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By Branmuffin
Posts:  394
Joined:  Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:29 pm
#295459
I sowed a bunch of VFT seed back in November- January and after growing quite well for the last 5 months or so about 1/3 of my germinated plants appear to be dying or already dead. Is this fairly normal or did I possibly kill them off with my conditions?

I am growing using a 10/20 tray with cover, some holes for ventilation. 6500k shop light at 15hrs a day. Plants have great color so I believe they getting plenty of light. Humidity is pretty high, which I have read many conflicting posts on weather germinated plants should be kept in high humidity or lowered after the first few months. I have done some feeding by hand of blood worms and recently began folar feeding with maxsea (1/4 tsb per gallon). Everything is growing in pure chopped NZLFSM.

Thanks for the help!
By iacp
Posts:  34
Joined:  Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:34 am
#295513
My guess would be the fertilizer is the culprit. How did you fertilize? Did you flush the media after?
By Branmuffin
Posts:  394
Joined:  Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:29 pm
#295514
Fertilizer is something that was first applied 2 weeks ago, these seedlings were already dead or dying. The solution I used should be very safe. It was applied by misting the plants.

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