need help

[MMJ]

I agree with pushit. The plant knows its in a bigger pot because it roots can continue to grow down. Your advise pollack is whack. Cmon, nutes to a seedling? Espcially seeing that it is in such a big pot. Wow

[B-LO]

so tell me exactly what i should do ? just leave them alone and watch them grow a 1/16 of a inch a day that rate it will take a full year just to grow it.
and another thing my leaves are pointing up torwards the light is that ok and so what everyone is saying once the "ROOTS" take hold then the foilage will cut loose and grow like it should? Again Thank You Everyone for the help

[budbudding]

Mate you need to down size pot , 3 gallon is hench , go get a 3ltr pot for now , and i would'nt bother wih that m/grow either , you say it holds the water well !! you dnt want that at all , if ya gonna continue useing m/grow go get some perlite and add it to ya mix , .... and be PATIENT!! She's a baby ! oh and try geting tome take root or rizatonic that will help her out

[pushit]

so tell me exactly what i should do ? just leave them alone and watch them grow a 1/16 of a inch a day that rate it will take a full year just to grow it.
and another thing my leaves are pointing up torwards the light is that ok and so what everyone is saying once the "ROOTS" take hold then the foilage will cut loose and grow like it should? Again Thank You Everyone for the help

Like i said you will be fine. You can leave it just the way it is and in a week or so youll be seeing some growth. The main reason the soil is staying moist so long is the seedling's root mass has not grown big enough to uptake all the water in the 3gal. It will catch up just be patient. In a week or two you will see a big difference and it will start growing fast given your grow room is properly set up.

Its all about patience. in the meantime do alot of reading on here. But just cause you read something different than what youre already doing.......pause, research everything before you make any major changes. Theres a bunch of different ways to grow a plant. You will be fine. If you have any pics it would be helpful.

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[pushit]

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Yea they will be fine. Just pay extra attention to your watering. For the first week or so you might do good by just adding a cup or two of water just around the seedling. Let it progress a little before you water the whole pot. This is of course after you let it dry out from your last watering.

What type of bulb is that on the floor by the plants? Might save you a little on electricity and mh bulb life if you use it instead of the mh til the little ones get a little bigger. Just my 2 cents

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its a t12 grow bulb i have two of them and one 24watt cfl you think that will be fine instead of the MH for right now ? and do you think my set up looks ok and how do my plants look? pretty damn small for a week worth of growth and 18/6 light schedual so dont transplant them into smaller pots? how many plants have you had exp with if u dont mind me asking/

[pushit]

its a t12 grow bulb i have two of them and one 24watt cfl you think that will be fine instead of the MH for right now ? and do you think my set up looks ok and how do my plants look? pretty damn small for a week worth of growth and 18/6 light schedual so dont transplant them into smaller pots? how many plants have you had exp with if u dont mind me asking/

Yes i would use the T12 til they get a little bigger. You just need to keep it close. I personally think with you being new, transplanting into smaller pots will stress them out pretty bad. Seedlings are real fragile at that age. Its all your call though. Ive seen seedlings started off in 5gal containers. I dont recommend it but ive seen it done with great results.

Ive been growing a little over a year. I have a little grow log in my sig if you wanna check it out. As for how many plants i have grown? I honestly couldnt tell you but ive seen a couple haha.

[polishpollack]

To a plant so small, I don't think they know the difference between a three gallon and a one gallon or smaller container. Having freedom to continue growing roots doesn't mean that the upper part will grow slow. To think the plant knows the difference is pretty funny. If anything it's all about chemistry, not plant intuition. If anything, growing in smaller containers puts limits on how much of the upper part will grow and this is why we transplant into bigger containers. You might consider putting a plastic barrier between the pots and the carpet, to avoid staining the carpet. And remember that electricity and water don't mix so be careful with those power cords and water. Just give them time and they will be fine.

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yeah i have containers under my pots to catch any extra water. I tied all my extra cords away and now just switched um back to the cfl and the t12. they will wake up at 11:30pm mst tonight they sleeping right now. this isnt my first plant i have grown a few seeds in the past that turned to males they grew fine and fast but i didnt have them in 3 gallons i had them in one gallons. i have yet to grow a female so i finally broke down and ordered some femenised seeds offfline. so like i said could be pots could be seeds like the runts of the litter maybe they wont be super females i hope though really want a female for once...:stoned: