Easy as organics water only soil mix.

[Defsnotacop]

My seedlings are in the easy as water only mix, and a few are moving along, with a couple being really slow. Been growing since 1st of April for ease of memory, some a day or 2 before, a couple a day after. And 2 zskittles one a week old, 1 a day old.

The growth is pretty slow compared to coco and nutes.

Am I doing something wrong? Getting 18 /6 of 600w hps. The light is about 600-700mm above the plants.

Someone suggested root droids from Dr green thumb, but easy as says no amendments needed.

 

[frankreynolds]

Maybe look at your watering practices whether you are over/under watering the couple that look slower, may also jsut be genetics.

 

[Deleted member cpr]

Im no soil grower but isn't hydro renowned for being faster than organics.

 

[Porky]

Soil supposed to be the slowest way to grow.
Ide bet ya over watering cop.

 

[Carbcon]

As others have mentioned, probs under or over watering.
It is the issue or the original issue 99% of the time.

Here's a few pics of a few seedlings at about a week and others are over 2 I think. Look at the yellowing on the cotleydons on the older ones, here is a sign of an issue, a past issue as these are flying now and new growth is good.
It had to be corrected however.

Soil is slower than hydro imo also.
I also have been surprised recently how it can keep up with a vigourous auto for example.

Just like autos, if you fuck up early in the process, you can fuck the whole thing.
Easier to damp off a seedling in soil
Easier to promote stem and root rot in soil perhaps also.
Watering too much nearly always the blame.

I don't water seedlings for ages, just like nutes, I add the moisture to be right when mixing.
If using jiffies I sometimes soak them before planting into dryer.

The easy as soil is very nice.
Dr Green thumbs root roifs work well.
Won't fix your problem.
Plants in pics watered a few times with 20-40ml each Max. Bigger pot be less.

 

[Defsnotacop]

Yeah, have been lifting pots, and using the el cheapo Bunnings moisture meter. May be overwatering a tad, but trying not to. I'll let them go till they droop a bit, then feel the pots, and then water them again. Maybe I am just being impatient.

 

[Billygoat]

Pics?

 

[Defsnotacop]

Yeah, will take some shortly. Just got some humidicola mulch delivered. 8 bucks for a bale. Better than Bunnings sugar cane shit.

Fuck knows what I will do with the rest of the bale.

 

[Billygoat]

Never heard of humidicola?

I believe Lucerne is also a good mulch.... but i just used the sugar cane shit from bunnings. lol

 

[Defsnotacop]

Yeah, Bunnings put the sugar cane up to 16.50 a bail. 8 bucks delivered is good. It is just like straw, or hay.

 

[Defsnotacop]

Largest plant, about 28 days old, the rest are similar, and the zskittles is about a week old. I cant remember. I'll make a better effort with the mulch when going into next pots.

 

[Porky]

Largest plant, about 28 days old, the rest are similar, and the zskittles is about a week old. I cant remember. I'll make a better effort with the mulch when going into next pots. View attachment 926View attachment 928View attachment 929

Is that the new fandangled mulch ya got cop.
Looks alot lile the old sugar cane shit i use.

 

[Billygoat]

That'll bring the bugs in..

Get rid of that pot with the dead thing in there.

 

[Fluff]

better without hps pics . cant see for the dried out fanta on your lense...

 

[Defsnotacop]

That was coriander to keep aphids away. I managed to kill it.

It's not fandangled porky, just cheaper. When you see the bale, it's alot like hay. Sposed to be specific for mulch. I'll chop it up and put it nice on the bigger pots when I re pot the plants next month sometime.

Pretty sure I have the blu mats sorted. A 27 lite pot, and a 14 litre pot went through about 2 litres of water over a week. I dialled them down a bit more, and will check the pots again on Thursday. No plants in the pot yet, soil mix seems just moist, and no mud in the bottom that I can see.

 

[frankreynolds]

Looks more like pea straw, i love using that stuff in the garden although can have seeds.

 

[Defsnotacop]

Looks more like pea straw, i love using that stuff in the garden although can have seeds.

Yeah, he said his father leaves it till it drops all its seeds. If they pick it green it is good for animals, let it dry and it's good for mulch.

 

[Defsnotacop]

That'll bring the bugs in..

Get rid of that pot with the dead thing in there.

You reckon it will have bad bugs? I have seen a few bugs in the easy as soil. I assumed they were good ones.

 

[frankreynolds]

any mulch you bring in from outside ahs that potential if it aint sterilised don't worry too much. yellow sticky traps are good to monitor your tent.

 

[Defsnotacop]

Oh yeah, cool, have a sticky trap.