Seedling not looking too hot, could us advice

[Grow1ne]

Hi everyone, first time grower, first time poster. Hoping you might be able lend some advice.
I had two of my auto flowers (sour kush and tangerine dream) pop out on the mornings of day 5 and day 6. Today is day 7 and both seem to be stunted in growth. They are really small so it’s difficult for me to tell but I think the show signs of over watering (the aerated leaves look a little taco’s) the second one is bent like an upside down L and one of the starting leaves is very brown. Not sure but it may have gotten worse since yesterday. Posting pics to see if anything pops out. I planted two others but pretty sure I lost them.

loosely following mr Canucks. Germinating in medium, Coco, dry back to earth amendments (4-4-4, with 25% 4-8-4), ph’d between 6.5 and 6.8

really trying to decide if I should wait it out of scrap and pop in some new seeds. Neither looks to have grown more since yesterday morning

thanks!

 

[AutoWonders]

Your ph is high for coco. My straight coco grows ph at 5.8-6.1. When I use Coco Loco, I ph at 6.3-6.8. It's heavily amended.

 

[Grow1ne]

Your ph is high for coco. My straight coco grows ph at 5.8-6.1. When I use Coco Loco, I ph at 6.3-6.8. It's heavily amended.

Thank you for the reply AutoWonders. I mixed in dry amendments with the coco (4 Tbs per gallon). would you still think it’s too high?

 

[nizmoKush]

I have seen mr Canucks videos and yes he does ph his coco w/amendments to the 6-6.5 ph..

So what's your temp and rh at to aswell??

This happened to me with 3 seedlings and it was from cold temps and me over touching them to remove the casing hence messing with the root system.

Could be a couple of things.

 

[Grow1ne]

I have seen mr Canucks videos and yes he does ph his coco w/amendments to the 6-6.5 ph..

So what's your temp and rh at to aswell??

This happened to me with 3 seedlings and it was from cold temps and me over touching them to remove the casing hence messing with the root system.

Could be a couple of things.

My temps were 72-78. In a basement, running a little 400 heater on an inkbird inside the tent. I’ve since put a wall heater in the room to bring the ambient temp up and reduce the fluctuation in temp inside the tent, but that didn’t happen until the day the first one broke through the ground. Trying to keep the RH between 70-80. I put plastic wrap loosely over the pots too to.

 

[AutoWonders]

Thank you for the reply AutoWonders. I mixed in dry amendments with the coco (4 Tbs per gallon). would you still think it’s too high?

It would be best to ask the coco manufacturer, see what they have to say on the matter.

 

[GeorgeCloney]

Water little and water often...
At that size, i'd water 2x a day...at a rate of about 30cc(30 mililiters) per watering.
Didn't notice if you buffered the coco?
Also STOP the nutrients....your stunting the growth.
Seedlings only need water in the first 2 weeks.
Used bottled water with regular elements in it...not RO or distilled water. That will cause you new issues later on.
Be patient, seedling concentrate on roots first. When you will start feeding them in 2 weeks, make sure you have enough phosphorus in your feed. Or your plants will have a slow start, once again because of a weak root system.

 

[Grow1ne]

Water little and water often...
At that size, i'd water 2x a day...at a rate of about 30cc(30 mililiters) per watering.
Didn't notice if you buffered the coco?
Also STOP the nutrients....your stunting the growth.
Seedlings only need water in the first 2 weeks.
Used bottled water with regular elements in it...not RO or distilled water. That will cause you new issues later on.
Be patient, seedling concentrate on roots first. When you will start feeding them in 2 weeks, make sure you have enough phosphorus in your feed. Or your plants will have a slow start, once again because of a weak root system.

I didn’t rinse the coco, but starting to think that’s a part of the issue. I lost one so watered to run off and it was reading over 1000, it took like 15 gallons of tap water to get it to run off the same ppm as my tap water (160).