Noob is killing his seedlings

deprave

deprave

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should I be using the bulbs with lower kelvin rating for seedlings? The ones I am using are all 'DAYLIGHT' 5500K
 
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widowAG

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its too early to tell, they are still green so thats a good thing i would say... the problem ive experienced with bagseed is that they seem to grow alot slower than if u buy seeds from a bank. give it a couple more days. mist at least twice a day. dont over water. and keep a cool bulb very close to it IMO. i use cool fluros, i can touch them and they arent hot.
 
deprave

deprave

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widowAG said:
its too early to tell, they are still green so thats a good thing i would say... the problem ive experienced with bagseed is that they seem to grow alot slower than if u buy seeds from a bank. give it a couple more days. mist at least twice a day. dont over water. and keep a cool bulb very close to it IMO. i use cool fluros, i can touch them and they arent hot.
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thanks a lot I really appreciate it
 
cylee89

cylee89

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They're fine under that spectrum for vegging. The real question is how many watts of light you have.

:leaf:
 
Motobomb62

Motobomb62

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They are doing fine. I'm not sure about the light though...... but I am interested in an answer. Though the fact that they are growing to begin with means they will probably keep going and you have nothing to worrry about....... except quality/quantity
 
deprave

deprave

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cylee89 said:
They're fine under that spectrum for vegging. The real question is how many watts of light you have.

:leaf:
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its 3 27watt bulbs right now..I am going to add 5 27watt tonite or in the morning for a total of 216 watts..should I just go ahead and add another 8 on an additional surge protector?
 
deprave

deprave

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Motobomb62 said:
They are doing fine. I'm not sure about the light though...... but I am interested in an answer. Though the fact that they are growing to begin with means they will probably keep going and you have nothing to worrry about....... except quality/quantity
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what had me worried mainly is my outdoor ones planted on the same day from the same strain look godlike compared to these..they are brilliant green with nice leaves..SUN > CFL x millions lol I need to take start setting these guys outside it seems best.
 
KaleoXxX

KaleoXxX

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i think that could be your problem; MG is crap and is notorious for killing seedlings because they cant handle the nutrients. did you realize your giving them a big dose of nutrients every time you water?

thats also why your plants in the back yard are healthier, because theyre in neutral soil

start one or 2 more in a cup of yard soil and see if they dont surpass this plant in a few days to a week
 
deprave

deprave

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KaleoXxX said:
i think that could be your problem; MG is crap and is notorious for killing seedlings because they cant handle the nutrients

thats also why your plants in the back yard are healthier, because theyre in neutral soil

start one or 2 more in a cup of yard soil and see if they dont surpass this plant in a few days to a week
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i used the same soil for the ones outside but I will definitly try your suggestion..thanks a lot
 
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fdd2blk

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i use the same MG soil all the time with no problems.

your seedlings look fine. give them a chance. :wink:
 
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