Drabarni
Member
Hi people,
2 weeks ago i started my first grow in a proper set up. 400w hps, budbox, wilma 4's. I germed 4 lowryder 2's but they not doing great, stunted almost completely. Now i made a few noob mistakes there i know, i will list below but what would really be helpful is some sound advice to try and turn this around asap as the 10 week autoflower clock is ticking away on me.
Stuff
- Germed in kitchen roll
- Seedling place straight under the HPS, about 2ft away
- Temps hit highs of 32c
- night time temps hit lows of 7c
So i've almost sorted the temps out, about 5-6 days ago i sorted the lows to 12-15c and i have the highs down to 27-28c. I have a fan blowing between the pots and the light and an extractor fan up top.
3 of the plants have the 2nd set of true leaves but they not properly developed and so close to each other you couldnt get a piece of paper between them. the 4th plant only has the cotyledon leaves, 4 days ago i moved it out of the room and under 2 x 25w cfls to try and destress it but it hasn't grown at all.
They are growing in coco coir, i have only fed from the wilma res 3 times all-in-all for 15 mins, rods away from the seedlings (canna a+b 20mls each in 25 litre res), i am mainly watering PH-ed (6.2) tap water by hand.
They are on 18/6 lights, last week i shifted the dark period forward 9 hours, 3 hours per day to get the dark period away from actual cold night time in order to solve the low temp issue.
I have the HPS light now way above the plants, some 3ft for the time being. The temp gauge still reads 25-28c although it doesn't feel that hot to me at all.
I know some of my actions here would have stuned the plants, i think they have been happier with their conditions for at least 4-5days now however no real growth. I have grown lowrdyer 2's a few times before in an aerogarden (2x 15w cfl) and they should be far biggers than this.
I would appreciate any suggestions, im worried that this problem in this crutial time of the plants lives could be a show stopper.
I doubt a photo would really help but i can post one if needed.
Many thanks in advance.
2 weeks ago i started my first grow in a proper set up. 400w hps, budbox, wilma 4's. I germed 4 lowryder 2's but they not doing great, stunted almost completely. Now i made a few noob mistakes there i know, i will list below but what would really be helpful is some sound advice to try and turn this around asap as the 10 week autoflower clock is ticking away on me.
Stuff
- Germed in kitchen roll
- Seedling place straight under the HPS, about 2ft away
- Temps hit highs of 32c
- night time temps hit lows of 7c
So i've almost sorted the temps out, about 5-6 days ago i sorted the lows to 12-15c and i have the highs down to 27-28c. I have a fan blowing between the pots and the light and an extractor fan up top.
3 of the plants have the 2nd set of true leaves but they not properly developed and so close to each other you couldnt get a piece of paper between them. the 4th plant only has the cotyledon leaves, 4 days ago i moved it out of the room and under 2 x 25w cfls to try and destress it but it hasn't grown at all.
They are growing in coco coir, i have only fed from the wilma res 3 times all-in-all for 15 mins, rods away from the seedlings (canna a+b 20mls each in 25 litre res), i am mainly watering PH-ed (6.2) tap water by hand.
They are on 18/6 lights, last week i shifted the dark period forward 9 hours, 3 hours per day to get the dark period away from actual cold night time in order to solve the low temp issue.
I have the HPS light now way above the plants, some 3ft for the time being. The temp gauge still reads 25-28c although it doesn't feel that hot to me at all.
I know some of my actions here would have stuned the plants, i think they have been happier with their conditions for at least 4-5days now however no real growth. I have grown lowrdyer 2's a few times before in an aerogarden (2x 15w cfl) and they should be far biggers than this.
I would appreciate any suggestions, im worried that this problem in this crutial time of the plants lives could be a show stopper.
I doubt a photo would really help but i can post one if needed.
Many thanks in advance.