first grow white widow need help...

[aidosmoke]

First grow, white widow feminized seeds ,help needed.
This is my first attempt at growing. Please see the attached photos. I germinated the seeds using the paper towel method which appeared to have gone ok. I initially had my seeds under a little plastic Propagator and they made rapid progress. However when I relocated the seeds to my grow room which were planted in fibre pots (see photos) and placed them under my 125 watt CFl they appear to have stalled. The only think which has happened since I move them to under the light in the grow room is they seem to have started to grow at an angle/stretched.
I purchased the soil from a grow shop; Iâ??m really not sure how much water I should be giving them. I know I should only water them when they are very dry, but I donâ??t know how much water I should give them? Iâ??m currently only giving each plant approc 1/2 cup of water every other day.
Iâ??m currently using the 18/6 timing for the lights. I have an extractor fan and a fan at the bottom of my grow space. There is also fresh air entering my grow room which you can see to the right of the photo.
You can also see the bigger pots I have also noticed the tips of the little leafs have started to go a little yellow. The temperature in the grow room goes from 17 Celsius to 28 Celsius throughout the day. The light is approx 6 inches from the plants. The seeds were planted into the fibre pots 9 days ago.
When my plants are ready for the flowering stage I will transfer them to the flowering area which has a HPS 400 watt light.
In the last 2 days I planted my seedlings into the bigger pots. I just made a hole big enough in the big pot and dropped in my seedlings which were in their fibre pots. i covered most of the stem with clay.

The seedlings really do look as if they have not grown at all in the last 7 days. And they are under a cfl 125 watt. I have an hps 400 watt ready but I thought I wasnâ??t supposed to use that light for at least another few weeks when Iâ??m ready to switched to flowering 12/12. The cfl is within 6 inches of the plants, and temp is usually between 20 and 28 day and night
I would really appreciate any help, with my ladies. The plants are 13 days old..

Am i doing anything wrong? Should i notice more growth? Should i move them to under the 400 watt HPS light at such an early stage?
Thanks in advance, please help.
Aidosmoke

aidosmoke Reviewed by aidosmoke on 05-25-2010. first grow white widow need help... First grow, white widow feminized seeds ,help needed. This is my first attempt at growing. Please see the attached photos. I germinated the seeds using the paper towel method which appeared to have gone ok. I initially had my seeds under a little plastic Propagator and they made rapid progress. However when I relocated the seeds to my grow room which were planted in fibre pots (see photos) and placed them under my 125 watt CFl they appear to have stalled. The only think which has happened Rating: 5

[ForgetClassC]

Move them closer, CFL's work when in close range. Around 5" should be good.

What is your pH?

I normally drench the whole pot of soil, just so that when it starts to dry out, the plant reaches for the water that is all around it.

They should be about 2 or 3 sets of leafs farther, but it shoudl be fine.

The pH looks like the most troubles for you.

Look around and fill out a trouble shooting form, then others can help you more.

-C

[aidosmoke]

Hi
your right it looks like my waters PH is quite high, i'll make a trip to the local grow store to-morrow and purchase a few products.

i also moved the light a lot closer to the plants and each plant now appears to have grown another set of leaves

thanks in advance

[bubadutep75]

before i got hps i put my florecence 2-3" from the tops of my plants and they seemed to like that.