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looking good!Giddy up
Seedling light experiment
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BooMtoLate
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Bunch of seedling farmers 
Backyardigan
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I wanna join the fun!
LED 13½" bar pushing 600lm at an incredible 1½" distance... after an hour she started to move away. Now I have the light at 300lm same distance. Will keep checking for the "sweet spot"... I'm tired of stretchy plants, I want plants like yours @BeanTownFan420
This Lil cutie had been above soil around 72hrs?... somewhere in there.
LED 13½" bar pushing 600lm at an incredible 1½" distance... after an hour she started to move away. Now I have the light at 300lm same distance. Will keep checking for the "sweet spot"... I'm tired of stretchy plants, I want plants like yours @BeanTownFan420
This Lil cutie had been above soil around 72hrs?... somewhere in there.
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I wanna join the fun!
LED 13½" bar pushing 600lm at an incredible 1½" distance... after an hour she started to move away. Now I have the light at 300lm same distance. Will keep checking for the "sweet spot"... I'm tired of stretchy plants, I want plants like yours @BeanTownFan420
This Lil cutie had been above soil around 72hrs?... somewhere in there.
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New update about 69 hours from emerging and still no stretch just leafy growth.
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BooMtoLate
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goofyfoot
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just 2 cents worth, I drop my soaked seed down 1/2 inch. So they have an easy time breaking out. I run big 85 / 105 Watt CFL bulbs as close as I can without cooking them. I don't care how much they stretch only that the first single leaf is completely finished and the second is starting to show. That`s when I transplant them.
Then I put them into their main pot till they are level with surface. 4 inch`s of stretch down 4 inches, 2 inch stretch down 2 inches. This make them like little trees and usually 2 inches high and their 3point leafs ares complete and starting on the 5 pointer.
First 2 pic`s are from 12/05 and this is them at 12/13, this grow I am doing now. Last 2 are from 12/18 and look like Autoflowers but are straight feminized seeds. Shows 2 weeks time laps.
12/05
12/13
12/18
Then I put them into their main pot till they are level with surface. 4 inch`s of stretch down 4 inches, 2 inch stretch down 2 inches. This make them like little trees and usually 2 inches high and their 3point leafs ares complete and starting on the 5 pointer.
First 2 pic`s are from 12/05 and this is them at 12/13, this grow I am doing now. Last 2 are from 12/18 and look like Autoflowers but are straight feminized seeds. Shows 2 weeks time laps.
12/05
12/13
12/18
BooMtoLate
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Backyardigan
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Their stems are pretty beefy! I wish I saw this thread before my seedling popped up! Here's the chocolate thai at 96hrs:
Test is inconclusive as the LED dimmed to 60lm (batt dying while away at work for the past 9hrs). Will monitor this evening at 300lm at 1½" distance. If seedling tilts I'll have to back off on either of the 2 variables.
(few hours later)
Didn't know if I shoulda made a new comment... but my seedling is acclimated to the intense 300lm at 1½" distance. Maybe I should bump to 600lm... hmmm... I'll make a new comment for the 600lm test
Backyardigan
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Seedling spent the last 5½hrs under 600lm LED, at 1½" in distance. Did not tilt away, @BeanTownFan420 you just made my seedling resilient! Seedling is no longer stretching, all growth! It's lights out, but I'll edit in the morning with side by side comparison before the bump in intensity. I just may have to find another brighter light (800lm maybe)...
Before and after (5hrs later):
Seedling is no longer stretching, all growth! It's lights out, but I'll edit in the morning with side by side comparison before the bump in intensity. I just may have to find another brighter light (800lm maybe)...Before and after (5hrs later):
BooMtoLate
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Yo beanski when are you going to start adding nutes. What about you other turd burglers.
Backyardigan
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When's the soonest and when's the norm? I'll probs be in the middle...
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My update will be tomorrow at 5 pm eastern standard time. No on the nutes i will repot these in fresh happy frog then veg.
BooMtoLate
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Update soon come.
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Cape Cod 420
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Hello BeanTown: What did you start your seed in and what size pot???
Just starting out.
Just starting out.
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If you read my media and posts you will see. 
Any other questions please ask i will give you the best info i can.
Any other questions please ask i will give you the best info i can.Cape Cod 420
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Seedling light experiment. page 1 first message "Lets see how close the light can be to a seedling and how fast it will grow in response.Day one three hours above soil bulb is starting at three inches from seedling.Bulb is regular size cfl." I did not see any info on soil.
