initial stretching

hamsterman

Well-Known Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #1

ive got these 2, 1 and 1/2 week old white rhino seedlings.
both of then are about 3 inches tall
they both have 2 , 1 fingered leaves and a another 2 coming through on each one.
i was wondering how long or was tall they will be until they have about 7-8 nodes?

i have them both under a 20w cfl it is 2.5 inches away from them.
they are in an organic soil compost mix.

 

Bigol'Bong

Well-Known Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #2

Pull down those lights, Ive got my babies under 23w CFL's at 2200 lumen a peice and i keep them under 1" away... Bring the lights down and u will notice a difference because the further the lights are away from ur plants the less of the initial lumen ur plants will actually recieve. Also are they both under 1 CFL, if so thats another problem, ur going to want to have many CFL bulbs nin ur growop to make sure the entire plant is receiveing light, Could u possibly post some pics or give some details on ur setup?

 

hamsterman

Well-Known Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #3

its only in a tempery set up, the bigger cab is under construction.
i was worried about putting the light to close , cuz i new you can put cfl close but didnt know how close.

yeh they both under 1 light but they in a shoebox which is covered in a reflective material.

 

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #4

i made the mistake of letting my seedlings stetch REALLY bad (4-6 inches) so when i transplanted em i buried all the stembut the top inch between the soil top and the first leaves. dunno if it was a bad or good idea cuz i cant find the answer after looking for like 6 hours, anyone know if its bad or good?

 

420weedman

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• Mar 11, 2009

• #5

if they grow good ... should be 7 inches or so

 

Brick Top

New Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #6

darkdestruction420 said:

i made the mistake of letting my seedlings stetch REALLY bad (4-6 inches) so when i transplanted em i buried all the stembut the top inch between the soil top and the first leaves. dunno if it was a bad or good idea cuz i cant find the answer after looking for like 6 hours, anyone know if its bad or good?

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What you did was good. In fact you could have planted them deeper leaving the lowest leaves just off the surface of the soil. The buried stem will push out roots so that will be a plus and going deeper would not have hurt and would have made for more stem surface to push out roots. But still it was good what you did.

But get your lights as close as you can without causing a heat problem or they will just stretch again.

 

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Masterofgenetics

New Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #7

just gro.....

 

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #8

i made the mistake of letting my seedlings stetch REALLY bad (4-6 inches) so when i transplanted em i buried all the stembut the top inch between the soil top and the first leaves. dunno if it was a bad or good idea cuz i cant find the answer after looking for like 6 hours, anyone know if its bad or good? sorry if i double posted on accident

 

Reeny

Well-Known Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #9

My White Rhino seems to be a slow starter. Maybe its just a characteristic of the strain. I am only a few weeks ahead of you and its only been the last week or so that I have seem some serious vertical growth.

I would bring down those lights and add a few if its possible. Are you doing 18/6 or 24 during veg?

 

420weedman

Well-Known Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #10

this ones 3 inches tall and has 8 ...i just riped its top off a couple days ago

 

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Masterofgenetics

New Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #11

nice..........

 

hamsterman

Well-Known Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #12

mine is no where near the bushy i think it may be worth my while tranplanting then into bigger pots ant putting soil up to its leaves

 

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Masterofgenetics

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• Mar 11, 2009

• #13

of coarse... bigger is better



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hamsterman said:

mine is no where near the bushy i think it may be worth my while tranplanting then into bigger pots ant putting soil up to its leaves

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Masterofgenetics

New Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #14

here is a pic or two of my gro

my toe jam

 

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jackthenipper

Active Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #15

my 2 oldest plants are between a month and a month and a half old and they are close to a foot tall but they dont look bushy like these plants. They look more like tree saplings? they have 5 nodes and the 6th one is coming up righ now. is this OK??? Also Im using a big 30w flourescent aquarium light and i had a small regular bulb going too but they completely turned away from it so i took it out and i give them small amounts of nutes every so often. I do know the plant i got the seeds from was roughly 6 feet so could it just be the strain?

 

hamsterman

Well-Known Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #16

would people stop trying to hijack my thread lol.
and i just transplanted my seedling into a bigger pot and put soil up about 2-3 cm from the frit set of leaves.

 

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Masterofgenetics

New Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #17

well it's probably the time you vegged

 

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Masterofgenetics

New Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #18

sorry bro not trying to hi-jack....once again sorry

hamsterman said:

would people stop trying to hijack my thread lol.
and i just transplanted my seedling into a bigger pot and put soil up about 2-3 cm from the frit set of leaves.

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hamsterman

Well-Known Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #19

nah not you masterofgenetics jack the nipper
masterofgenetics whast the smell like off the white rhino ?

 

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jackthenipper

Active Member

• Mar 11, 2009

• #20

lol sorry hamsterman i didnt really think my problem was big enough to bother and make a thread