Newbie grower made a big mistake

[Devillo]

OK so I'm new to growing I purchased a tent a 300w led full spectrum light and put some seeds in the soil they started to grow one pot contained 2 plants which 1 died and my other pot I just threw some in that weren't really germinating about 6 in total not expecting them to grow at all but as the fates would have it now I have a relatively overcrowded pot I'm at the 2 week mark one of my babies is flourishing as I am expecting its soaking up all the goodies the plant itself is short and is working on its 3rd node after a lot of research I realize the grave mistake I made putting more than one seed in transplanting is just a couple days away and I need to know what you guys think should do put em all in and see what happens or do i focus on trying to transplant the biggun without killing it

[Gingerbeard]

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[JDU]

Nothin wrong with planting a few seeds in one pot. it isn't very hard to separate them. Fill the new pot with soil & use a big spoon from the silverware drawer to dig a hole in the center. Now cut into the soil with the spoon circling a seedling & on the last cut lift the plant out. Tip the spoonful off into the hole & pack it in. Water let dry- water again. It may wilt a little but don't react & over water. It'll be fine in a day or 2.

[Rwise]

And I have just pulled the extras and re-potted them, sure they wilt a bit, a bit of water misted on them helps. I would use Voodoo juice to water them with,,,helps root production.

[Devillo]

Do they look good they arent growing much and all the vids and posts I've seen have much taller more vibrant looking babies

[dilvish]

Just be careful replanting them. make sure they go into soil and pots that drain well. don't overwater and make sure they get enough light move them under the 300W to about 18-24 inches. Too much light and they will suffer light burn...not enough they will stretch and reach for the light which you really don't want. Heat the room to about 26-28C and have a fan blowin gently on them at least 8 hours a day.

They all look healthy and unless you have super soil, invest in some soil nutrients (ones designed for soil, not hydro or Coco coir) and feed them every other watering.

[Devillo]

Thanks a lot for the Input you guys im still intimidated by the whole process but I'm hoping, I'll keep you all posted with more pics

[mactheman]

i use a small fork to trans plant to many seedling in the pot dig well down in the pot and make sure youve loosened the soil well underneath the seedling/s before lifting the fork or what ever you use,got as much soil around the seedling as you can being very careful not break the tap root ,,luck..... mac;;;;

[Gingerbeard]

Devillo Did I miss what sort of seeds you're using or where you got them? That is, are you growing autos, fems, regulars, or bag seed. It can make a huge difference in the size of your plants at different times. From what I see in your pots, you have two or three strains which means you're probably bagseeding. Transplanting should be done for two reasons, in your case. The pot is pretty small and you might grow a tall strain and a short strain in the same pot. Me, I'd transplant the healthiest in each pot to my final pot. Leave the slackers to see if it's just a strain thing.
I just switched from bagseed to autos. My autos are killing me because it seems they're growing real slow like. My neighbor has a good 10" to his plants while mine are 5". The big difference is he's growing medium and tall strains while I'm growing short. It makes sense his would be growing faster. With bagseed, it's a crap shoot.

[Devillo]

I know that most are unknown bagseed but one the overachiever is koko puff and the one next to that is candy apple and yea it was a cleaning my room found some seeds put em in soil situation since this is my virgin voyage of voluptuous vegetation I wanted to wait until I blow a bunch on a seed bank which I'm seeing now is a much better option I live In the big mitten (michigan) and now that were a green state I thought why not try to grow fail or not with this batch the next ones will be bought from a reputable seed bank id like to try autos given my growing situation but for now I'll treat em like OG fire thanks for the tips as always its greatly appreciated

[Gingerbeard]

I learned a lot about training with bagseed. I've been fortunate not to have much in the way of troubles. Bagseed is great.

[Rwise]

Nothing wrong with bag seed, I have some going now. I will make seed with them and maybe keep them going.

[Gingerbeard]

Hey! I just remembered...

https://forum.growweedeasy.com/forum/growing-community/339996-the-great-bagseed-showdown

[Devillo]

Three weeks in got em transplanted with minor difficulty but now the lovelies arent doing so hot. my over achiever is losing the race now its bottom leaves have curled and browned theres been no noticable growth in anyone . my wife picked up some nutes and I gave just a touch of them probably about 1/4 of the recommended dose and did a brief dry wet dry period but now I grow concerned that they dont seem to be growing at all maybe I'm paranoid maybe I need more patience
But heres some pics tell me what you guys think

[dilvish]

They look okay from the pics. Just make sure they are getting enough light.
You didn't mention the type of soil used, the type of container (fabric or plastic with good drainage) whether or not you PH the water, if you use nutes and finally how often you are watering. In my experience the two biggest factors in poor grows as a newb are overwatering and not enough full spectrum light.
Honestly all kinds of things can go wrong but if you do some more reading on the growweedeasy.com site you'll have a lot of answers there.

[Devillo]

Well heres the thing when I went to purchase soil (foxfarms was my original choice) 4 different stores were completely sold out of soil believe it or not the only place i could find soil at all was me local dollar general probably due to the season the water is balanced at about 6.0 plastic 12 inch pots which I guess I need to add some drainage holes with a 300w full spectrum led about 18 inches away from the tops give or take on an 18-6 light cycle and the nutes were 9-2-7 for npk (which I used sparingly and at a quarter dose) I water when the first inch and below is dry about every other day not completely saturating them but then again maybe I'm using too little im not sure on the exact volume of water I should use and from what I've read it's all up in the air I'll keep posting the pics as they grow hopefully it's just some minor stress issues from transplanting but I dont know

[dilvish]

definitely need drainage for the pots. Make sure when you drill the holes they are around the bottom edge not the bottom of the pot. if you drill holes directly underneath the pot and then put the pot on a hard surface it defeats the purpose of drain holes.

Additionally if you bought the soil at a dollar store it is likely absolute garbage so be wary of it. It might contain all kinds of crud and may be a type that holds on to water too long.

Watering every other day is too much unless your temps are 28C or higher. If it is cheap soil even if it is dry on top it is likely still wet on the bottom which leads to root rot, hence the need for proper drainage. personally I use fabric pots because they have excellent drainage and aeration. The added bonus of fabric pots is that you can see the water leaking out the bottom and sides when you water showing that it has good drainage. seedlings don't drink a lot of water because they are still forming the root system so poor drainage and overwatering will stunt their growth. Just remember "dry on top" means dry, not semi moist. plant roots require oxygen and water is just the means for them to take in moderate hydration and nutrients...think of a human...we drink water to live but too much and we drown.

The nutes seem a bit high.... 9 seems like way too much nitrogen...hell even the GH Flora series highest Nitrogen value is 7 (Micro & Gro combined) and those values are also reduced/adjusted down for cannabis. also use nutes once per week not once per watering...every other watering should be properly PH'd plain water. This is assuming you water every 3-4 days.