Yellowing & Slow growth

Just to put my situation in context, I'm a first time grower,
(cultivation for self use was just recently decriminalized in South-Africa)

I put the seeds in the seeding trays roughly Sept 18 with one seed roughly a week later.
Last week Saturday I transplanted from seeding trays to bigger pots and the health of my little plants took a turn for the worst (1 died completely and the others are not looking too great)

I grow outdoors but still in pots (photo of potting soil bag included), and water in the mornings when needed.

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Only Water when the pots are light to touch. Looks like the classic overwatering. let em dry out a bit and use a small amount of Nitrogen but not to much they should green back up. be patient with them and let those pots lighten up a bit.

Bear420 said:

Only Water when the pots are light to touch. Looks like the classic overwatering. let em dry out a bit and use a small amount of Nitrogen but not to much they should green back up. be patient with them and let those pots lighten up a bit.

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Any nutes amended in the soil to begin with? If so I don’t think adding nutes to that is a wise choice, especially at that stage in life. I agree with the over watering.

Your soil looks suspect. You dont want big peices of wood chips in your soil, when they break down they tie up the nitrogen. They are good long term but need to be fully composted before growing in. Wood chips promote fungal growth in soil, better soil for growing plants that prefer a fungal soil. Canna prefers a bacterial dominant soil. You could probably just find some stuff around you and make your own soil. Heres a 5 gallon recipe that should work. Find an area where prairie grass is growing that the soil gets some moisture, perhaps near a river or lake. Dig out the grass and shake the soil off the roots and fill bucket 2/3 with that soil. Add a few scoops of sand. Add a few scoops of rocks about the size of a pea. Remove the woody peices from your bagged soil and add a scoop of that to the soil. If you can source any droppings from an animals that eats only plants, like rabbit droppings can be added directly to the soil and dont need time to break down. And thats really all you need. If you can find worms and add them to that soil, even better.

Ntshangweni said:

Just to put my situation in context, I'm a first time grower,
(cultivation for self use was just recently decriminalized in South-Africa)

I put the seeds in the seeding trays roughly Sept 18 with one seed roughly a week later.
Last week Saturday I transplanted from seeding trays to bigger pots and the health of my little plants took a turn for the worst (1 died completely and the others are not looking too great)

I grow outdoors but still in pots (photo of potting soil bag included), and water in the mornings when needed.

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Get some kind of soil/dirt. Those barks/chips you're growing in will only cause issues!

I have seen junky potting soil that looked like that. It is for slow growing house plants. If you had a horse stable in your area you could get some good horse shit dirt. That is if you don't have access to soil less mediums.

Thanx for the reponses / advise.
Do I just re-transplant into different soil ? No undue stress to plants getting transplanted often?

Ntshangweni said:

Thanx for the reponses / advise.
Do I just re-transplant into different soil ? No undue stress to plants getting transplanted often?

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yes & its due.

Ntshangweni said:

Thanx for the reponses / advise.
Do I just re-transplant into different soil ? No undue stress to plants getting transplanted often?

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Suggest switching to bags instead of hard sided containers. Far less issues.

So I've transplanted yesterday afternoon (fix soil issue),
At least this morning they don't look any worse!!

How long before they recover? Do I remove yellowed leaves or just leave them in place?

Mightned look the prettiest, but personally I keep "less than perfect" leaves on the plant, as there are still nutrients in them.
Hope the new soil run goes better- good luck.