when do i turn on the lights

dvan2013 · Sep 22, 2012

hey guys first grow here . my seed has germinated yesterday and i placed it in the rock wool but its so slow and hasnt changed yet. should i turn the lights on yet ?

scroglodyte · Sep 22, 2012

yes......................

jeffro · Sep 22, 2012

yeah, turn on a florescent and keep it up a foot or so off ur plants until they get a little bigger . . . then bring them down a couple (2) inches off the top . . . that is with florescent only . .

dvan2013 · Sep 22, 2012

is that why my other two didnt sprout, i thought the lights had to stay off until they sprouted and the roots couldnt see light... on another note how do i get the seed to sprout with the lights on without the light hitting the moist rockwool doesnt that create algea ?

Brother Numsi · Sep 22, 2012

Think about it....if you had tossed the seed into your back yard....it would have had light at sun up. Get it going and do more reading

Have fun.

Straightjacket · Sep 22, 2012

reading yes it's a good thing

dvan2013 · Sep 22, 2012

thanks guys i do like readinf but everyone has a different opinnion i figurr i just ask and go with tthe status quo

kryptoniteglo · Sep 22, 2012

I'm on my first grow, but so far it's been successful. I started off two ways -- and the better result by far was germinating the seed in the rockwool and putting it under the CFL desk lamp right away. I did keep the cube in a dark closet until the little seedling was popping up just in case I hadn't pinched the opening completely closed and therefore ensuring the seed would pop, grow a tap root and push out the little plant with its cotyledons. But once I could see that, I gave it some light.

Then under the light for 16-18 hours a day until new leaves were growing and the root poked out the bottom. With everything done properly (no nutes, just water), it took 2.5 days to sprout and another 5 days to have new leaves and a root poking through the bottom. Then it went into my hydro system.

VTMi'kmaq · Sep 23, 2012

Brother Numsi said:
Think about it....if you had tossed the seed into your back yard....it would have had light at sun up. Get it going and do more reading
Have fun.

cant go wrong when we mimick mother nature-i;e the (cicadian rythum)Spelling? I have found that alot of questions can be awensered by watching nature.

Desr · Sep 23, 2012

kryptoniteglo said:
just in case I hadn't pinched the opening completely closed and therefore ensuring the seed would pop, grow a tap root and push out the little plant with its cotyledons..

what are you talking about?? im all about information but i find people getting misinformed quite a bit..the only reason you pinch a seed is to make sure its still viable, that the seed isnt hollow.

EDIT: and its circadian..everything has a circadian rhythm, even humans..

dvan2013 · Sep 23, 2012

very well brother desr, gave me some good research info "circadian cycle"

Cannbosh · Sep 23, 2012

18h light clones

Garden weeds · Sep 23, 2012

100% yes.. of course

dvan2013 · Sep 23, 2012

i like your mcjuana and love ur signature.

Brother Numsi · Sep 23, 2012

dvan2013 said:
very well brother desr, gave me some good research info "circadian cycle"

If you were addressing me, I can only do what most of us already did...and know. circadian cycle as it applies to the plants of our interest; 18/6 for veg and 12/12 for flower.....
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Garden weeds · Sep 23, 2012

dvan2013 said:
i like your mcjuana and love ur signature.

Thanks man!! lol i like it too. appreciate it

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