Starting Hydro Grow, is my seedling healthy?

[torange]

Hi there, just started my first hydro grow, and am right now sprouting hawaiian haze x plum from seed. It's been about 5 days since it first popped out of my rockwool, and has been growing relatively consistently day to day under a 400w MH @ ~3.5 feet above. I am slightly concerned however as it seems like the stem is getting a bit wobbly, and the cotyledon seems to be drooping. (see pic). Am I all good, or is my seedling suffering / what can I do to remedy it?


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torange Reviewed by torange on 09-10-2010. Starting Hydro Grow, is my seedling healthy? Hi there, just started my first hydro grow, and am right now sprouting hawaiian haze x plum from seed. It's been about 5 days since it first popped out of my rockwool, and has been growing relatively consistently day to day under a 400w MH @ ~3.5 feet above. I am slightly concerned however as it seems like the stem is getting a bit wobbly, and the cotyledon seems to be drooping. (see pic). Am I all good, or is my seedling suffering / what can I do to remedy it? Thanks guys, great Rating: 5

[AntzinyoPantz]

It is stretching for the light. When you transplant it into your new medium make sure to bury it down pretty deep to the the stem is covered by the medium (hydroton,etc) . The light should be moved slightly closer during seedling stage

[SmokeMyPiece]

Looks on track

Extra stretching is normal when starting from seed.

seedlings dont need much light to get goin; I use 1 regular bulb, or 1 CFL til they reach some serrated leaves.

[torange]

Thanks for the input guys, I just switched over to a 100w equiv cfl + reflector ~ 2 inches above

[AntzinyoPantz]

Thanks for the input guys, I just switched over to a 100w equiv cfl + reflector ~ 2 inches above

Thats perfect until your ready to put it in your new medium. :thumbsup:

GL

keep us posted.


-Ant

[tinytoon]

Put a small fan on that lil one to create a MILD breeze. All you want is just a lil "wiggle" from the plant. The gentle rocking back and forth will help strengthen the stem before it becomes top heavy and starts going in the wrong direction.

[Big len]

looks great I agree with tiny little air flow will give it some stregnth.

[torange]

Just thought I'd give you guys an update (see pic) :-)


I am having some brown spotting issues in random places across the plant though and I'm not sure exactly what's causing it...

It seems like its either light burn or mg deficiency, but my reflector is ~18 inches above the plant, and I added some epsom salts when I fed it, so I'm not sure... pH is good at 5.5 (calibrated test)

[martyrprojekt]

Should I dare say it guys...SHOULD I???

CAL-MAG SHALL BE YOUR SAVING GRACE SIR!!!!

[torange]

Picked up some calmag+ today, and added about 5ml/gal. I'm going to change out the water/ refeed either tomorrow or the day after anyway, so we'll see what happens