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Very slow grow, need advice

Umbre2597

Umbre2597

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So, this plant is 10, close to 11 days from seed. It hasn't changed much in 3 days.. I had a problem with over watering at first, and frankly, it's very finicky about water. I can only give it like 5 drops of water once a day or it gets overwhelmed..
I don't know if I'm doing anything wrong or not..
The strain is Dr krippling chocolate orange auto.
 

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Seems fine to me. Your watering schedule seems odd. You need to give it a good watering and then leave it alone for a bit. A little water everyday is what I would call overwatering. It needs a chance to dry out some first.
I like the artwork!
 
Needs to dry out in-between waterings for sure man. But don't drown it all at once, thinking you are making up for not watering it.
Needs some more lights. What are you using?
 
I have let it dry out. I tried last night to give it more water and the leaves drooped pretty bad, and it seams to have recovered from it. Right now I just have 2 CFLs shining on it, I have an LED light that I'm going to turn on once it gets it's first 5 fingered leafs.
 
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This is my LED light, and my entire setup.
 

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Hi umbre. This is your first time growing? I've had difficulty with some of my seeds, and I was germinating 8 at once. In the end I had to do some 11 seeds, to get a total of 7 plants, and I'm not even yet sure if last one will work or not. What i'm saying, and take this with a bit of salt 'cause I'm a new grower, maybe you should be ready to germinate another seed, its only been 10 days since it sprouted... And try some things with this one. In this instance, I would advise giving her a good watering, leafs will be droopy its ok. Let it dry. See if it recover from that. If not maybe it was a problem with this particular seed, and the next seed of this strain will go better.
Slow growth? I feel like telling you, actually its not slow, you just don't see it 'cause its happening under the soil. Right now she's developping her roots nicely, give her a few days then she'll start going on with the leafs again. She looks very fine for a 10/11 days old plant! You should see my 18 days old... Tsss, a failure. I can't/won't throw her, but neither can I hope for her to give me anything good/worth.
 
Okay. Let's take a small step here. Try real hard NOT to water it for 3 days. No drops, no water. 3 days. I'm not trying to be an idiot here, just trying to help. You are over-watering.
 
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I personally think it's fine. You need to figure out your watering. I would have wanted mine in a smaller pot at that size. Not sure why but seems like it should be.
 
I had it in a seed cube, the tap root grew to the side, and I think it got root lock. I was planning on moving it at a later time, but I didn't have anything else to put it in..
 
Or something like this, exactly, yes. Water it, only when the leafs will ask for it. And water it good. Then again let it dry. Maybe there's a drainage problem, maybe its not hot enough (although we can see on the thermometer it seems fine...)
 
Well, I didn't read a post of an areoponic with this strain, and the roots did take a while, but it ended up being a massive plant.. so I guess Im just being paranoid.. maybe I should stop smoking while I'm growing..
And yes, this is my first time growing and no matter how much you read, it always seems tuff...
 
Ok. This is my first time growing, so I guess I'm just obsessing a little. I will wait 3 days and have some pics of then
 
I read somewhere, that new grower have a tendency to "over analyze". Chill out man, it's supposed to be fun :D Don't get stressed from the start. :)
 
It's a fabric pot with a 50/50 blend of fox farms ocean forest and happy frog. I have felt all of the soil to the bottom and it feels mostly dry, so I dont think it's a problem with that.. maybe is a problem with the jiffy cube it started in not drying out enough compared to the soil. But, I'm definitely going to leave it for a few days before watering again
 
Umbre, if you haven't looked at my grow please do. I didn't join this forum until well into my switch. Little things happen through out your grow but it's weed and it's resilient. I searched the main website for answers all through my vegetative stage without ever asking for real time advice. The good people here will do everything we can to help you but a lot of it can be taken care of by smoking a bowl and forget about it. Best of luck to you.
 
Ok, you don't need to tell me twice to smoke. Might as well get stoned and continue my rewatch of Steven universe.
 
Yeah I felt right where I know there is still stuff from the jiffy cube, and it feels pretty damp. I guess that stuff just holds on to water pretty bad.
 
I think it's called too much love. I feel your pain. My first grow was a mess. Too many plants of all different strains, changing things continuously in the room, couldn't leave the plants alone, used too big of pots to soon, over analysis of everything. Expecting a huge harvest and getting a less than average final outcome.
From my limited experience, I would say that you went to big of a container too soon. That size of a plant you should only be watering every 3 or 4 days. Otherwise I think it looks healthy and you are hitting the panic button.
 
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