Help a discouraged newbie please!

[orangeman]

Why not try to pick a different area to grow? From the previous posts maybe the lack of fresh air is the prob..

[inoxia sativa]

i have been very successful in the early stage. The plant has no roots so it feeeds through the small leaves. If you are blowing the fan onto those leaves it is drying them out before it can absorb the water. Young gals cannot have ANY air blowing on them. Try covering for the first week and take off in fresh air about 20 minutes a day. Then as time goes on, extend that time till they are all growd up and ready for veg stage. Good luck man

[stinkyattic]

You are possibly over-watering. Try starting with a sterile medium. Try jiffy pots or other starter cube in a tray with a cover. After soaking them at first, do not let them sit in standing water. You don't want to overdo the Superthrive but a drop in a cupful won't hurt.

This is EXACTLY what I do with 100% seedling survival. I would keep watering them with distilled water, using 1 drop superthrive per gallon.
Once you can see the sprouts come up, take the cover off so you don't get fusarium or pythium (damping- off, a really common cause of seedling death). Only water by pouring into the tray so the peat pellets soak it up from beneath, so as not to disturb the plant's VERY delicate first roots.

Only use bagseed for your first grow! You WILL make mistakes. It's healthy.
Stinky

[stinkyattic]

Turning yellow, stem gets thinner. It's only a matter of time now.

"Stem gets thinner"? Man, you've got a fungus problem. That is the classic symptom of damping-off. Does the stem also darken, starting at the soil line?

Fresh air and sterile medium, as well as lower relative humidity and very little temperature fluctuation.

You might try using a fungicide if you can find one gentle enough for seedlings. Neem oil is a good one.

[turtle420]

They do have air conditioning coming into the room, is that good?

Well, the a/c units typically have a outside-air open/close vent... open it up if possible.

Darn dude... I have no idea what's wrong.

Maybe Gaia is re-vibrating into the 5th dimension and The Rift is just starting under your house...

It's just, I have no idea what's wrong... .????


Darn man... sorry

[asintx]

"Stem gets thinner"? Man, you've got a fungus problem. That is the classic symptom of damping-off. Does the stem also darken, starting at the soil line?

I have tried two totally different soils with the same results, so I don't think it's a fungus.

As for airconditiong, it's central air, not a window box.

[asintx]

Thank you to everyone for your suggestions on my dying seedlings. The two suggestions I've used are moving the plants outside during the strong sunlight hours for fresh air; and I cut down watering considerably. When not in the sun, they are 20" below a 400W MH light. (18/6).

I thought the seedlings were all but dead, I smoked a bowl in their memory, but apparently I was premature.

After a few days the seedlings are actually starting to grow a set of leaves. Pictures aren't that great, but I wanted to show the week's difference. Obviously I still have a rather sick crop, but I am encouraged to see a small amount of growth. See photos.

What do y'all think? Is there hope?

If I get them to the transplanting stage, should I bury some of the leggy stem? Or would that kill them off?

[turtle420]

Yes man! There definitely IS hope!

Man, if there's no way of getting fresh air in there, I know there's a "CO2 bucket" that generates CO2.

It will not work to have a perfectly controlled, measure-ppm grow room, but I'm positive it'll help you pump some CO2 into that room.

If I remember correctly, it lasts about 3 months...

Let me do a search to see if I find it:::
Sorry man... didn't find it.

I'll try again in the future. Man, it was this bucket, that you put in your grow room, and it generated CO2 24/7. Wasn't that expensive.

But I don't know... I wouldn't want you to go all crazy with the "fresh air" idea, only to have it turn out that I was wrong and that wasn't your problem.

But keep at it man... keep at it!

[asintx]

This is EXACTLY what I do with 100% seedling survival. I would keep watering them with distilled water, using 1 drop superthrive per gallon.
Once you can see the sprouts come up, take the cover off so you don't get fusarium or pythium (damping- off, a really common cause of seedling death). Only water by pouring into the tray so the peat pellets soak it up from beneath, so as not to disturb the plant's VERY delicate first roots.

Only use bagseed for your first grow! You WILL make mistakes. It's healthy.
Stinky

Thank you pepper, I am going to try this method with bagseed: Small pot with the organic soil/perlite mixture, and I have made a plastic dome out of a clear plastic water bottle. I will keep them in the dark until they sprout, then take off the dome, and put them under CFL with no fan for a few days and see how it goes. I'll report as things develop.

[Jdog7000]

you always need a fan.
Seedlings can practicly die. And still grow huge buds if taken care of.