help! got some problems... first timer here (pix)

so it seems like my babies are either getting dried out or burned or something.....


here's the pix

notice the spots on the leaves on the right hand side




and see how some of the leaves are curling...




they are exactly 5 weeks +1 day old...

someone suggested that i cut back on watering as well as drop the nutes..

i've watered two times no nutes, 3 days a part w/waters (use to be every other day)

all three plants are under 1 95 wat cfl in the blue spectrum

i started all of them in rock wool but because of early stretching i planted them in pots up the smaller nodes i think you call them the first set of leaves so they'd have some more stability

the soil is miricle gro ( i know bad choice ) but it's all organic vegtible not just the regular mg

any idea how to save them?!?!?!?!?!?

there's also very small nat looking bugs very small when i water they come out of the dirt it seems....

thanks in advance!

JoeBlo~~~

JoeBlo said:

the soil is miricle gro ( i know bad choice ) but it's all organic vegtible not just the regular mg

any idea how to save them?!?!?!?!?!?

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Well, it looks like you've got some nutrient burn there. Stop fertilising!

Unfortunately by avoiding the 'other' Miracle Gro products you've gone and picked an equally unsuitable alternative! I have no idea what Miracle Gro's 'Organic' soil is like but if it's anything like any others I've seen (which it does look like) it'll be full of half-composted wood chips and contain far less actual fertiliser than any peat based Multi-Purpose Compost would contain. Organic soils are far more suited to more 'experienced' growers who understand their under-fertilisation problems and enhance that area of their performane with soil amendments like worm humus and bat guano. Organic soils are not ideally suited to newbie growers I'm afraid.

You'd be far better off getting a better fertilised and better draining soil like a peat based Multi-Purpose Compost and amending it with about 30% perlite or 20/10 perlite/vermiculite and about a tablespoon per gallon of soil of dolomite lime well mixed in dry if you can easily get hold of dolomite lime, and repot your plants into this. The perlite/vermiculite is there as a buffer against over-watering and under-watering and the dolomite lime will help buffer the ph of the soil and make sure it doesn't go above 7 as well as adding in plant useable forms of Magnesium and Calcium.

Then learn and understand the 'wet/dry' method of watering and put away that fertiliser bottle for Another 3-4 weeks!

first let me say thank you for an actual information! that was a very good explination instead of just an answer!

next question...

how exactly do i "repot" my plants??

this is how i would guess to do it...
hold the plant and turn it over to get it out... then get all the soil and such off as much as possible w/o hurting the roots too much then drop it in a new pot and soil?

help cuz i'm gonna try to do this tonight!

JoeBlo said:

first let me say thank you for an actual information! that was a very good explination instead of just an answer!

next question...

how exactly do i "repot" my plants??

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Glad to be of assistance

Repotting? Read this - https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=532

nice write up i'm gonna give it a shot tonight!