These two plants were planted on thursday. Now, the one plant is drooping dramatically, and the other seedling is starting to curve to one side. I used Jiffy windowsill greenhouse planters to start the growing and have yet to have to water the packets. Does anyone have any suggestions? I am so new to this, it isn't even funny.
Drooping seedlings
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NewGrow60sToker
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get the lighting..........if your using any, 2" away from the plants.
if not, get some lights. if your trying to use the sun, they're stretching for it.
if not, get some lights. if your trying to use the sun, they're stretching for it.
deviantboi
Active Member
yeah its most def the lights you can tell from the stretching... you need to lower your light a bit depending on what lighting you use. Make sure to look it up CFL's can be close to the plant typically about 2 inches
Thank you both for your reply. Weird part is last night I placed the seedlings under a florescent light (about 3inches from the taller one) only to wake up the next day and find what you saw in the picture. The light bulb is one I got from home depot. Its a blue tinted "agro" bulb. I will put the light back on the tonight as close as possible without burning them. Keep your fingers crossed.
sweetsmoker
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back the light up a bit give the packets a water if they are dry no nutes yet though! u can prop the seedlings up with straws if they are droopy. get ya self a cheap cfl or fluoro it will help get the right spectrum of light to the plants . just try and improvise a bit use ya noggin you will be fine. gd luck bud keep us posted
Dan Kone
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I have had the same thing happen.
If you're growing them in dirt then get em out of there. Put them deep into 1 gallon pots. Bury the stem to the point where only a couple inches are sticking out. Then give em the light they are looking for. Do that and they'll be fine.
If you're growing them in dirt then get em out of there. Put them deep into 1 gallon pots. Bury the stem to the point where only a couple inches are sticking out. Then give em the light they are looking for. Do that and they'll be fine.
panchovilla
Member
I have the exact same problem after doing the exact same thing. My plants had pretty low light for the first 7-10 days after breaking through. I got a 250w blue cfl and put the plants about 8" under it. They were fine the first day but soon they started drooping just like yours. Leaves were fine, no yellowing.
After reading as much as I could on the web I've decided it's just shock from the change in light intensity. I've raised the lamp about 2' above the plants to let them get used to it, then I'll lower it gradually to about 8-10" above them.
After reading as much as I could on the web I've decided it's just shock from the change in light intensity. I've raised the lamp about 2' above the plants to let them get used to it, then I'll lower it gradually to about 8-10" above them.
MOBee
Active Member
+1 First time i see this.