New here - New CFL Grower - Already having issues with seedlings. Please help!

[Farmer Rich]

Regarding pH, actually soilless mix (assuming that's what your using) is really more like hydro. I run about 6.0 in early veg, 5.6 in flower..

[Indimaniac]

No no I run fox farms soil... and I'm talking a Ph progressing to 4.0 or less everytime with well water that's at 6.5 even after sitting... Ph drops so its not out of calibration Ph meter..

[haoleflip]

Well, I'd say they appear to be liking the new soil and thriving in it very well. The only one that still looks a little sickly is the one in the back middle. The other ones, especially the one on the bottom right, are showing all green leaves and healthy-looking, too! I do have one problem. My soil gets dry in 3-4 days. Can I continue to water seedlings lightly or heavily? I have read in different places to let the soil dry out to let the roots grow longer and I have heard of people watering their seedlings every 2-3 days with a bit of run-off and no issue. What are your thoughts?

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[haoleflip]

Well, I started over, changed my whole setup around, added some quality CFL lights (6400k, 10500 lumens), bigger pots, got FFoF and FFLW and the entire line of nutes and voila!

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