Two of my babies are showing an odd problem and I am not sure what it is telling me to do. It is #1 and the runt, #4. That is the best grower and the slowest grower, although the runt may have been a runt because of a j-root and not because of its genetics.

The cotyledons on both of these plants, have one of them showing a yellowing... sort of all through the middle of the leaf and not at the edges or the tips. The runt actually was showing a bit of this yellowing all over, hard to notice except under the bright lights... but I did notice it.

I purposely waited on watering last night because I just wasn't sure if it was time, and by noon today I determined that I did finally need to water everyone as there was no trace of moisture in the soil and the babies were starting to look a bit limp to me. In other words, I am pretty sure that I am not over watering.

Looking at other grow logs, I don't see any reference to the cotyledons falling off, but when I look at growing forums of other plants, I see people ask about this and the answer seems to be that this is normal... and WHEN they actually fall off, it is time to do the first feeding. Could it be that I have actually created soil using MG that has a good enough flow through that I have rinsed a lot of the nitrogen out of it and this is true? Or, is this indicating that it is coming up to the time to think about transplanting the babies into larger pots soon? They are already in 6" pots and I thought that I would have till about the 3rd week or later before I had to go to the 3gal buckets.

I am trying not to stress out, and will do my normal morning pictures in about 12 hours so you can see what is going on, but other than this everything looks great and the babies look strong and are developing fast.

Emmie
emilya Reviewed by emilya on . Emmies Grow Log - White Widow Grow Log (pics coming when I get the ability to post them) 12/06 - Started germination 12/09 - 10 5/5 seeds germinated and transplanted to 6? pots. Light set to 24/0. Light is bare minimum at this point, 4? shop light with standard grow bulbs from hardware store. Ordered $500 of new lights online. 12/13 ?? got programmable thermostat and light timer today, now set to 77° day, 70° night. Also set light timer for 18/6 and added a fan to the closet to evenly distribute heat Rating: 5