Normal?

jordonm

jordonm

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So I'm new to gardening, and I was wondering if I am on the right track. It's been 10 days since the sprouts have come out of the soil. So far they are 5-6 inches tall and only have the "tear-drop" leaves and one set of preliminary leaves. Also, there are new sets of leaves popping out from the top center but they are only about 1 mm. Is this a normal growth rate? How long should it be before I have to worry about anything else... flowering, etc. ?
 
lopezri

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I'd love to help but I'm only on my second grow and I'm AeroGardening so I think the growth rate is different. I hope someone helps you though! Here's a bump from me to get you back on there!
 
klmmicro

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Are you growing indoor or out?

If indoor, they are stretching for the light. Move it a little closer so they get the energy they are after. Same is true if you are outdoors, but the solution is finding a place where they receive more direct sunlight.
 
smokeysmokey9

smokeysmokey9

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deffinetly stretching. mine are only 6 days old and ive got 6 leaves. the first ones are over an inch. and i use a low amount of light. so deffinetly move lights closer, and if you need to, get more lights.
what kind of setup are you using?
 
Twistyman

Twistyman

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They're stretching a bit... pile dirt up to cotyledons (lower round leaves).. If you're using CFL get a Y splitter and put plant right in the middle and a bit lower then plant height.. and get a fan on it to strengthen stem...
More info would help..... Luck.
 
smokeysmokey9

smokeysmokey9

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Twistyman said:
They're stretching a bit... pile dirt up to cotyledons (lower round leaves).. If you're using CFL get a Y splitter and put plant right in the middle and a bit lower then plant height.. and get a fan on it to strengthen stem...
More info would help..... Luck.
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will a fan really help the stem??
thanks!
 
jordonm

jordonm

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smokeysmokey9 said:
deffinetly stretching. mine are only 6 days old and ive got 6 leaves. the first ones are over an inch. and i use a low amount of light. so deffinetly move lights closer, and if you need to, get more lights.
what kind of setup are you using?
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Ive got 3 CFLs giving me about 2300 lumens and a small rotating fan to give a little breeze. I know they stretched out in the beginning because I had the lights about a foot or so away. Two days ago I moved the lights down to 1-2 inches from the plants. It looks like they stopped growing up, and are starting to get the second set of leaves.
My major question is... with the lighting I have, how long will it be til I need to worry about switching to 12/12. Also, is there anything else I need to worry about between now and when I flower?
 
smokeysmokey9

smokeysmokey9

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Twistyman said:
All the way through a grow you need fan/and to move the air..at the start to strengthen stem...later to change air... what they breath out is poison to them.. and the co2 we breath out they take in..
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ok well i grow in my closet..there is a blanket over the area where there growing, would i be able to put the fan outside that blanket? or would it need it be inside?
 
Twistyman

Twistyman

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jordonm said:
Ive got 3 CFLs giving me about 2300 lumens and a small rotating fan to give a little breeze. I know they stretched out in the beginning because I had the lights about a foot or so away. Two days ago I moved the lights down to 1-2 inches from the plants. It looks like they stopped growing up, and are starting to get the second set of leaves.
My major question is... with the lighting I have, how long will it be til I need to worry about switching to 12/12. Also, is there anything else I need to worry about between now and when I flower?
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Unless you have Whack O Plants SOG(Sea of Green) grow to flower at a small size is dumb.. you'll get joints off a small plant, when if you veg to at least 12" you get grams+... Makes no sense to spend money and time for a crappy yield, when a bit more time and :):):) ......
Under my CFL's last year I vegged for about 5 weeks... Luck.

I have a ? about your CFL.. you say 2300L... did you get the cool..
Cool = blue spectrum 6500 (veg).... Warm = red spect. 2700 (flower).....
 
jordonm

jordonm

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Twistyman said:
Unless you have Whack O Plants SOG(Sea of Green) grow to flower at a small size is dumb.. you'll get joints off a small plant, when if you veg to at least 12" you get grams+... Makes no sense to spend money and time for a crappy yield, when a bit more time and :):):) ......
Under my CFL's last year I vegged for about 5 weeks... Luck.

I have a ? about your CFL.. you say 2300L... did you get the cool..
Cool = blue spectrum 6500 (veg).... Warm = red spect. 2700 (flower).....
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Yeah, they are the cool. I have 2 out of sockets and 1 1.5-foot-long tube. However... I was thinking about picking up 2 more lights to speed things up.
How many lumens or Watts should I need for flowering when the time comes?
Thanks for the advise
 
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