Stem problems. Any advices?

Hey guys,
Just recently we started trying to grow our own plants and are kinda new to this field. First we planted 4 seeds, but unfortunately all of them died. After making some improvements to our growing site and gathering some additional knowledge on how to take care of the plants we planted three new seeds (Auto flowering diesel). (This time we provide more light to the plants and measure the humidity of the soil better as we kept overwatering the plants the first time). Now we are doing quite fine, already in the second week of growing and the growth rate seems to be normal without any bigger problems. The only issue we are having right now is weak stems in 2 out of 3 plants. One of the plant's stem is curled in way (although strong enough to support itself) and another one is leaning to the side, so we tried to support it with an empty cup. We have a fan blowing 24/7 to make them stronger, but that just doesn't seem to be enough. Any advices on making the stems stronger or how to support them to avoid bigger accidents? Any info would be helpful!

You need stronger light....what is the light? It shouldn't stretch like that, it's just not getting enough light. I would tell you to move the light closer, but first I need to know what kind. And add more soil, top of the pot. It will help hold your lil gal up.

macsnax said:

You need stronger light....what is the light? It shouldn't stretch like that, it's just not getting enough light. I would tell you to move the light closer, but first I need to know what kind. And add more soil, top of the pot. It will help hold your lil gal up.

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We have One LED that is like 1,2m above the plants (no possibility to lower it, as it is attached to the wall) and one table led that's placed just above the plants(kinda strong, although doesn't divide the light equally across all of the plants, but we rotate the plants every day to share the light.) we also keep all the room lights on 24/7 for additional illumination. I will upload the pictures later for you to look at everything by yourself.

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get yourself a couple of t5 fluorescent lights, and put them as close to those as you can. if you can't get t5s, a couple of cfls in clip on reflectors would help. they're stretching to try to get to the light, which is way too far away. mac is right, bury those to the top of the pot, it will add some support till the stems thicken up.

t5's for the win. cheap, readily available, lifetime use, get one. I use 485 watt 2x4 8 bulb 240v Quantum and love on it daily year after year no issues. cfl's will work in a pinch too for vegging

Thanks a lot guys, your remarks were definitely very helpful!!! I'll try to shop for more light and place it as close to the plants as I can, cuz that seems to be the problem.

with t5s you can get within 6 inches easily, cfls, depend on the size, you have to keep big ones a little farther away, smaller ones can come quite close

if you can't lower the lights try raising the plants to them/