VERY slow growth on seedlings

[canniwhatsis]

Hey dude hows your grow going???

I hope he's getting at least what I'm getting,... My WW's turned out to be one male 1 female,... I'm flowering the male in a separate room for pollen to breed my own WW seeds, my female would be about 2' tall now if she wasn't trained down for SCROG.

I plan on flowering starting later this week, tonight is up potting time.:hippy:

[oldmac]

Hey there Saggitaur,

For future reference, TANKJR hit on both of your problems.

Seedlings need low level, blue dominate light for good root production. Consider using floros while starting seedlings or just rooted clones, then at 3-4 weeks they will appreciate the 400MH.
Plus no need to start nutrients too soon either, and when you do start go very weak, you can always go more if they show signs of needing more. But it is hard to un-ring the bell when you go overboard.

Both of these conditions set back the growth, and takes the plants a long time to recover when the conditions improve.

OM

[canniwhatsis]

Hey there Saggitaur,

For future reference, TANKJR hit on both of your problems.

Seedlings need low level, blue dominate light for good root production. Consider using floros while starting seedlings or just rooted clones, then at 3-4 weeks they will appreciate the 400MH.
Plus no need to start nutrients too soon either, and when you do start go very weak, you can always go more if they show signs of needing more. But it is hard to un-ring the bell when you go overboard.

Both of these conditions set back the growth, and takes the plants a long time to recover when the conditions improve.

OM

Okay,... so OT question,... I'm for the first time cracking a bean in a rapid rooter. Said bean has cracked and is on its way to germing, tho not above the top just yet!

I Have the plug in under my dome with a couple clones that i just started rooting. I'm using a bamboo place mat to diffuse the light getting to the clones while allowing full strength light to hit my rooted quarantined plants. (not under the dome).... ANYWAY!?......


Should I let the bean sprout and stretch under the diffused T-5 light that I'm using for clones in the first week or once the seedling breaks the surface, or should i move it to more intense light immediately?

[Saggitaur]

Hey Guys, Thought I'd give you an update, it's been too long.. The girls are doing great. They are into there fourth week of flowering and doing just fine. Been having to fight my pH, keeps going down on me. I try an keep it @ 6-6.5. My one hydro girl got really tall and the nodes are about 6-7 inches apart, not a favorable site for me to look at. I had about three males that I pulled right as soon as I knew they were boys. I've got a couple girls who are doing much better than the rest, I mean pretty full and look like christmas trees, they are about 4 foot tall. My next crop which I'm growing now is going to be a short crop. I don't want them no more than 2-3max tall. I have already topped them. These are my california dream fems and I have four bag seed plants as well. These are about 5-6 inches tall now and are VERY bushy and nice green! Hydro is going to be the way I go from now on which is what these girls are in. So back to my first grow... 3 weeks into flowering and every node and the tops are full of white hairs! Looks to be some small bud as well. Hopefully soon I'll see some larger buds. The smell is intense! Very sweet smell, makes my tummy a little ill if I stay in the same room with them for too long lol. Would love to post some pics but last time I tried it would not let me. I will try though. Have fun everyone!

[Saggitaur]

Can anyone tell me if the one picture of the leave that has two colors to it is normal?

[Saggitaur]

So here are a few pics of my first grow. They are working on there fourth week, how do you guys think they look? I know the pics are kinda crappy cause of the lights.