A little help here please, I think my babies are dying!

growtosmoke

growtosmoke

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I can't seem to figure out why but my babies (I just started trying to figure out how to do this) seem to be turning yellow. I just added additional lighting, they are about 2.5 weeks old the larger ones are turning yellow but only a few of them, a couple are still green. I have noticed that the leaves on the "older" of my plants are starting to curl down. I don't think I have been over watering them I always check the soil near the bottom of the pot to make sure it feels dryish before watering them and the pots have holes incase of over water. I have had them in 24 hour light for the last 2.5 weeks with a fan on them 24/7. The temp is around 70F and humidity around 60%. You will see in the pictures a couple different ages of plants the ones that I am having trouble with are the larger ones. Is it normal to lose a few plants along the way?

Thank you for your help in advance

Now the worst one

 
flowergurl

flowergurl

There's treachery afoot
Looks like you have several things going on here. the biggest potential issue however appears to be your soil. Seems rather dry and compact, watering is not even with wet spots around plant stem possibly causing a little stem rot. Your plants are only as good as what they are growing in thus I always recommend a good, organice (if that's your thing) soil and good nutirents. What kind of soil are you using?
 
growtosmoke

growtosmoke

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The soil is just a run of the mill "tomato" soil that I picked up at the hardware store, fairly inexpensive. What would you recommend for a soil? Can they be transplanted in a new soil at this point? I had noticed that the soil did seem to have a few rocks and twigs in it. You said that the watering did not appear to be even. Should I saturate the whole soil when I am watering? I figured just throw a few drops in there and the soil would absorb it below.
 
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phusionsa

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growtosmoke said:
I can't seem to figure out why but my babies (I just started trying to figure out how to do this) seem to be turning yellow. I just added additional lighting, they are about 2.5 weeks old the larger ones are turning yellow but only a few of them, a couple are still green. I have noticed that the leaves on the "older" of my plants are starting to curl down. I don't think I have been over watering them I always check the soil near the bottom of the pot to make sure it feels dryish before watering them and the pots have holes incase of over water. I have had them in 24 hour light for the last 2.5 weeks with a fan on them 24/7. The temp is around 70F and humidity around 60%. You will see in the pictures a couple different ages of plants the ones that I am having trouble with are the larger ones. Is it normal to lose a few plants along the way?

Thank you for your help in advance

Now the worst one

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First off, your plants are starved of water and nutes. That soil looks terrible! If you had more perlite/pete mix, I might say okay if you are watering daily...But that stuff is no better than going with the dirt out of your back yard! If you can, get some GOOD soil; not MG, but some soil that is more compost based with added non-timed released nutes. Next, buy some nutes. I am working with Fox Farms soil and nutes. Could not be happier right now!

Next, water them pups and watch your PH closely! If your on water softner, well, buy water that is non-sodium cleansed.

Finally, I see you have CFL's, with that many plant's you are GOING to want more light soon. I doubt those curly bell's are going to put out the lumens your plants will crave..

I'm not being rude, dude. But your current setup will most likely die soon.
 
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