Sick seedlings, please help!

Mindfuckery

Mindfuckery

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Ok I need your guys help ASAP please. All the girls have taken a turn for the worst. All of them look like shit, on the point of death.

I have a few pictures to show. What do you guys think? Tomorrow I'm buying fox farm ocean Forrest and perlite, hoping to transplant real soon. But honestly don't know if they'll make it another 24 hours. I just flushed all of them a couple hours ago. Please guys, so much money put into it. I should have put a little more thought into this but it was so spontaneous.
 

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vanillahub

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I doubt they are going to make it, they look pretty bad. If you've been watering them with ph 7 water that was the issue (twisting leaves) along with the yellowing lower leaves (need some food!) You need a ph tester which is the best investment I made when I started growing along with a lot more research. When questioing whether they are in need of water or not, pick up the cup. If it feels light, time to water, still heavy, check it in a few hours. Things change quickly with seedlings, they are like little babies. Some lessons are expensive, it's just the price you pay for knowledge I guess. Next time start out with less plants until you understand the process. Good luck!!
 
-Dodge-

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vanillahub said:
I doubt they are going to make it, they look pretty bad. If you've been watering them with ph 7 water that was the issue (twisting leaves) along with the yellowing lower leaves (need some food!) You need a ph tester which is the best investment I made when I started growing along with a lot more research. When questioing whether they are in need of water or not, pick up the cup. If it feels light, time to water, still heavy, check it in a few hours. Things change quickly with seedlings, they are like little babies. Some lessons are expensive, it's just the price you pay for knowledge I guess. Next time start out with less plants until you understand the process. Good luck!!
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Hey I am curious why watering with water at 7 ph is bad for seedlings? Are you just saying that they need food? Or are you saying the ph should be at a different level?
 
vanillahub

vanillahub

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-Dodge- said:
Hey I am curious why watering with water at 7 ph is bad for seedlings? Are you just saying that they need food? Or are you saying the ph should be at a different level?
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I ph all my water specifically for the grow medium I am using from seed through harvest. Twisting leaves is often the result of ph not being inline as well as lower yellowing leaves is often a sign of nitrogen deficiency beginning. I have 7 seedlings about the same age as the ones in this thread & they are all thriving but again I ph my water & my seedlings have already received a couple of doses of weak nutes. Hope that clears up our questions hon.
 
Mindfuckery

Mindfuckery

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They were pretty beat up before but then they turned out like that in 24 hours. Where I went wrong is diluting water with apple cider vinegar and watering with that. Cause the very next day they looked like that. Even the ones that were perfectly healthy. So I flushed all of them yesterday. I'm just hoping atleast half will recover. This sucks majorly. But I appreciate all the advice guys!
 
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