New some GRowing help

[Sponger4life]

my plants are about 1 and 1/2 weeks old and there about 2-4 inchs i have 7 of them. well i had 2 growing before a couple weeks older and they grew so fast that the stems couldnt hold them up they toppled over and died. im worried these new plants will do the same. how do i stop them from toppling over? the lights are about 2-3 inchs above the plants and im watering them good because i used to grow out door so i kno im doing that right. i have givin them any nutrience yet is that the solution? if so how much do i add? a pinch of it or what? cause i dont wana over fertalize it. what else can i do to keep em strong?

[Sponger4life]

Oh yeah this is sponger um i also only keep the lights on for 12 hours is this bad? i figured it wouldnt matter. there 40 watt flouresent bulbs.

[llamaman666]

its bad, 18 or 24, that is a flowering light set up. use larger lights too.

[Sponger4life]

well can anyone help me on the plants falling over and dieing thing thats whats more urgent!!

[jdizzle07]

I'm no expert, but couldn't what llama said be the cause of that.

[Shadow Smoke]

i had kinda the same prob i'm useing sticks to hold them up for a while and was just told that i should move the light closer to the plants i havent noticed the ones with sticks doing any differently and the ones without. give it a shot and let me know how it works : )

i think i am doing good less than a week old and they are already about 5 or 6 in tall with some thick ass leaves

[llamaman666]

run a fan in the room.

[marimbas]

yea a fan will make them stronger + arnt you overwatering them?

[Sponger4life]

nah i only water em every once in a while if the soils dry

[slowmotion]

dude if i was you i would try to lower your lights about an inch and a1/2 ...unless your lights give off heat then you would need to run a fan on it. anyway id say lower lights because of stretching of the stems. see the plant is reaching up higher trying to get more sunlight and you need to lower it .... i did the same thing with my first grow ...turned out very depressing

[llamaman666]

run a fan, have lights go on 24/0 or 18/6 (this is probably the problem, wanting non existant light) and get MORE light. get a couple cool white tubes and you should be fine.