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This is my third attemp i think to grow and i got two sprouts one is about 3 or 4 days out of soil and it is 3-4 inches tall. The leaves are just now startin to unfold and are almost entirely unfolded. The thing i'm worried about is that the plant is about 2-3 inches away from the light to the right of the plant and up. it is not directly above the plant but more diagnol from it. My sprout is startin to bend towards the light i got so the sprout is somewhat growing sideways at an angle. Is this ok and will my plant survive this way? I have the light close to it it is just off to the side a little instead of overhead it.
Also how ofton should i water this sprout. I use a spray bottle and gave a few good sprays set on "mist" yesterday and a few good sprays today. I'm wondering if i'm not watering it enough because my newest sprout's leave is turning brown :confused: Also the stem is turning a redish green is this a good sign or bad?
Once again i'm on day 3 or 4 from sprouting. I would take pics but i don't got a camera. Anyone and everyone that can help with my questions please do so and quick i don't want to loose these sprouts.
I'm using 1 cfl light bulb(i think it's cfl because it's twisty like a spiral.) I know this is definately enough for 1 average plant but i might be able to get another light to total 2 cfls for two plants or i might just put one by a window and leave the tall one under the cfl.
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You didn't mention what wattage your light is. I don't use floro's but I wouldn't think that two plants could produce much flowers under one cfl. I would buy another one and place them both right above each plant. Then your plants will grow straight. Better yet, buy 250 watt MH and you'll really see em grow.
Plants will bend towards the light source. This is common. You can turn the pot so that the plant is bending away form the light and in a day, or even less, the plant will bend back towards the light. As long as the light is off to the side the plant will continue to grow towards it.
Depending on where you live, the one you place by the window will probably start flowering if you live in the northern hemisphere. If it's winter where you live the I wouldn't recomend it. Just buy more lights and keep the lights close, if theyre cfls, and wait for the plant to get some foliage.
Keep sprouts in moist soil and do not let it dry out. After the first set of TRUE leaves are completely unfolded then you can water normally.
The stem color sounds normal but the leaves shouldn't be turning brown. Are they turning brown at the very tips? Are you giving them ferts?
Laterz
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No i'm not giving them fertilizers but the sprout i'm talkin about is my newest on and it is about an inch or less tall. The leaves are completely folded up and the tip of the sprout hasn't even straightened out yet so it still looks like a hook. One leave is sort of dark and not atl all green but the other one opposite is green. The seedling that popped out came out of the dirt without ANY seed part connected to it. So i don't know if this is why.
Also this one's stem is white.
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ok here is a link to the light i'm usin. It uses 23 watts of electricity but puts out more light. I think it puts out 1700-2000 lumens. Getting another light bulb to put in there for the other plant wouldn't be a problem but finding a light itself would be the problem. I'd have to find a light that my parents don't use so they don't get suspicious.
http://froogle.google.com/froogle_cl...ddr=&scoring=p
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Dont over water it, if it starts dyeing just leave it for a day or two and see what happens.
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buddie is right keep turning the plant every 3 days till the stem is stong
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idon't use ferts until i trans plant int o bigger container
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but i only start from seed, not ,