Seedlings Developing Slowly and Not Showing Many Leaves

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Hey Everyone,

I am new to growing (only one clone grow under my belt last season) and am starting from seeds this season. I have two Blue Dream seeds and two Jack Herrer seeds that have been germinated and sprouted. I made the mistake of using lights with red spectrum after they sprouted so they got very leggy on my quickly, but after switching to a 24W T5 CFL, they started to develop better leaves. The thing is, the leaves are developing at a very slow pace (picture is taken today at 10 days from planting). Details for the grow can be found below. Is this normal for autos to grow this slow? In the picture the front left is Blue Dream and Front Right is Jack Herrer. In the back row the left is Jack Herrer and Right is Blue Dream. Do i need more lights? Is the humidity too low/temp too low? I really dont want to have to scrap the crop but if i am already behind and not going to get a good yeild from it, i could always start over with the other two seeds i have saved. Any help is greatly appreciated! Also if more pictures would help i can provide whatever. Thanks for the help!!

Answer these simple questions the best you can. If you aew not sure, just bring it to oue attention. We will figure it out.

  1. Indoor or outdoor? Indoor for seedling phase, outdoor for veg and flower
  2. Otigin of seeds? Blue Dream and Jack Herrer bought from a seed bank online.
  3. Regular, feminized, or autoflower? Autoflower
  4. Origin of water. PH, EC/TDS of source water? Tap Water (Los Angeles area)
  5. PH and TDS/EC of if mixed solution? N/A
  6. Grow method? Soil, Soil-less, Coco, Hydro, Aquaponics. Please explain. Using FF Light Warrior soil for seedling stage, then FF Happy Frog for Veg/Flower
  7. Nutrients or fertilizer system used. None right now.
  8. What typr of lighting are you using? LED, HID (MH, CMH, HPS), or Fluorescents? Please elaborate. 24W T5 CFL Light 24" long. Using one right now but can increase to two.
  9. What are the temps in your growspce? Day / Night? 68-70 during the day / 65 at night.
  10. What is the RH = relative humidity in your growspace? Day / Night? around 60 - 65 at night and 55 - 60 during the day.
  11. AC, Humidifier, De-humidifier? None right now.
  12. Do you have a Ventilation system? Size? 4", 6"? NO
  13. Co2 Yes / No? No
  14. How long have you been growing? 1 Year
  15. What budget have you set in order to grow successfully? $600
  16. If you grow hydro, then please explain your hydro method. DWC, R-DWC, Ebb and Flow, Or; Other? Other? N/A

16b. Size and temperature of solution in reservoir? N/A

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Hi there :blush: Your girls are looking for light, that is why stretching. Get more light in there and transplant most of the stem to hold them up.

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Good to know they aren’t in too much jeopardy! Would you recommend another t5 (same as one I have)? And what is the ideal distance between the canopy and light at this stage?

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How long are you keeping inside? I don’t do autos or plant outside. :thinking: I will tag a few for you. @beardless @BigItch @GrnyGrows

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Was going to keep indoors for 3 weeks or until the third set of pointed leaves grow then transplant outside for the rest of the grow. But if there’s a better way I’d love to hear it.

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Stretching for light. Your plants are producing all stalk looking for the light so little energy is being put into leaves.

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what he said (more light)
Transplanting to larger pot and using soil for covering the leggy stem with dirt (support of top heavy).

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I think it has been covered
add the extra light. I don’t use them but I think you can lower t5 within inches of the plants.
Transplant and bury the 70 - 80% of the stems.
I stopped growing autos and don’t grow outdoors.

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Appreciate all the comments! I’ll add the extra light for sure. Do you all recommend transplanting once they are healthier or just do it now? If I go now they stay outdoors until flower…

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Light warrior is a peat product with little to no nutritional value. It is useful for starting seedlings since it is difficult to overwater. You can either start feeding your plants a mild fertilizer, or transplant to soil now.

The light warrior will not hold together so you will need to be careful with the roots when transplanting.

Next time try this. Use fox farm soil in bottom half of the pot, light warrior on top. Hard to overwater, but when roots develop they will find the soil to feed themselves. Gives you plenty of time to transplant.

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welcome to the community.

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sooner than now. Welcome to the community.

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Or she. :mermaid:

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I didn’t look closely. Sorry. What she said works well, too.

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:rofl: :crazy_face: :tiger: :blush:

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