Light pink stems on Tangerine Dream and Sour Kush autoflower seedlings! Help

[Ozzie Greenthumb]

I am a long time grower new to indoor and I recently germinated 1 seed each of the aforementioned. I have a perfect climate as I am an Hvac Master Technician by trade. My medium is 40% coco coir and 60% ocean forest. I have a 600w new led roleandro light. I used the paper towel germination method and then transferred to 3gallon pots with the medium. They germinated fast, and popped through the soil today. At this time I noticed that the stems are both a light pink color. I flushed and ph'd the medium before planting. My question is.... is this traits or is this something to do with autoflower plants? I am new to autoflower and indoor grows. Please Please Please help as I know the earlier you catch an issue the better the chances of correcting it. Thanks much

 

[Josh33]

I am a long time grower new to indoor and I recently germinated 1 seed each of the aforementioned. I have a perfect climate as I am an Hvac Master Technician by trade. My medium is 40% coco coir and 60% ocean forest. I have a 600w new led roleandro light. I used the paper towel germination method and then transferred to 3gallon pots with the medium. They germinated fast, and popped through the soil today. At this time I noticed that the stems are both a light pink color. I flushed and ph'd the medium before planting. My question is.... is this traits or is this something to do with autoflower plants? I am new to autoflower and indoor grows. Please Please Please help as I know the earlier you catch an issue the better the chances of correcting it. Thanks much

I wouldn’t be worried about it they look good

 

[Whitetrash]

Dont stress just yet. It's too soon to worry. It could also just be in their genetic structure. My 3 gsc that I have on the go right now had pink and or purple stems for most of the grow. I personally dont find it affected the grow at all. They are beautiful luscious green with sticky frosty buds. Keep doin what your doin and see what they look like in a couple weeks

 

[Trichome farmer]

I am a long time grower new to indoor and I recently germinated 1 seed each of the aforementioned. I have a perfect climate as I am an Hvac Master Technician by trade. My medium is 40% coco coir and 60% ocean forest. I have a 600w new led roleandro light. I used the paper towel germination method and then transferred to 3gallon pots with the medium. They germinated fast, and popped through the soil today. At this time I noticed that the stems are both a light pink color. I flushed and ph'd the medium before planting. My question is.... is this traits or is this something to do with autoflower plants? I am new to autoflower and indoor grows. Please Please Please help as I know the earlier you catch an issue the better the chances of correcting it. Thanks much

led lights and cfl lighting the ones i have used anyway tend to turn the stems red/purple when the plant gets a bit older add some cal mag to to your mix and all should be fine goodluck

 

[Arthur]

Way too early to be addressing any nute issue.
You've got a soil blended that has enough nutes for the first week or two. Coco is a cal/mag whore, so you'll probably need to stay on top of that.
Blending coco/soil is something I've done, better to stick with one or the other. Or coco used to lighten the soil, maybe a 10% mix works well too.

 

[Ozzie Greenthumb]

I used way more ocean forest than coco. I am hoping that all is good, however I just killed a fungus gnat or a fruit fly on the outside of my tent. Any tips or ideas to rectify this problem?

 

[Whitetrash]

You can buy an organic foliar spray at any grow shop. Or I'm sure you can find a recipe for a homemade one online. I'm not familiar with ocean forest so i cant really speak on that much. But make sure that your soil doesnt get too hot cause that's no good for your roots.

 

[Archaic]

I used way more ocean forest than coco. I am hoping that all is good, however I just killed a fungus gnat or a fruit fly on the outside of my tent. Any tips or ideas to rectify this problem?

A light dusting of diatomaceous earth wreaks hell on fungus gnats, as does using mosquito dunks in your water. That combination has a 100% success rated ending fungus gnats for me

 

[Ozzie Greenthumb]

Yah thanks man that's what I used. I used it outside with good results but never indoor