floating sprouted seeds??

[killakalimist]

alright, out of 4 seeds 3 have made it this far........but i am concerned about one of them, its first set of true leaves don't look healthy, i wish i had some pics but i don't have a camera so i'm gonna hafta wait for my roommate tonight to get some pics. they are very ridged looking and not open at all.........they look like the edges were glued together on the top side..........i'm sure that is a bad description but thats the best i can do for now...........any feedback would be great

[latewood]

right on........well i mixed probably 30% perlite (from walmart) but no peatmoss and my soil is kinda hard but i guess its too late to do that..........also how much water should i be giving these things?? i've been trying to keep the soil moist and giving them water every morning...........but i read somewhere that watering everyday like that can make them rootbound, is this right?? should i increase the water so i only do it every couple days?? i know that when they are bigger that i'm only supposed to give them water to make it for 3 or so days..........i'm in the dark on seedlings though.................peace

I water my soil plants every 2-3 days...pour water in pot until it overflows 10-15%...don't water again until top is dry and you have to poke your finger in topsoil to find a bit of moisture.

root bound is when you have let your plant outgrow it's little pot...It won't kill your plant, but will stifle growth and yield...
so, I repot 1-2 times depending on whether or not I
am using clones or seedling...Clones 1x---seedlings 2x

1st you have starters or small 2-4" pot...after you get 4-5
sets of true leaves, you can repot into 1 gallon pots,
(if seedlings you pot in 4" pots as soon a roots begin to show through...)

Just before bloom stage. than I repot to a 2-3 gallon pot...
clones 2---seedlings 3 (they generally take longer to finish)

The rule of thumb is simple. Use as many a gallon pot as months you are going to grow...

hope this helps

lw

[killakalimist]

here are pics of one of my plants.........2 of them look like this (the other isn't quite as big), the 3rd looks beautiful..........conditions are the same for all of them........about 1 1/2ft-2ft from my 250w hps, watered about every 2 days.........is this something i screwed up?? the leaves started out looking like this, they never did look healthy, they have been curled up so that what should be the tops of the leaves wasn't even open.................

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