RDWC droopy seedling, top fed

Budley Doright

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they are drowning. can you put the top feed on a timer or just hand water 3-4 times per day?
That may even be to much, I was a two a day and turned it to 3 and started to get very slight tip blotching, back to two for a bit lol. It’s a bitch getting it right with the sponge we call rockwool, most of the issues at the seedling stage are due to over watering :(.
 

PetFlora

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even if you meant 15 seconds that's way too long at any stage, but especially at this stage

Consider hand basting until they get 4"+ tall
 

Hydrowannabe

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Bro they’re just flat out too small for the system right now. I run my seedlings in 3oz mouthwash cups with coco and fill it with roots then when it’s bigger, take it out, knock off excess coco, and bury the rootball in a net pot with hydroton. 3 days later, this.View attachment 4106821View attachment 4106822
What brand/size tote is that. I can’t find a low profile size tote like that that’s built like that. Most of the totes that I find are just too large (15 gal and up). Hdx totes are great but I have never seen a tote that looks like that. I’m thirsty for that tote ,..if you can’t tell
 

Airwalker16

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What brand/size tote is that. I can’t find a low profile size tote like that that’s built like that. Most of the totes that I find are just too large (15 gal and up). Hdx totes are great but I have never seen a tote that looks like that. I’m thirsty for that tote ,..if you can’t tell
Haha it's sterilite brand stackable from Walmart. Sure you could find online.
 

HydroRed

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Dial back your feed pump intervals to like 15min every 6 hrs or so if you are stuck with a 15 min increment timer. Let those rooter plugs come up for some air, they're drowning. I'll bet you see root growth within a day or two.
 

Budley Doright

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Dial back your feed pump intervals to like 15min every 6 hrs or so if you are stuck with a 15 min increment timer. Let those rooter plugs come up for some air, they're drowning. I'll bet you see root growth within a day or two.
I start at two floods a day until roots appear then increase.
 

PetFlora

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My best roots ever (aside from when I had hpa dialed in) 3 minutes on and ~ 40- 60 minutes off; depends on ambient temps

hth
 

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