Would someone pleas be able to assest me . Its been 2 weeks exactly i left my plant without water for almost 4 days because the soil was really wet . I wattered my plant this morning just to find it to look really sick . Pleas can someone tell me wat i can do to save my plant . At the bottom the stem looked like it was drying out its a brown yellow colour and my leaves are starting to fall pleas help me 
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It looks like it’s standing in water in the picture. You’re drowning it that way. It doesn’t need much water initially, only high humidity. You achieve that by placing a plastic cup over it like a dome. At that stage, the plant absorbs water from the air with its leaves because the roots still need to grow.
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It could be rotten where it touches the soil (there is a term for it, I’m just a stoner and it’s not coming to mind). It’s caused from keeping the soil too moist in the seedling stage. For a seedling you just need a tiny amount of water around the plant, like 10-20ml. It’s also best to have a humidity dome like a clear solo cup or an actual dome (Amazon sells them). At a young age they do their drinking from their leaves and the high humidity helps. When it starts to dry out, mist the inside of the dome not the plant. You want to have the inside of the dome at least 70%.i do this until it no longer fits under the dome when growing outside. Inside I do it for about a week as I humidify my tent. Also that plant doesn’t look like it’s getting enough light based on the photo. You need 14+ hours of direct sunlight outside and 18 hours of light indoors. If I were in your shoes I’d probably start over again and be more careful about watering.
Edit: dampening off is the term for it.
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Yeah that one was just to see wat happnes when i treat them the way i do so i dont make mistakes when growing big . I started with other seeds there in water for 18hrs and im giving myself a second chance although im not going to kill this plant . Im going to take care of it and hope for a miracle. Once again thank you all for the help without you guys i wouldn’t have the knowledge i have now . Starting with the new project tomorow so ill keep you all updated
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Consider starting in coco if you are having trouble with the amount of water for seedlings. A mix of coco and perlite at around a 60/40 split makes over watering extremely hard with the drainage and oxygen it provides. You can transplant into whatever you like from there it’s just an easy way to get them started.
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So from what I can see it definitely looks like your over watering tf outta your plant. Let that fully dry out and then give it 80ml of water also make sure that when you have a dome on it if you do have one that it’s holding humidity. Make sure you also get a hygrometer to messure temperature and humidity inside the dome if possible, even the cheap $8 6pack from Amazon. And a soil moisture prob will help wonders. Also begin to try to do lift tests. If you lift it and it feels heavy then leave it, you should be able to lift it and it be light. Also at this stage you could just use a spray bottle to keep the moisture slightly up. But remember cannabis likes to be under watered rather than over watered. Looks like a case of drying out up top but still being wet down below. I’d take this as a learning opportunity and take it in stride. Hopefully this plant can bounce back but it’s more important to understand WHY it went wrong rather than it just end up figuring itself out and you just moving on. Too much water, too often. She needs a smaller pot when she begin like a solo cup or smaller like a seedling tray with rapid rooters. Also since you like to water more often I’d switch to coco, as soil required a full dryback but coco likes to stay moist.
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I’d do even 70/30, I order my from fox farms and I have loved it, like you said it really helps with draining and overwatering.
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This is a bit of a misconception . . . the plant actually prefers a consistently wet moisture level so long as the roots have sufficient oxygen. Look at DWC and soilless HFF systems; which, when properly managed, are never dry and will always out perform soil in an otherwise comparable environment.
It is the different types of soil mixes that require the hard dry backs not the plant.
Personally, I think coco-coir is the best medium from seed to harvest. Superior to soils and very close to DWC performance in a much more stable and forgiving substrate.
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Very well said!
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A recent ad/article from Floraflex about coco that I found well written:
There isn’t any new info there, and I don’t use their coco, but I think it explains the differences in coco and soils well without having to check every third word in a dictionary.
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