Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Clandestine
Denial,


I use a mix that's pretty similar to the Biobizz organic soil. Though I prefer to add a little more perlite to the mix when I'm starting seedlings, and I much prefer to keep the seedlings in individual pots. The roots are eventually going to be competing for space, and I'm not sure how that will affect them. And since you also just transplanted, I don't know how bad another transplant is going to shock your roots. If they were mine, I'd still get them back into a smaller pot and leave them there for a while longer. I'd expect the worst, but hope for the best. It'll be really easy to stunt their growth if handled roughly. Also, if you decide to leave them in the same pot, they only need enough water to saturate the soil surrounding the stem for a little while. You don't want to keep the whole pot saturated, your roots probably aren't even close to the bottom of the pot yet.
Heh, I was going to leave them in this large pot for a few weeks (was desperate and had no other pots to hand).. I was also thinking of transplanting them a total of 3 times.. seemed like a bad idea though. Hmm... growing really can be a complex thing hehe.

Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Clandestine
Denial,
As for your stretching, it's most likely happening because of your light. You've got me a little confused about the distance of your light, though. You said approximately 18 inches, or 2-2.5 feet...but 18 inches is 1.5 feet! :jointsmile:
Yeah, sorry I actually meant to say I have had it initially at 18 inches, but because I was worried it was heat shocking the plants a bit I moved it up to above 2feet 16 hours ago! They were previously at 18 inches which is of course 1.5 feet which as far as I was concerned (after reading posts here) was considered OK. Still, not sure about that the distance. I actually moved the lamp back down now because I'm convinced it wasn't heat stress making them droop.

Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Clandestine
Denial,
If it's two feet or so from the seedlings, they're stretching to try and receive more light. The light needs to be as close as possible without burning or causing heat stress to them. This balance can be hard to find, and is why I prefer to start seedlings out under CFL light. It's much easier to regulate the ambient temperature of the room this way, and I can get the lights damn near on top of the leaves, keeping stretching to a minimum. I like to let them grow a few sets of leaves before I put them under the HID and fans.

Good luck again, and let us know how things work out for you!
OK well we're at about 18 inches again with adequate cooling, it will be interesting to see how they go, i'll post a pic at some point.

I did indeed though not start with the ideal set of circumstances ;-) Thanks for the advice I really do appreciate it, thanks for the goodluck - I will let you know!

Denial