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Looks like they were starting to stretch so I dropped the lights from the recommended 90cm to 50cm and increased the the light output from 30% to 60%. U hope i hasn't over done it with the lights. They don't seem to be stretching anymore. They do seem very pale in colour. I am following the Green Planet3 feed chart.
We are just coming into Autumn here and the night temperature has dropped to about 10c, I have placed the pots onto a heat mat. I need to sort out a heating system.
Roots starting to protrude through the bottom of 4" pots.
All looking good apart from the initial stretching.
When I re-pot them I will bury them a few inches deeper because of the stretching
@Slippy, i take all the stress outta seedling care by using Foxfarm's Bushdoctor coco. its amended and while I feed them a bit, (mostly supplements) just adding water works too!!!
@homerjgangia, Thx Mate, do you have any idea on the nuetrient levels (eg TDS) I should be feeding these seedlings? They have just popped and opened their water leaves 24hrs ago.
looking good, !!! but i would give the girls an airflow instead of binding them, they got to be able to stand alone
shake them softly daily betqeen your fingers, and let them swing in abreeze of the ventilation
@Slippy,iam using the small ceramic infrared heaters with temperature control. but you have to watch these things in such asmall tent its very dangerous
can you isolate the tent from outside?
or heating the room where she stands, because like i said thos little heaters are dangerous, ihave used mine into my growbox, the growbox is made of steel,
I would try to put her on awarmer spot, into awarmer room
all thhe other options are tricky
@Mrs_Larimar,
Thx 4 the advise I will do that, I think I need a larger/betterheater so I can leave the ventilation fan running constant ot atleast 5min on 5min off. Our temp in Australia has dropped to about 19cday 10cNight. Can you recommend a heater for a 60x60x160 tent.
Fan/ceramic/Bar?
@Mrs_Larimar,
Thx 4 the heads up, there is mould growing on the surface of the cocco, so I'm obviously being too generous with watering. I have never really let it dry out, as I know u should.
I would take away the heatmat iam sure it causes the troubles, well 15 degree is not alot but its enough, in dytime they have it warmer .....so everything is fine
i think your heatmat dried them and yoou got an imbalance of the ph that way,,,
and look at the roots, if they are still nice and white