lucasnooker
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
So first of all I know that the reason for my problems to begin with this time is because of planting the seeds in larger pots from the beginning. I heard somewhere that the plants were bigger and better when started in large containers and thought i could also cut out a little time due to transplant stress and whatnot. I actually did this before some years ago and didn't have any problems but now I am having a bunch.
So they started off fine and sprouted nice and green and healthy. Then basically I went away for a week and left a drip feed system to water the plants. But what it ended up doing was just coating the base of the environment in water, waterlogging the containers and I also think the food might of been too strong or something too because when i came back I had nutrient burn or what it seemed to be and also algae which is never good! So i immediately got rid of all the water and algae and have left the containers to dry out somewhat.
Now they are not completely dry still, at the base i still feel water and they are heavy which is to be expected for a container of this size I guess. The problem is my plants are suffering. I am now in week 5 and the plants look like they are on week 2! I thought the best thing to do was to try and completely dry out the medium and then feed the plants but I havent been able to. I let the medium dry out for about 5 days or so but then the plants seemed to be suffering more. I felt like from my point of view that they were killing their old leaves which were previously green and healthy in order to sprout new ones, they were eating themselves? So I automatically assumed they need a good feed of nitrogen so i have fed a tiny bit but just around the centre of the plants to see if they perk back up.
So now I am basically confused. Do i leave the pots to dry out further or do i now water little but often each day? Some plants are seriously struggling, I have never seen growth this slow. I topped 1 plant at the 2nd node which i know was too soon but its been like 2 weeks and its only created like 2 more sets of leaves in that time. progression is extremely slow! I am hoping once the roots get more established they can drink more water and then as vegetative stage progresses they should be fine but what is my best course of action right now to get them back on track?
one good thing at the very least is that the newest growth seems to be totally healthy but its just too damn slow.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you
So first of all I know that the reason for my problems to begin with this time is because of planting the seeds in larger pots from the beginning. I heard somewhere that the plants were bigger and better when started in large containers and thought i could also cut out a little time due to transplant stress and whatnot. I actually did this before some years ago and didn't have any problems but now I am having a bunch.
So they started off fine and sprouted nice and green and healthy. Then basically I went away for a week and left a drip feed system to water the plants. But what it ended up doing was just coating the base of the environment in water, waterlogging the containers and I also think the food might of been too strong or something too because when i came back I had nutrient burn or what it seemed to be and also algae which is never good! So i immediately got rid of all the water and algae and have left the containers to dry out somewhat.
Now they are not completely dry still, at the base i still feel water and they are heavy which is to be expected for a container of this size I guess. The problem is my plants are suffering. I am now in week 5 and the plants look like they are on week 2! I thought the best thing to do was to try and completely dry out the medium and then feed the plants but I havent been able to. I let the medium dry out for about 5 days or so but then the plants seemed to be suffering more. I felt like from my point of view that they were killing their old leaves which were previously green and healthy in order to sprout new ones, they were eating themselves? So I automatically assumed they need a good feed of nitrogen so i have fed a tiny bit but just around the centre of the plants to see if they perk back up.
So now I am basically confused. Do i leave the pots to dry out further or do i now water little but often each day? Some plants are seriously struggling, I have never seen growth this slow. I topped 1 plant at the 2nd node which i know was too soon but its been like 2 weeks and its only created like 2 more sets of leaves in that time. progression is extremely slow! I am hoping once the roots get more established they can drink more water and then as vegetative stage progresses they should be fine but what is my best course of action right now to get them back on track?
one good thing at the very least is that the newest growth seems to be totally healthy but its just too damn slow.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you
