7 Day old seedling, only 1 set of leaves, advice?

[Evenflow86]

Indoor/Outdoor:                                         Indoor
Growing Medium:                                      Coco/Perlite
Growing Style:                                           Hand-watering in a grow tent
Watering/Feeding Frequency:                   Watered once every 5 days
Nutrient Strength (PPM/EC):                     No nutes used yet
PH Levels:                                                 around 6.0
Temperature/Humidity Levels:                  Range from 20 - 30 degrees, humidity stays around 40% all the time
Air Flow/Fans etc.:                                    2 desk fans inside tent for a bit of air flow
Lighting Type (CFL/HPS/MH etc.):           130W CFL hanging about 4 inches above
Total Wattage:
Growth Stage:                                           Seedling stage
Plants Age:                                                Seven days above ground
Cannabis Strain:                                        Bubble yum a free seed I received from bonza.

 

 

Hey guys after a marathon few months Ive finally secured my beans and started the bubble yum in some plastic cup with drainage holes. Don't know if I'm being a bit jumpy as its only been 7 days above ground but the seedling is only showing 1 small (1 - 1.5cm long) set of leaves with no sign yet of another set. Other pictures I have seen of a 2 week old seedling have SUBSTANCIALLY more growth than this little tacker, and as I have limited seeds I wanna try and iron out all the kinks I can before I lose control of it. Any advice would be great and I can work on getting a picture if it would help..

 

Cheers!

 

Evenflow

[Evenflow86]

Sorry im not sure how to edit that post but it has actually been 10 days now that the seedling has been above ground

[buzzo]

feed them @ 1.2 E.C. ph 5.8

Coco specific nutes

[Evenflow86]

Thanks for the advice buzzo, I wondered about the feeding but I thought the general rule was to not feed until at least 3 sets of leaves. Maybe that's soil im thinking of. I will give it a try.

 

Cheers Evenflow

[Bentato]

1.2 can be pretty strong when they are that small (that said some plants will take it just fine) i start at 0.8, see how they like it and work your way up to 1.2 when they are in full veg swing from there

[buzzo]

Thanks for the advice buzzo, I wondered about the feeding but I thought the general rule was to not feed until at least 3 sets of leaves. Maybe that's soil im thinking of. I will give it a try.

 

Cheers Evenflow

Picture tells a thousand words. Let me see them.

If they are dark green leaves and very runty looking, then Beno is about right @ 0.8

If they are Mid lush to pale green get into them with 1.2

E.C. of 1.2 won't be overfeeding any seedling in Coco.

 

Every Deep Dark green Runty looking seedling I have grown ends up being a Potent monster.

See this Runt was 4 days old and it grew sooo slowly until week 2

 

This is what she looked like @ week 5

Edited August 19, 2013 by buzzo

[Evenflow86]

Hey buzzo, thanks heaps for the info mate, was going to feed up this afternoon but I would like to hear your verdict first as I've also noticed the last few days the leaves have been drooping/curling down a bit now, not sure whether that's from underfeeding also or something else.

 

My humidity seems to remain pretty low in my tent (around 28%) now, which might also be causing problems.. I plan on getting a cheapish humidifier tomorrow. Anyway the pics are on the way, should have them up tonight, I seem to be having issues with my camera now *sigh*

 

Cheers

 

Evenflow

 

 

[Evenflow86]

Ok here we go, please have a look and let me know if you have any advice

 

 

Sorry about the picture quality, the left and middle pic is the bubble yum that's 11 days old and the pic on the right is a Silver LA seed that's 4 days above ground. I guess they look reasonably healthy for young seedlings but seems like pretty stunted growth right?

 

 

 

[crunk]

I'm using soil and my guys are about 5 days old and look like that. Will let you know how long they continue that look for you to compare them

[Sir Spliffalot]

seedlings that age love high humidity. you could try a little humidity dome. you can use pretty much any clear plastic container and just give them a spray every day.