Are these growing well?

I have these 5 sprouts, they are 11 days above ground.
The question i have is are they growing slow?

I have a mars 49 eco
Temps during day around 80 and suring night around 70
I did re use my old happy frog soil from last grow without doing anything to it. It was rather dry lost all it's moisture.
I only water when really dry for the spouts, i just watered in the photo.
I keep a fan running on them to strengthen them up

There is one in the middle, and the smallest one (Blood Rose) which i started a couple days later, are the ones who seem to be at normal pace

I feel like all my other sprouts get up much faster, and these are really stunted i feel. I'm not sure from the re used soil or maybe it's just me being inpatient. I wanna know what you think
Thanks

Plants develop roots before leaves , they will start to surge in a week or so

tyke1973 said:

Never re use Soil ,for the price it cost for a bag.Soil that has all ready been used can retain old nutrients and salts.They look OK for there age,most of the seedlings growth at this stage ,is going on below the soil ,Building good Roots.Just hope that there was no Fungas knats in the soil ,Future buy new soil in .

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I read that about reusing soil. No fungus gnats. I am going to be buying fresh soil and transplanting them into that here in about a week, they just dont seem vigourous in growth. I am also running 18/6 for the first time so maybe they are a little more focused in root growth right now. I've always ran 24/0 and growth seems much quicker.

Looking good. They're not all stretched and spindly. Don't fuss with them too much.

tyke1973 said:

Never re use Soil ,for the price it cost for a bag.Soil that has all ready been used can retain old nutrients and salts.They look OK for there age,most of the seedlings growth at this stage ,is going on below the soil ,Building good Roots.Just hope that there was no Fungas knats in the soil ,Future buy new soil in .Let them dry out between watering so the roots search out moisture.

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Actually lots of people reuse soil. Many organic growers reuse their soil over and over again. They will amend it but never throw it away. If done properly it just keeps getting better over time.

xtsho said:

Looking good. They're not all stretched and spindly. Don't fuss with them too much.




Actually lots of people reuse soil. Many organic growers reuse their soil over and over again. They will amend it but never throw it away. If done properly it just keeps getting better over time.

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I concur but I wouldn't put seedlings in any soil that might contain nutrients

xtsho said:

Looking good. They're not all stretched and spindly. Don't fuss with them too much.




Actually lots of people reuse soil. Many organic growers reuse their soil over and over again. They will amend it but never throw it away. If done properly it just keeps getting better over time.

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They did a little stretch at first then i buried then up to there neck and moved the light closer.
Yeah i never really read into reusing soil that much, then i did and read it's better amended and given time. I'm just gonna use fresh soil when i transplant. I think they are doing okay not optimal in my opinion

Herb & Suds said:

I concur but I wouldn't put seedlings in any soil that might contain nutrients

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I make my own seedling blend with Promix HP, EWC, and vermiculite. Started mixing my own after frying a batch of seedlings in FF Ocean Forest.

Herb & Suds said:

Plants develop roots before leaves , they will start to surge in a week or so

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True dat star

xtsho said:

Looking good. They're not all stretched and spindly. Don't fuss with them too much.




Actually lots of people reuse soil. Many organic growers reuse their soil over and over again. They will amend it but never throw it away. If done properly it just keeps getting better over time.

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using organic soil and soil that has been used with nutrients like canna or advanced ,I would not advice re using .Start with a fresh batch that way you know what's in there .Not worth risking losing a strain that could turn out to be special,over a bag of soil that cost about 12 quid.A lot less chance of problems when using organic nutrients .I all ways only ever half full a pot with soil or coco ,coco mainly once it breaks surface,then starts to grow,they normally stretch .This is when I add the extra coco so it comes right up to the top of stem,in time roots will grow from it .Get the light closer to the top of the plant,not so close it will cause burning or bleaching.Also add a fan,that will give it slight movement.It will help ,keep the stem stronger.This will give you a far stronger plant,I rather make a stem tougher by getting the plant used to moving through the fan ,rather than making it work less ,by tying it to a stake to help support it.I found these plant far less easy to work with when training later on .You want a tough plant one you can train with out ,the worrie of it breaking .Good luck ,at the stage of the second set of leaves showing I do feed 0.5 ec ,then after a couple of week 1.1 ec .

I transplanted them into some gallon bags with better soil. Some organic soil with some worm castings, blood meal and a little epsom salts mixed in.
It's been a week since i transplanted i watered 3 days ago, and watered today with a light feeding of cal mag and some floralicious plus.
But they still haven't "surged" and are growing but slow. Maybe they will grow stronger with they're first feeding? Here's them now 8 days later from the last photos i posted. In total about 19 days from seed.
The 2 Blood Rose came a couple days later but still slow i feel

You don't need to be feeding those seedlings. At that size any decent soil will feed them for weeks.

The BR will probably catch up they all look healthy

Alright thanks fellas just checking up they seem to be doing better in this soil from the time I've transplanted them

xtsho said:

You don't need to be feeding those seedlings. At that size any decent soil will feed them for weeks.

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I just checked the soil I'm using. Epsoma organic soil, apparently doesn't have any fertilizers in it, and they recommend using something after about 2 weeks. But i did add a cup of worm casting and blood meal and a cup of vermiculite. They have a yellowish look to them as well. Did i not add enough of the worm casting or blood meal? I feel the slow growth is from this soil. Always used happy frog and never had such slow growth.