Are my babies dying?

[Stilg7]

Here is a quick rundown on how I've been caring for my 16 day old autos. This is my first ever grow so bare with me.. Just to clarify some things, I am growing GDP and Magnum, both autos from MSNL. I am growing them in a 2x4x6 tent, with 2x QB96 elite lights, and I'm using General Hydro nutes Trio with a feeding schedule that can be found on growweedeasy.com. Germinated in water on 1/6. On 1/7, I filled up two 3gal pots with Mother Earth coco + perlite mix. After that each pot received 1gal of water and in the water I used 1tsp of calmag in each gallon. After letting the water run completely through the pots I poked small holes, about an inch deep, into the coco and dropped the seeds in their respective pots. On 1/10 each seed sprouted and I didn't water again until 1/11. When I watered on the 11th each pot got about 1/2 gallon of regular water, no calmag or nutes. Again, I watered the whole pot and waited for runoff like a lot of forums say. Then again on 1/13 I watered them. This time each pot took about a 1/2 gallon but I added 1 tsp of calmag to the solution. The 14th through the 17th i continued the same routine. The first set of serrated leaves were out and looked good but a tad droopy. Also, the second set of serrated leaved were just starting to show. After the next couple days they were still droopy and growing but seemed to slow down. I also introduced full nutes right around the 21st or 22nd. After posting some pics on the forums here, the consensus was probably over watering. So I stopped watering all together. Last night I did try to loosen up the coco a bit, thinking maybe that would help get more air to the coco that wasn't drying. Doing this did move the plants however and I had to reposition them. Come early this morning I checked on them when my lights in the tent came on. They looked the droopiest they have been and the leaves felt kinda crispy. The coco was dry all around, the pots felt light, so I figured I'd give them a very small amount of water. Now here are some pics from about an hour ago. Are they salvageable? They seem very sick and aren't anywhere near the size of some of the plants in other grows I've read up on. Please, any and all suggestions and advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Trichome farmer]

hello how close are your lights to the pots and personally i wouldnt water to runoff untill the plants leafs reach the sides of the pot just enough water every other day to keep the coco moist/damp also whats your ph looking like ?

Here is a quick rundown on how I've been caring for my 16 day old autos. This is my first ever grow so bare with me.. Just to clarify some things, I am growing GDP and Magnum, both autos from MSNL. I am growing them in a 2x4x6 tent, with 2x QB96 elite lights, and I'm using General Hydro nutes Trio with a feeding schedule that can be found on growweedeasy.com. Germinated in water on 1/6. On 1/7, I filled up two 3gal pots with Mother Earth coco + perlite mix. After that each pot received 1gal of water and in the water I used 1tsp of calmag in each gallon. After letting the water run completely through the pots I poked small holes, about an inch deep, into the coco and dropped the seeds in their respective pots. On 1/10 each seed sprouted and I didn't water again until 1/11. When I watered on the 11th each pot got about 1/2 gallon of regular water, no calmag or nutes. Again, I watered the whole pot and waited for runoff like a lot of forums say. Then again on 1/13 I watered them. This time each pot took about a 1/2 gallon but I added 1 tsp of calmag to the solution. The 14th through the 17th i continued the same routine. The first set of serrated leaves were out and looked good but a tad droopy. Also, the second set of serrated leaved were just starting to show. After the next couple days they were still droopy and growing but seemed to slow down. I also introduced full nutes right around the 21st or 22nd. After posting some pics on the forums here, the consensus was probably over watering. So I stopped watering all together. Last night I did try to loosen up the coco a bit, thinking maybe that would help get more air to the coco that wasn't drying. Doing this did move the plants however and I had to reposition them. Come early this morning I checked on them when my lights in the tent came on. They looked the droopiest they have been and the leaves felt kinda crispy. The coco was dry all around, the pots felt light, so I figured I'd give them a very small amount of water. Now here are some pics from about an hour ago. Are they salvageable? They seem very sick and aren't anywhere near the size of some of the plants in other grows I've read up on. Please, any and all suggestions and advice would be greatly appreciated!View attachment 1153195View attachment 1153196View attachment 1153197View attachment 1153199View attachment 1153200View attachment 1153201View attachment 1153202View attachment 1153203View attachment 1153204

 

[Stilg7]

hello how close are your lights to the pots and personally i wouldnt water to runoff untill the plants leafs reach the sides of the pot just enough water every other day to keep the coco moist/damp also whats your ph looking like ?

The lights are about 24" away. I started only watering around the plant about 4 or 5 days ago, but even then I was watering it until i got runoff. The pH is i believe to be right around 6. I use the dropper tester and the color is usually yellow, sometimes a little green tint to the yellow. I don't have a test meter yet because I'm not sure that the chepos will work that great or for long, and I don't have the moneys atm lol. Thanks for such a quick response! I hope they can be saved but I'm sure my yield is going to suffer greatly =(

 

[Trichome farmer]

The lights are about 24" away. I started only watering around the plant about 4 or 5 days ago, but even then I was watering it until i got runoff. The pH is i believe to be right around 6. I use the dropper tester and the color is usually yellow, sometimes a little green tint to the yellow. I don't have a test meter yet because I'm not sure that the chepos will work that great or for long, and I don't have the moneys atm lol. Thanks for such a quick response! I hope they can be saved but I'm sure my yield is going to suffer greatly =(

id raise those light up to maybe 32 inchs for now see how that goes if im right you should be aiming for light yellow/orange not so much green il double cheak tomorrow for you if i forget tag @Trichome farmer and il see it i have one of the cheap yellow millwaukee ph pens works fine iv had it now around a year you could get one and some calibrating solution for under 50 pound euros dollors whatever you use cheack amazon dont get me wrong the ph tester drops work great i just like to know the numbers

 

[Stilg7]

Here are some pictures from this morning @Trichome farmer & @Proph ... I don't know what to do. I don't have any air flow on the bottom of my tent by the pots except for the 3 intake flaps. Should I get an osciallting fan for the base of my tent and rotate my plants throughout the day? I need help guys! Anyone at all with thoughts please let me know what there is, if anything I should do. Also, should I start to germinate a couple new seeds just in case? Do you guys think I can fit 4 plants in my set up if these 2 recover?