First Time Grow. Need Help! Stems are wayy too long. Any advice helps

[Red1966]

I bought some and added to the water but i dont know if I should use any nutes yet they are only 2 weeks old? My water is 6.5 ph and around 300ppm without nutes just with calmag

I don't give any nutes until the second set of "real" leaves are fully out, and then at 1/4 strength.

 

[Kushyman]

You also (if not already) need to get some air flow on them, makes all the difference in the world building those stems up, making them meatier and less lanky. But that all goes along with having the correct lighting, etc. Research, research, research . . .

 

[anzohaze]

I have 18 5 gal buckets under 2 1000 watts I dont do clones as my summers get 100+. So I have from September to may to do my work then I shut down the operation and enjoy life. Yea 10 gal is 2 big I use 5 gal buckets. I can veg for 3 months flower and have no problems with roots binding on anything. The more light the tighter the inernodals are the nicer and bigger the buds. T12 is a week bulb t5 is much better. Fans are a must it will concenteare stalk strength and not growing tall and linky. This is how I do it. Once your actually in your medium after first week 100ppm 2nd week 200ppm 3rd week 300 ppm 4th week 400 ppm etc. Dont feed every watering as nutes will build up and cause.problems. water, nutes water nute. Some plants dont like alot of nutes so you may need to chamge it up a bit. I usually wait to add nutes until I see a leaf starting to yellow (which will be nitrogen) then start feeding nutes.

 

[hydrogrow77]

" i used 2 seeds that i found in some bud," = bagseed. See, you did kill em, nearly everybody does. Yes 10 gallons is overkill. Generally you want about 1 gallon for every foot of height the finished plant will be. 3 gallon for a 3 ft. tall plant, 5 gallon for a 5 ft. tall plant and so on.

I just thought since mother plant will always get clones chopped off it need to be in bigger pot to be able to supply a good amount of clones. If i lower the light and just always keep it in vegetative stage it will still grow up to 10ft?

 

[hydrogrow77]

You also (if not already) need to get some air flow on them, makes all the difference in the world building those stems up, making them meatier and less lanky. But that all goes along with having the correct lighting, etc. Research, research, research . . .

got wall mount fan set low blowing on them, might boost it up to medium soon but i can see leaves and stems move from air, but stems are still skinny.
Ill post pics when light turn back on

 

[hydrogrow77]

I have 18 5 gal buckets under 2 1000 watts I dont do clones as my summers get 100+. So I have from September to may to do my work then I shut down the operation and enjoy life. Yea 10 gal is 2 big I use 5 gal buckets. I can veg for 3 months flower and have no problems with roots binding on anything. The more light the tighter the inernodals are the nicer and bigger the buds. T12 is a week bulb t5 is much better. Fans are a must it will concenteare stalk strength and not growing tall and linky. This is how I do it. Once your actually in your medium after first week 100ppm 2nd week 200ppm 3rd week 300 ppm 4th week 400 ppm etc. Dont feed every watering as nutes will build up and cause.problems. water, nutes water nute. Some plants dont like alot of nutes so you may need to chamge it up a bit. I usually wait to add nutes until I see a leaf starting to yellow (which will be nitrogen) then start feeding nutes.

Thanks bro a lot of good info. ima save those 10 gal for when ima grow outside. I transplanted my rockwool cubes into 2 gal pots and still didnt water them, leaves are looking much better. I was wondering what is a good way to water them first time? Would it be good to water them from the bottom so the water will get sucked up and help promote root growth? The grow medium is dry but rockwool cubes were moist when i transplanted them.

 

[hydrogrow77]

I don't give any nutes until the second set of "real" leaves are fully out, and then at 1/4 strength.

I see. mine are just starting but leaves a bit yellow.

 

[hydrogrow77]

Here is the update of my 2 week old seedlings. Thanks everyone for your advice, helped to keep them alive.
let me know what you think




I dont know why the last one curls up like that. Does it need more light?