What is wrong with this bed? Plants not growing.

[rangebob]

All of the plants were purchased from either Home Depot or Lowes from their paper pots and I rinsed all of the dirt off.
I planted this bed on 2/24: Flood and Drain
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I planted these plants in pots on 3/16: Constant flow to plants
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[JCO]

I would say that possibly the flood & drain water level is allowed to get too high. Should not get more than 2" below the surface of the grow media and maybe a longer time between cycles :mrgreen:

[keith_r]

what are you feeding your fish?
what are your water parameters?

[jackalope]

I'd say that you may have 'shocked' the new plants. I found that putting them into a separate container and feeding them FT water for a day or two before removing the dirt and transplanting them into the gravel worked pretty well for me - still, some made it some didn't - it was better than losing them all :!: :lol: