Dieing leaves, should I cut them off?

I have five 2 week old seedlings who have gotten off to a very rought start. Two days ago I transplanted them into 3 gallon buckets and I'm hoping to not make any more mistakes, but what should I do about the leaves that are already dieing?

As you can see, the lowest set have turned yellow and rigid on all of them and I suspect that the second set of leaves are also headed that way, however, the new foliage looks green and healthy. So what should I do?

If I had more seeds I would consider just starting over but I hate to waste these babies if there is a chance that any of them could produce. I'm also concerned that all this early stress and turmoil is going to turn all of them into males and then I'm gonna be living on a dude ranch. Ahh, what to do, what to do.

did they just do this when you transplanted them or were they like that

looks like you were overwatering, or they went into shock from the transplant. you could cut off those yellow ass leaves or let them fall of naturally

jsteezy1290 said:

did they just do this when you transplanted them or were they like that

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They were wilting really bad and beginning to yellow when I decided to transplant out of the dixie cups. Now I don't know what roots are supposed to look like but theres were all long, white, and stringy and they were running all the way down the sides of the cup to the bottom.

chitownsmoking said:

looks like you were overwatering, or they went into shock from the transplant. you could cut off those yellow ass leaves or let them fall of naturally

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See, I'm not sure if it was overwatering or underwatering. The downward spiral seemed to be triggered by a day when I accidentally left the tent zipped up without the exhaust fan on. Also, I don't think the transplant shocked them, their stems look greener but there is definitely still room for improvement.

So will growth happen faster if I cut off the yellow leaves at the node or just let them fall off? Some of the dieing leaves started to curl up and over the healthy leaves, almost in an effort to block their light.

get rid of the yellow ones, the plant is waisting energy tyring to heal them (which isn't gonna happen) either pinch em off with clean fingernails, or snip em with steril scissors, you should be good to go. the tops look fine. what kind of light?

SloMo said:

get rid of the yellow ones, the plant is waisting energy tyring to heal them (which isn't gonna happen) either pinch em off with clean fingernails, or snip em with steril scissors, you should be good to go. the tops look fine. what kind of light?

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Thank you, I had suspected that something like might be going on. I just plucked them now and I noticed a faint aroma in the tent.

I have a 600 watt light with MH bulb. AFter the transplant I had it about 2.5 ft above them and then I noticed that the plants were stretching again so I lowered it to about 1.5 ft today but now it looks like the leaves are cupping, should I raise it a little?

no.

dont cut em, when they stop doing their job they will fall off.

never prune before the first branches are at least 1/2"

yes, 600 puts out quite a bit of radiant heat, those are just babies. i'd give em around 24 inches. the tried and tru method is put your hand in there... does it feel hotter than a nice summer day at the top of your plants? if so, too close.... if not adjust. btw name caught my eye... i'm drinkin a quart of new castle now LOL!

NOWitall said:

no.

dont cut em, when they stop doing their job they will fall off.

never prune before the first branches are at least 1/2"

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tits or gtfo.... where does your info come from?

why does the soil in your plants look groomed? was that for the pics? the ground keeping there looks better then my zen garden! LOL. just bustin your chops! whats the humidity like in there?

SloMo said:

why does the soil in your plants look groomed? was that for the pics? the ground keeping there looks better then my zen garden! LOL. just bustin your chops! whats the humidity like in there?

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Lol, I laid wormcastings on top and did smooth it out a bit my hands. My humidity usually stays between 40-50%. I have a warm mist humidifier but it draws 3 amps and only seems to raise the humidity a few points so I don't always put it in there.

Btw, I tried to make a random name and this is what I came up with...of course, I have heard of the beer, so it may have been subconciously in my head...I'll have to give it a try.

SloMo said:

yes, 600 puts out quite a bit of radiant heat, those are just babies. i'd give em around 24 inches. the tried and tru method is put your hand in there... does it feel hotter than a nice summer day at the top of your plants? if so, too close.... if not adjust.

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My hand only gets hot when it's within 6 inches of the light, but I know thats way too close. I guess I'll just leave them were theyre at and check on them in the morning.

try misting the leaves with distilled water from a spray bottle once a day. this will increase the humidity around her.

Don't cut your leaves!!!!!

So, I chopped off the 1dt set of leaves and now the 2nd have gone completelely yellow and are almost ready to fall off. It seems like as new leaves grow, the old ones are dying. I don't think there is much hope for these babies.



Anyone have any idea what might be going on here? If I trash these plants can I re-use the soil?