20 Days Old Indoor CFL Grow- Leaf Problems Please Help

Hi,

I started my first grow 20 days ago from seeds. I'm growing 10 plants. I used store bought soil with no fertilizers in it. I am watering the plants with only distilled water. Each plant is under its own 23w "soft white" cfl bulb on an 18/6 schedule. I run a fan on them for a few hours a day to keep the air circulating. I have two "closet dehumidifiers" to absorb the moisture in the air where the plants are growing.

I have been having a lot of yellow and curly leaves. One plant in particular has dark green leaves and very light yellow splotches all over them, but the leaves do not look like they're dying or anything. All the other plants leaves look unhealthy when they get yellowing all over the tips of the leaves, and the bad ones I trimmed the tips off of.

Im watering about every third day. The pots have a lot of drainage and the soil is very dry each time I water. About a week ago, I watered the plants with 1/4 strength miricle grow so I thought maybe the problems are due to that, so I have been using only water.


The last picture shows one plant with very very wide leaves. It stands out as being very different from the rest.

Any thoughts? I can't seem to get these plants looking healthy for the life of me! Your help is much appreciated.

hmmm nothing looks wrong to me man ... they look perfect to me ..

only one concern though...

they seem a lil stretched mayb? ... how far a way is light? ..what/how many lights are u using?

Other than that GJ bro

Thanks for responding... Actually, compare to most pics I see of others about 20 days in, mine seem to be larger than most, imo.

They were a bit stretched at first because I had no fan and in the closet, the plants were getting pretty warm. Actually, one night one of the plants grew so fast that by the time I got up in the morning it was all over the light and getting burned.

I backed the lights off of the plants a little bit for a few days. Now that I have a fan to circulate the air, I brought the lights a little bit closer again.

I heard that every once in a while its a good idea to add some peroxide to the water to help deliver oxygen to the roots? Is this a good idea?

Thanks for everyone's help!

yea it is .. i use peroxide in my water to do that ocassionally with my soil and bubbleponic grows .. ya they look nice for 20days in ..almost 3 weeks old .. u proud of em? lol