Seedling not Growing
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A_String
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Water line is at the bottom of the net pot (WELL below the plant). The clay pellets dry out so I need to water it. There is still structure to the leaves (They spring back to the drooped position when I lift them and there is little "give". But the droop is getting worse and still no growth. I have switched out the bucket for water (no nutrients and PH balanced correctly).
A_String
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I'd hazard a guess that it's around a 6" pot and probably very similar in depth. If you need me to be more accurate, I can go measure it.
***EDIT*** It is, indeed, a 6" pot and is about 5 3/4 to 6" deep.
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A_String
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Any idea what may have gone wrong? I have a few seeds left and, if this one is toast, I'd like to learn from my mistakes and not repeat them.
rkymtnman
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i think the roots aren't getting enough water. that is a really large amt of medium for a seedling that isn't getting top water constantly.
if you are home all day, water that thing once an hour from the top. just a bit of nutes: maybe 50 to 100 ppm.
A_String
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Okay. I will do that for sure. Now...I remember, from the first time I did this, I was told to have the water line, up to the bottom of the roots and only let it drop down once the roots cleared the bottom of the net pot. Should I be doing that as well?
I agree with icetech and rkymtnman maybe all it needs is water for those droopy leaves and ain't getting it from the bottom. When I was learning, my first indoor with one plant, thought had killed it from lack of water. It was pretty big in flower. Came home after maybe 2 days and the leaves were all hanging down like it was dead. Really bummed. Called my buddy, he said just water it and keep watering it and it soaked up, about an hour or two later it looked recovered. Surprising how fast they can recover. Good luck and hope it is just lack of water.
icetech
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I don't do the roots in the water thing at that level.. just add like 1/2 cup of water around it without nutes 2-3 times a day.. and watch your water level in the bucket so it doesn't get too high..
At this point though having the roots right in water might not hurt.. but i always top water and zero issues...
BTW.. as for why this happened.. i don't know what your roots looked like when you put it in the netpot but might have needed a little more time. Just keep it wet around it and give it a little more time.
icetech
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well too soon isn't THAT much of an issue if you keep the roots moist.. it's all a learning experience
A_String
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Plant was still not recovering so I dug her up and planted her in some soil so she can work on her roots. When I got her out, she has the tap root (only about 1.5 inches long) and some basic, VERY short, branches to it. No hairs to be seen. Roots looked terrible. So...Hopefully the move back to soil will help out. IF it perks up, I'll let it establish a better root system and move it back then.
A_String
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Sadly, there has been no growth and the wilting/yellowing is getting worse. So now, I figure it's either left over stuff causing root rot from the old clay pellets or it's a bad plant that just isn't going to go. I cleaned and soaked the pellets for almost a week (mainly because the seedling was taking WAY longer than usual to grow so I wound up waiting a long time for it). I'm more inclined to think this plant just may be a dud. But, until it yellows all the way and looks dead, I'm not giving up hope. Thanks for checking in though!
rkymtnman
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keep trying but going back and forth to soil is only going to kill it faster. it was trying to adapt soil roots to hydro roots and now its trying to adapt hydro root back to soil.
on your next attempt, use a much smaller netpot to start the seedlings. then you can just take teh small netpot and put it right into the bigger one and the roots shoudl already be in solution.
on your next attempt, use a much smaller netpot to start the seedlings. then you can just take teh small netpot and put it right into the bigger one and the roots shoudl already be in solution.
A_String
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KK. Thanks for the advice, @rkymtnman
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Maybe use a peroxide to clean the roots and kill any bacteria living in the clay pellets and then add some root inoculant.
rkymtnman
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if i were you (depends on what you have at home):
build a small cloning unit for the plant. a small tupperware container or tote? a small bucket? do you have a much smaller netpot? do you have any neoprene that you could use as a collar to suspend the plant? you'll have to be creative depeding on what you have on hand/what you can buy. i guess you have an airpump and stone you could use.
bottom line, i would keep it in hydro. unless you don't want to switch it back from soil if it recovers.
build a small cloning unit for the plant. a small tupperware container or tote? a small bucket? do you have a much smaller netpot? do you have any neoprene that you could use as a collar to suspend the plant? you'll have to be creative depeding on what you have on hand/what you can buy. i guess you have an airpump and stone you could use.
bottom line, i would keep it in hydro. unless you don't want to switch it back from soil if it recovers.