MY PERLITE TURNED GREEN! is that normal?

warisnottheanswer

warisnottheanswer

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its been a week and a few days since my alaskan ice trainwreck and mazar sprouted and i was doin my usual waterin but this time it was with the first dose of ff grow big (4cups distilled water and a 1/4 teaspoon of nutes). the next day some of the perlite(im usin ff light warrior) in the cups was green:confused::confused: is that normal or is something wrong? every thing seems great they arent droopin or yellow if anyone one can help please do!
 

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repvip

repvip

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Looks like over-watering to me... do you have any drainage holes in the bottom of those cups?
 
Jonus

Jonus

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Just some harmless algae mate. Dont sweat it. Light plus nutrients is the environment algae grows in. The perlites job is to retain moisture, you have it on top where there is a lot of light, so the algae will grow.
 
repvip

repvip

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I've had similar green algae grow on my seedlings/dirt.. it usually happens (to me) when there is lots of humidity and moisture... like the post above said.. perfect combo for algae!

I usually just transplant like normal with no problems whatsoever... You are going to be fine :blsmoke:
 
warisnottheanswer

warisnottheanswer

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repvip said:
Looks like over-watering to me... do you have any drainage holes in the bottom of those cups?
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yea i poked 7 5 at the very bottom and 2 slit kinda up the side-bottom

Jonus said:
Just some harmless algae mate. Dont sweat it. Light plus nutrients is the environment algae grows in. The perlites job is to retain moisture, you have it on top where there is a lot of light, so the algae will grow.
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oh ok cool i was nervous as hell!! thanks my dude
 
warisnottheanswer

warisnottheanswer

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repvip said:
I've had similar green algae grow on my seedlings/dirt.. it usually happens (to me) when there is lots of humidity and moisture... like the post above said.. perfect combo for algae!

I usually just transplant like normal with no problems whatsoever... You are going to be fine :blsmoke:
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cool cool im new to this dont want anything crazy to happen! thanx when should i transplant?
 
repvip

repvip

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Probably everyone has different opinions on when to transplant... I would let a few nodes grow before transplanting... at least wait until you can see roots coming out the drainage holes for those small cups...

Do you have a fan blowing to strengthen the stems?
 
Boneman

Boneman

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warisnottheanswer said:
its been a week and a few days since my alaskan ice trainwreck and mazar sprouted and i was doin my usual waterin but this time it was with the first dose of ff grow big (4cups distilled water and a 1/4 teaspoon of nutes). the next day some of the perlite(im usin ff light warrior) in the cups was green:confused::confused: is that normal or is something wrong? every thing seems great they arent droopin or yellow if anyone one can help please do!
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No worries. I just did a "hempy" grow which was 100% perlite.....yes perlite was my grow medium, no dirt, soil, verm, nothing but p'lite. Just as Jonus said nothing but harmless algae. You can check out my journal in my signature and see the same algae on my p'lite.
 
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