VERY slow growth on seedlings

[Saggitaur]

Hey Everyone I've got a problem growing my white widow seedlings. I germinated them with ease but since then... about two weeks now, some have basically stopped growing after they got there first true set of leaves. There leaves are small and deformed. The plants just seem to be having a hard time growing in my grow room. Any suggestions???

Water every three to four days with aged tap water with a pH @ 6.0. I also add eight drops of root master B-1 to each gallon of water I prepare.

I have a 400 watt Metal Halide grow lamp about five foot above them. I raised it from being about two foot from them the first few days.

Lights are on from 4am to 10pm, I just changed that today to on at 4am off at 9 pm then back on for an hour from midnight to 1am. I read that helps with getting female plants.
I started these plants in peat pots with organic soil, no nutes. I will confess that I did feed the plants with one quarter of the suggested amount of miracle grow. I have since then flushed out the pots with fresh water and stopped using the miracle grow.
These guys are going on three weeks old and they look horrid! Can anyone please give me any suggestions?

Saggitaur Reviewed by Saggitaur on 09-28-2010. VERY slow growth on seedlings Hey Everyone I've got a problem growing my white widow seedlings. I germinated them with ease but since then... about two weeks now, some have basically stopped growing after they got there first true set of leaves. There leaves are small and deformed. The plants just seem to be having a hard time growing in my grow room. Any suggestions??? Water every three to four days with aged tap water with a pH @ 6.0. I also add eight drops of root master B-1 to each gallon of water I prepare. I Rating: 5

[CannabisCorp]

You should get your one light as close as you can (3-5") to the seedlings. If that doesn't work, try out some new lights.

[Cattsy]

Funny.... I'm having the SAME issue with my White Widow babies... VERY slow growing. I have two that have been in my nursery for over two months now, and they're maybe 6" high, and have some strange leaf growth on the top, all curly like, I'm going to post some pictures in a different thread, but I came across your post and thought I'd chime in that I'm experiencing a similar issue with that strain.

[Saggitaur]

If I get the light that close it will fry the plants. The metal halide lights get real hot.

[Iceberg420]

Hmmm, well see how far you can keep ur hand away from it for 30 secs without it being too hot for you and put ur plants there... they'll prob turn out to be males or hermie on u if they get stunted too much so you might wanna junk them if you're tryin to make money but if you're tryin to learn to grow then give it a "fuck why not" and try and make em grow lol

[canniwhatsis]

Where the hell did you two get your seeds from?

I've got some WW seeds started, and they're moving along nicely,... they are just now starting to form their first set of "True" fan leaves,.... it's been less than a week since they broke the surface. :detective1:

[Saggitaur]

Got mine from Amsterdam seed company

[Saggitaur]

I don't know what I did but my babies are growing strong! I added another exhaust fan today to keep the temps down a little lower. It helped by 2 degrees.

[Cattsy]

Hey dude hows your grow going???

[TANKJR]

They sound stressed and they are very young...too much, too fast...First three weeks my clones and seedlings get nothing but rainwater and relatively weak light. One must be patient while they get going. Youngsters stressed like that don't recover instantly...give them time and be gentle on nutrients until they get good roots and leaves going. But they may stay stunted and slow now. What you did is like giving a 2 month old baby a T-bone steak, salad, loaded baked potato, and cheesecake for dessert and expecting no problems with the kid eating it all!