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 ?

hayze21 Reviewed by hayze21 on 04-06-2007. stretching of seedlings? 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: Rating: 5

[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 ?