help WHY ARE MY WEEK OLD SEEDLING FALLING OVER???

underthetablepower

underthetablepower

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one of my ladies fell over this morning and i was wondering what would have caused this to happen? im running shop lights about 10" above them and temps are around 70 at day 60 at night ( cant help this)

ANY HELP WOULD BE amazing
 
supchaka

supchaka

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If they are garage type shop lights you can get them like an inch from the plant, Id lower them down. Get some airflow moving the plants a bit too.
 
massah

massah

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using only shoplights...expect massive amounts of stretch...and tiny popcorn buds that wont amount to anything...upgrade your lighting...the reason it fell over is because you don't have a fan on them to strengthen their stem, and the severe lack in lighting is causing them to stretch up to the sky. If you get a light breeze going on them, and upgrade your lighting...you might have a chance.
 
underthetablepower

underthetablepower

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darkliight said:
What kind of lights? CFLs, halogen, HID?
Could be that they are stretching. Pics would help.
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They are (4) 4ft shop lights ..... 40 watts each 6500k 3020 L
They dont seem to be stretching much but I dont have a fan blowing on them because my temps are so low

massah said:
using only shoplights...expect massive amounts of stretch...and tiny popcorn buds that wont amount to anything...upgrade your lighting...the reason it fell over is because you don't have a fan on them to strengthen their stem, and the severe lack in lighting is causing them to stretch up to the sky. If you get a light breeze going on them, and upgrade your lighting...you might have a chance.
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im only using that light because its for the moms

robert 14617 said:
how wet , or dry is the soil?
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The medium is 100% perlite and im just hand watering them once in the morning and once at night. The seedlings are in 1 inch rockwool cubes planted in perlite so i guess I should say 98% perlite
 
darkliight

darkliight

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Yup, they are stretching, bro. How hot do the bulbs get? Lower them down, hold your hand between the plants and the bulb, if it is very warm, raise them a little bit. It should be about 80 degrees. You could always invest in some t5's.
 
supchaka

supchaka

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The one that fell over looks fine, it's probably just not that far into the medium yet. Im not a fan of pure perlite and vermiculite like that, it's so loose there's no "meat" for the plant to hold onto.
 
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