Sick plant day 14 help needed

[StevOrganic]

Hi guys I have a daiquiri lime auto in a 15 l airpot and she is not looking so good day 14. I put her straight from rootit cube to 15l airpot and didn’t do any watering until the last 4-5 days and when watered I only used 150ml water per plant. I have a zkittles og auto planted at the same time that is ok.

I gave the soil a good wetting 2 days before planting so the soil was warmed up before transplanting so that was around 16 days ago. The pots are still a slight bit heavier than a pot of the same soil unwatered should I have left the watering until pot gets COMPLETELY dry and as light as unwatered pot with soil in it?

My environment has been quite warm up around 77 Fahrenheit could this cause stress to young plant?

 

[St. Tom]

How high is your light and is the fan blowing directly on her could be heat and wind burn combined

 

[LazyNhazy]

By the looks of soil in Pic, you need to water.

 

[StevOrganic]

How high is your light and is the fan blowing directly on her could be heat and wind burn combined

The lights around 30cm moved to 35cm now see if that helps. The light is on about 30% migro 100 (115watts from wall)

I actually had a 7 inch ram fan on the ground blowing past the plants they were moving slightly in the breeze I changed up and now have a 6 inch fan blowing from above lights so it’s a very gentle breeze.

By the looks of soil in Pic, you need to water.

The pot was saturated before planting and it’s still a little heavier than unwatered pot the same size. About 2 inch down soil is nice and moist. I had a 80w tube heater in there could the roots being too hot cause there’s symptoms also?

I just done another bit of reading and I think my temps were a little too high for a few days up around the 80 f and could have been a little too much wind for them

 

[Arthur]

Plants this small do not need much light. Your blasting it/them at 12 to 14". More like 24 to 30" would be about right for seedings. Even at 30%.

 

[Arthur]

Temps under led, optimum 78 to 84*F
RH at this stage 55 to 70, high end better.

Hps temps are in the low 70s.

 

[Proph]

The drooping is probably from over watering.. The yellowing is an early iron deficiency.. Most seedlings grow out of it as more leaves develop. It's something to keep an eye on as it grows.

Unfortunately, you can't compare two plants. You can drive yourself mad that way, lol. No two plants are the same. Never will be. This plant is obviously more sensitive than your other plant.

If you did a soil drench of the pot before planting, then the roots could be sitting in moisture, waiting for the soil to dry up so the roots can stretch out and grow as they seek out water. If they are sitting in moisture, the roots aren't moving/growing or searching out water. I'd let the pot dry out, and then water it using the 10% rule.. Use 10% of the pot volume.. Which is the 150 ml that you used last time! But yes, let the pot dry out until it's light again.. Then water with the 150 ml..

 

[StevOrganic]

Plants this small do not need much light. Your blasting it/them at 12 to 14". More like 24 to 30" would be about right for seedings. Even at 30%.

Thanks for the great info guys the little one is looking better since I raised the light and reduced the amount of air blowing around them. With the migro they recommend around 35cm for seedling in early veg I was chatting with Shane the guy who makes them and this is what I had it at with my previous 2 plants and no issues like this so a lesson learned here i now know that some plants are very sensitive to light. Also I have just switched from one light in a 60x60 tent to two lights in 120x60 so just getting my bearings also. Another reason I kept light closer is because my zkittles og was getting very leggy nearly 10cm to the first set of leaves but I made the mistake of keeping the light the same distance from both plants.

The drooping is probably from over watering.. The yellowing is an early iron deficiency.. Most seedlings grow out of it as more leaves develop. It's something to keep an eye on as it grows.

Unfortunately, you can't compare two plants. You can drive yourself mad that way, lol. No two plants are the same. Never will be. This plant is obviously more sensitive than your other plant.

If you did a soil drench of the pot before planting, then the roots could be sitting in moisture, waiting for the soil to dry up so the roots can stretch out and grow as they seek out water. If they are sitting in moisture, the roots aren't moving/growing or searching out water. I'd let the pot dry out, and then water it using the 10% rule.. Use 10% of the pot volume.. Which is the 150 ml that you used last time! But yes, let the pot dry out until it's light again.. Then water with the 150 ml..

I don’t know what got into me the last time I started in a 15l pot it was more like 17 days until I gave some water and this time I gave at around day 12. I just thought with the tube heater beside pots and temps up around 80f that they needed water sooner.

 

[StevOrganic]

@St. Tom @Proph @Arthur thanks guys for your advice I now have 2 happy looking plants

 

[St. Tom]

@St. Tom @Proph @Arthur thanks guys for your advice I now have 2 happy looking plants

looking great my friend there's no better feeling than seeing your ladies spring back to life that's why i joined here and just never left for that reason people go out of there way on afn no getting called a dumb sod