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I think my Auto plants are slow. Tried to fix the ...

rusgastarted grow question 7y ago

I think my Auto plants are slow. Tried to fix the temperature and humidity (28°C - 50%) but still a bit high temperature. Is that normal? How can I speed things up a bit? Should I start cropping at the seccond nod?

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Athosanswered grow question 7y ago

temperatures and humidity are fine. The problem is that the plants are too far from the light source, you need to get them closer; on the other hand be careful not to burn the plants, but 120 cm is way to far, try half or even a third of that distance. You might want to consider using anotehr type of light for seedling stage. I recommend taking a look into Screw in LEDS, like I do, you will use much less watts the first few weeks and the temperatures will be much lower, allowing you to place you seedligns much closer.

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Stickanswered grow question 7y ago

Hi @rusga! Seedlings are stretching because they're searching for more light, you must decrease your plant<--->light distance to stop them from stretching. More light efficiency = stronger plants + more nodes + more side stems. Be careful however, your babies might suffer from light-stress or heat-stress if the light is too close. Now, I won't recommend any manipulation/surgery until they have become taller/stronger/healthier, give them a few days to recover after your setup adjustments. Hope this will help, keep us up-to-date and happy growing 👊

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CRiSPrGrowanswered grow question 7y ago

hey man had the same issues stretch plus growing slow, its the light man, 400W is too much for the lil plants with hardly any leaves. You want a dimmer on that ideally, you can throw it onto 400 end of the third or fourth week, then onto 600W in flower. hope this helps ! 🚀 !

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mad_scientistanswered grow question 7y ago

Hello @rusga ! Your plants are indeed a little small . Temperature is not a problem. Plants at this stage like to be little warm. You have a problem with the RH not a big one though. Your real problem and the reason for small size and leggy looking plants is your lamp. Place the lamp closer to the plant at around 60-80 cm and monitor the temperature ( do not exceed 28 °C ) . Definitely do not do not perform any super cropping technique. Wait until 4-5 nodes and until the main stem gets a little harder. Happy growing ! 👊

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Mrs_Larimaranswered grow question 7y ago

First thing i see is a kinny stretchy plant, looking like 10 days old.Your Girls having suboptimal conditions. Like you say very warm, and lack of light. But nothing is lost until now. Youve done a few things very good. You gave the girls after germination a big pot with a fluffy (lookin) soil. thats what they love.You can fill up the pots with much more soil to stabilise the Girls. A fan and a good airmove can fatten their stems too. Maybe think about a 100 watt extra led light , so they dont have to stretch so much for the light. Led can be quite close to the Girls . And nooooo pls dont top or crop them in their condition.... wait for 2 more weeks then you can do some LST the recommend very well in this. Read some diaries and look what other growers do with automatic plants. Happy growing

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