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and more dirt embracing the plants.
that will provide them with new growing conditions. probably they will stop growing for some days but I hope I can make them kick on growing after getting used to more wind and also more dirt around. I'll make them almost tight to surface.
You think it might work?
Thank you bunches :cool:
the ever popular advice for those stretchy plants: more light closer to the plant, and get a small fan and run it on the lowest setting, don't let it blow the plant over, just a little breeze...you may not be getting enough light, you need at least 12 hours of light right now, 16-18 hours of light would be great...go to wal mart and get some little compact FLOURESCENT lights (the kind that will screw into a lamp) and find a way to get them hovering one or two inches above the tops, and be careful with water, only once a week for now, you'll probably have to adjust the height of the light every day or so. don't let the leaves ever actually touch the light bulb though, it'll burn them even if it doesn't feel that hot...
MAy I ask a question...will stretching more commonly occur under artificial light?
Ive been growing my babies in promix soil..give them 8-8.5 hrs of direct sun now..no signes too much stretching..just added a little more dirt...should they be fine...they certainly werent anywhere as stretched as the pics just above here
thanks
need some help..much appreciated
use the sun when you can, outside if possible...for other hours when the sun is not available, use the lights indoors. try to have at least about 16 hours of light for now. they need as much light as they can get to use up the water and nutrients in the dirt
the sun is the most intense light you can give the plants, if they have the outdoor breeze/circulation along with that light, they shouldn't stretch too much...with lights, it depends; get as many lumens of flourescent light as you can get, or invest in a more expensive light like high-pressure sodium or metal halide...don't use halogen or incandescent
thank you so much for your advice. I hope my plants will survive.
I added more dirt and I put them in my balcony. Now the growing conditions have changed, there is more sunlight and for more hours (6am to 8pm) and the wind is mild (I live in Portugal).
this was a dramatic change for the plants, I know. But if the temperature here remains the same then I am positive the plants will survive :)
oh yes, there's no problem about the police because the plants can't be seen from the street and there aren't big buildings around.
I'll need your help again, I'm sure. But now I have to let them recover.
(I can't buy any lights, I wouldn't have money to pay the bill so this is really the only solution, growing outside in the balcony)
I hope this first clumsy experience will work; at least I hope one of those plants will be a female. I already lost a sprout and it was the water, most definitely. I am afraid the second plant won't make it because the first set of leaves are white and withered, but I hope it recovers.
If this will work then this topic might be of use to other people because I am growing outdoors now but at home.
Notice that my plants are 5 weeks, they should be more adult by now I guess but this is my 1st experience so I'm sure next time it will be better. I keep asking my granny to pray that at least one of them is a female :) my grandmother is 79 years old and she's a real nice lady ;)
yeah that thing should be bigger for sure, it'll enjoy that 14 hrs of sunlight though, and the wind will help. good luck!!