Seedling decided to flop..Dark under leaves?

[SpiffyFoxx]

Spiffy-- you jammed it up when you moved it after germinating... the radical elongation pushed it up, rather than penetrating into the coco,.. being fluffy like coco is doesn't help... Plant seeds about 1cm deep, level if you can,... your RH is OK at about 50% and those temps,...domes can help if it's low RH% but also keep in mind that mold loves such moisture as well, so it's a bit of a gamble,.. better to make a baggie tent or something that will still allow a little air exchange,... don't worry about O2 at such shallow depths, and coco breathes very well anyway,.. like Nammy said, you can bury her some so she can be righted up,..
Are you growing the out in coco? If so, have you done some research on this soilless medium? It has several do's and don'ts, most relating to it's peculiar cation exchange capacity (CEC),... coco is a Ca hog, Mg to a lesser extent, hence the call for Ca-mg all the time,.. never water plain, always have some Ca-Mg in it! if you use specialized nutes for coco, you may not need the extra Ca-Mg as often,... coco is best treated more like hydro, as far as nute dilutions go, ...pH low 6's to upper 5's,... are you running drain-to-waste? 10-15% run-off is a good idea,... you should start weak nutes soon, as coco it devoid if it,...

That makes sense, and seeing how the root was that seems to be exactly what happened. Woops!
The dome is actually a water bottle half. Should I poke a few holes for a bit of air?
I have done research, maybe not enough? I do plan on buying new nutes soon. Have GH flora and just found that they're now in relation with Monsanto.. Gross. Any nute recommendations, or has it maybe not effected the formulas? I put a bit of calmag, just didn't want to add other nutes yet because I've read some say it's not good to supply them yet. ph is 6.1 When do you suggest starting them?
Yep, drain to waste. I have some bottle caps under the inner cups so that any run off isn't getting soaked back up. When I move them into their fabric pots they'll be on a rack over some trays, and I do plan to continue using the coco. Don't like soil, it's a mess that attracts bugs.

@Mañ'O'Green I'd hope that's what it was, I mixed it in. I just meant that the roots weren't stuck in the perlite, sorry I wasn't clear on that.
I'll keep the cup thing in mind, see how they're doing, and give them a little more humidity if they seem like they need it.


So far the girl scouts [her tent buddy] is doing great. The Green crack [the one i fudged up] is doing better I think. the mid section of the little 'pincers' seemed to have wilted a little, but there's a bit of new green growth beneath that, which before was just white all the way. Fingers crossed. Will give an update in the morning to see how she's doing after just giving her more support.

 

[Waira]

...don't think you need the dome mate, unless your ambient RH is below 40%,and temps are fairly high- 80's,... Coc is an excellent medium, but it's sooo not soil, a very common mistake made by new users of it,... amazing breathing and water retention/release,.. always buy high quality stuff, coco has to be aged and majorly rinsed/cation buffered before it's usable, (high Na and k content in native state)... read up in our section here, and Canna coco USA has a great website for info too,.. it's a bit of a hunt to gather it up, but it's there, and their nutes are excellent too! yeah, Monsanto - a four letter word indeed! the own GH/GO,.. but the nutes are OK so far,. lots of good grows here with them as well,... AN too, but their $$ and the way they split things up into a shitload of different bottles is a scam,........ Ca and Mg are secondary nutes, not like primary NPK,...that's where the trouble starts usually when added too soon,.. but as mentioned, coco is basically barren, so by 1 week, weak nutes should be started,... how much to dilute depends on the brand, and specifically, the NPK #'s,...usually, 1/4 strength is OK,... if you ever need to flush for reals, you cannot do it like it's done with true soil! If there's a serious problem,salt build up, major pH issue, that's when you can flush,.. use RO/Di water, add Ca-mg to 150 ppm, then add150ppm of nutes, pH adjust to 6.0,.. pour through until run-off is at or near what's going in,.. likely 2-3x pot volume,.. a clearing/flushing agent can help facilitate this,...
:smoking: coco can be plagued with gnats, so heads up on that! but i get your point, some soils come "gifted" with these vermins already! Good stuff, properly store should be free of them though,... that's on the store to do that, and you the consumer to see how they treat their goods!

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

IMHO the best inexpensive nutrients are Dyna-Gro; I have had many successful grows using them. There are many good brands out there depending on how much you can invest. Use the entire line of any brand you decide on. Do not mix brands. The companies spend lots of money and time developing their additives to work with their products. It is complicated so mixing your own is a recipe for trouble.

