I would like help from the Hive community to help me decide what direction to go with these plants. I set up a poll, so please vote if you think I should keep them or start fresh with new seeds. I will wait until the results by end of week to decide next steps. I have seen plants do amazing things by healing themselves, but I do not want to be overly hopeful for plants that may not make it.
About a week ago I wrote about my experience with some new soil for my pots. They were full of gnats, I no longer see them as I think I have gotten rid of them all from the dirt. But while I was dealing with them they attacked my cannabis seedlings. Now I have some plants that are growing very slowly. I no longer see gnats in the soil or flying around, so I made great progress treating the dirt, and I think it will be fine to use for new seedlings. But it is hard to say if these will recover from such an insect attack.
| Vale Tudo Round One | |
|---|---|
| Indica dominant | |
| Foxfarm grow big / Foxfarm big bloom | |
| Kimbo Kush / Mendo Purps | |
| Seedling | |
| 41 days old | |
| Regular | |
| Central Virginia |
This cannot be blamed on the genetics, having gnats can be a big problem and greatly affect plants. I am sure if they were not a problem with the soil I recently got they would be thriving by now.
Since a week ago I do see new growth, just not very fast.
Their color miss or miss, two look very green and happy. The other two are slightly yellow. So I worry they will all just start yellowing with time.
These plants are no more than 2-3 inches. They should be many times that size by now, so that is why I am worried.
If I did not see any new leaf growth I would call it for sure and pull them up. But since I do see progress being made, I am now hesitant to remove them.
I have to keep in mind how many months it will take to start over, and where I would expect to be harvesting by then. If I put new seeds in the ground next week, I can expect an harvest by march or maybe even april. So I do not want to wait much longer to decide as I am hoping to start my next outdoor cannabis grow in late April. So I want to be able to wrap up one grow. Then start another shortly after.
Another thing I did wrong was over watering the seeds, now they are getting water between every 5-7 days. And they seem to be doing better that way.
So I am going to put up a poll, and let the Hive community decide if I should start over with fresh seeds or to keep going with what I have here and hope for a miracle. And as the point of no return approaches in the next few weeks, I will have to stick with them or get rid of them to keep to my planting schedule for next year. I really hate pulling up live plants, but I am just not sure how much of recovery I can expect from seedlings damaged by gnat larva.
If you cannot vote in the poll you can also leave a comment letting me know which way you think I should go with these cannabis seedlings.