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This plant is almost 3 weeks old. It has been growing very slowly and started getting dry at the end of the first set of leaves and then the dark spots started 2 days ago. I am lightly watering it and I don't know what's going on. Using FF Happy frog and perlite with no extra nutrients at the moment
Just ph 6.0-6.4 water. What might be happening?
 

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This plant is almost 3 weeks old. It has been growing very slowly and started getting dry at the end of the first set of leaves and then the dark spots started 2 days ago. I am lightly watering it and I don't know what's going on. Using FF Happy frog and perlite with no extra nutrients at the moment
Just ph 6.0-6.4 water. What might be happening?
Well, first thing I noticed is that your soil looks very dry. If she isn't getting enough water it would make sense that she's showing signs of a general deficiency. I would water and then give a very very light dose of nutrients and see if that helps, but I am not an expert.
 
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FOxfarm is a hot soil with a lot of fertiliser which means it’s not ideal for seedlings. Just make sure you are feeding her enough water so she doesn’t dry up and suffer. She will come out of it as she gets older. Just avoid any nutrient feeds until she’s a bit bigger
 
I don't grow in soil anymore, so take this with a grain of salt.

But I think she might be under-watered. Like Suki says, it certainly looks pretty dry. I did used to grow in FFHF, and found it suitable for seedlings -- seems less hot than FFOF.

My strategy in Happy Frog was to water every 2-3 days, working my way up to 500mL or so by the second week. This was in 3 gallon pots. This might seem like a lot, but that perlite really helps the roots stay oxygenated. A lot of the tutorials online really stress avoiding overwatering, but it's definitely easy to over-correct and underwater. Usually by 3 weeks in, I'd be watering perhaps a litre at a time. I don't think soil, or any medium, should be allowed to "totally" dry out, which is contrary to a lot of what’s thrown around.

Also, 6.0-6.4 is a little iffy. 6.5 is a safer target if you're able to raise the pH of your water a bit. It's a safe number too because if you don't have a fancy accurate pH pen, you get a bit of error margin on either side. Unless you're reading 6.0 on a BlueLab or something similar, it's very possible that reading is high and you're water is more acidic than you think.

Also, how's your light intensity? One of my first mistakes early on was blasting seedlings with too intense light. I find with seedlings, less light is better, as long as they’re not stretching too much.

Finally, FWIW, I started supplementing liquid nutes around day 15-20 in FFHF. Granted my plants were usually a little further along. If you have been underwatering, there might still be some nutes in the medium, so Im apprehensive to say you need to start feeding right away. Maybe try watering a little more and see how she reponds, but be prepared to start supplementing nutes asap. When it comes to nutrients, check out Man O Green's "A Word on Nutrients" tutorial on the forum. It's a must read!

Good luck :D
 
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Drop another seed If you are in need of a stash. Keep this one going for learning purposes, but yield may be severely compromised. Keep soil moist, especially seedlings. 6.4-6.5ph. Good Luck!!
 
So the soil looked dry like that because i watered my plant and then my brother decided it needed to be watered and it got over watered and I was letting the soil dry up a bit and I've been mildly misting water on the top . I'm using a bluelab ph pen and I'm watering with tap that I've dechlorinated with an airstone and ph balanced with ph down added slowly. When I start adding nutrients I will be using Gaia green organics all purpose and bloom in ratios depending on the age and progress. Hopefully she doesn't die. It's a mephisto genetics skywalker x double grape bx skywalker freebie seed
 
Be careful with misting, you really don't want to let your soil dry out. @Mañ'O'Green has a really good watering guide that should help. General rule of thumb is that the roots typically extend about as far out as the top growth. Roots won't grow into dry soil though, so just misting the top could very likely be causing you more harm than good.
 
Ahh yes watering............

What you need to learn about watering will come with practice. Here are the basic rules: Never let the soil dry out. Soil and or coco can become hydrophobic if allowed to dry. This means it repels water. This in turn will create dry pockets in the soil and the roots and microbes will die there. If your soil - coco have accidentally dried out use a surfactant to help re-wet it. I like yucca powder. Don't let soil remain soggy by watering too much too often. Root rot, damping off, molds, fungus gnats and other problems start in soggy soil. When you do water water the entire pot. How to learn when to water starts before you plant the seed. Fill your container with fresh soil/coco and weigh it (heft it) this is the lightest weight and consider it a dry pot. Now slowly water until the soil/coco will no longer absorb the water and run-off begins; weigh the pot (heft it) this is the maximum water, the wettest the pot can get. The difference between wettest and driest is the maximum water weight, for ease of explanation lets just say the water weighs 20 pounds. When the pot loses 10 pounds (half of the water weight) it is time to water again. There is an art to watering.

:goodluck:
 
Ahh yes watering............

What you need to learn about watering will come with practice. Here are the basic rules: Never let the soil dry out. Soil and or coco can become hydrophobic if allowed to dry. This means it repels water. This in turn will create dry pockets in the soil and the roots and microbes will die there. If your soil - coco have accidentally dried out use a surfactant to help re-wet it. I like yucca powder. Don't let soil remain soggy by watering too much too often. Root rot, damping off, molds, fungus gnats and other problems start in soggy soil. When you do water water the entire pot. How to learn when to water starts before you plant the seed. Fill your container with fresh soil/coco and weigh it (heft it) this is the lightest weight and consider it a dry pot. Now slowly water until the soil/coco will no longer absorb the water and run-off begins; weigh the pot (heft it) this is the maximum water, the wettest the pot can get. The difference between wettest and driest is the maximum water weight, for ease of explanation lets just say the water weighs 20 pounds. When the pot loses 10 pounds (half of the water weight) it is time to water again. There is an art to watering.

:goodluck:
The soil I used wasn't fresh either. It was leftover from my last grow. Could this be a cause?
 
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