First grow, should I be seeing this? (First leaf curling down)

moondance

moondance

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Hi how are you, your fine just go read a bunch of treads and let it grow. Those are called water leaves and they are there to feed the baby its light and food, once the get to be adolescents they will drop those leaves. MD
 
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Skylan01

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Hey Moondance, thanks for the reply. I do know that these are the first leaves responsible for feeding a seedling but I was just worried about the one pointed down. Been doing tons of research and haven't seen a similar picture.
 
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Skylan01

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So the right side is starting to do the same thing... am I still okay? Last time I watered was last night, soil still feels slightly damp but I've done absolutely nothing to it today.
 
Prince4118

Prince4118

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you are fine mate by the time the cotyledons (round leaves) are turned down enough to not see light those first true leaves will be big enough to absorbe enough light for the plant aand the cotyledons will still pump in all their stored nutrients untill tgey are not needed
 
Bareback

Bareback

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Your ok don't panic just step away from the water bottle and no seedlings will be harmed lol.
Just messing with you haha.
Is that amended potting soil, I see a lot of wood chips? You might not want to water to much. Of course you don't want the seeding to dry out completely , but wet dry cycles are a good thing it pulls air into the root zone if they say to wet they'll drown. That plant doesn't need a lot of water and no nutes for al little while. Your going to loose more water to evaporation than the will use. But if your got to be away from the plant longer than you feel comfortable with you can water from the bottom think wick system, be careful cause you drown em like that to. Just remember to much water is bad lol.
 
Bareback

Bareback

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Ok I don't know anything about autos . But I use ffof all the time and never seen wood chips before, not that I was searching for them , I'm about to visit the room now and I will take a closer look. I'm guessing it's the close up pic and my old eyes lol, it doesn't matter I was just curious.

Edit, my dirt looks just like yours, guess I never looked that close until I seen your pics lol.
 
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calliandra

calliandra

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Skylan01 said:
Even if it's an auto in a 5 gallon pot? I'm worried the top layer will dry out before the bottom.
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Well you're right and it will. ;)
You just need to water very carefully now in the beginning.
Imagine how small the baby's root zone is, only the moisture in that part of the soil will get processed at the moment.

Actually I water with a sprayer the first week or so, daily or more, depending on how fast the soil is drying, and I cover my sprouts with a humidity dome of some sort in that time because my air humidity is like around 30% elsewise ;)
HTH!
 
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Skylan01

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So they've been doing pretty well, seem to be growing somewhat slow. I haven't given any nutes and wasn't planning on it until day 14 of sprout (and was going to give like 1/5 strength to start) but some of the leaves are looking like they have some yellow streaks in them. Is this also normal? I am using distilled water, could it be a lack of CaMg? Picture coming
 

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moondance

moondance

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They have their true leaves go ahead and give them baby food mix. Up to that point you can gic them Kelp juice from seed on up with no burn at all.
Moondance
 
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