Yellow leaves...

This morning my strongest seedling showed yellow spots on some of the upper leaves and the lowermost set of leaves. The only things different in the last days were:

--Some soil was on the top leaves for a day or two. Can this cause temporary discoloring that I should not worry about?
--Instead of being outside at 7am this morning I took it from the windowsill to the outdoors at noon. I really don't think this has anything to do with it.

Do I care at all? My initial thinking is it will go away and not be a problem, but the lower leaves concern me some. Thanks for the help!

The lower leaves are cotyledon's. Food sac's when the plant is able to survive on it's own they turn yellow dry up and fall away

Sweet, so no worries. Thanks Shaman. How about the spots on the upper leaves?

Did you get water or soil on them? What are you feeding them?

Sorry there was soil on them that might be your prob.

Sould be fine.
Good luck and Happy Growing

Yeh man everything is fine, like shaman said, bottom leaves are suppose to do that, and spots were most likely from soil. Your good to go, Grow on : )

Did you feed them? ..may be a slight nutrient burn on the top leaves

Don't feed them and consider transplanting into 3 gallon container NOW...

your soil looks GOOD.... perlite is good for your soil.. prevents over watering and provides pockets of o2 for your roots...

areyou pH ing your water... this is vital!!!

lovelovelove

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Garden Knowm said:

Did you feed them? ..may be a slight nutrient burn on the top leaves

Don't feed them and consider transplanting into 3 gallon container NOW...

your soil looks GOOD.... perlite is good for your soil.. prevents over watering and provides pockets of o2 for your roots...

areyou pH ing your water... this is vital!!!

lovelovelove

pH Water - See More Buds

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Thanks for the help knowm! As for feeding, I haven't done any (3 weeks from seed now) because the soil I bought (Schultz seed starter plus) was billed as having slow release stuff in it for nine months...lots longer than the plant will be around.

I have a larger container just for this plant (3-gallon was what I was going to use with an LST method), but was going to wait until I could see roots at the bottom of the current pot. Is it better to do it now? Why?

The guy at the garden shop said this was the best soil he had (should be...$6 for an 8-quart bag).

I have NOT ph'ed any of the water...just using purified water from Publix. This is my first grow, and I'm accumulating equipment and techniques as I go. Would you say the ph thing should be at the top of my list? What can happen if I don't pay attention to this detail?

Also, I don't have any ferts and didn't plan on it with this plant, as it will spend most of it's time outdoors (in a pot, though). I've been doing a heavy self-ed for the last month, and haven't gotten a complete understanding of the ph and ferts thing yet. I'm currently reading a book on hydro that addresses these issues in the next chapter, so I will be better equipped soon!

Thanks again for the help!

slow feeding soil is bad bad bad IMO