Are They Gonna Pull Through?

So I've had these four little girls under cfls for about 3 weeks now, and none of them are looking too good. They started out ok, but I went on vacation and couldn't water for about 5 days. I soaked them really good before I left, but when I came back they were looking pretty brown and sad. The two initial fan leaves were pretty much completely dried out and brown and I actually cut them off thinking it might help. That was about two weeks ago, and I've been watering them steady since. They haven't really been growing and they are still kind of brown, but they also don't look dead. So my questions are: Am I wasting my time, or are they still just recovering from the stress? And, am I doing anything really wrong (I've got them in MG organic potting soil, w/ a little perlite, under four cfls going 19/5. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

they look to wet and too hot.
also are you feeding?.
get a fan and try to keep temps at 70 to 80.
and how far is the lite away.hps 1foot and flos 2" if poss.
also seedlings dont like that bark stuff in the soil, just use soil and perlite and pebbles in the bottom for drainage.
and just water every 2 days if poss, and stop feeding, there is food in the soil,for the first few weeks of vegg.

these plants are under 2 shop flos 1 24watt and one 42watt, and are 3 weeks from seed, and have been topped.
i think you must be doing somthing wrong, ant pics of your set up?.

What the fuck man. I wish mine were growing like that. I've got a fan blowing on them, and it never gets above 80 in the room. I might be overwatering them a little (I feel so bad about leaving them dry for so long). I'm just growing bagseed. Do you think its worth trying to keep these guys alive or am I better off germinating some more seeds?
Oh yeah, do you top to control height or to get more nodes or what? They look great.

Yeah dude, that looks like a serious issue - i would say dont abandon them but they are incredibly small for 3 weeks... if you're using cfl's make sure they are only an inch or two away from the top of your plants... also you can always plant a few more seeds just in case those don't recover - gluck man

way too wet. I can tell just cause your soil is very dark --- you should only water when the top of the dirt is crumbly and dry - a good way to see if your plants need watering is to press the top of the soil and if it is damp then don't water more... Less watering - you're plants are tiny they dont need a lot of water until they have more leaves- cut back on the H2O

Thanks guys I appreciate the help. Hopefully they'll start growing soon. I'll cut back on watering.

Hey Cornville - You could try putting a drop or two of SuperThrive in your water. May help , but I would start germinating more seeds.
Peace,
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