I am currently using House & Garden because I got free samples of the entire line at a vendor show. My current grow "The Incredible Bulk Adventure" has a lot of information on what I am doing with nutrients. So far I really like them.

 

[SpiffyFoxx]

@Waira
Alright, the levels stay pretty steady, so I'll remove the domes xP Thanks for all the tips and help!
keeping DE in my stuff.. a friend of mine had spider mites recently, and I definitely don't want those. Won't be going near his grow room again for a while now that I have mine started. As soon as I diagnosed the infested plant, I immediately knew I had to shower and change as soon as I got home. He tossed that one but for all I know they're on the others.
@Mañ'O'Green
Thanks man, I'll check it out.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

keeping DE in my stuff.. a friend of mine had spider mites recently, and I definitely don't want those. Won't be going near his grow room again for a while now that I have mine started. As soon as I diagnosed the infested plant, I immediately knew I had to shower and change as soon as I got home. He tossed that one but for all I know they're on the others.

Smart move, I change clothes and shower any time I go to the hydro shop before getting near my garden. Don't know where you live but don't grow Marigolds in your yard; they are a magnet for spider mites. Most likely his whole grow area is infested.

 

[SpiffyFoxx]

I'll keep that in mind, I was considering it to make tea, but not anymore. XD Don't have a yard (apartment) but flies and what not do seem to have a myserious way of getting in here..
How about Roman Chamomile? Does that attract anything in particular?

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

I have grown Chamomile as a companion plant and only remember aphids as a problem? I don't have any now.

 

[SpiffyFoxx]

I have grown Chamomile as a companion plant and only remember aphids as a problem? I don't have any now.

Tips for dealing wit aphids?

 

[SpiffyFoxx]

She flopped over again.. looks like the part of the stem I burred for support shriveled up..burried her a little deeper. Root looks longer..still no hairs.
@Waira ...?
I don't think there's any saving her if she flops over again..

 

[Waira]

:smoking: Thanks Man-O'! .... yes, my infirmary buddy Nammy uses Dyna-Gro, and I use the Foliage Pro for some plants (trying organics lately) including my orchids, and always use Pro-Tekt (Si supplement, Spiffy),..Good products, well balanced (N-P-K ratios) nutes,....H&G is popular too,... I did forget to mention the Grow More Sea Grow line too, an old school fav',...BUT they do need diluting though, as they're strong (16-16-16 all purpose; 4-26-26 Bloom),... Also good general advise on the brand mixing- ... it's OK, IF you know what you're doing, have a solid handle on what all the NPK inputs are, as well as secondary/micro-nutes,... but generally, most multi-part line-up's have their nute element balances split up for both chemical compatibility, and in some cases- *cough Advanced Nutrients cough*- split them up even further so you have to buy 15 f'ing different bottles of very expensive shizzle to get a truly complete nutrition profile,..point is, Spiffy, if you cobble mixed brands together it's possible to come up short on some things, too much on others, maybe some chemical incompatibility too...
Oh, yes, freebies! Some shops will have sample kits (Elite nutes comes to mind), others you can go to their website and ask for a free kit (Nectar For the Gods, maybe Humboldts Own?),.... in any case, it's wise to have some things separate, like Ca-Mg, Si, seaweed, humic-fulvics, and micronutes (Earth Juice makes one of the best, Microblast),... that way if you have a specific deficiency(s), you cna treat more precisely instead of shotgun blasting and overloading with what you may not need,...
DE is not something I'd put ON the plant, except maybe in early veg',.. it's made of the microscopic "skeletons" of marine algae, basically SiO2- glass!... some are CaCO3,... it's just not that effective for something like mites anyway, it's a mechanical killer, meaning they need to be covered in it to work well,... messy shit too! If you need to War, use dedicated products for this,.. my favorites are Azamax (neem derivative) and a spinosad product, a 1-2 punch that works better together than each alone,... fairly broad spectrum to,... get yourself some wetting agent as well! I like Coco-Wet,.. this stuff takes the surface tension out of the solution you spray, so it coats and sticks much better, instead of just beading up... penetrates better on vermins,... any foliar treatment for defc.'s too; basically, the more surface area covered, the more absorbed,...
Gaaahhh! .. sounds like she's done for Spiffy, withering like that is the End,... damage done,....some activity at either end may continue briefly, but that's it,... time to hatch another!