Sally doesn't look too bad.

Thanks for your comment! Any suggestions to "cool" hot soil? Great to know there is a reason for the slow growth, even if it's my fault...

I still don't see any burn tho - just curled leaves... Can someone point it out so I can see?

THANKS again!

 

[wg]

It's typically easier to cool soil off before hand, at this point you may cause more damage than good trying to cool it off. Ideally you'd need a bag of seed start (anything without fertilizers in it) and you'd uproot the plant and amend the seedstarter soil in with the OF. Kind of mix them 1:1.. i.e: if you have 1.8 CU ft of OF, mix an entire 8QT bag of seed starter in with it.

Might be kind of difficult to do and cause more damage at this point.. because you don't know how deep the taproot is and you don't want to damage the root system at all.. it's a lottery that's your call to play.

This is the burn..

 

[sapphire420]

Thank you so, so much WG2!

I'm so glad I only planted 2 seeds, so I can learn from my mistakes this time (and every grow improves I'm sure)... I will definitely modify and cool down the soil for the seedlings next time, really appreciate that. For now I guess I'll just hope it cools down a little as I water.

Also, thanks for the arrows and close-up showing the burn! I honestly thought the purple was just a variation in the seed, and I DO see the tanner burned edges now at the top. WOW you all are GOOD!!

I'm loving AFN, and thanks you all!

~Sapphire

 

[wg]

It won't cool down as you water, the term cooling down refers to diluting it.. it'll cool down as the plant ages and it uses the nutrients up in the dirt. As well, be very very careful of overwatering.. with one thing stacked against your baby, you don't want to stack anymore odds against it. We're here to help as much as we can, but the babies are in your hands!

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