Abnormal Growth

[420purplehaze420]

I planted my germinated seeds on April 5th and now(the 8th) my plant has grown to almost 4 inches but its all stem, the leaves are tiny, my mom suggests that it is not getting enough light so its trying to get closer to the light source.

In past grows I dont recall the plants growing so tall so fast and with no leaves barely. Also for the time being all i have them under is a desk lamp.

Im new to indoor growing and was wondering if anyone knows whats goin on

Thanks for any replies

420purplehaze420 Reviewed by 420purplehaze420 on 04-07-2006. Abnormal Growth I planted my germinated seeds on April 5th and now(the 8th) my plant has grown to almost 4 inches but its all stem, the leaves are tiny, my mom suggests that it is not getting enough light so its trying to get closer to the light source. In past grows I dont recall the plants growing so tall so fast and with no leaves barely. Also for the time being all i have them under is a desk lamp. Im new to indoor growing and was wondering if anyone knows whats goin on Thanks for any replies Rating: 5

[420purplehaze420]

I forgot to mention im moving them outside in a week or 2, i still live at home

[busteruk7]

yeah it seems like stretching my m8 legalizdahurb had that same prob and corrected it by putting the light closer
cheers m8 and hope ya get it sorted

p.s my mum is a good gardener but i could never ask her for advice on this as she would probaly kick my ass lol
im 24 year old and she still says to me that im not too old for a clip round the ear lol

[420purplehaze420]

yeah it seems like stretching my m8 legalizdahurb had that same prob and corrected it by putting the light closer
cheers m8 and hope ya get it sorted

p.s my mum is a good gardener but i could never ask her for advice on this as she would probaly kick my ass lol
im 24 year old and she still says to me that im not too old for a clip round the ear lol

o yeah i already put them closer i hope they even out, ha ha my mom was a hippie and smokes weed, she doesnt mind me smoking, or growing, or tafficking weed lol, but she hates it when i drink and says she will kill me if she finds out I do anything else but toke or eat mush.

thanks for the reply

[Jdog7000]

She's right.

About everything.

[rodekyll]

They're right. The seedlings have stretched. They do this indoors under light that is too far away, but they do it outdoors under sunlight, too. This isn't too unusual, 420. Some strains just want to grow . . . and these will get over it. But you might have a problem with those little girls falling over on you before the stem thickness catches up with the stretch (generally by the development of the 2nd node). Again, this is not too unusual. Build a little brace for them to lean on with toothpicks, bamboo skewers and pipe cleaners, or whatever similar items you prefer. When they're strong enough they'll lift off the brace and be fine.

[420purplehaze420]

Good advice everyone, i moved the light to about 2 inches above the tallest plant and ive seen sufficient change in leaf size and position in only 4 hours.

As mentioned above I was wondering if the stem would be strong enough when more growth occurs.

Does anyone have any transplanting tips? I foolishly planted them in styrophone cups and ive been told that transplanting is very hard on a plant.

[Swizzy89304]

What sort of light are you using aswell? If youve only got an incandescent ('regular' round bulb) then you wanna put it on the windowsill unless you have another light source - IMO, natural sun is better than any lamp you can possibly buy.
If youve got the spirally CFLs, get as many as possible and keep them around 2 inches away from the plants.

[Swizzy89304]

Hmm, dont really know anything on transplanting because I always plant mine in the pots that theyre gonna be in until harvest. Just make sure you do it quickly, and without touching the roots if possible. They WILL be stunted, or may even stop growing, for a few days - sometimes up to a week - afterwards. If youre really worried about it, try transplanting a few plants around the garden until you feel confident that youre ready to try it on a 'decent' plant.

[LIP]

A desk lamp? Well if its not a CFL then thats your problem.

You need to get lights that will actually grow a plant, not a desk lamp.

Get some CFL's and see if they can recover, if there REALLY stretched it not worth the hassel, it'd be easier to kill them and start again, after reading all you can about lighting, transplanting and everything else you need to know.