newbie here sorry, what does this mean? (pix)

JoeBlo

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so i'm two weeks into the grow today... i'm using 1 t5 bulb and rockwool...

i will be switching to cfl light soon...

anyway

i noticed that the top half of my little one's stem is a different color than the the bottom... is that weird???

let me know please here's a pic
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can't tell from the pic to be honest. Throw a white piece of construction paper or something behind it and retake the pic. Maybe it'll show better?

One thing though is that thing name should Armstrong, as it's got the stretch lol
 
i don't know could it?? yeah i know it stretched... , that's the tallest one of 3 is it waisted now??

i will try to retake the pic tonight when i get home...

you can kinda tell right above where the rock wool stops that the color is darker on the top half... i will be changing the location of the plants now that they are takin shape when i put them under a different light...

also what would be a good ratio of hours after 2 weeks into? they've been getting 24hours of the t5 everyday... picking up a timer today
 
I took my stretched plant and planted it in soil up the cotyl's(Thx KP:)). Been doing great since that. If you do that you can also put a fan on it to toughen it up a bit. I have seen a big difference since planting mine up to the cotyl's

Maybe somebody else will chime in about the outlet.

As for hours I think it's all personal preference to be honest.
Some use 24/7, some use 20/4, and some will use 18/6


disclaimer-I'm just guessing by what I have gathered on here, and I could be way wrong so...:blsmoke:
 
I took my stretched plant and planted it in soil up the cotyl's(Thx KP:)). Been doing great since that. If you do that you can also put a fan on it to toughen it up a bit. I have seen a big difference since planting mine up to the cotyl's

Maybe somebody else will chime in about the outlet.

As for hours I think it's all personal preference to be honest.
Some use 24/7, some use 20/4, and some will use 18/6


disclaimer-I'm just guessing by what I have gathered on here, and I could be way wrong so...:blsmoke:


excuse my ignorance... what are cotyl's??? i'm guessing the bottom small leaves>
 
What the arrow points to.

I planted mine up to about where the line is.
 

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excuse my ignorance... what are cotyl's??? i'm guessing the bottom small leaves>

cotyl = cotyledon (koe-tah LEE dun)

the cotyledons are the bean leaves, the little round ones that come out of the bean. bury up to them, and the plant will do much better overall. the stem up to the cotyledons will eventually sprout roots, making it even more firm and healthy.

good job orly ;)

kp
 
color looks good, though they look a little shocked. more light would help decrease node spacing...

other than that, they look good to go ;)

kp
 
what's perlite???

yeah the pots are a little big... but it was cuz i had them in the larger rockwool had to have a pot big enough for that..... i'll add my t5 light to the picture and see if that happens..

what's perlite/
 
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