nature is merciless

well..
in the beginning i had 5 healthy seedlings about 3 inches from the ground
then tradgedy struck and the next door neighbors cats trampled one of them (which i was able to recover with splints) and ate another.
i then moved the plants to another location where cats cant go.
tradgedy struck once again and torrential rains caused two pots to completely fall over, destroying both plants. now i only had two plants left. Very healthy plants though.
anyways, when i looked at the soil of the tipped over pots, i noticed something repulsive--i counted 6 pillbugs/sowbugs crawling all over the soil.

now ive heard that these things could be detrimental to a plant's life.
i am not sure whether they have infested my healthy plants, plus it is still pouring out and given the spot that they are growing, i am unable to get to them when it's raining.
my first question is- is there any way to save my plants from infestation? i dont know anything about pesticides..

Also, i planted my plants on may 19th after germinating them in paper towels so they were already above the soil with leaves the next day. it has been exactly 2 weeks and one day and i dont have a photo as of now but the plant has those two round seedling leaves, two big pointy leaves, and more pointy leaves coming out from the stalk. i noticed from other peoples seedling journal things that their plants are sprouting leaves faster than mine, although for some reason, comparing my seedlings to seedlings that people have posted pictures of, the actual stem of my seedlings are very skinny and abnormally tall...
so my second question is, could this reflect the way im growing it, or simply the strain that it is? (i recieved these seeds from a friend and we dont know the strain)

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Originally Posted by sliver

well..
in the beginning i had 5 healthy seedlings about 3 inches from the ground
then tradgedy struck and the next door neighbors cats trampled one of them (which i was able to recover with splints) and ate another.
i then moved the plants to another location where cats cant go.
tradgedy struck once again and torrential rains caused two pots to completely fall over, destroying both plants. now i only had two plants left. Very healthy plants though.
anyways, when i looked at the soil of the tipped over pots, i noticed something repulsive--i counted 6 pillbugs/sowbugs crawling all over the soil.

now ive heard that these things could be detrimental to a plant's life.
i am not sure whether they have infested my healthy plants, plus it is still pouring out and given the spot that they are growing, i am unable to get to them when it's raining.
my first question is- is there any way to save my plants from infestation? i dont know anything about pesticides..

Also, i planted my plants on may 19th after germinating them in paper towels so they were already above the soil with leaves the next day. it has been exactly 2 weeks and one day and i dont have a photo as of now but the plant has those two round seedling leaves, two big pointy leaves, and more pointy leaves coming out from the stalk. i noticed from other peoples seedling journal things that their plants are sprouting leaves faster than mine, although for some reason, comparing my seedlings to seedlings that people have posted pictures of, the actual stem of my seedlings are very skinny and abnormally tall...
so my second question is, could this reflect the way im growing it, or simply the strain that it is? (i recieved these seeds from a friend and we dont know the strain)

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your are babies are skinny because their stretched out with lack of sun getting to them,Just about all growing of mary jane revolves around the sun:thumbsup:
take some soil from another spot and put it over the long linky babies stem ,but not a lot of soil ! just enough to keep'em upright and standing the way you want them :dance:

also, although they are growing, they are growing EXTREMELY slow, it been about 2 weeks and 4 days since they sprouted from the soil and are only on their third set of leaves (including the seedling leaves)
could this lack of growth be to the lack of sun the northeast has been getting lately?
what can i do to help it out?

:thumbsup: i'd relocate it to a more sunny place where there's less shade as i said it revolves around the sun to grow any cannabis