Northeastern
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I’m trying to prevent my seedlings from stretching. This is day 3 from when they sprout.I have a Mars hydro tsw2000. And the light is only on 10% so 35. Should I raise higher?hung 10” away from the tallest one.
Would this be considered stretching?
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Kerowacked
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Not familiar with the light but you can top off the cups with soil to add support.
Northeastern
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Ok I will do that. Thanks
PadawanWarrior
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Yes they're stretching. They want more light.
Northeastern
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Ok thanks I’ll lower them to like 9”
PadawanWarrior
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Why not turn up the power and raise it a bit?
Northeastern
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I could do that this is my first time. I just heard low power and low was the best way to go.
PadawanWarrior
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The light can be higher and turned up more too. Higher will give a better spread but take more power. Closer works too, but I'd turn it up.
I use a free lux app for my cellphone to get an idea of brightness and what they like.
Dank Bongula
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30in at 50% power...if they don't like that, dial it back to 40%.
Wattzzup
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Turn your WATTZZUP Why only 10%? I almost fell over reading that. Turn your light up and get it set to a good height that will keep them from stretching.
Northeastern
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Yea I put it at the recommended 24” at full power thanks.
Wattzzup
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Slowly work your way to that. You don’t want to shock them.
Northeastern
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I ended up hanging the light at the recommended 24” at full power and they really seem to like it. How long would it take for signs that they don’t like it?
Northeastern
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Ok I will lower the power a little bit thanks bro
twentyeight.threefive
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May want to work on lowering your temps in tent as well. They aren't horrible but could stand to be a little lower.
Northeastern
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Yea when it was full power I was having a little problem with the heat I ended up turning on the a/c. It usually stays like this.
PadawanWarrior
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That's pretty cool. That tent has a temp controller on it?
MickeyFins
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Yep those ac's are nice variable fans. Can set thresholds for temp and humidity.
Northeastern
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Yea thanks bro!.I have the ac infinity t-6. It hooks up to a carbon filter and blower fan.it’s pretty cool and actually a decent price
MickeyFins
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I try to dial in 300-400 ppfd at the seedling stage for week 1 then 400-600 week 2 and 700-900 for rest of grow. I don't have anything fancy to measure just a cheap $10 green light meter they have in almost any store or Amazon.