Finally got my seedlings under a light, NEED HEEEEEEEEEELP

satisfied47

Active Member
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I germinated Arjans ultra haze #2 1
purple lady and 2 Violator Kush, all feminized. The purple lady's taproot was abt a centimeter and a half long and half the seed shell fell off, i hope that wont hurt it? Both vicious kush seeds sprouted small taproots and one of the arjans did, but i just threw the other ungerminated seeds in the soil to let it do them the old natural way.

Anyways, let me start by my soil. Ive read a good few or post on here and i know miracle grow is bad, but those seeds needed to be planted. So i went to Lowes and bought Miracle Grow Seed Starting Mix, and some Perlite made by miracele grow.

I mixed about 30-40 % perlite into small pots and planted the seeds a half inch down, and sprayed some water to get the top of it moist. I then put it in my window sill since by lamp wasnt assembled yet, and it was almost dusk outside so it didn't get much light until the next morning. I hope the moisture and the long night in the dark would not cause it to rot!

So today i went and got a timer and extension cord surge protector etc and hooked up my 600w mh/hps combo. I put the Metal Halide bulb in to try to sprout the seedlings, is this the best? Its about a foot away maybe a foot and ahalf away from the pots, should it be closer?

MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION:

So i just got my babies under my 600w metal hallide at 11:00 PM exactly. How many hours shoudl i leave the light on when trying to sprout? Should i let it run all night until i get up for school tomorrow at 9:30am since they havent had much light?

Thankyou

I just got them under my 600q
 

bigtomatofarmer

Well-Known Member
Hey man if they havent sprouted yet they dont need the light. Wait until after they sprout to turn the light on.
The soil should stay warm and humid until they do sprout. I put mine on the cable box and have amazing results.
Good luck
 

demonic1

Well-Known Member
Yeah, I agree. They don't need light till they sprout. They do need warmth though and I would use a heating pad or like the guy above says, his cable box. Which i'm not sure it would do any good if its not turned on during the night. But try to keep them slightly warmer than room temperature is what i've always found to be good.
 
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