Young seedling not growing for 3 days? [pics]

jarful

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Hello,

I have this young seedling planted, it grow a bit then stopped.
The seedling was planted last Tuesday ( 8th of march ) after being germinated for around 3 days.

Could it be root bound? The pot is small ( i'm just using it as a seed starter ) but I really don't think it's root bound because the plant is too small anyways.

pH is fine ( i grew some stuff before ), temp drops down at some points in the day but I also don't think that is hurting the plant. Lighting currently is a 46watt 6500k cfl.

What do you guys think?


First two pictures took 17 hours ago, last picture took 5 minutes ago.
 

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jarful

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Could it be root bound? The pot is really small but I'm using it as a seed starter, should i transplant now?

Thanks for the reply though, I won't water until it's dry and I see some growth.
 

jarful

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Light is 1.5 inches away from the plant, real close and no it does not produce any noticeable heat.... keep in mind that i've grew before.

Anyways I guess I can't do anything except not to water and wait..

Thanks
 

fooster

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nope, you need to let it dry out, it is WAYYY soaked, which cause slow growth, even no growth. don't water it for like half week and spary the plant twice a day, once morning, once night
 

jarful

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Alright thanks everyone for the replies, I just moved my plant to the window because the sun is beautiful today, sun might do it good. Will move it back to CFL in 30 minutes.
 

jarful

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Another morning and no noticeable growth.

Soil top in picture looks too dry, but infact its still a bit wet down at the bottom, I used a screwdriver to pinch the soil a bit yesterday, it was too compact ;/
 

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irieie

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your soil did look very wet in the first pics. i notice they dont grow during this time i think it is because all the growth is going on under the surface. the seedling is establishing a root system so it can shoot up.
 

jarful

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the pot is not big, and its been like 3-4 days without growth (could it still be constructing the root system without giving any attention above soil?)... they just sprouted, stretched above the soil a bit and stopped.

but really thanks for all the replies :)
 
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