struggling seedlings whats wrong?

[pecker88]

Originally Posted by Nematode

Took a quick look at the ocean forest, adding hydro nutrients to that would result in an overfeed situation, at least until the plants run the level down a bit. They will let you know when they are hungry.
Bottom fed hydro can work but may need occassional (couple times a season?) flushing from the top to prevent salt buildup.

thanks. The 5 gal. buckets have ProMix Ultimate and ProMix Ultimate Organic.
Only the solo seedling cups had fox farm ocean forest.
Take a look at the 2 solo cup seedlings in my latest set of pics.

Left is totem with fox farm soil
Right is rockwool cube, promix, perlite and pinch of 8-8-8 fert.
Both are wilted almost the same.
Weird considering the huge dif. in growing medium.