My setup and stretching problem, help pleae

[Peter8664]

Hi im first time grower..
I have a understair cubboard in my house to use, i have a propergator to start the seeds off and then have a HPS 600 watts light to grow under.

My first batch I put the seedlings straight out of the propergator straight under the HPS and they went yellow and died silly mistake.

So i bought 4 12 inch flourecent strip lights with 60w bulbs and i have but the new seeds straight undr them but they seem to be stretching out its only been 1 week and they were 6-7 inches tall! i repoted the 2 tallest in larger pots and buried up to the baby leafs but they are still 3-4inchs tall and when i repotted them they had no real root base i could see :/ ive changed from having lights on almost constantly to 19/5 cycle..Also when the lights are on the leaves seen to pull together round the bulb and then when lights are off they flatten out..

I have a fan running but not very often as i think it will lower the room temp ? is that wrong..

any help appreciated thxs

ps do i need foil and ally tape everywhere reflecting light? and when can i change the seedlings to my HPS?

Peter8664 Reviewed by Peter8664 on 02-12-2011. My setup and stretching problem, help pleae Hi im first time grower.. I have a understair cubboard in my house to use, i have a propergator to start the seeds off and then have a HPS 600 watts light to grow under. My first batch I put the seedlings straight out of the propergator straight under the HPS and they went yellow and died silly mistake. So i bought 4 12 inch flourecent strip lights with 60w bulbs and i have but the new seeds straight undr them but they seem to be stretching out its only been 1 week and they were 6-7 Rating: 5

[BackWoodDrifter]

Hi im first time grower..
I have a understair cubboard in my house to use, i have a propergator to start the seeds off and then have a HPS 600 watts light to grow under.

My first batch I put the seedlings straight out of the propergator straight under the HPS and they went yellow and died silly mistake.

So i bought 4 12 inch flourecent strip lights with 60w bulbs and i have but the new seeds straight undr them but they seem to be stretching out its only been 1 week and they were 6-7 inches tall! i repoted the 2 tallest in larger pots and buried up to the baby leafs but they are still 3-4inchs tall and when i repotted them they had no real root base i could see :/ ive changed from having lights on almost constantly to 19/5 cycle..Also when the lights are on the leaves seen to pull together round the bulb and then when lights are off they flatten out..

I have a fan running but not very often as i think it will lower the room temp ? is that wrong..

any help appreciated thxs

ps do i need foil and ally tape everywhere reflecting light? and when can i change the seedlings to my HPS?

Hello pilgrem quick question ifin i may? Yual say this be yur first grow um the leaves on these here seedlins look a little different to me? What strain are they and um were yu be gettin them through the mail of a friend just curios cause I have never seen plant structure like this well maybe in an other kind of erb?

BWD

[seventhchild]

your lights are to far away and your pots are to large read this sticky first http://boards.cannabis.com/basic-gro...-dankness.html and than read all the others please

[amrcnbut]

they should of gone into peat pots. and the light has to be closer so the plants won't stretch out reaching for the light. you have to do a little bit of reading on the forum. don't give up. let it grow
exactly what seventh child said.