Help!!!!! Are these ok?

[mrburns2001]

This is my first grow and after three weeks of natural light on the window sil i have purchased some decent lighting. I realised this is why they are a bit stretched but im hoping the new lights will help. Firstly i was wondering do they look ok. I have two plants theye are about 4 weeks old from seed. Any help would be appreciated.

mrburns2001 Reviewed by mrburns2001 on 10-06-2006. Help!!!!! Are these ok? This is my first grow and after three weeks of natural light on the window sil i have purchased some decent lighting. I realised this is why they are a bit stretched but im hoping the new lights will help. Firstly i was wondering do they look ok. I have two plants theye are about 4 weeks old from seed. Any help would be appreciated.:) :) :) Rating: 5

[BLaQLiGhT]

It's a good thing that it is alive, so use those new lights and hofelly everything will be ok for you. What types of light do you have them under now??

[Abattoir Dream]

omg!?! wots ur problem? there is nothing wrong with it! and natural light should do fine for at least another few weeks, stop being paranoid,

[Tom Green Thumb]

I would suggest getting them under the lights as close as you can without burning them. They look okay now, but will look much better after a week or so under full light. Just cup your hand over the top shoot closest to the light. If the light feels comfortable on the back of your hand then it should be okay for the plant too. If it's not burning your hand but a little uncomfortable, then just raise the light a tad. Flourecents make it hard to burn your plant as they don't generate much heat, but care must be taken with HPS and especially MH. Hope this helps and keep us posted.

Oh ya, forgot to ask: shat type of light did you purchase?

TGT

[mrburns2001]

Using flourecents. Got two 20w tubes and two 30w tubes. Although got up this morning and one of the 30w isnt working. Only got it yesterday poxy B&Q for ya.

[Garden Knowm]

Mr. Burns..

You have serious sretching going on..Ithe plant is reaching for a light source) Get a 42 watt CFL and keep it 1 inch or less from your plant.. you need to stop the dramtic vertical growth.. and build some girth..

iloveyou

[mrburns2001]

These are the plants in they're new pots. I have burried them a bit deeper to help with the stretching. Already they are looking a bit stronger and hopefully the new soil will help them a long a bit. Will post again in a few days to keep you all posted.

[Garden Knowm]

thanks for the update.. nice pot.. it would havebeen ideal to add some perlite in your soil mix.. you will need to becarful that you don't over water...

BY "over water" I mean FREQUENCY, not QUANTITY.. i is ok to give you plant a lot of water during eah watering.. this is actaual ideal.. but you want to keep watering frequency AS NEEDED..

cheers

she looks better already : )

[mrburns2001]

They seem to be stretching a bit again and the bottom leaves are turning yellow and wilting...

[hudson88]

They look like they're getting better to me, like knowm said make sure you're not overwatering, i'd say twice a week would probably be enough for now, that may be contributing to the leaves wilting. How many hours light a day are you giving them? And what colour spectrum are the lights you got? If you've got the warm white type that won't help your stretching problem.

Peace :rasta: