EEK leaves curling!!

ok so my seedlings leaves are cyrling down and one is making v shape and ive eliminated heat i have a fan on my cfls theres no heat at all! so not that, i try not to over water them maybe once every day and a half is there schedule? and i have only started one on nutes so its not burn though the one on nutes is curling but is also the greenest out of all of them. but the weird things is that its only the first fan leaves (sorry for no pics) the first leaves with 3 leaves are curling but the one leavlfed true leaves arent. im super confused the only thing i can think of is ph but wouldntb that affect all the leaves? im stumped guys i would love help thanks!:leaf:
 

f1bud

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ok so my seedlings leaves are cyrling down and one is making v shape and ive eliminated heat i have a fan on my cfls theres no heat at all! so not that, i try not to over water them maybe once every day and a half is there schedule? and i have only started one on nutes so its not burn though the one on nutes is curling but is also the greenest out of all of them. but the weird things is that its only the first fan leaves (sorry for no pics) the first leaves with 3 leaves are curling but the one leavlfed true leaves arent. im super confused the only thing i can think of is ph but wouldntb that affect all the leaves? im stumped guys i would love help thanks!:leaf:
not quite sure what u mean m8, if its like a claw shape then i no what u mean the leaf tip/tips will curl under themselves is this what u mean ? if so its usualy a over nitrogen fed or over waterd are the classic symptoms of the claw leaf ! and u did say it was more greener than the others this is probly coz its had some nutes and its gota lot of N in the plant and shows itself to be very dark green with possible leaf claw also ! pics speak a thousand words man but as ur unable to upload one its a guessing game to a gegree, even with pics its still a guessing game more often than not,, hopeu sort it but dont panic cozits early days and as long as uyou ph at 6.5 ish u wont go to far wrong ph wise. peace !
 

craigswan

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sounds like you might be over watering, also give them a little stress with air flow on the leaves with a fan...seedling need to dry out a bit to stimulate root growth.
ph in soil 6.5, hydro/coco 5.8...............do you have a ph tester?
 
i need to pick up a ph test but sorry for being vague the tip of the leaves are curling down but its almost like half the leaf not just the tip and ill make sure to get the fan on them thanks!
 

jcdws602

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Could be too much nutrients....and or over watering....every day and a half sounds like you might be over watering.....you are in soil right.? and from your post it seems like your plants are young......seedlings don't need any nutrients,and usually will be fine with just water in nutrient rich soil for a while,what kind of soil are you using??......without more info and or pics it is hard to diagnose.......
 
this is embarassing but im using soil from my backyard it was all i had ALTHOUGH it was just generic potting soil that had been sitting around but im dure its has ZERO nutrient content due that its been in the yard for a few months. dont laugh at me!
 

jcdws602

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No laughing here.......it might have nutrients still in it.....did you feed because your plants became deficient or because you thought it would make them grow bigger..??.....you should only feed when your plant show signs of slight deficiencies.....
 
i fed because they were growing supppper slow so i gave jist one nutes to see if that worked. but i think the rate of growth was do to my crappy lighting that i now changed
 

azryda420

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this is embarassing but im using soil from my backyard it was all i had ALTHOUGH it was just generic potting soil that had been sitting around but im dure its has ZERO nutrient content due that its been in the yard for a few months. dont laugh at me!
It being in the yard does NOT mean it has zero nutes. lol

It is a cheap route. But I have used yard dirt before. Some places have great natural soil. The world didnt become what it is today with soil from the store lol
 
Here are the pics one of them DOES HAVE BURN i didnt even notice it until i took it out for its photo poor girl :( but the other has not had nutes and i have one more thats not in the pics thats doing just fine no curling or anything! and yes there super gangly due to my poor lighting i had for the first week or so
 

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moash

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Here are the pics one of them DOES HAVE BURN i didnt even notice it until i took it out for its photo poor girl :( but the other has not had nutes and i have one more thats not in the pics thats doing just fine no curling or anything! and yes there super gangly due to my poor lighting i had for the first week or so
your culprit is low soil ph
water it with 6.5 plain water and watch the leaves straighten out in the next couple days
 

Byrddaddy1

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Can anyone tell me whats wrong with my plants? I been using scotts premium potting soil. and i recently fertilized with miracle grow. the leaves seam to be drooping and the are very large, and some are dark green in color.. View attachment plants13.jpg
 

moash

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whatever will bring ur medium back to range
my guess on what happened is when u fertilized it,u didnt ph the nute solution resulting in an acidic mixture causing the low ph when applied
using ur tap should work fine in bringing it up
 

Byrddaddy1

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it may sound dumb but this is my first grow.. lol keeping the PH level right is warmer water, than cold, or hot..? And how can I tell if there over watered..?
 
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