HELP: New plants stunt growth

[BobCh]

Hello,

Following on my plants progress, this is how they look today, I think they look weird, is there any more problems or am I doing well?

Thanks

Hello all, this is my 5th trial of growing, i was trying to learn from my mistakes in the previous trials and read almost all kinds of topics.
So I made the setup pretty much as it should be, when my new babies started to sprout I put them in a disposable plastic cups, that was 5 days ago, but since the 3rd day I noticed that the firat tiny couple leaves looks burn and curled up in 2 of them and the other one still can't remove off the seed cover yet, then I removed it by myself after 2 days and found the first leaves are wrinkled inside.
I'm watering once a day with drops, I thought maybe I'm overwatering even though it's a small cup with good drainage. So I decided to water every 2 days instead but nothing have changed.
It's the 6th day now and they stopped growing since the 3rd day.
Please help I don't want to lose them!

[growell]

does it say on your bag of soil no need to feed for 3 to4 weeks if it does means it full of nutes if your cups are clear it means light can get to your roots and roots like 100% dark so your better with dark cups then your lights cfls use them from seed until 1 or 2 sets of true leaves appear then put plant under your new light right till harvest the cob lights u got can be used as extra lighting in veg or flower or both check the light spectrum of cobs if got more red use in flower if blue use in veg dont know what happened on last post mate hope this helps

[growell]

i just wrote a big reply somehow went to reply never went through bollocks here we go again on soil bag does it say enough feed for 4 weeks or anything like that your cups are better if dark blocks light root want 100% darkness your plant wont like it if not your lights use cfl from seed until 1or2 true leaves appear then put plant under your new light until harvest your cobs can be used as extra lighting either veg flower or all the way through not with the cfl at beginning though if u know the light spectrum of cobs if more blue use in veg if more red use in flower if they are start to finish lights use through both dont know what happened on other post mate hope this better just message me mate and i help good luck

[growell]

no way to test soil for nutes i buy normal seedling soil i in uk it hard to get sterial soil unless u get off internet dont fancy ordering 300litres to my door haha just sent reply and both come through what a piss take what country u in mate

[BobCh]

Well all your replies are sent and it's pretty much the same lol
Ok the bag doesn't say much that's what it's says "Perfect Ready Soil (Betmos & Fermi-Compost & Vermiculite & Perlite )10 liter" nothing else, I bought it locally from Egypt where I'm now.
Okay I understood that I shouldn't use transparent cups for the sake if roots, so what should I do now as they didn't develop true leaves yet?
I did quote my other post last time you can press on ⏩ bside quote or simply scroll up to the first post in this subject "HELP: New plants stunt growth"
Thanks mate

[buds73]

The replies to your original post that you quoted above mentioned pH and root issues. Have you addressed these issues or checked your ph now and made any adjustments? If your water pH is too high or too low your plants will show deficiencies regardless of your watering schedule. Your plants can only take in nutrients within a certain range. I'm new to growing myself and I'm still a little unsure if I'm watering enough or too little but my plants look healthy so I'm just keeping doing what I'm doing. From my very limited experience (it's been 4 weeks since I started) where watering is concerned listen to all the advice given and follow it but you have to kind of use your own judgement too. Everyone's medium, plants, containers etc is different so schedules will be different for each person but the basic guidelines are there for you.

[MeEasy]

It's not check the top of the soil with your knuckle or just touching the top. I didn't specify to stick your finger into the soil up to your first knuckle because it was already said above. I figured that we were past that detail

You need to stick your finger into your soil up to your first knuckle and feel if it is wet or dry. Picking up a little solo cups to judge weight is not recommended (by me anyway) because there's just not enough difference in weight between wet and dry to tell. But lifting a 3-10 gallon pot there is a big difference in weight so it is a good way to judge. I personally like to check by touching because I have a bad back and it hurts me to pick em all up every day. One more thing to know is every plant will drink water at a different rate so you might water one more often than the other then the next week the other one will want more water, same thing with nutrients and training plants are like people they eat, drink, grow, and look different and that is why you can't replace experience by reading the directions. There is no exact water schedule. I hope this helps clear up why everyone has a little different answer to the same question.

[BobCh]

Not saying you said that all, or if it's right or wrong, just highlighting that all these methods got me confused, that's it. I really appreciate your help anw, thanks.

[growell]

Dont know about the burn or curls if not light issue or maybe u just got a hot bit of soil not mixed maybe watering what i do is water feel weight of containner then when leaves start to droop check with finger it still sometimes feel moist so i dont rely on finger method totaly i feel the weight of pot and if it feels light water thats the easy way to tell mate if seedling like yours i water with spray bottle couple sprays round plant hope helps mate

[BobCh]

Thank you mates, after all your advices I will try to keep watering in a reasonable ratio and keep monitoring them if changes occur and will keep you posted.
Thank you all, wish you high grow ✌️

[BobCh]

Hello again, would anyone know why the new leaves are developing so tight together? And is there any way to fix it?
The other one's cotyledon turned yellow is it okay?

[CaptainWiese91]

What soil is that you are using ??

[growell]

ye they always turn yellow and if your nodes are growing close togher thats a good thing i think mate