Sad Looking Seedlings. First Time grower
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Smo KING
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this is my first grow, im growing hydro and my seedlings do not look like there doing super well. They look to be getting weaker or somehting. Heres a few pictures from my phone. Goodlooking
Wow!!!! what kind of lights are you using? Get them much closer to the plants they are stretching out for light. Very soon they will become top heavy and fall over and wont be able to get light and die. If they do just tie them to something
tyke1973
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I grow hydro has well but a tip for the future keep the clones in the cubes in a propagator till they are a little older.Get them under cfl's or flouresents get the lights realy close that way they won't end up leggy.Use kabab sticks to tie the clones up.But if it was me i would take them out of there units and get them under cfl's the 150 low energy ones or a cople of flouresents for a couple of weeks.
GrowingMadness
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Had the same problem.
BURY THEM ASAP.
Get the lights right up to them
your lights are too far away and they're stretching towards it. They're about to break the stems and fall on the side
BURY THEM ASAP.
Get the lights right up to them
your lights are too far away and they're stretching towards it. They're about to break the stems and fall on the side
BigBigBuds
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Yep, get them some support so they dont fall over and get them deeper.I would get them some T5's with 6500K Bulbs,they help build strong roots and you can get them really close to the seedlings.
GrowingMadness
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What I did was mix some soil with hydroton and build support around the stems, instead of burying them further down
Either way as soon as the sprouts give their first real leaves, they will fall over
J.Ruhland
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Damn i appreciate everyone l for the help. Seriously i am new at this and since it being my first grow i knew id fuck up somehow. I did put the light as close as i could, i havent been able to get or find anysticks to pin the plants up with. But man if a few of yall could guid me threw my first grow homie that shit would be appreciated. I will update anyone who is willing to help, goodlooking out
J.Ruhland
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Arial, Helvetica][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]400 watt HPS bulb (2,100K/50,000 Lumens)[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Arial, Helvetica] 400 watt MH Conversion bulb (4,000K/36,000 Lumens) those are both the bulbs im using. Are these ok?[/FONT]
midnighttoker4200
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u need to get a small 4 inch fan for air cirriculation it will make stems strong and drop the lights down about 3-4 inches away from them
bubba kush homie
bubba kush homie
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HAHA, aww.. poor seedlings. i planted a couple seeds under grow lights just for the hell of it and they look like that too, long and stretchy with a thin weak stem.
you need to move the lights closer to your plants, i believe.. because my lights are far away because i have snapdragons growing with them also that are very tall already. and bury some of the stem.
you need to move the lights closer to your plants, i believe.. because my lights are far away because i have snapdragons growing with them also that are very tall already. and bury some of the stem.
J.Ruhland
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yea i have actully have a fan that u cant see up top. and also thos black fans behingd the light provides nice airflow for the stemsu need to get a small 4 inch fan for air cirriculation it will make stems strong and drop the lights down about 3-4 inches away from them
bubba kush homie
lol no if hes using HID bulbs and puts them that close he'll fry the plants. if anything paint your grow box or area white or get some mylar in there.u need to get a small 4 inch fan for air cirriculation it will make stems strong and drop the lights down about 3-4 inches away from them
bubba kush homie
J.Ruhland
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Yea im a little lost there but if someone wnats to let me know how close to have thebulbs its appreciated. i think i do a decnet job when judgeing, but im thinking my plants are a little over waterd. Anything else to help its all appreciated
i.NeeD.A.LiGhTeR
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Nice comeback. Some good healthy plants.
J.Ruhland
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Thanks bud, as u can see i switched from hydro to organic. Works alot better for me at least for now. These pics were taking a week ago. Im going to keep posting pics since i didnt start a grow journal.
