r/hydro • u/WhatLiesBeyondThis • 3d ago
Should I terminate her?
I've been having trouble getting started. She came out looking a bit deform - color was yellowish green and (as can be seen on the picture) she had burned areas. She's way behind my last grow - at day sixteen she's as developed as the last one was at day ten.
Today she had a much healthier color and I could see the roots had finally hit the reservoir - so I think that is the reason. I put another seed to germinate, a couple of days ago, just to be safe. What do you guys think? Should I trash her and hope this next seed does better? I only have one bucket to grow in - the tent is not that big. So I can only grow multiple seedlings until it's time to put it in the bucket.
Edit: forgot the important part - it's an auto, which is why I'm asking. Had it been a photo, I would just let her grow.
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u/JVC8bal 3d ago
That's not unusually small for day 16 of an auto.
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u/WhatLiesBeyondThis 3d ago
Ah ok. This is only my second time growing DWC and this seedling looked deformed and behind the last one. Everyone always says if a auto seedling is stunted you should start over. Thanks for easing my mind. I'll let her run.
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u/Numerous-Alfalfa-297 2d ago
No don’t . The runt of my last batch was the strongest and best tasting out of the lot!
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u/Klutzy-Trash 3d ago
The baby leaves 🍃 are almost buried. My guess? Your suffocating it. It needs air. Not execution.
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u/WhatLiesBeyondThis 3d ago
Yea i suspect the rockwool cube was too saturated. Now the roots are in the res it looks much better
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u/SoulShine_710 3d ago
Not baby leaves, cotyledons and they just provide food for the seedling to get a jump start of nutrients. My guess is, ph, nutrient, most likely cal/mag & too much light or nitrogen. I think with some tlc, should could be saved. Do you have access to safe, clean, clones?
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u/WhatLiesBeyondThis 3d ago edited 3d ago
The cube was soaked in 5.5 pH water for about an hour before I planted the seed. This is what I read several places you need to do. Also that I shouldn't put nutes in that water, but only in the res. I have hard water so no need for calmag. The light might have been too bright. I had it at lowest setting, but somehow It went to maximum for a bit.
When the roots reached the res it immediately looked better. The res is mixed 1ml/l advanced nutrients ph perfect micro/grow/bloom as per instructions. I also have 2ml/l Voodoo juice in it.
But yea, its looking much better now, but the growth is still slow.
I don't have access to clones. I don't grow legally.
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u/LoraxNeverSleeps 3d ago
I never toss the runts. Sometimes they catch up. Sometimes they’re the finest smoke in the seed batch even if they don’t. I don’t select plants for yield though. I’d guess there are many elites out there that had stronger/faster growers in the same batch of seed they grew from.