brotoplasm
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Hey guys,
(Pics at Bottom) I dropped these guys in rockwool cubes last Thursday after soaking overnight in tap water. Within three days they were all above ground and happy. I sprayed them with water once, and watered twice since then. Last night was the second watering, the cubes had suddenly become very dry. I was under the impression rockwool typically only needed water every 3-5 days. I PH'd the water to 5.5 (or thereabouts) and soaked each cube for 3-5 seconds in the water. After a quick shake I put the plants back into their tent under their CFL lighting.
They are G13 Labs NL auto. I have been running them 18/6 the last two days. 24hr light before that, as I researched pretty thoroughly before this grow, but evidently missed that nugget of info. No nutes yet. I have used tap water that has sat out for a minimum of 24 hours (to dechlorinate) or distilled water for each watering. Temps have gotten to 84 for a high, but are typically about 74. For some reason I decided not to turn my inline fan on until today, so that should help to lower overall tent temperatures.
Last night the plants were slightly droopy, but I figured the water would fix that. This morning the cubes were BONE dry, and the plants are now all withered and fallen over. I have had purple stems most of the way up for the entirety of the seedlings lives, the purple seems slight more evident now. There is browning at the base of 2 of the seedlings stems, and it looks to me like the stem gets thinner right where it meets the rockwool. The leaves are growing, however today they are all very wilted, hanging, and all but 1 of the plants is lying sideways on the grow medium.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I watered them a few minutes ago, to get some moisture back to the roots. PH 5.4, quick soak and back in the prop tray. I am wondering if perhaps I need to try giving them nutes now, as the true leaves were starting to take off, water more or less, raise my lights, etc. (Lighting is 6 30wt CFL mounted above the seedlings, mix of bright and normal bulbs.)
Thank you for the time and any help is GREATLY appreciated!!!!!!





(Pics at Bottom) I dropped these guys in rockwool cubes last Thursday after soaking overnight in tap water. Within three days they were all above ground and happy. I sprayed them with water once, and watered twice since then. Last night was the second watering, the cubes had suddenly become very dry. I was under the impression rockwool typically only needed water every 3-5 days. I PH'd the water to 5.5 (or thereabouts) and soaked each cube for 3-5 seconds in the water. After a quick shake I put the plants back into their tent under their CFL lighting.
They are G13 Labs NL auto. I have been running them 18/6 the last two days. 24hr light before that, as I researched pretty thoroughly before this grow, but evidently missed that nugget of info. No nutes yet. I have used tap water that has sat out for a minimum of 24 hours (to dechlorinate) or distilled water for each watering. Temps have gotten to 84 for a high, but are typically about 74. For some reason I decided not to turn my inline fan on until today, so that should help to lower overall tent temperatures.
Last night the plants were slightly droopy, but I figured the water would fix that. This morning the cubes were BONE dry, and the plants are now all withered and fallen over. I have had purple stems most of the way up for the entirety of the seedlings lives, the purple seems slight more evident now. There is browning at the base of 2 of the seedlings stems, and it looks to me like the stem gets thinner right where it meets the rockwool. The leaves are growing, however today they are all very wilted, hanging, and all but 1 of the plants is lying sideways on the grow medium.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I watered them a few minutes ago, to get some moisture back to the roots. PH 5.4, quick soak and back in the prop tray. I am wondering if perhaps I need to try giving them nutes now, as the true leaves were starting to take off, water more or less, raise my lights, etc. (Lighting is 6 30wt CFL mounted above the seedlings, mix of bright and normal bulbs.)
Thank you for the time and any help is GREATLY appreciated!!!!!!




