New born: already troubled. Need Quick Help Please (Pics Inside)

Hey. Heres my set up. 76 Degree/30% humidity. atmosphere differs easily depending on when I squirt water. Oscillating fan over the 3 sprouts at all times on high to keep temperature to 76 and not reaching above 80 degrees.

I water every time the moist measurer I have shows dry. so basically every day I squirt water in the cups to dampen the soil.

Here are the pictures. It consists of: Droopy leaves, Yellow leaves, and droopy AND yellow leaves.

Its been about almost a week into the grow session.



Close up of yellow leaves (non droopy)


Shot of droopy leaves


Closeup shot of the droopy AND yellow leaves

could you be drowning them? watering every day seems like alot, even for small cups like that. how far down are you sticking your moisture meter?

I stick my moisture meter down to root level. I make sure to take accurate measurements before making a decision. I agree that watering everyday seems like too much. Every time I get home from work or am out of the house it seems like the soil is bone dry. And thats by both testing with fingers and the meter itself. I'm using Fox Farm Ocean Soil and I recently moved the plants down a bit from the CFLs but that doesn't seem to help either. So I decided to move them up inches away just so they can get more light =\ I'm so confused at this moment.

cut the watering for a day or two

yeah, that's wierd, are you using nutes? over fert?

do you have a fan running? and I think you should get them out of the cups there safe to drink from but the dirt mite be leaching the kems from the cup

ORECAL said:

yeah, that's wierd, are you using nutes? over fert?

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no Nutrients since I heard its a no-no to do the nutrients in the first few weeks of vegetation. Just Fox Farms

cheetah2007 said:

cut the watering for a day or two

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Will do bro, I really hope that will work. Is there any cure for overwatering besides time?

do you have a fan running? and I think you should get them out of the cups there safe to drink from but the dirt mite be leaching the kems from the cup

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Yes, I have an oscillating fan in the front blowing over my whole box for the time being until I can mount me some fans in it to lower the heat that the bulbs are discharging. What small containers do you suggest then if not Styrofoam cups?

Brux013 said:

no Nutrients since I heard its a no-no to do the nutrients in the first few weeks of vegetation. Just Fox Farms


Will do bro, I really hope that will work. Is there any cure for overwatering besides time?

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start nutes after the end of week 3! no, i think there isn't other cure .

cheetah2007 said:

start nutes after the end of week 3! no, i think there isn't other cure .

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I just watered them an hour ago which i guess didn't help. from the looks of what state they are currently in is there a chance they will survive from the alleged over-watering?

Brux013 said:

I just watered them an hour ago which i guess didn't help. from the looks of what state they are currently in is there a chance they will survive from the alleged over-watering?

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yes there is chance for survival man.the "Cannabis sativa" is the tuffist crop ever man !!!

i had the same problem with my first grow im on me second now just water them every 2 days aslo spraying the leaves can confuse the plant and also burn holes into the leaves with the light beaming onto them hope this helps

just cut the watering for two days

northernlights said:

i had the same problem with my first grow im on me second now just water them every 2 days aslo spraying the leaves can confuse the plant and also burn holes into the leaves with the light beaming onto them hope this helps

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Thanks for the encouragement bro, your advice helped me alter my perception on the matter. I too am spraying them which probably makes my CFLs burn my leaves which is why they are yellowing. Never thought of it that way. Every 2 days it is. I guess I'm just going to have to be patient. The whole thing is exciting and I guess rushing into things isn't going to make anything better =\

also when your plants are flowering i wouldn't spray them as it may cause bud rot, just dont spray them i never do and it doesn't affect them

yeah, i never spray on my plants. i used to do that in the beginning, but the plants absorb the water from the soil and i think thats enough for them to have happy life lol

How much water is an adequate amount for each plant until the transplant from cup to pot is needed? I know it depends but a fair measurement would really help me out with my first grow. For every other 2-3 days I should give them 'X' amount of water?

when the water comes out from the holes on the bottom of the pot - it's enough

just use the same size cup the pots are in and fill it a third of the way up i usually hold it up and poor lil by little when there young until its drips from the bottom, have u got any perlite in your pots it helps with drainage and prevents root rot, if not buy some before you re pot them also is there holes in the bottom of your cups?

by the way when you mix perlite into your soil mix make sure theres 30% perlite to 70% soil happy growing and i hope they pick up soon

yes, two parts soil one part perlite or gravel