Sterilite Storage Bin Stealth Grow, first time grower.
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KT420
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That is a typical newbie mistake and we've all done that... with soil, you don't just water a little bit at a time, and often, so only the top 1/2 stays wet. That will lead to all kinds of problems. You're supposed to thoroughly saturate the soil and then do not water again at all untill it's almost completely dried out or leaves start to droop, then thoroughly saturate it again. I started with soil too, but trust me, you will be doing yourself a huge favor going to a hempy bucket type container. Build at least 1 or 2 milk jugs like I suggested and at least try it out. You can get an 8-quart bag of Miracle Gro (non-fertilized) Perlite at Home Depot or Lowes for $4, and that will do 2 milk jugs. Do 2 soil and 2 hempy side by side and compare. 100% perlite is impossible to over water! and perlite is much easier and cleaner to work with than soil.
Another thing you could do is just fill the bottom 8-10" or so of your bottom tub with perlite, put a 1/4" nylon hose barb fitting through the front of the tub about 1" to 1-1/2" from the bottom. Then put a catch pan under the hose barb when you water to catch the run off.
I know soil seems like the safest and easiest way to start, but it's really not. Hempy containers are just like soil containers, you just water more often and they grow way faster.
Another problem I see, is it looks like your lights are in a fixed position? that's no good, you need to be able to move them up and down, or even side to side when the colas grow up towards the very top of your container, and you need to have them very close to the seedlings, the distance those lights are from that seedling, it's gonna stretch like a mother.
Flaming Pie
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don't squeeze the rooter again. leave seedling alone. 
this was mine
this was minewhen they older but not now
well stop poking it
and if u squeezed it like was mentioned stop
resist the temptation to mess with them
Flaming Pie
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I did a 24 hr until after 2 weeks. Then I put to 18/6. Tonight is 17/7. Gonna add an hour of darkness each day. Till were at 12/12.
Ajjax
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I agree, if this little girl doesnt make it through im going to start the next one the same way i germed but instead of doing that stupid potting soil that dried and hardened on me over night ill put her straight in to one of these rapid rooters, im sure i stressed it slightly by taking it out of the soil and going in to the rooter. Hoping she perks up through the night with all the light on her.
mist it good
Ajjax
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Nothings happened over night, the leaves havent spread out at all, however when i look closer I can see the first set of real leaves starting to develop, not 100% sure of those were there before and I just didnt see them or not. Sprayed the rooter down with water.
Is there such a thing as the sproutling just not growing anymore without changing color etc? I guess I just assumed that if the sproutling was stunted and stopped growing then it would dry out etc.
Is there such a thing as the sproutling just not growing anymore without changing color etc? I guess I just assumed that if the sproutling was stunted and stopped growing then it would dry out etc.
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