stretching of seedlings?

[hayze21]

Hey all im on my 5th day of growing my seedlings and they look pretty good my only concern seems to be as they grow in height they tend to start tilting on there sides and I find myself pushing more soil on them to keep them growing straight up instead of bending? Is this natural ?:cool:

[xxxhazexxx]

you need more light dude to stop them stretching:thumbsup:

[hayze21]

Really I have 3 daylight cfls and 2 fluro tubes on the side?

[1chronic]

How far away from the light are they? If there trying to stretch up towards the light they may need to be a little closer to the light. Just be careful you don't put them too close or you'll burn them.

Let us know if this helps okay?

[hayze21]

How far away from the light are they? If there trying to stretch up towards the light they may need to be a little closer to the light. Just be careful you don't put them too close or you'll burn them.

Let us know if this helps okay?
Thanx for responding I have them pretty close maybe a few inches away from them....I thought with cfls u could put them as close as u wanted withought worrying about burning them?

[1chronic]

Also, if you have a small fan blowing lightly on them, there stalks will start to get bigger and will be able to hold more weight. Weird your pic didn't show up the first time I loaded this page.

From what I can see in the picture there just doesn't look like theres alot of light in there. Take a look in the grow log section and see if you can look at how bright some of the peoples grow's are.

[1chronic]

I didn't realize right away what lights you were using, as I said in the post above that the pic didn't load the first time I went to your thread. You shouldn't worry about burning them with those lights.

[hayze21]

Also, if you have a small fan blowing lightly on them, there stalks will start to get bigger and will be able to hold more weight. Weird your pic didn't show up the first time I loaded this page.

From what I can see in the picture there just doesn't look like theres alot of light in there. Take a look in the grow log section and see if you can look at how bright some of the peoples grow's are.

lol....yes I have a small fan blowing on them but the lighting in there seems dim because of my crappy ass camera...lol...but believe me its very bright in there blinds the chit outta me.....

[1chronic]

Ohh okay. Humm, so you have a fan and lots of light and there still stretching?

[hayze21]

yes i mean the lights are 2 cfls 23 watts =100w and 1 cool blue 13w=60w...should i let them tilt on there sides and just move the fan closer to strengthen them i was just scared that they would stay like that ?

[hayze21]

I will take better pics in a bit

[postmandave]

hang those lights(tubes and the cfls around 2 inches above the seedlings and try put more soil around them so they stand up they are stretching for the lights.fluros need to be as close to the plants as possible at that wattage and have some air blowing across them to strenthen the stem cause with the lights at that didtance they will keep stretching for it.

[1chronic]

Do you know what strain your growing? If it's a heavy Sativa it could be growing tall and thin like Sativa's normally do and that could be causing some of your trouble.

I don't think you'd want it to grow on an angle like that, is it falling towards one of the tube lights?

Mabye you should use a little stick and a tiny string and prop the little guys up.

[hayze21]

Ok thanx I will adjust the lights even closer to the plants and add some more soil to them......I will update my log tonite under the closet growing forum if u guys wanna check them out......thanx very mucho

[1chronic]

Not a problem.

[hayze21]

update for u guys on the seedlings and lights here are the pics

[ToKAlot]

How old are they!!!

[hayze21]

6 days old with today what do u think ? are they where they should be or are they a little behind?

[ToKAlot]

I just check out my plant at day six it looks almost the same size your plants look like there doing fine keep us posted!!!!:rastasmoke:

[hayze21]

thanx bud had to move lights closer since they are starting to lean and strech on me I also put more soil around there stems to keep them straight...But good to see im at where they should be 4 there age

[Scarlet Sky]

they look good so far, stretching at a minimal... if they stretch, do like you did, and place more soil around the stem, up to the cotyledons. roots will eventually sprout from the stretched stem, and the plants will have a better base.

[hayze21]

Thanx Scarlet for as always the helpful information I will try to update with new pics daily.....:)

[hayze21]

Hey guys let me give an update on the status of my seedlings its now day 8 they look pretty good to me what do u guys and gals think?;)