Manchester2020
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hi everyone its good to be home with a new garden does anyone know why my seedlings are falling over and seem to be lanky they have a t5 above them
Anybody know why my seedlings are falling over?
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pics ?? sounds like damping off , are the stems skinny and dented
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Manchester2020
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yes they seem lanky a few are falling over what should i do?
get some pics up would be the first thing to do , its not good if its damping off , its from wet soil ,bad soil ,
damping off looks like this
damping off looks like this
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Manchester2020
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no there not like that they just seem lanky and some are begining to fall over i only feed them tiny amounts of water out of a bottle lid so i dont think its that could it be down to rh?get some pics up would be the first thing to do , its not good if its damping off , its from wet soil ,bad soil ,
damping off looks like this
you can always plant them deeper , you need a small fan when they start off to thicken the stem , but getting them down deep will help
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how much light should they be getting ive been giving them 24on 0 off
how close ? , you can almost touch them with a t5 if its too high this is the problem
this is how close i do my babies
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i have one t5 light above 10 girls is that not enough light i have another i could add and an humidifier what do you think are they to small to go under a mh? when shoild thry go under proper lightingthis is how close i do my babies
ive started under 250 MH , but a while back not the price of electric bill these days its harder to keep up lol , t5s are perfect just want them couple of inch above , if you have another yes add it , if your humidity is below 40 maybe add one ,but you can fine mist them to get humidity up
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Manchester2020
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probs about 6 to 8 inchs away
try 4 that's recommended
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Manchester2020
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fine mist the walls or the actual babys?
you can lift the light up for an hour and mist the babies then drop the light again ,or even the walls can be safer ,
i keep my RH at 40 ish too high can cause calcium def ,70+ would be really bad
i keep my RH at 40 ish too high can cause calcium def ,70+ would be really bad
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think im ging to mist the walls to be on the safe side should i be gib=ving them 24 hours of light now?
18 would be fine , give them a break , i have done them both 24/0 18/6 , didn't see to much difference TBH
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what temp and humidity is optimal fr them ive read so many different opinions i just want them to grow healthy ha
temps about 23.- 29 humidity 40 to 50 , sorry my lights are 20/4 i got mixed up in a regular i was doing , yes 20 on 4 off is better by far
i know lots of folk who give them 24/0 for the first 2 - 3 wks, then go to 18/6.
get us a pic of what you have going. like nutty i'm curious about the stretch. t5's should normally not be too hot to mist the plants directly without burning.
temp 18c or few above is ok. below 30c. i typically grow in the 20s. humidity 35- 50. there is a range so neither is a killer. anything sitting at the extreme for extended periods should be taken in to account. there are optimums, but i wouldn't worry over it for now
get us a pic of what you have going. like nutty i'm curious about the stretch. t5's should normally not be too hot to mist the plants directly without burning.
temp 18c or few above is ok. below 30c. i typically grow in the 20s. humidity 35- 50. there is a range so neither is a killer. anything sitting at the extreme for extended periods should be taken in to account. there are optimums, but i wouldn't worry over it for now
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