Right i have 6 hollands hope really young plants (3 weeks old) and they look really sick (they are not a bad colour pretty dark green) but the leaves seem to be curling downwards on a couple of the plants the lower leaves have turned brown see pics and the leaves are really crinkled. growth is also slow

i started them in cotton wool until the tap root showed and put them straight into peat pellets after a couple of days they showed themselves and all was going ok (under a twin 58 watt linear fluro) just after showing there first leaves the lights accidentally got turned off for two days (plants are in loft and was not able to visit them for these days) bearing in mind i do check on them once a day now.

after this situation the lights were put straight back on and the seemed ok but worse became worse as i could only get an exhaust and inlet fan in about a week and a half after they were born so the first week or so there was no fresh air! after there roots showed through the peat bags i popped them into 10 cm pots hoping all would be ok!

i used some pre-mixed bat shit soil in there new pots but since then matters went from even worse to crap as one of the plants has fallen (propped it up) and temps are low!(around an average of 15 degrees) i cant use a heater in there as parents eleccy bill so thats a no go but i was thinking of a couple of general household bulbs which get really hot and hanging them in there so temps get warmer (alongside the fluros)

i really need some help as to what the prob is as i am watering fine (waiting till soil is dry etc. every 3-4 days)

here is some pics of my ill plants

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They look cooked, but the first two may have more than one problem.. I say that because of the yellow veins in the pic.. The only time I see plants look like this is if they are thirsty, but I don't think that's the case here... Someone will be along shortly and nail it spot on...

Could be that the bat shit is too hot for the wee buggars

I would add another floro instead of a regular bulb.. You'll get extra heat off the ballast and more light, but I'm still not sure what the prob is with your sprouts... The bat poo maybe it in combination with 15c.. But if your having to prop one of them up it could be problems down stairs (the roots).. Did you buy that mixed soil fresh?

Yeah in my limited experiance all a young plant needs is good soil and water. Its only when they start to get big and flower that you should give em nutes...

Dont know what to recommend part from get em into some normal soil...

cheers for the replys guys, i thought this could be one of the probs i have 20 more seeds on their way (some durban p and purple number 1 ) i am going to get some seedling mix and start off with smaller pots to eliminate this soil issue. but i have grown before with this bat shit stuff straight from the peat bags and the plants were fine

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yeah i plan to ad two more of those twin 58 watt fluros especially for when i get the other seeds arrive as they will need em! yea i am gonna re pot into normal soil in a bit! i might just add a normal house bulb too because the are pretty hot when up to temp! as even the warm white furos are pretty cool

cheers again guys

oh and no the soil is maybe a year old( never been used before but has been sat in my garage)
also some of the perlite has turned green ! dunno what this means, if anything?

only been feeding them water no nutes

alright bud
id get some fresh soil ,what your humidity like?

the green pearlite isnt good it says to me soil been kept to wet and in light in the garage?
if its alge it willbe using some nutes too

id get some fresh soil, get them temps up to at least 19 alights off and around 25 ish at lights on , and seehowthey go mate

twenny

Could deff be the soil man I agree with tweeny here swap it out... dunno if green is any indicator of trouble but its not the color I wanna see anywhere but on my plants..

re-potted into some plain seedling mix propped up the dying one which was on its back probably wont be able to get the temps up till tomorrow as i have two more 5ft twin fluros coming ready for the new seeds. as for the humdity i am not too sure! fingers crossed till tomorrow . hopefully they show some signs of healthy new leaves thanks for all the help guys

Only the strong survive

dude if it is too hot in there i will eat my own hat. airflow is prob the reason why its too coldas it is in loft but dont want to suffocate the ladies and cant be over-watering as i wait till they are as good as almost dry then re water till a tiny trickle through the hole . cheers for your help tho peeps

have you sprayed anything on the leaves?

Im wondering if a fan is to close to the plants causing the leaves to dry out, or intake of cold air is to close to plants, or even directed at them?