Helpwith my AG

I have six seedlings in my Ag about a week old and 3 seem to be dying the other 3 look ok but not good take a look any ideas guys????

bump- anybody, my ph is fine, I dont see any problems but you can see it clearly in the second picture the drooping and the brown spots???? all of the plants look this way but 3 still seem to be trying to grow

i having the same issue. thought i had all my bases covered, ppm,ph, nutes, air flow, temps, light seclusion...blah,blah blah but getting same results you are.

i am trying to reduce watering to promote or force root growth/stretch. (not plant stretch)

also added a bucket of water to the area to evaporate and increase humidity.

tough to say since we are both in same situation and plants are so young.

from what i have read you should not be using nutes at this time.

I am not using any nutes at all just properly ph'd r/o water nothing else I am going to do a res change today clean it really good and see if that helps what setting do you have your AG on?? I am on strawberries

i think I diagnosed my problem I tool the AG apart to clean it and the water was very warm, I think I have root rot starting very early the seedlings roots all have a brown color to them, i removed the AG pump and have just fresh water running through with a touch of h202and some fresh airstones in the res, I am not sure what caused the heat, maybe the pump we will see....

They look dead. Use the salad greens setting until they root, and after that I used herbs (other ppl used tomatoes). Other than that, I'm not sure what the problem is. What's the temp/humidity? Is your water distilled (if not, where is it from)? Also, what are you using in replacement for those sponges and why?

thanks for the reply i think for some reason the water in my res was too warm I am still not 100 % sure of the cause, and the sponges are in there I just covered the top with some gravel, to help keep the light out... i am going to ditch 3 of the seedlings 3 others look like they may bounce back, I have some seeds germing just in case

Sounds good. Looks like they didn't get enough water. That's why you want to use the 24 hr cycle until they root (salad greens).

they were getting 24/7 water i had it set to germ mode which runs the pump and lights 24/7 but i think the water was too warm so it was having a negative effect, I snatched out one of the seedlings I will give them all a chance to bounce back and then weed out the ones that dont look to be making it

Oh okay. Well good luck with your AG. I personally haven't suffered too many set-backs with my grow. They sprouted and took off. The AG has worked pretty well, but I still think i'm going back to soil next time.

Maybe its the gravel....where did you get it from?

Maybe you shouldnt use it...

Peace
-Tek

You think??, Its just aquarium gravel, I rinsed it very well before using it

They may not be getting enough oxygen with those rocks on top of the sponges. Try it w/out with your other seeds and see if it makes a diff.

I will give it a shot, I am wondering now if maybe oxygen was the problem all along I didnt have any airstones in my AG res until now......... I shouldve known better

airstones are not needed in the aerogarden but probobly doesnt hurt....

The water does fine if you change it 1-2 times every 2 weeks, I usually change it once a week...at least for the first few weeks....as long as the aerogarden pump is working fine it should be good enough...


Good luck
Peace
-Tek

now he tells me no airstones needed after i just went out and bought one to help solve my similar problem

oh well
more is better right

not all the time....especially when it comes to nutes....Less is more

Good luck
Peace
-Tek

I feel the aerogarden does much better with an airstone... otherwise the water is pretty stagnent when the pump aint running .. I would use one if not already

I wonder why the ag company would have settings for the pump to be off if it wasn't good for the plant...

Maybe a weed plant likes the bubbly tub better

Peace
-Tek