this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
5 points (100.0% liked)

microgrowery

332 readers
1 users here now

Place for small-scale personal use cannabis growers

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
5
Help Diagnosing (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by FudgePopz to c/[email protected]
17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

First time grower. Thought I’d help get things going here. Pretty sure I have some mute burn here but thought maybe other could chime in. Northern Lights Auto. Organic Soil. Water PH 6.5. Gave first dose of nutes 4 days ago at half dose. Figured it was time since the first leaves started to brown.

Other thoughts are it could be overwatering or maybe light is too close or bright. But neither seem right since I wait for soil to dry to water and following guide my light came with.

Any thoughts?? Thanks

top 14 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seedlings need less watering and more humidity, try to make a humidity dome, or cover with a ziplock. If you can dem lights, try like 20%. There are a few apps that will use your front camera to read the ppfd of your light intensity.

[–] FudgePopz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also. Apologies. Forgot to include humidity in my description. Currently sits between 60-70% in the tent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should probably still have a dome over seedlings

[–] FudgePopz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is new info to me. Can I ask why? My understanding is the dome was only for humidity levels.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes that's true, however the humidity in your tent is spread throughout. As to where if you have a humidity dome, the humidity is closer to the plant and your seedling will soak up some of that moisture through its leaves. Giving little sips of water. During the seedling stage your roots need a lot of oxygen, so if you're overwatering you can easily drown your roots, thus seedlings issues.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah this is what I think the issue is too, overwatering is keeping oxygen from getting to the roots and preventing nutrient uptake, hence the white/yellow leaves at the bottom of the plant

[–] FudgePopz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The apps on phone is news to me. Thank you!! I’ll give that a shot!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you are on Android photone is a good app for ppfd. Look up the range you should be in for the different stages during life cycle :)

[–] FudgePopz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks. Found something similar on iOS. Wish I was on android, but iOS just does a better job of hearing aid integration. :(

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

iOS should be just as good of an app if not better! 😀

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here are my sprouts. You can see how the humidity accumulates inside the dome. And my watering I use a chef's bottle with pH water and water in a circle around the seedling. As the seedlings stretch out, water in a circle the same diameter of the spread of your leafs. Watering around the sprouts further away makes the roots stretch out and seek out the water in your soil.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My first guess would be overwatering. What size light are you using and how far away is it?

load more comments
view more: next ›